Mercurius Lodatus Ruber
Bin-iodide of Mercury
Dose
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Third trituration. Mercuric iodide is far more active as a bactericide than the other mercurials, including the chloride.
Guiding symptoms
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Diphtheria and ulcerated sore throats, especially on left side, with much glandular swelling. Chronic suppurating buboes. Hard chancres. Old cases of syphilis in scrofulous patients. Early stages of cold, especially in children.
Mouth
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Gums swollen; toothache; glands swollen. Scalded feeling on
Nose
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Coryza and dull hearing; right side of nose hot. Hawks mucus from posterior nares. Turbinated bones swollen. Boggy mucous membrane of nose and
Skin
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Small fissures and cracks; hard papules; Hunterian chancre; syphilitic ulcers. Bubo. Sarcocele.
Throat
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Laryngeal troubles with af)honia.
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closure of Eustachian tube, opening with a pop.
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Fauces dark red; swallowing painful. Phlegm in nose and
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Disposition to hawk, with sensation of a lump in
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Stiffness of muscles of throat and
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Diphtheria; submaxillary glands painfully engorged, fauces dark red ; worse on left tonsil. Parenchymatous tonsillitis. Will often abort peritonsillitis if given frequently. Cough from elongated uvula, with sore
Tongue
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Aphthae. Profuse saliva. Tongue feels stiff at base, and pains on moving. 502 MERCURIUS lOD. RUB. — MERCURIUS COR.
References
This monograph is an original summary faithful to the classical tradition. It condenses material from these public-domain sources:
- James Tyler Kent, Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica (1905)Primary remedy pictures; characteristic mental and general symptoms. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
- William Boericke, Pocket Manual of Homeopathic Materia Medica and Repertory (1927)Reproduced here in full — the complete classical repertory-style monographs. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
- Constantine Hering, The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica (1879–1891)Confirmed symptom aggregates behind the section organization. · Public domain
- Timothy Field Allen, Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica (1874–1879)Provings background referenced by the verification tradition. · Public domain
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