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.

Source: Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 8th ed. by William Boericke (1922), p. 494. Public domain.

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