Mercury group in Homoeopathy

Mercury group in Homoeopathy

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  Mercury group Compiled by: Dr. KruitiSaraswat BHMS, MD(Hom.)
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  Molecular Formula: Hg Synonyms: Hydrargyrum Quicksilver Liquid silver Mercurio Mercure Molecular Weight: 200.59 g/mol
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  SIGNATURE • Mercurius isnamed after the Roman God Mercurius, the God of financial gain, commerce, communication, travelers, trickery, merchants and thieves. • The planet Mercurius is named after the same God.
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  ‘Hydrargyrum’  Meaning- "water-silver“/“quick silver”  Its shine and colour are very similar to silver.  The word ‘quick’ describes its tendency to scatter away in all directions.  The droplets have a tendency to conglomerate to one big mass, but on being shaken they fall apart into countless little droplets again.
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  USES OF MERCURY Thermometer Barometer Batteries Fulminants
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  MEDICAL USES Used asa component for dental amalgams for making fillings for teeth. Mercuric chloride (HgCl2) used to disinfect wounds. Mercurous chloride (Hg2Cl2), (calomel), is an antiseptic used to kill bacteria.
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  Characteristi c Mentals
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  Kent’s viewpoint
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  IMPULSES ARE CHARACTERISTIC Patientwill not tell you about his impulses but they relate to deep evils of the will, these impulses fairly drive him to do something destructive.
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  Jan Scholten Explaination
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  ESSENCE: the position ofpower is being threatened.
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  Exaggerated power: tyranny •They want to hold the power at any cost, also they have constant fear of losing their power. • Their thirst for power turns them into real tyrants, using the techniques of: 'divide and rule'.
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  Exaggerated responsibility • Theresponsibility for their task is very important to them. • They dare not hand over to anyone else out of fear that it might all go wrong. • They are hard workers, can be workaholics.
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  Enemies of theorganisation: suspicion • Their exaggerated control and dictatorial behaviour doesn't make them very popular. • There are enemies all over the place and they don't know who they can trust anymore.
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  Manipulation • They wouldregister and control every single thought and every single act if they were given the chance. • Try to mislead other people so they can remain in control.
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  Repeating same strategies •The are very conservative and want everything to remain the same. • They cannot move with the times, that is why the times turn against them. • There is a shortage in one area and a surplus in another and it becomes impossible to even it out.
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  Exaggerated arrogance • Thisis symbolic for the physical symptoms we find in Mercurius: ulcers, caries of the teeth, syphilis, etc.
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  Enemies have tobe controlled with dictatorial measures • Deep inside their is an impulse to murder everybody, to kill them with a knife, to stab them with a hot iron rod. • They are very afraid of death themselves, afraid that their enemies will kill them to take over the reign. • Betrayal is a very strong theme in this remedy.
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   Vithoulkas says:'Mercurius has a narrow range of tolerance to everything'. They are a living thermometer (Kent).  At one moment, he is suffering from cold and seeks warmth, but once warm he becomes aggravated by the warmth also.  There is also a weakness and instability in emotional expression; weeping alternating with laughing.
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  Stages of developmentof pathology on mental plane STAGE 1- SLOWNESS OF ACTION • Mercurius is both slow of mind and poor in comprehension • [Comapare- Calcarea carb- Slowness of mind, but once comprehended, able to use the idea efficiently. Phosphorus & Phosphoric acid- Slow to answer.] • Mercurius is worthlessly hurried (doesn’t accomplish anything inspite of hurriedness) • [Compare Tarentula, Sulphuric acid, Nux vomica- Hurried but productive.]
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  STAGE 2- IMPULSIVITY •Vulnerability to stimuli from without & within-unable to keep his mind concentrated purely in a particular direction. • Every random thought patient feels need to respond. • Progress to Extreme Pathology- Impulse to strike, to smash things. • To kill someone over a merely slight offence. • To killed loved ones (like Merc, Nux vom,Platina).
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  STAGE 3- PARANOIDSTATE. • So vulnerable that he begins to perceive everyone as his enemy. • Not actually insane, but feel he is going insane.. • Fear of insanity Agg night.
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  STAGE 4- LACKOF REACTIVE POWER.  It cannot even generate an Insane state.  Instead develops Imbecility.  Sensation-Brain becomes softened & incapable of reacting.  All stimuli are absorbed & no longer comprehended.
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  PHILIP M.BAILEY EXPLAINATION
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  Unique-Poles “One foot inthe world of dream and other in the real world”. Two Extreme Modes a)cold logic & astute institution. b)pragmatism & mysticism c)austerity & hedonism d)introvert & extrovert e)optimist & pessimist
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  • Mercurius individualsare gifted writers or speakers. • Mercurius loves a play on words. Manipulate words into any form, for any purpose. • Sudden inspirations & maddening distraction by Trivial Thoughts. E.g. Shakespeare.
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  Puer/Puella • Carl Jung:Puer is a person who never really grows up, yet is charming, self obsessed & often manipulative. • Inherent good at manipulating people to get his own way, both through charm & less attractive methods, such as tantrums.
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  Love • Can betotally open with another about himself, especially with one of the opposite sex. • Fall instantly in love, propose & then fall instantly out of love. • Completely takes love for granted.
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  Detachment & Alienation •Function primarily from mind rather than the emotions. [Lycopodium-is as mental as mercurius.] • Mercurius mind-tremendous plasticity & flexibility. • Detached-Does not bother with the highly personal struggle for self confidence & self respect that occupies the minds of many Lyco.
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  Megalomania & Cruelty Tendency to have everything ones own way, if doesn’t get it, creates havoc.  When Dictator does not get its own way, he kills.  Inflation of ego which is accompanied by real mental agility, perceptiveness,Intuitive psychic sense.
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  Characteristi c Physical features
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  Congestive • Merc isbasically inflammatory group of remedies. • Every inflammation begins with congestion. • Merc presents conditions where suppuration has supervened. • [Unlike Aco, Bell or Ferr-ph., these three drugs have congestion in their first stage of inflammation.] • An abscess in Merc is of spreading congestion- more red, more painful, more throbbing, and with adjacent lymphadenopathy.
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  Catarrhal • Merc causes inflammationof mucous membranes resulting in profuse, thin, slimy, acrid, burning, foul or thick greenish-yellow discharges. • Merc covers simple to malignant catarrhs in its pathogenesis.
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  Ulcerative • Merc hasulcerations; of the mucous membranes, esp. of mouth and throat. • The syphilitic miasmatic dimension is responsible for recurrent and non- healing ulcerations. • Ulcers based on deep pathologies, or metabolic basis.
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  Destructive • Merc isdestructive both at body and mind levels. • Merc transforms healthy cells into decrepit, inflamed and necrotic wrecks. • Lesions resemble those of syphilis. • Inflammations of malignant types, and prostration.
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  Scrofulous • Tuberculous diseaseof lymphatic nodes and of bone, with slowly suppurating abscesses. • Merc decomposes the blood, it thus affects the nutrition and prepares a ground for scrofulous affections. • Syphilitic activity further leads to cachexia. •
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  Glandular • Merc hasincreased glandular activity, esp. of salivary and mucous glands produces increased salivation. • Merc has concomitant lymphadenopathy with skin lesions like boil, abscess, ulcer etc. • Based on scrofulous diathesis, it also covers tubercular glandular affections. Chronic suppurating glands and cold abscesses.
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  Scorbutic • Merc hasspongy and bleeding gums. • When the general condition is impaired and metabolism affected because of malnutrition, scorbusis may get developed. • Scorbusis may be a precursor of metabolic diseases like DM.
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  Anaemic • Merc through decompositionof blood, and through bone-narrow depression causes profound or aplastic anemia. • Hemorrhages, metabolic disorders, hepatic and renal toxicity cause anemia.
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  Rheumatic • Rheumatic diathesisis one of the features of Merc group. • It has both acute and chronic dimensions. • Mercs are sensitive to both heat and cold – human barometers and they come down with acute joint swellings and pains consequent to weather changes. ‘Redness’ indicates Merc.
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  Offensive • Merc isfilthy, mentally as well as physically. • All discharges smell horribly. • The decomposition, the debris, the slough, the suppuration; smell emanates from the body.
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  Sensitive • Mercs arevery sensitive to weather changes, hence termed as ‘human barometer’. • Sensitivity attracts environmental stimuli; hence modalities or sensory stimuli / inputs are usually available. • Sensitivity is also present at mind level.
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  Tremulous • ‘Trembling’ isa marked characteristic of Merc. Paralysis agitans – Parkinsonism –come under pathogenetic action of Merc. • Syphilitic expressions with a lot of pathologies at nerves, spinal cord, and brain resulting in inco-ordination are responsible for tremulousness. •
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  Dropsical • Dropsy dueto anemia, hepatic, renal or cardiac affections are covered by Merc. • Edematous swellings in the affected parts characterize Merc.
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  Characteristi c particulars
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  ORGAN/ SYSTEM ACTION/SYMPTOMS LYMPHATIC, GLANDULAR SYSTEM Paralysis, Congestion, Ulcer. SALIVARY GLANDS Salivation, Excessive fetor. PANCREAS Salivation, congestion. inflammation. hypertrophy. LIVER Secretion of bile greatly increased, jaundice. KIDNEYS Congestions, inflammation, albuminuria, diabetes. MUCOUS MEMBRANE (INTESTINAL) Congestion, catarrhal inflam.mation, haemorrhage.
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  ORGAN/ SYSTEM ACTION/SYMPTOMS INTESTINAL CANAL Increased peristalsis. SEROUS MEMBRANES Inflammation, effusion PERIOSTEUM Congestion, inflammtion, rheumatism. BLOOD Decomposed, Fibrine, Albumin, red cells decreased. SKIN Vesicular and pustular eczema. SEXUAL ORGAN, FEMALE Menorrhagia, amenorrhoea, miscarriage. CEREBRO-SPINAL SYSTEM Mercurial palsy, tremors.
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  General features • Diathesis:Scrofulous • Miasm: Syphilis-traces of Psora and Sycosis • Side affinity: Right mainly. • Aggravations: Extremes of heat and cold, changing climate Night Sweating – during & after Lying in all positions except lying on rt side (dyspnoea). Loss of Sleep • Amelioration: Moderate temp and altitude Discharges Sleep, rest
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  Important remedies 1. MercuriusSolubilis- contains ammonia & nitrate (Hg + NH4 + NO3 ) 2. Mercurius- hydragyrum/merc vivus- quick silver 3. Mercurius corrosivus- corrosive sublimate 4. Mercurius dulcis- calomel 5. Mercurius iodatus flavus- Merc protoiodatus- Iodide of Hg 6. Mercurius biniodatus- Merc iodatus ruber- Merc-i- r
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  7. Mercurius aceticus-Merc-a 8. Mercurius cyanatus 9. Mercurius sulphuratus rubber (merc sulphide)- Cinnabaris 10. Aethiops mercurialis mineralis- Black sulphide 12. Mercurius sulphuricus- Merc-sul
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  Mercurius — Quicksilver •In bone diseases, pains worse at night; glandular swellings with or without suppuration, but especially if suppuration be too profuse (Hep., Sil.). • Profuse perspiration does not relieve; may even increase the suffering • Catarrh: with much sneezing; fluent, acrid, corrosive; nostrils raw, ulcerated; yellow-green, fetid, pus-like; nasal bones swollen; < at night and from damp weather. • Toothache Crowns decay, roots remain • fetid, coppery, metallic-tasting saliva. • Tongue: large, flabby, shows imprint of teeth • Mumps, diphtheria, tonsillitis with profuse offensive saliva; constant desire to swallow;
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  … Mercurius contd. •Dysentery: stool slimy, bloody ,with colic and fainting • Leucorrhoea itching with rawness; always worse at night; • Mammae painful, ulcerate at every menstrual period • Relations. – Follows well: after, Bell., Hep., Lach., Sulph., but should not be given before or after Silicea. • If given in low (weak) potencies hastens rather than aborts suppuration. • Aggravation. – At night; wet damp weather (Rhus); in autumn, warm days and cold, damp nights; lying on right side; perspiring. Mercury is < by heat of, but > by rest in, bed. Arsenic is > by heat of, but < by rest in, bed.
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  Mercurius aceticus • Mercurousacetate, HgC2H3O2 • "Pressure in lower sternum and dyspnoea on standing erect" is a noteworthy symptom. • "Margins of ulcers become painful." • Hahnemann has bracketed a symptom referring to the menses which came on at the new moon, four days before their proper time.
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  Mercurius corrosivus • Corrosivesublimate, HgCl2 • Diseases of men, syphilitic; ulcers, with corroding, acrid pus; Bright’s disease. • Dysentery and summer complaints of intestinal canal, occurring from May to November. • Tenesmus: of rectum, not >> by stool (< by stool, Nux); incessant, persistent; stool hot, scanty, bloody, slimy, offensive; shreds of mucous membrane and terrible cutting, colicky pains. More the pain merc cor is indicated and more blood merc sol is indicated • Tenesmus: of bladder, with intense burning in urethra; urine hot, burning, scanty or suppressed; in drops with great pain; bloody, brown, brick-dust sediment; albuminous. • Gonorrhoea: second stage, greenish discharge, < at night; great burning and tenesmus.
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  Mercurius biniodide • Mercuriusiodatus ruber • Biniodide of Mercury, HgI5 • Diphtheritic and glandular affections of left side; fauces dark red; solids or liquids painful when swallowing; exudation slight, easily detached; cases attending epidemic scarlet fever, ulcers on fauces or tonsils; glands enlarged; greenish tough lumps from pharynx or posterior nares. • Tubercular pharyngitis.
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  Mercurius iodatus flavus •Iodide of mercury— Hg2I2 • Diphtheritic and throat affections where the cervical and parotid glands are enormously swollen; membrane begins on or is < on right side; < by warm drinks, and empty swallowing (Lach.). • Tongue: thick, yellow coating at base (Kali bi._ golden yellow coating at base, Nat. p.; dirty or greenish-gray coating at base, Nat. s.); tip and edges red; right side of throat and neck most affected. • For Hunterian (hard) chancre, secondary symptoms rarely follow if given in proper dose; great swelling of inguinal glands, no disposition to suppurate. • Mammary tumors, with tendency to much warm perspiration and gastric disturbances.
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  Mercurius dulcis • CalomelHg2Cl2 • Catarrhal affections of mucous membranes, especially of the eye and ear. Catarrhal inflammation of middle ear (Kali m.). • Eustachian tube closed; catarrhal deafness and otorrhoea in psoric children; deafness of old age (Kali m.). • Acute affections of prostrate after maltreated stricture. • Deafness and catarrhal affections of nares, throat, and pharynx, from mercurial amalgam fillings. Diarrhoea: of children; stools grass-green; like chopped eggs; profuse, causing soreness of anus.
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  Cinnabaris • Mercuric sulphide •For certain forms of ciliary neuralgia and ulceration upon a syphilitic base, this remedy is most effective. • Sleepless during night. • Eyes- Pains from lachrymal duct around eye to temple, from inner canthus across brows to ear. • Severe shooting pain in bones of orbit, especially running from inner to outer canthus in the bone. Redness of whole eye. • Lids granulated; canthi and lids red.
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  Mercurius sulphuricus • Sulphateof Mercury, HgSO4 • Hydrothorax, if occurring from heart or liver diseases; dyspnoea, has to sit, cannot lie down. • “When it acts well it produces a profuse, watery diarrhoea with great relief to the patient; it is as important as Arsenicum in Hydrothorax.” _ Lippe. • Desires: alcohol, drugs, bread and butter, sweet, cold water. • Aversion: meat, eating, sweet, butter, alcohol, coffee, fat. • Amel. eating, agg. fasting.