Mercurius Vivus - Skin symptoms
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Below are the main rubriks (i.e strongest indications or symptoms) of Merc Viv in traditional homeopathic usage, not approved by the FDA.
SKIN
Skin
Almost Constantly moist
Persistent dryness of the skin contraindicate Mercurius Vivus
Excessive odorous viscid perspiration; worse, night
General tendency to free perspiration, but patient is not relieved thereby
Vesicular and pustular eruptions
Ulcers, irregular in shape, edges undefined
Pimples around the main eruption
Itching; worse from warmth of bed
Crusta lactea; yellowish-brown crusts, considerable suppuration
Glands swell every time patient takes cold
Buboes
Orchitis ( Clemat.; haman.; Pulsatilla Puls.)
Adhesion, skin sticks; to bone
Blisters
burning
phagedenic (spreading, obstinate ulceration)
red
after scratching
small
covered with spots
transparent
ulcerated (see phagedenic)
watery
white
yellow
whitish
winter
Chapping
Coldness
along painful nerves
sensation of coldness
suffering parts
Contraction
Cracks
deep, bloody
offensive smelling
itching
ulcerated
yellow
Discoloration
bluish
bluish; spots
brown, liver spots
dirty
freckles
pale
red
after scratching
spots
spots; scarlet
spots; after scratching
spots; small
spots; stinging
white; spots
yellow, jaundice, etc.
Dry
burning
inability to perspire (see inactivity)
rough
Filthy skin
Flabbiness
Gangrene; cold
Goose bumps
Abnormal growths
wart-like growth
wart-like growth; dry
wart-like growth; moist
wart-like growth; syphilitic
cauliflower-like fungus; haematodes
cauliflower-like fungus; syphilitic
ulcers
gnawing, biting
bleeding
bleeding; edges
bluish
burning
burning; night
burning; when touched
burning; around about ulcer
burning; in margins
with cold feeling
with crawling sensation
crusty
deep
dirty
discharges; bloody
discharges; cheesy
discharges; copious
discharges; corrosive
discharges; like jelly
discharges; grey
discharges; green
discharges; greenish
discharges; with maggots
discharges; offensive
discharges; offensive; putrid
discharges; scanty
discharges; sour smelling
discharges; like hard fat
discharges; clinging
discharges; thin
discharges; watery
discharges; yellow
with elevated, hardened margins
with deep hole (fistula)
flat (see superficial)
foul
fungus
with gnawing, biting pain
hardened
hardened; with red circle around
hardened; margins
inflamed
itching
itching; around about
with jagged margins
with jerking pain
lardy
lardy bases
painful
painful; night
painful; from warmth of bed
painful; margins
painless
phagedenic (spreading, obstinate ulceration)
surrounded by pimples
pulsating
pulsating; night
red with red circle
like eczema
like sarcoma
after scratching
sensitive
sensitive; around ulcers
sensitive; margins
lesion with wavy margin
smarting
smarting; night
spongy
spongy; margins
stinging, sudden, sharp
stinging, sudden, sharp; in red circle around
stinging, sudden, sharp; margins
superficial
generating pus
swollen
swollen; with red circle
swollen; margins
syphilitic
with tearing pain
tense
tense; with red circle
unhealthy
varicose
surrounded by blisters
warmth
with white spots
warts; syphilitic
warts; withered
warts; wrinkled, shrivelled
Inactivity
Inflammation
skin erysipelas (inflamed from infection, deep red colour)
after scratching
with swelling
indurated (hard from inflammation), nodules, etc.
tendency to inflame
Like insects crawling on skin
Itching
evening
in bed
night
gnawing, biting
burning
crawling
without visible out-break on skin
perspiration
must scratch
until it is raw
scratching
smarting
spots
stinging
tickling
after scratching
erotic
wandering
on becoming warm
in bed
Loss of feeling
As if infested with lice
Moisture
after scratching
Out-breaks on skin
gnawing, biting
bleeding
blisters
blotches
inflamed
red
after scratching
boils
large
periodical
burning
night
touch
when washing
chicken-pox
coppery
spots
crusty
bleeding
dry
offensive smelling
grey
moist
patches
after scratching
yellow
peeling in scales
dirty
discharging, moist
bloody
corrosive
destroying hair
after scratching
white
yellow
dry
large, round pimples on hardened base
eczema
elevated
excoriated (as if grazed, chaffed)
offensive smelling
flat
on hairy parts
herpetic
burning
chapping
corrosive
crusty
dry
itching
mealy
moist
patches
red
scaly
spreading
stinging
generating pus
tearing
yellowish
zoster, zona
impetigo (bacterial infection on skin surface)
itching
night
warmth
warmth
of bed
mealy
painful
small, solid, no pus
groups of itching blisters
phagedenic (spreading, obstinate ulceration)
pimples
burning
with crusts
itching
after scratching
smarting
ulcerated
pocks
burning
generating pus
psoriasis (red patches with silvery scales)
long established
syphilitic
pus-filled pimples
merging together
dry
itching
scaly
after scratching
powdery flaking skin
sore
ulcerated
yellow
rash (see granular)
receding in eruptive fevers; scarlet fever
after scratching
red
red; spotted
rose coloured patches
suppurating (producing pus), which dries to blackish crusts
scabies
scabies; bleeding
scabies; dry
scabies; fatty
scabies; moist
scaly
scaly; bran-like
scaly; spots
scarlet fever
smooth
scurvy, spots
after scratching
shining through
small-pox
smarting
stinging
suppressed
generating pus
with swelling
syphilitic
with tearing pain
transparent
tubercles (nodules, knob-like lumps)
burning
red
syphilitic
ulcerative with pain
like nettle rash
nodular
nodular; rosy (erythema)
after scratching
Pain
gnawing, biting
gnawing, biting; after scratching
gnawing, biting; eating at skin
burning
night
from perspiration
after scratching
spots
excoriated (as if grazed, chaffed)
after scratching (must scratch it raw)
between skin folds
stinging
ulcerative pain
after scratching
Rough
Scars; become red
Sensitive
Becomes sore when lying down
in a child
feeling
Sticking
night
after scratching
Stings of insects
Swelling
of parts affected with symptoms
bluish-black
burning
crawling
fluid in tissues
hard
inflamed
pale
after scratching
shining
spongy
Swollen sensation
Tension
Generally unhealthy
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