Materia Medica
Mercurius Dulcis
Calomel
Has marked effect on catarrhal inflammation of ear, and useful in Eustachian catarrh, deafness. Diarrhcea, with soreness of anus. Prostatitis. Remittent bilious attacks. Pallor, flabby bloatcdncss, and turgid faccid- ity. Inflammation with plastic exudate. Especially in- dicated in systems disposed to remittent bilious fevers; in peritonitis and meningitis with plastic cxudate.
Ears
Otitis media; closure of Fustachian tube, ear troubles of scrofulous children; membrana tympani retracted, thickened and immovable.
Mouth
Offensive breath; salivation; sore gums. Ulcers. Tongue black. Constant flow of dark, putrid saliva; very offensive. Ulceration of throat, with dys- phagia. Granular pharyngitis.
Stomach
Nausea and vomiting. Cyclic vomiting of infants. [Cup. ars.; Iris.]
Stool
Scanty, bloody mucus, with bile, and constant desire, without tenesmus. Dark-green, watery, with griping. Anus sore and burning. Dysentery; small stools of mucus and blood. covered with bile.
Skin
Flabby and ill nourished. Swollen glands. Phargedanic ulcers.( Copper-colored eruptions.
Relationships
Compare: Kali mur.
Dose
Third to sixth trituration. For palliative (non-homeopathic) purposes, to secure evacuation of bowels, two or three-grain doses of first decimal trit- uration, repeated several times every hour.