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MEZEREUM – KEY-NOTES TO THE MATERIA MEDICA by HENRY N. GUERNSEY, M.D.

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MEZEREUM

The remedy is often useful in cases of very violent neuralgic pains about
the teeth or face, particularly if the pain be in the left bone, running toward the ear;
also neuralgic pains at night in the teeth. Affections of any kind appearing on the external
head, principally right side; teeth in the left side; forehead; shin bone. Collection of
water in the mouth, i.e., “mouth waters.”
Urine with real flakes, which float about on top of the urine. Subsultus tendinum, as in
typhoid fever, etc., when by putting the fingers on the wrist or on other parts of the body,
the tendons are left to jump and jerk. Burning, darting sensation in the muscles, like fire
darting through them.


Skin.–

Desquamation of; blotches on.

Worse.–

In the evening, or through the night.

Remedies following:–

Calc. carb.,
Caustic., Ignat., Lycop., Phosphor., Nux vom., Mercur., Pulsat
.

Antidote:–

Mercur.

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