Mercurius Iodatus Flavus – Mercurous Iodide (Mercurius Protoio- datus)

The attenuations are prepared from Mercurous(I)-iodide, Hg₂ I₂, MW: 655.0.

The main indications are:

Thick, yellow coating at the edge of the tongue: tip and edges red and showing im- print of the teeth. Tonsillitis. Diphtheria, beginning on the right-hand side. Keratitis.

Leucorrhoea of little girls. Liver and biliary illnesses. Specific iritis. Corneal ulcer. Indurated glandular swellings in syphilis and tuberculosis.

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