Mercurius dulcis
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
Calomel
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General
Has marked effect on catarrhal inflammation of ear, and useful in Eustachian catarrh, deafness. Diarrhœa, with soreness of anus. Prostatitis. Remittent bilious attacks. Pallor, flabby bloatedness, and turgid flaccidity. Inflammation with plastic exudate. Especially indicated in systems disposed to remittent bilious fevers; in peritonitis and meningitis with plastic exudate. Dropsies due to combined renal and cardiac diseases, especially with jaundice (Hale). Cirrhosis of the liver, especially in the hypertrophic form. Use 1x (Jousset).
Ears
Otitis media; closure of Eustachian 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 dysphagia. 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. Phagedenic 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 trituration,
repeated several times every hour.
What the other books say about Mercurius dulcis
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Mercurius dulcis in Allen's Keynotes — The few symptoms that, when genuinely present, point at one remedy and not its neighbours.
- Mercurius dulcis in Boger — A compressed key — the generals and the characteristic modalities, with very little narrative.
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Create a free accountCite this page. William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Mercurius dulcis — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/mercurius-dulcis. Published 1927: public domain in the US (since 2023) and in India (author died 1929). Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.