Author: Urenus

The attenuations of this sarcode are prepared from the fresh nasal mucosa removed from healthy pigs (Sus scrofa domesticus).

The main indications are:

Chronic sinusitis. Polysinusitis. Offensive nasal discharge. Nasal polypi. Other kinds of sinus affection, possibly with reflex states in internal organs, (e.g. duodenal ulcer, bronchial asthma).

A proving of this substance was conducted in the summer and fall of 1994 by Dr. David Riley.

Congruent symptoms with Dr. Reckeweg:

• Sinusitis
• nasal discharge and congestion
• gastritis

The most important symptoms from David Riley’s drug proving were:

Essential Characteristics

Severe headaches or sinus headaches are prominent with this remedy.

Sadness. Increased alertness in the evening and physical irritability. Vertigo. Se- vere headaches related to the sinuses. Headaches in the forehead and vertex. Nasal congestion. Stiffness in the back especially the cervical region.

Mind

Cheerfulness alternating with sadness. Difficult concentration. Mental confusion and dullness. Delusions the body and thoughts are separated or that she is floating associated with dizziness. Unpleasant dreams. Optimism. Disgusted and critical of self. Sadness and weeping.

Generalities

Alert in the evening. Chilliness. Heaviness. Excessive physical irritability. Aggra- vation from moonlight.

Vertigo

Vertigo and dizziness.

Head

Pulsations at the vertex. Drawing pains. HEADACHES on waking. Forehead pain that extends to the occiput. Pain on the right sides. Pain at the vertex. Piercing pain. Pain as if in a vise. Sinus involvement.

Ear

Left ear pain.

Nose

NASAL CONGESTION OR IN THE SINUSES.

Face

Tension throughout the face that is worse in the lower jaw.

Mouth

Dry mouth better from drinking. Pain on the gums. Prickling of the tongue. In- creased salivation.

Taste Bitter taste. Teeth

Toothache and general pains in the teeth.

Throat

Mucus in the throat during the daytime that causes clearing of the throat.

Stomach

Appetite increased. Full sensation. Gurgling. NAUSEA in the morning. Vomiting during the night.

Abdomen

Abdominal distension. Flatulence especially at night. Aching pain. Rumbling.

Rectum

CONSTIPATION with ineffectual urging and straining.

Stool

Increased frequency of stools. Stool is increased in size. Soft stool. Stool is green.

Genitalia, Female

Altered menses. Painful and protracted menses. Increased flow. Many clots in the menstrual flow.

Chest

Heart palpitations as if racing.

Back

Aching back pain in the cervical neck. CERVICAL STIFFNESS during a headache.

Extremities

Coldness. Left hand cramp in the afternoon. Heaviness of the hip while walking. Pain in the lower limbs.

Sleep

Restless sleep. Sleepiness in the afternoon or evening. WAKING too early, frequent- ly, or with a headache.

The attenuations are prepared from the dried secretion from the preputial follicles of the musk deer (Moschus moschiferus L.), which inhabits the high mountain ranges of Central Asia, from Tibet to Siberia. N.O. Cervidae.

The main indications are:

Nervousness, tremulousness, constant activity and confused speech. Anxious, eas- ily scared. Fear of death. Fainting. Glottal spasm. Suffocative attacks. Hysteria, paraoxysmal crying and screaming. Quarrelsome women, unleashing a bombard- ment of scolding until they fall down unconscious. Globus hystericus.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Moschus moschiferus, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for moschus: nervous disorders.

The mother tincture is prepared from the nearly ripe fruits of the plant, Momordica balsamina L., a native of the East Indies and China. N.O. Cucurbitaceae.

The main indications are:

Flatulent colic in the splenic flexure and sigmoid colon. Reflex oesophagitis. Pancreatitis.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Momordica balsamina, pub- lished the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for momordica balsamina: diarrhoea; flatulent colic.

The mother tincture is prepared from the fresh aerial parts gathered while in flower, of Achillea millefolium L., which grows in pastures, by waysides and in meadows in Europe, Asia and North America. N.O. Compositae.

The main indications are:

Bright red arterial haemorrhages. Haemoptysis. Exhausting sweats. Haemorrhoids with bleeding.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Achillea millefolium, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for millefolium: bright-red haemorrhages; varicose veins; painful spas- modic conditions.

The mother tincture is prepared from the fresh bark, gathered before the plant flow- ers, of Daphne mezereum L., which grows in woodlands on the lower mountains of Europe and Northern Asia. N.O. Thymelaeaceae.

The tincture prepared from Daphne Mezereum is used not only in skin diseases such as eczematous eruptions, and inflammations of eyes and ears, but also in in- flammtory conditions of the mucosa and of the respiratory, digestive and urinary or- gans, especially if there are vesicles and ulcers with slight bleeding; it is also used in epidemics of influenza and whooping cough, rheumatic conditions, inflammations of the periosteum, leucorrhoea, affections of the lymph nodes and ranula. Particular- ly herpes zoster and vesicular eruptions with unbearable itching, the vesicles drying into thick, elevated scales from beneath which acrid pus runs out, constitute a char- acteristic indication for Mezereum.

Febrile symptoms are usually absent or only slight, although the patient may feel generally unwell, with shivering and exhaustion.

Apart from skin and mucosal affections, above all the mesenchymal tissues are in- volved, particularly in the course of inflammations of the joints and especially the synovial membranes of the shoulder, elbow, hand, hip, knee and foot joints. There is also a tendency towards irritative conditions of the muscular fascia, nerve-sheaths, ligaments and the periosteum at places where there is no muscle, so that periosteal pains in the shin-bone, elbow, lower jaw, top of the skull and hard palate constitute typical indications for Mezereum, especially when there is thickening of the tissue.

These complaints usually occur with greater strength at night and in the warmth of the bed, just as they are aggravated during the evening and in contact with cool air. The patients may also be in a depressed mood, may show certain signs of apathy and irritation or else melancholy weeping.

There may also be spasmodic twitching of the upper eyelid, or drawing, pressing pains in the eyes and eyelids, which are aggravated by light and associated with weakness of vision, neuralgic pains extending along the nerves in the trunk and limbs with lameness, weakness and spasmodic twitching.

Mezereum can also be a good remedy for severe fluent coryza, when there is dis- charge of copious runny or thick mucus streaked with blood, and possibly also ca- tarrhal inflammations of the larynx and bronchi with pain and a tickling sensation, hoarseness and a dry cough, possibly associated with retching and vomiting (pertus- sis).

The lips may be inflamed and swollen, as may the mucosa of tongue and gums, extending back to the oesophagus, with the formation of small vesicles. There is salivation as in Mercurius, and the inflammation may progress as far as the stomach and intestines, with cutting abdominal pains, borborygmi, thick, pappy stools with tenesmus and burning pains in the anus. Acute cystitis is also typical of Mezereum, with dysuria and mucous discharge, and possibly a few drops of blood being passed after urination; so are a vaginal discharge like egg-white, balanitis, and neuralgias of

the spermatic cord and testicles. Thus altogether, Mezereum offers a picture which corresponds to Reiter’s syndrome: conjunctivitis, enteritis, urethritis.

Dewey particularly emphasizes herpetic eruptions with thick, elevated scales, acrid pus being exuded beneath them with characteristic scabs and itching, whilst the neuralgic symptoms of Mezereum are chiefly characterised by neuralgia of the cheek-bones with a sensation of numbness and neuralgic pains along the length of an eruption as in herpes zoster, and by ciliary neuralgia.

Nash has had good experiences with Mezereum in pains of the long bones, espe- cially the tibia, and also in facial neuralgia, an amelioration of the complaints being achieved by holding the painful side near to a hot stove; hot compresses or cloths bringing no relief.

Fellenberg-Ziegler also mentions deep ulcers with glandular swellings, and also the gnawing, boring pains which occur in apical periodontitis in badly decayed teeth, extending over the whole side of the face, a sensation of lengthening of the teeth being typical.

The discharges of Mezereum are frequently bloody and excoriating (from the nose, vagina, and urethra).

If we sum up the symptoms of Mezereum, the following typical remedy-picture emerges:

1. Herpes zoster and herpetic eruptions with formation of vesicles and pustules with elevated scales and desquamation. Ulceration with swelling of the local lymph glands.
2. Dry and moist skin eruptions, also on the scalp and behind the ears. Conjunctivitis.
3. Stomatitis with vesicles. Laryngitis and whooping cough, also acute gastroen- teritis with spasmodic pains and tenesmus.
4. Ciliary neuralgia, rheumatism in various joints, and other neuralgias, also in the course of herpes zoster.
5. Periostitis with nocturnal bone pains and sensitivity to touch (skull, tibia, etc.).
6. Urethritis. Balanitis. Vaginal discharge. Reiter’s disease.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Daphne mezereum, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for mezereum: inflammations of the respiratory passages; digestive disor- ders; pruritic skin irritations and skin suppuration; neuralgia; ostealgia; other condi- tions of pain.

The attenuations are prepared from a solution of methylglyoxal, C₃ H₄O₂, MW: 72.1.

It is produced in small quantities during metabolic processes (Karrer), possesses a carbonyl group and an aldehyde group and is therefore ideally suited for transfer of hydrogen and catabolism of toxic amino-groups from azomethin compounds. Indi- cated in cellular phases, and particularly in degeneration and neoplasm phases.

The drug picture of Methylglyoxal was composed in September 1997 by David Riley, M.D., Santa Fe (New Mexico), USA.

The most important symptoms from David Riley’s drug proving were:

Essential Characteristics

Increased energy. Desires or aversion to chocolate. Desires sweets. Headaches. Aversion to company. Heartburn or burning pain of the stomach. Strong odor to the urine.

Mind

Aversion to company with a desire for reflection and this aversion begins on wak- ing in the morning. Dreams that are anxious, fearful, and of being pursued. Weeping more easily than normal.

Generalities

Cold symptoms appear but the cold does not come on. Increased energy especial- ly in the evening. Food desires fats like butter and mayonnaise, chicken liver, choco- late and sweets, cold drinks, and sour fruit. Aversion to sweets even during the pre- menstrual time.

Head

Pimples on the forehead. Headaches that are pressing at the vertex when spine seems misaligned or pounding between the eyes.

Eye

Strong desire to close the eyes as if drugged even though sound sleep during the previous night. Warm sensation in the right eye. Itching and swelling of the upper left eye lid as from hayfever.

Nose

Sneezing as if from hayfever. Tickling inside the nose. Sniffling in the morning.

Face

Tightness and tension of the facial muscles improves.

Mouth

Dryness in the morning.

Throat

Sore throat on waking that is associated with a tickle in the nose. Swollen sensa- tion of the throat that is worse when swallowing.

Stomach

Decreased appetite. Distention with acid stomach. Heartburn and acid indiges- tion. Nausea with stomach pain. Squeezing pain that is worse after eating or drink- ing that is like a rope being tightened under the diaphragm and rib cage.

Abdomen

Distention without flatus. Squeezing pain in the hypochondrium worse after drink- ing or eating.

Rectum

Stabbing and stitching pain during constipated stool that extends upward.

Stool

Loose stools that are not formed but that are not watery.

Urine

Strong odor to the urine that is acrid or like horse’s urine.

Genitalia, Female

Increased flow of menstrual blood.

Back

Tension in the back muscles is relieved. Sore pain in the thoracics.

Extremities

Stiffness in the legs on waking in the morning. Pain that is burning in the thigh or sore in the legs and calves.

Sleep

Tossing and turning in bed. Overpowering sleepiness at noon after sound sleep the previous night.

Perspiration

Perspiration that is more salty than usual and that leaves deposits of salt on the skin. Sweating at night.

The attenuations are prepared from Methylene-blue, C₁₆H₁₈ClN₃S · 3 H₂O, MW: 319.9.

It is a redox dye and also changes to the colourless (reduced) stage. Also, it is only by means of methylene blue that the dehydrogenation of succinic acid may be achieved through the widespread succinodehydrogenation of fumaric acid. Thus Methylene Blue is indicated in numerous cellular phases, and also in neoplasm phases, as an aid to respiration.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Methylenum caeruleum, pub- lished the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for methylene blue: inflammations of the urinary tract.

The attenuations are prepared from Mercuric(II)-chloride, HgCl₂, MW: 271.5.

Characteristic mercurial action in tonsillitis, affections of the mucosa, salivation, dysentery, acute glomerulonephritis with albuminuria, haematuria, tenesmus, fluent coryza, liver problems, cholangitis, keratitis, iritis(!), gingivitis, gonorrhoea, primary syphilis (with antibiotics). Influenza, leucorrhoea of little girls. Offensive night- sweats. Shivering, trembling of the limbs, brain symptoms, fear, restlessness, erethism. Unquenchable thirst.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Hydrargyrum bichloratum, pub- lished the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for mercurius sublimatus corrosivus: highly acute inflammations of the mucosae of the eyes, the oral cavity, the tonsils, the large intestine, the rectum, the kidneys, the urinary tract collection system, and the vagina.

The attenuations are prepared from mixture consisting essentially of mercury(II)- amidonitrate and metallic mercury.

Of the great range of various Mercury preparations, produced both from native quicksilver (Mercurius Vivus) and from its salts, the one which has earned itself a

special reputation is Mercurius Solubilis Hahnemanni, although others are in use, such as Mercurius Cyanatus, e.g. in throat conditions and diphtheria, Mercurius Bi- iodatus in mucosal conditions, and Mercurius Sublimatus Corrosivus and Mercurius Praecipitatus Ruber in conditions of the periosteum and bones.

All Mercury preparations have a certain common symptomatology, e.g. the aggra- vation at night, foetid mouth-odour, glandular swellings, sensitivity to cold air, tongue coated and taking imprints of the teeth, and copious sweat, which is found to a particularly marked extent in Mercurius Solubilis.

In particular the swollen, flaccid tongue, showing imprints of the teeth (cf. Cheli- donium, Podophyllum, Arsenicum and Rhus Toxicodendron), may be found with al- most unfailing regularity in febrile illnesses. The Mercurius tongue is moist, with vi- olent thirst, and in many cases there is salivation which can be viscous, like soft soap, and there is a repulsive mouth odour which infests the whole sick-room. How- ever, it is not necessary for there to be any illness of the mouth present, such as stomatitis or gingivitis, or of the throat, such as tonsillitis, or either a sinus condition or a disease of the liver or gall-bladder. The state of the tongue or the mouth odour may be present or suggested in such conditions as hydronephrosis, for which Mer- curius Solubilis is likewise an important remedy. Usually the characteristic sweats of Mercurius Solubilis are also present, which are copious and do not relieve.

The main indication for Mercury preparations of any kind, but especially for Mer- curius Solubilis, is suppuration, particularly abscesses, boils, impetigo, moist and suppurating eczemas, carbuncles, inflamed swellings, pyuria, empyema, sinusitis with purulent discharge, purulent otitis media, bronchitis with tendency to yellow- ish, purulent expectoration, and influenza with severe fluent coryza and purulent se- cretion. Also an indication for Mercurius Solubilis are acute inflammatory condi- tions of the mucosa, such as dysentery with mucous, bloody stools, cutting pains and tenesmus, the latter also being an indication for Mercurius Sublimatus Corrosivus. Mercurius Solubilis is also indicated for styes and Meibomian cysts, if there is a strong sensitivity to touch and photophobia, likewise an aggravation at night and from warmth. Here it is best prescribed in alternation with Hepar Sulphuris.

Serious eye conditions such as scleritis with atrophy and possibly also glaucoma, react especially well to Mercurius Solubilis. Further indications include appendici- tis, bleeding haemorrhoids with inflammatory symptoms, liver conditions with foetid mouth odour, imprints of the teeth on the yellow-coated tongue and a tenden- cy to empyema of the gall-bladder. Also cystitis with mucous urine, gonorrhoea and consequences of gonorrhoea with violent inflammatory symptoms, orchitis, epi- didymitis, ophoritis, salpingitis, whitlow, and especially eczemas, both chronic and acute and those of a scrofulous kind.

It should also be borne in mind that Mercurius Solubilis can be a good remedy for disorder of brain function. Pink disease is well-known. Thus Mercurius will influ- ence slow, awkward speech as well as the familiar mercurial tremor with trembling of the tongue (Hatter’s shakes). Mercurius Solubilis will also have a beneficial effect on rheumatism of the joints, and muscular rheumatism with night sweats and red-

ness of the joints, as well as on measles with violent fluent coryza, eye inflamma- tions and diarrhoea.

A particularly important modality is the aggravation at night and from the warmth of the bed, which applies not only to suppurations but also to a wide variety of skin diseases.

Mercurius was formerly regarded as one of the most important preparations in the treatment of syphilis. With the recent availability of the abortive treatment with mega-doses of penicillin, this has receded into the background. In spite of this, it is recommended to supplement treatment of syphilitic conditions with Mercurius Sol- ubilis; in secondary and tertiary syphilis, however, mercury preparations are particu- larly recommended (with or before penicillin treatment).

Apart from Mercurius Solubilis, Mercurius Cyanatus is also frequently used, par- ticularly in diphtheritic conditions; likewise Mercurius Iodatus Flavus, which is characterised by a thick yellow coating at the base of the tongue, which is also often found in liver diseases as well as in diphtheria.

Mercurius Sublimatus Corrosivus, the sublimate, is particularly effective in dis- eases of the mucosa and skin, and also especially in dysentery with violent intestin- al tenesmus. Mercurius Sublimatus Corrosivus is also the remedy of preference in gonorrhoeal sequelae, especially a thin, greenish discharge, and also in discharging fistulas of every kind.

The beneficial action of Mercurius Praecipitatus Ruber on bone conditions and on periosteal affections, such as exostoses, including those of the heel, should also be mentioned and also where cerebral abscess or arachnoiditis is suspected.

Note should also be made of the tendency, peculiar to the mercury preparations, towards shivering, which is found in incipient influenza and infectious diseases, as well as in the early stages of suppurations such as tonsillitis and tonsillar abscess, and possibly also in whitlows etc. This symptom is just as typical of Mercurius as are the sweats which do not relieve and the aggravation from warmth of the bed.

Also in use is Mercurius Biiodatus, which is recommended (like Kalmia) in syphilitic iritis, and also in chronic suppurations of the middle ear and in chronic nasal catarrh, in psoriasis, acne rosacea and chronic eczemas with significant hyper- keratosis.

Further Mercury preparations which may be mentioned are Mercurius Dulcis (Calomel), recommended in otitis media, liver and gall-stone problems and in mas- sive occurrences of ascarides; and also Cinnabaris (Mercurius Sulphuratus Ruber).

Cinnabaris has a special reputation in post-syphilitic conditions and is recom- mended in corneal affections, syphilitic iritis and in ulcerative destruction of the nasal septum, chronic blepharitis, ulcer of the lower leg and sycosis barbae.

Mercurius Nitrosus is particularly suited as a skin and eye remedy, e.g. in tubercu- lar conjunctivitis and keratitis, also in blepharitis with stabbing pains and sore edges of the eyelids, and also in stubborn condylomata.

If we sum up the most essential symptoms of Mercurius, the following character- istics emerge:

1. Tendency towards suppurations of all kinds. Tonsillitis. Sinusitis. Appendicitis. Empyema thoracis. Suppuration of the bones. Osteomyelitis. Periosteal affec- tions. Scleritis. Iritis. Conjunctivitis. Ulcer of the lower leg. Hydronephrosis, cys- titis, pyelitis. Otitis media. Acne vulgaris.
   1. Aggravation of all complaints at night, especially from warmth of the bed. Copi- ous sweats which do not give relief.
   1. Tongue has a thick mucous or yellowish coating, showing the imprint of the teeth, with severe thirst. Glandular swellings. Foetid mouth-odour.
   1. Sensitivity to cold air.
   1. All reaction phases, which extend, and in which Belladonna, initially indicated, does not act sufficiently, or there is a tendency towards suppurations or superficial inflammations of the mucosa.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Mercurius solubilis Hahneman- ni, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for mercurius solubilis Hahnemanni: mucosal inflammations of the respiratory passages, the gastrointestinal tract, and the urinary and reproductive organs; skin diseases; inflammations of the tonsils, lymph glands, liver, and kid- neys; inflammations of other glandular organs; ostealgia and rheumatism; enervating diseases; cerebral angiosclerosis.

The attenuations are prepared from Mercurous(II)-salicylate Hg(C₆ H₄ (OH)COO)₂,

MW: 474.7.

The main indications are:

Polyarthritis with unpleasant-smelling sweat. Chronic skin diseases.