Mercurius biniodide
Mercury(II) iodide (mercuric iodide, HgI2) · Hydrargyrum biiodatum,Mercuric iodide. · Mineral
Those who respond best to Merc. iod. ruber. tend to be weepy, low in spirits, and irritable, particularly in the morning. Toward evening they often feel better and become more cheerful.
The classic symptom picture for this remedy is of an ulcerated sore throat with swollen glands, especially on the left side. The throat may be painful and dark red, with stiff muscles in the neck and throat.
Key symptoms
- Acts intensely on lymphatic glands and cellular tissue
- Throat affections primarily on the left side
- Symptoms worse on empty swallowing and on swallowing food
- Useful in asthma; small doses cut short attacks or prevent nocturnal episodes
- Wandering rheumatism; liver, spleen, and pancreas affected
- Headache worse in open air; eyes worse by bright light
- Diphtheria; quinsy; post-nasal catarrh
Worse (aggravation)
Better (amelioration)
Mercurius iodatus ruber. Mercuric iodide. HgI2. Trituration.
Clinical
Antrum, pain in. Asthma. Coryza. Diphtheria. Eczema. Eyes, inflammation of. Hæmorrhoids. Laryngitis. Liver, syphilis of. Malaria. Nose, polypus of; diseased bones of. Parotitis. Post-nasal catarrh. Quinsy. Rheumatism. Spleen, enlarged. Syphilis. Testicles, syphilitic enlargement of. Typhus fever.
Characteristics
Merc. bin. was introduced and proved by the American Provers' Union in 1856, and is an important addition to the mercurial group. It acts more intensely on the lymphatic glands and cellular tissue than Merc. v., which it otherwise closely resembles. It has been extensively tested in throat affections. It acts more on the left side, or primarily on the left. The symptoms are < on empty swallowing; also < on swallowing food. Cases have been recorded in which small doses of Merc. bin. 3x or 2x have cut short an attack of asthma; or, if taken at bed-time, have prevented an expected attack from developing during the night. The …
Biniodide of Mercury. (HgI2.)
Diphtheritic and glandular affections of left side; fauces dark red; solids or liquids painful when swallowing; exudation slight, easily detached; cases attending epidemic scarlet fever, ulcers on fauces or tonsils; glands enlarged; greenish tough lumps from pharynx or posterior nares. Tubercular pharyngitis. Mercurius Solubilis. Hahnemann's Soluble Mercury. Nervous affections after suppressed discharges especially in psoric patients (Asaf.). Glandular and scrofulous affections of children. Otorrhoea: bloody, offensive discharge, with stabbing tearing pain; < right side, at night and lying on affected side. Furuncles and boils in external meatus (Pic. ac.). Polypi and fungous excresences in external meatus (Mar. v., Thuja). Acrid nasal secretion, having odor of old cheese; nostrils, red, raw, ulcerated. Epistaxis: when coughing; at night during sleep; hangs in a dark clotted string from the nose, like an circle. Gonorrhoea: with phymosis or chancroids; green discharge, < at night; …
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