Mercurius iodatus ruber
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
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General
Bin-iodide of Mercury 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.
Nose
Coryza and dull hearing; right side of nose hot. Hawks mucus from posterior nares. Turbinated bones swollen. Boggy mucus membrane of nose and throat; closure of Eustachian tube, opening with a pop.
Mouth
Gums swollen; toothache; glands swollen. Scalded feeling on tongue. Aphthæ. Profuse saliva. Tongue feels stiff at base, and pains on moving.
Throat
Fauces dark red; swallowing painful. Phlegm in nose and throat. Disposition to hawk, with sensation of a lump in throat. Stiffness of muscles of throat and neck.
Skin
Small fissures and cracks; hard papules; Hunterian chancre; syphilitic ulcers. Bubo. Sarcocele.
Dose
Third trituration. Mercuric iodide is far more active as a bactericide than the other mercurials, including the chloride.
What the other books say about Mercurius iodatus ruber
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Mercurius iodatus ruber in Allen's Keynotes — The few symptoms that, when genuinely present, point at one remedy and not its neighbours.
- Mercurius iodatus ruber in Kent — Kent teaching a class, one remedy at a time — fewer remedies, far more on each.
- Mercurius iodatus ruber 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 iodatus ruber — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/mercurius-iodatus-ruber. 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 Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.