Mercurialis Perennis

Excited mood; like intoxication —Morose, quarrelsome.—Fretful, ill-

humoured.—Difficulty in collecting his senses.—Coma.

Feeling of emptiness and weariness in whole body.—Persistent pains in

muscles on motion.

• ▸Vertigo on going down stairs.
• ▸Head confused.
• ▸Pain as from a band tightly across forehead.
• ▸Nostrils sore, conscious of nose, feels as if she had two noses.

Giddiness on descending stairs.—Whirling vertigo—Head confused as if

inflated.—Scalp feels tense and numb, is moved with difficulty—Tension and heaviness of head

with sensation of heat.—Tension in head, esp. forehead and above eyes; on stooping changing to

• ▸a pressing-out pain.
• ▸—Burning on vertex.
• ▸—Shooting in |.
• ▸forehead and temple, < coming

indoors.—Aching in forehead > by cold and pressure-—Numbness of occiput and vertex; after a

blow on head.

Eyelids feel heavy and dry, it is difficult to move them.—Pain; burning; forcing-out

sensation in eyes.—Weakness of upper lids.—Trembling and twitching of upper lids (esp.

• ▸1.
• ▸).
• ▸—Blinking of eyes.
• ▸—Dilated pupils with great sensitiveness of eyes to light.
• ▸—Asthenopia; as of

a cloud, veil, or cobweb before sight.—Watery eyes.

The breath from nose is cold.—Crawling and burning of nose.—Breath hot in nose;

sensation of heat rising from stomach into nose.—Conscious of having a nose, nostrils feel

sore.—(Feels as if she had two noses.)

Feeling of coldness in face.—Feeling of tension in face and head.—Great redness of

cheeks.—Lips dry and parched, with increased thirst.

• ▸Great dryness of mouth and throat, tongue feels heavy and dry, numb.
• ▸Burning blisters of tongue, lips and cheeks.
• ▸Ulcers on palate, tonsils and back of pharynx.
• ▸Dryness of throat.

Dryness of mouth, it is difficult to move tongue and impedes chewing.—Burning in

mouth and tongue.—Tongue feels heavy and dry, numb, insensible, with loss of taste-——Burning

blisters on tongue, inside of lips and cheeks; they form very painful spreading ulcers —Tongue

painful if it touches palate as if there were blisters on it.

Increased thirst with dry lips and mouth.—Great dryness in mouth while

eating.—After eating: biting burning on tongue; nausea; vomiting.

Chilly feeling or burning in stomach.—Belching >.—Vomits food as soon as

eaten.—Tumour inside pit of stomach size of hen's egg, < pressure; cannot bear clothing.

Abdominal pulsation —Violent twinging in |. hypochondrium.—Pressure in liver

region extending to spleen.—In spleen: warmth; gnawing; pressure < lying down.—Sticking in

liver.—Gnawing from pit of stomach to gall-bladder—Rumbling; movings and workings in

abdomen; emission of much flatus.

Dragging pressing in rectum (and burning and smarting in anus) with

pressure and tension in small of back.—Dragging; burning; crawling; itching in anus.—Diarrhoea

with constant colic—Thin stools.—Profuse soft stool followed by some straining.

Burning; prickly burning in urethra.—Crawling in urethra and prepuce,

with crawling in anus and tearing and dragging in small of back.—Frequent urging; with burning;

micturition somewhat increased.

Amenorrhoea, scanty menses, accompanied with orgasms. Pains and swelling of breasts. Dysmenorrhoea.

Menses: shorter, with abdominal cramp; too late-——Menses profuse,

violent orgasm of blood, great anxiety so that she nearly fainted, oppressed breathing, heat over

whole body, esp. head and face, anxious sweat; limbs heavy, trembling; next day great swelling

and painfulness of breasts; on third day headache, faint-like weakness, compelled to lie down;

menses only appeared that night, were scanty, and only lasted three days instead of seven (from

er. vi. of extract of root).

Dragging in inguinal region, at times sticking pain, < walking, at

times extending down into spermatic cord, sometimes one, sometimes both.

Breath hot, almost burning, lips almost made sore by it.—Breathing:

stertorous; difficult, esp. r. side.

Pressure and painfulness on chest; in forepart; and in stomach with

• ▸dyspnoea.
• ▸—Sticking in |.
• ▸; throbbing in r.
• ▸chest —Orgasm with dysmenorrhcea.

Orgasm in heart region —Constriction.—Whirling, rushing, throbbing in heart,

stomach, and upper abdomen; then rolling, throbbing with trembling and orgasm in all the veins,

without heat; abdominal aorta felt distinctly beating while sitting; dulness and stupefaction of

head as if blood mounted violently upward; pulse accelerated and full—Palpitation with

oppression, as if chest would be constricted, after stooping.

• ▸Aching in nape.
• ▸—Flushes of heat in back.
• ▸—Drawing tearing along r.
• ▸scapula,

extending into upper arm.—Tensive dragging and dragging tearing in small of back (with anal

symptoms).

Jerking, sticking, drawing tearings throughout upper limbs.—Stitches in

finger-tips.—Veins of hands distended.

• ▸Dragging in I.
• ▸thigh as if hernia would occur.
• ▸—Tearing from side of 1.
• ▸palm

• ▸down front of thigh.
• ▸—Jerking tearing in |.
• ▸patella.
• ▸—Painful ache in knees.
• ▸—Pressive tearing pain

in tibize.—Sticking tearing in toes and tips of toes.

Frequent yawning and weariness.—Dizzy sleepiness.—Sleep unrefreshing, full of

dreams.—Dreams of animals.

Cold over the whole body, with hot flush in face; must be warmly covered, then

• ▸sleeps and perspires.
• ▸—Cold over whole body, emanating from r.
• ▸side, particularly from r.
• ▸arm,

shuddering, great debility, sleepiness —Gooseflesh on the cold r. arm, extending over whole

body; after midnight an offensive perspiration on both sides, particularly on arms.—On going to

bed in evening chill, during night and towards morning heat with intense thirst; perspiration in

morning.

• ▸Amblyopia.
• ▸Breasts, swelling of; pain in.
• ▸Conjunctivitis.
• ▸Dysmenorrhoea.
• ▸Epiphora.

• ▸Flatulence.
• ▸Menses, late.
• ▸Pannus.
• ▸Ptosis.
• ▸Rheumatic affections.
• ▸Spleen, affections of.
• ▸Tongue,

paralysis of. Trachoma. Vertigo.

Characteristics—Dog's Mercury is a common plant with poisonous properties, on account of

which it is avoided by cattle. It was proved by Hesse. Like other Euphorbians, it has exceedingly

acrid properties, and many of its symptoms resemble closely those of the more corrosive salts of

Mercury: prevalence of burning symptoms; irritation of eyes and nose; tenesmus after stool, &c.

"Compared with other Euphorbians," says Cooper, "it dries up the mucous surfaces, causing

burning locally and a general drowsiness, whilst most Euphorbians set up violent irritation and

diarrhoea from the first. Moreover, its action is not expended on the skin so soon as that of the

others." Among the most characteristic symptoms is "vertigo by going downstairs." The dryness

of the mouth and throat is more remarkable than in any other remedy, even sugar refuses to melt

• ▸in the mouth.
• ▸Eating < the dryness.
• ▸The breath from the mouth is hot and dries the lips.
• ▸There is

also hot breath in the nose, but cold breath in the nose is more characteristic. "Tension" is a

leading note of the remedy running through the symptoms ("pain as of a hand tied tightly across

the forehead" is a characteristic of David Wilson's); also dragging and especially dragging down;

in small of back with rectal pains; in groins and thigh as if a hernia might appear. A very

remarkable action is that on the female generative organs, and puts Mer/s. in the front rank of

remedies for amenorrhcea, scanty and delayed menses, and dysmenorrhoea, accompanied with

orgasm, pains, and swelling of breasts. Among the peculiar sensations are: Heaviness in head as

if pressed on pillow with a weight. Numbness of head and dulness of mind. Conscious of having

a nose; also I have noted (but am unable to trace the authority), "she feels as if she has two

• ▸noses.
• ▸" Head confused as if inflated.
• ▸As if intoxicated.
• ▸Rolling, throbbing, trembling, and orgasm

in all the veins. The liver and spleen are influenced; "warmth in spleen" is one symptom. Tension

• ▸in rectum and back.
• ▸Touch <.
• ▸Headache < indoors, > by cold.
• ▸Sunlight < eyes.
• ▸Open air =

blinking.

• ▸Antidoted by: Aco.
• ▸, Bell.
• ▸Compare: Euphorb.
• ▸, Croton, Acalypha, &c.
• ▸In <

• ▸descending stairs, Borax.
• ▸Straining after stool, Merc.
• ▸Dragging pains, Lil.
• ▸t.
• ▸Numbness of head,

• ▸Graph.
• ▸(feels like wood).
• ▸Also: Asaf.
• ▸, Caust.
• ▸, K.
• ▸bi.
• ▸, Kre.
• ▸, Lach.
• ▸, Led.
• ▸, Mag.
• ▸m.
• ▸, Nat.
• ▸m.
• ▸, Nit.
• ▸ac.
• ▸,

• ▸Nux, Nux m.
• ▸, Rhod.
• ▸, Sul.
• ▸, Thuj.

Compare: Borax; Croton; Euphorb.

Third potency.

Tearings; stitches; burning, smarting, tearing in limbs, almost in the skin, esp. of

• ▸hands and feet.
• ▸—Tired and weary.
• ▸—Weakness of arms and legs as if she would fall to 1.
• ▸without

vertigo.—(Headache.)