Mercurius Praecipitatus Ruber – Red Oxide of Mercury

The attenuations are prepared from red Mercuric(II)-oxide, HgO, MW: 216.6.

The main indications are:

Periostitis and nocturnal pains in the bones. Pemphigus neonatorum. Nocturnal at- tacks of asthma and suffocation, occurring during sleep and necessitating hasty ris- ing. Palpitations violent, as if the chest would burst.

Fistulae in bones. Cerebral abscess. Pustular acne.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Hydrargyrum oxydatum rubrum, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (Ger- man Federal Gazette) for mercurius praecipitatus ruber: suppuration of the skin and mucosae.