Mercurius Cyanatus – Mercuric Cyanide

Mercurius Cyanatus – Mercuric Cyanide

The attenuations are prepared from Mercuric(II)-cyanide, Hg(CN)2, MW: 252.6.

The main indications are:

Diphtheria. Necrosis of the soft parts of the pharynx. Foetid breath, rough, painful throat. Dark haemorrhages from the nose. Vomiting of stomach contents. Collapse. Dysentery. Syphilitic ulceration of the cornea, with danger of perforation.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Hydrargyrum bicyanatum, pub- lished the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for mercurius cyanatus: diphtheroid inflammations of the tonsils, the gums, the pharynx, and the larynx; inflammations of the large intestine and of the rectum.