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Mercurius Nitricus

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Mercurius Nitricus (Mercurius Nitrosus) · Nitrate of Mercury · "The Pustular Conjunctivitis Mercury"
MineralRareSyphiliticClarke only

Exclusively Documented in Clarke

This remedy is documented exclusively in Clarke's Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica. It does not appear in other classical references in this encyclopedia.

🎯 It acts as a powerful stimulant to tissues, particularly addressing deep-seated ulcerations, nerve and bone syphilis, and intense, sharp, sticking pains.
📖 Clarke writes:
Nitrate of Mercury. Mercuric nitrate. Hg(NO3)2. Trituration.
👤 Characteristics
Sphere of Action & Core States
Acts as a stimulating application to indolent ulcers
Effective in ophthalmia
Effective in skin diseases: herpes, ringworm, impetigo, lepra, psoriasis, rupia
Syphilis of the nerves and of the bones
Cachexia
Tremors
Frequent fainting
Temperament & Physical Profile
Coldness predominates
Nitric acid flush of the face
Leading Mental & Emotional Indicators
Pains so intolerable he calls for a knife to kill himself
Key Characteristics & Guiding Symptoms
Sticking pains (special indication)
Sticking itching
Eye affections with burning, sticking pains, photophobia, and epiphora
Mucous patches with sticking pains
Gonorrhoea with frequent burning, sticking itch on corona glandis and in sulcus coronarius
Vegetations
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Intense, sharp, sticking pains as a primary indication.
Clarke
Sticking, burning itching sensations.
Clarke
Syphilis of the nerves and bones.
Clarke
Coldness of the body with a characteristic nitric acid flush of the face.
Clarke
Severe tremors and incoordination.
Clarke
Intolerable pain leading to extreme mental anguish.
Clarke
Mucous patches with sticking pains.
Clarke
Blue line around the margin of the gums.
Clarke
Eye affections with photophobia and epiphora.
Clarke
Gonorrhea with burning, sticking itch on the corona glandis.
Clarke
🩺 Systems & Indications
Clarke Exclusive
🧠Mind
Extreme anxiety, delirium, and suicidal impulses due to intolerable pain.
Delirious.
Extreme anxiety.
Rolled on the ground with excessive pain, and called for a knife to kill himself.
Memory poor.
Stupor approaching narcotism.
🔑 Modalities
Clarke Exclusive
Worse from
Pressure
stomach pain
abdominal pain
📚 Sources & References
Clarke's DictionaryBoericke's Materia MedicaHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaAllen's EncyclopediaPhatak's Concise MM

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