Groups of Mercurius solubilis/vivus

Clinical and pathogenetic symptoms from Hahnemann, Hering, Allen and Kent

Dr. Claudio C. Araujo M.D., F.F.Hom. (Lon.)

 

Humor

 

Indifference

Taciturn and indifferent

Rather indifferent mood, [2]. 

Extremely indifferent, [1]. 

Cared for nothing, and was indifferent to everything, [1].

He was indifferent to everything in the world; had no desire to eat, and yet, when he ate, relished his food and took as took as much as usual, [1].

Anxiety and sadness

She was constantly anxious and apprehensive; then a sudden affection of the pit of the stomach; her hands began to perspire and her face became hot, [1].

Much anxiety, and orgasm of blood, at night, with sticking in the bloodvessels, [1]. [20.] 

As soon as she eats, she is attacked with great anxiety, with perspiration on the heat and forehead, which seem to her icy cold; she is obliged to go into the open air before the perspiration ceased, with want of breath, and sticking in the right side just below the ribs, [4]. 

Bad effects from fright, leaving one in a state of great anxiety, < at night.

During menstruation, anxiety so that she does not know what to do, [

During menses, great anxiety, great sadness.

Anxious and restless as if some evil impended, worse at night, with sweat.

and restless change of place; ebullitions, sweat; apprehensive, imaginary fears; fears he will lose his mind; < evening and night.

Much wretchedness and dejection of spirits, with diarrhœa, [12]. 

Uneasiness, he has no rest

A universal uneasiness of body, so that he could not remain one moment in the same posture. [merc. v] 

Towards evening, an uneasiness that did not permit him to remain in any place; could not remain sitting two minutes; was forced to change. s. 

Hurried and rapid talking. s. 

Excited, lively; everything is done hastily. [merc. v] 

Uneasiness; he had no rest in any place; could neither stand nor lie, and seemed delirious, or as though he had committed a great crime, [1]. 

No rest in any place, constantly anxious. s. 

 He had no rest; was obliged to go hither and thither, and could nowhere remain quiet, [4]. 

*No rest in any place, constantly anxious, [6]. 

*Towards evening, an uneasiness that did not permit him to remain in any place; he could not remain sitting two minutes; he was forced to change; also he was unable to remain lying on account of the jerking in the limbs, they became heavy, and he was obliged to rise; also at night he kept constantly rising; with jerking of the head and throwing about of the arms during sleep, [1]. 

Great restlessness, must constantly change her place; fear, with desire to escape, as if she had committed some crime. θ Hysteria. 


Extreme restlessness all night, beginning about 8 P. M., and lasting till morning. s.

 Extreme restlessness all night, beginning about 8 P.M., and lasting till morning; at one time he stood up because he had no rest while lying, then he lay down became walking was intolerable, and so he had no rest, [9]. 

Extreme restlessness all night, beginning about 8 P. M., and lasting till morning. s. 

Restless, despondent mood; anxiety without particular thoughts, [1]. 

Kent: A marked feature running all through is hastiness; a hurried, restless, anxious, impulsive disposition.

Excessive restlessness and malaise, with sleeplessness. 

                                                                         Weeping                                              

Almost involuntary weeping, followed by relief, [1].

While indulging his foolish fancy, he was, however, inclined to weep, and when this paroxysm passed over he was very much exhausted, [1].

Continuous moaning and groaning. 

Irritability and fretfulness

 Irritability and ill-humor, [12]. 

Irritable, vexatious, active mood, [1]. 

 Ill-humor, associated with anxiety, all day; he constantly thought something disagreeable would happen, [7].

Fretful and peevish all day; he imagined that all his efforts would at last miscarry, [7]. 

► Fretful all day; very much out of sorts and discontented with himself; he has not desire to talk or joke, [7]. 

Very peevish and intolerant, easily vexed, very suspicious, [1]. 

Morose all day; extremely taciturn and serious, [7]. 

Fighting, quarrelsome mood, [1]. 

Quarrels with everything; would above all have everything right; quarrelsome, [1]. 

With himself/herself

Loss of will power. [merc. v] 

Quarrels with everything; would above all have everything right; quarrelsome, [1]. 

Fear/Fright

On falling asleep she started up as from great fright, which caused a shooting in the teeth, and a hard stitch through the knee, with shivering, [1]. 

Anxiety in sleep soon after falling asleep before midnight; started up in the fright and was anxious until he was awake, [1].

Fear of being alone. 

 A feeling as though he had done wrong, with loss of ideas, [1]. 

Very fearful, even to starting up, in the evening, [4]. 

Extreme fright from slight cause; the whole body trembled; she seemed paralyzed; an excessive glowing heat mounted into the right cheek, which immediately became swollen and bluish-red and so remained for two hours; she was so affected that she could not again get quiet; all the limbs seemed bruised; violent shaking chills, tottering of the knees, so that she was obliged to lie down, 

He had no courage to live, [4]. 

Wakes with nervous trembling, thumping of heart (batendo forte) and agitation, as if he had been frightened.

Very fearful, even to starting up , in the evening, [4].

On falling asleep she started up as from great fright, which caused a shooting in the teeth, and a hard stitch through the knee, with shivering, [1]. 

She frequently started up in sleep, for she tossed the arms around, [4]. 

Anxiety in sleep soon after falling asleep before midnight; started up in the fright and was anxious until he was awake, [1].

Sleepless at night: on account of anxiety, ebullitions and congestions; from itching; from seeing frightful faces; frequent waking. 

Extreme fright from slight cause; the whole body trembled; she seemed paralyzed;swollen and bluish-red and so remained for two hours; she was so affected that she could not again get quiet; all the limbs seemed bruised; violent shaking chills, toan excessive glowing heat mounted into the right cheek, which immediately became ttering of the knees, so that she was obliged to lie down, [1]

Suicide

After suppression of foot sweat, whenever he sees an open window or a cutting instrument break into a sweat, with great heat of head, and is seized with an almost uncontrollable desire to commit suicide. 

Anxiety driving her to suicide; thoughts of suicide; during menses great anxiety from which she cannot free herself; desire for death; great indifference even to those she formerly loved; crying almost involuntary, with relief; hysteria; hypochondriasis.

Disgust of life.

He had no courage to live, [4]. 

Was much discontented with himself and his condition, without cause, [3]. 

He wished to die, was averse to everything; indifferent even to the dearest objects, [6]. 

Much wretchedness and dejection of spirits, with diarrhœa. s.

Delirium; she uncovers herself at night, pulls the straw about, and scolds; during the day she jumps up high both in the open air and in the house (like a wanton, unrestrained person); she talks and scolds a great deal to herself, does not recognize her nearest relatives, spits a great deal and rubs it over the floor with her feet, then partly licks it up; she also frequently licks up cow dung and mud; she puts small stones into her mouth without swallowing them, and complains that they cut her intestines; she passes many clots of blood with the stool; she does violence to no one, but violently resists any one who attempts to touch her; she abbeys no one, does not come to her meals, though she usually takes her food and drink irregularly through the day; she looks very pale and haggard, and seems much weaker then before, [4].

Crime

Anxiety and apprehension; did not know what to do; it seemed as though he had committed a crime; without heat; also with a feeling that he had not control over his senses. s.

Anxiety, with seems as though it would drive him far away, as though he had committed a crime, or as though a misfortune were impending, [1]. 

Great restlessness must constantly change her place; fear, with desire to escape, as if she had committed some crime. θ Hysteria.

*Anxiety and apprehension in the blood; did not know what to do; it seemed as though he had committed a crime; without heat; also with a feeling as though he had not control over his senses, all day, [1]. 

Anxiety, as if he had committed a crime, [6]. 

A feeling as though he had done wrong, with loss of ideas, [1]. 

Uneasiness; he had no rest in any place; could neither stand nor lie, and seemeddelirious, or as though he had committed a great crime, [1]. 

Inexpressible sensation of internal, intolerable sickness, wherewith he was taciturn, and would not leave the bed, [1].

With the others

Kent: He becomes foolish. Delirium in acute complaints. From his feelings he thinks he must be losing his reason. Desire to kill persons contradicting her. Impulse to kill or commit suicide; sudden anger with impulse to do violence. She has the impulse to commit suicide or violent things, and she is fearful that she will lose her reason and carry the impulses out. Impulsive insanity, then, is a feature, but imbecility is more common than insanity.

These impulses are leading features. The patient will not tell you about his impulses, but they relate to deep evils of the will, they fairly drive him to do something. Given a Merc. patient, and he has impulses that he tries to control, no matter what, Merc. will do something for him.

Hysterical melancholia, with inclination to murder. 

Inexpressible pain of soul and body, anxious restlessness, as if some evil impended, < at night, with precordial anguish; sweat of hands and heat of face; disgusted with himself, has not courage to live; constant suspicion, considering everybody his enemy. θ Melancholia. 

Grief, with fear at night; disposition to quarrel; complaining of relations and surroundings. 

Great restlessness as if he had committed a great crime; has no desire for food, although he relishes it when commencing to eat; considers everybody his enemy; ideas constantly crowd upon his mind, one constantly chasing the other away; great inclination when walking to take people by the nose; weakness of memory and intellect; dull and stupid feeling in head; complains that his head will burst. θ Mania.

Desire to kill the person contradicting her. 

Great desire to murder or commit suicide, particularly during menstrual period; despondency; involuntary crying; great indifference; is fearful that she may commit some wrong and kill herself; something urges her to kill her husband, of whom she is very fond, and she implores him to hide his razor. 

Morose and mistrustful; treated his associates almost insultingly, looked upon everyone as his worst enemy. s.

He talked senselessly; for example, "See, you have killed a fly on your hand, and just now you forbade me to do it" (which was not so), [1]. 

*Morose and mistrustful all day; he treated his associates almost insultingly, and looked upon everybody as his worst enemy, [7]. 

Ailments from mortification; from insults; from egotism. 

While taking a walk, he has a strong inclination to pinch the noses of the strangers he meets, [1].

She dreamed of people standing before the window, and thereupon woke; she could not persuade herself that they were not there, [4]. 

Fighting, quarrelsome mood, [1]. 

With the environment

Travel

An almost irresistible desire to take a distant journey, [3]. 

Almost uncontrollable desire to travel far away. 

Desire to flee, with nightly anxiety and apprehension.

Homesickness, or desire to travel; wants to go abroad; nightly anxiety and perspiration. 

Believes he is losing his reason, thinks he is dying, with illusions of fantasy; sees water running where there is none. s. 

He believes that he is losing his reason, thinks that he is dying, with illusions of fantasy; for example, sees water running where there is none (in the morning), [1]. 

He was foolish, played tricks, and made a fool of himself with senseless stuff; in the evening he made a fire in the stove (during the hot summer), laid swords across each other, placed lights in one corner of the room, boots in another, and all the time was fully in earnest; wherewith he was completely indifferent to warmth and cold; but his head was confused and heavy, [1]. 

He believed that he was enduring infernal torments, without being able to explain himself, [1]. 

Longing for home, [3]. 

Was extremely averse to everything, even to music, [1]. 

 He was indifferent to everything in the world; had no desire to eat, and yet, when he ate, relished his food and took as took as much as usual, [1]. 

As soon as she sits down, all parts of the body immediately fall asleep, the thighs and legs, the upper and forearms, together with the hands; also though in less degree, the abdomen, back, and chest, so that she was scarcely sensible of anything; everything seems numb and dead; on motion there is crawling in the part moved, like that noticed on falling asleep of any part, [4]. 

 

All covering, the clothes and bedcovers, seem too heavy, [4]. 

Dreams: of water; thieves; animals; shooting; misfortunes.

 Many fantasies in sleep, [4]. 

Many dreams, [4]. 

Vivid dreams, which he cannot recollect, [3], [7]. 

Vivid agreeable and disagreeable dreams, [7]. 

Numerous historic dreams at night, [1]. 

Anxious dreams (for example, of swallowing a needle), which, however, did not quite wake her, [4]. 

Anxious dreams, with palpitation, from which he could not wake, [1]. 

Dreams causing anxiety, of being bitten by a dog, of rebellion, after midnight, [4]. [1170.]

Frightful dreams at night, as if he were falling from a height, [1]. 

Frightful dreams of shooting, [1]. 

A frightful dream, in which in he started up and thought he was not in his own house, sat up in bed and talked about a far-distant village, [6]. 

Restless nights, dreams of robbers, [1]. 

Dream of a flood, [1]. 

Work

Vivid dreams of the business of the day (when well he never dreamed), [5]. 

No desire for earnest work, [3]. 

Feels sick all over, without any pain; is weak, disinclined to everything, and fretful, [1]. 

 

Male Sexuality

Amativeness; amorousness. 

Amorous dream, with erections, without and emission (second night), [3]. 

Lascivious excitement, with painful nightly erections. 

Pollutions; sperm mixed with blood (gonorrhœa); chilliness; sallow face; constipation. 

After emission burning pain in back and icy cold hands. θ Spermatorrhœa. 

Emission, without a voluptuous dream, [7]. 

Emission during the midday nap, followed by burning pain in the orifice of the urethra while urinating, [1]. 

 Nightly emission, [1]. 

Nightly emission mixed with blood, [1]. 

Painful erections, [1]. 

Falling asleep (deadness) of the penis, lasting a quarter of an hour, [4]. 

Total loss of sexual power. [merc. v] 

The glans penis is very cold and shrivelled (after three hours), [1]. 

 Incomplete erections, with tension of the pubic region, seeming to be caused by much flatulence, 

Female Sexuality

Coition unusually easy, with certain receptivity and conception, [4]. 

Intellect and memory

Memory weak; forgets everything. 

Hurried and rapid talking, [4].  

Slow in answering questions. [merc. v] 

Intellect very weak; shows every mark of imbecility. [merc. v] 

Absentmindedness.

Time seems to pass more slowly. 

Embarrassment.

Obtuseness of mental operations, with great inclination to sleep; heaviness and muddledness of head. θ Typhoid. 

Imbecility: foolish, mischievous, disgusting actions. 

Talking was irksome; could not read; the head was confused; could work at nothing, and fell asleep while sitting, [1]. 

Dull and sleepy during the day, [1]. 

 It affects acuteness of thought, makes him dizzy; he does not hear what is spoken, does not comprehend what he is reading, and easily makes mistakes in talking, [1]. 

Thought is very weak; it is extremely difficult to collect his thoughts, and he makes wrong answers to questions (that he himself notices), [1]. 

He is unable to calculate; cannot put his mind on anything, [4]. 

Thoughts entirely vanish, [4].

At times, thought disappears for several minutes, [4]. 

Distraction of mind; while he was at work at anything, something else constantly came into his mind; thoughts constantly thronged upon each other, from time to time (for several days), [3]. 

Coming in spells, in cold cloudy weather, or damp weather, the mind will not work, it is slow and sluggish and he is forgetful. This is noticed in persons who are tending toward imbecility. He cannot answer questions right off, looks and thinks, and finally grasps it. Imbecility and softening of the brain are strong features.

Neurological

Unconsciousness.

Loss of consciousness and speech; she seems to sleep, but is pulseless, with the usual warmth of the body and with the perfect look of a corpse; after an hour consciousness and some sound of the voice returned; she tried to speak but could not; only after twelve hours did speech return, [4]. 

Sopor: coma. [merc. v] 

Mania, with liver complaint. 

Fancies; rarely delirium. 

Delirium and mental derangement of drunkards. [merc. v] 

Muttering delirium. [merc. V] 

Fainting after sweetish rising in throat, followed by sleep. 

Dull and stupid feeling, with dizziness. 

Weakness in head like a dullness, and as if there was a vibration in forehead and a turning about in a circle. s. 

Prophylactic in apoplexy, in lymphatic, or leuco-phlegmatic, ill nourished subjects.

Involuntary motions, which can be momentarily suppressed by volition, or involuntary tremors. [merc. v]

Involuntary motions of head and hands. [merc. v] 

Convulsions: with cries; rigidity, bloated abdomen, itching of nose and thirst; < at night; much salivation; child takes cold and salivation is arrested; mostly in extremities; epileptic, at night. 


 

NERVES.

Great irritability of all the organs. θ Yellow fever. 

Involuntary motions which can be momentarily suppressed by volition, or involuntary tremors. [merc. v] 

Involuntary motions of head and hands. [merc. v] 

Nervousness and trembling of hands. 

Paroxysmal trembling. 

General tremors, with stammering of speech. [merc. v] 

Tremors always commencing in fingers. [merc. v] 

Trembling of hands and tongue. [merc. v] 

Tremor of hands so that he could not lift anything, eat or write; marked tremor of neck and lower extremities. [merc. v] 

Jerkings. s. 

Convulsions: with cries; rigidity, bloated abdomen, itching of nose and thirst; < at night; much salivation; child takes cold and salivation is arrested; mostly in extremities; epileptic, at night. 

Rheumatic patients with night sweats, tearing, lancinating pains, sensation of cold in affected parts, < at night; great weakness; hot flashes from least exertion; pale face and evanescent redness on cheeks. θ Neuralgia. 

Paralysis agitans. 

Paralysis of lower extremities. θ Spinal meningitis. 

Limbs stiff but can be moved by others. θ Paralysis. 

Occasional jerks in paralyzed parts. θ Meningitis.

GENERAL SYMPTOMS.

Weakness/weariness

Great debility. θ Rheumatism. θ Typhoid.   

Rheumatic patients with night sweats, tearing, lancinating pains, sensation of cold in affected parts, < at night; great weakness; hot flashes from least exertion; pale face and evanescent redness on cheeks. θ Neuralgia. 

Lassitude, and a feeling as though lead were in the veins, more while sitting, [1]. 

*Weary, especially while sitting, as if all his limbs would fall from him, [1]. 

*Great weariness, [1]. 

 While sitting, was not at all weak, but very much so on walking in the least, so that the upper and lower extremities ached very much, as if he had walked a long distance, [1]. 

Weakness, less while walking than while standing, [1].

Weakness, with depression of spirits, [1]. 

He became quite weak, tremulous, and dizzy, while washing his feet, [8].  Is attacked with great weakness every afternoon about 5 or 6 o'clock, [1]. 

Great weakness, in the evening, [1]. 

Very weak from slight motion, [1]. 

After slight effort, great exhaustion, weakness, trembling, sensation of heat (ninth day), [8]. 

He was very much exhausted after a stool, accompanied by much griping, [1]. 

Prostration, with an inexpressible sick feeling of body and mind, obliging him to lie down, [1]. 

Paroxysms as if internally prostrated in mind and body, [1]

Great debility. θ Rheumatism. θ Typhoid. 

Great weakness, ebullitions and trembling from exertion. 

Lassitude; weakness, approaching palsy. [merc. v] 

Weary, especially while sitting, as if all his limbs would fall from him. s. 

Weakness, with depression of spirits. s.  

Lassitude, and a feeling as though lead were in the veins, more while sitting, [1].

 Weary, especially while sitting, as if all his limbs would fall from him, [1]. 

While sitting, was not at all weak, but very much so on walking in the least, so that the upper and lower extremities ached very much, as if he had walked a long distance, 

[Weakness, less while walking than while standing, [1].

Weakness, with depression of spirits, [1]. 

He became quite weak, tremulous, and dizzy, while washing his feet, [8]. 

Great weakness; he could scarcely proceed, [6]. 

Is attacked with great weakness every afternoon about 5 or 6 o'clock, [1]. 

Great weakness, in the evening, [1]. 

Very weak from slight motion, [1]. 

After slight effort, great exhaustion, weakness, trembling, sensation of heat (ninth day), [8]. 

Prostration, with an inexpressible sick feeling of body and mind, obliging him to lie down, [1]. 

Faintness                                                                                

Frequent fainting. θ Metrorrhagia.

Numbness

As soon as she sits down, all parts of the body immediately fall asleep, the thighs and legs, the upper and forearms, together with the hands; also though in less degree, the abdomen, back, and chest, so that she was scarcely sensible of anything; everything seems numb and dead; on motion there is crawling in the part moved, like that noticed on falling asleep of any part, [4]. 

Falling asleep of the head, both arms, and both thighs, while lying down, [4]. 

Feels sick all over, without any pain; is weak, disinclined to everything, and fretful, [1]. 

 Inexpressible sensation of internal, intolerable sickness, wherewith he was taciturn, and would not leave the bed, [1]. 

All covering, the clothes and bedcovers, seem too heavy