Mercurius Biiodatus – Mercuric(II)Iodide (Mercurius Iodatus Ruber)

The attenuations are prepared from Mercuric(II)-iodide, HgI₂, MW: 454.4.

The main indications are:

Left-sided diphtheria, acute and chronic tonsillitis. Acute fluent coryza. Blepharitis with chronic granulations. Cracks in the palm of the hand, moist and painful. Papular eruptions on the hand. Primary syphilis (with antibiotics). Rheumatism moving to and fro. Orchitis. Epididymitis. Glandular swellings which may suppurate.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Hydrargyrum biiodatum, pub- lished the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for mercurius biiodatus: suppurative inflammations of the mucosae of the nose, the pharynx, the tonsils, and the eyes.