Mercurius Sublimatus Corrosivus – Corrosive Sublimate

The attenuations are prepared from Mercuric(II)-chloride, HgCl₂, MW: 271.5.

Characteristic mercurial action in tonsillitis, affections of the mucosa, salivation, dysentery, acute glomerulonephritis with albuminuria, haematuria, tenesmus, fluent coryza, liver problems, cholangitis, keratitis, iritis(!), gingivitis, gonorrhoea, primary syphilis (with antibiotics). Influenza, leucorrhoea of little girls. Offensive night- sweats. Shivering, trembling of the limbs, brain symptoms, fear, restlessness, erethism. Unquenchable thirst.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Hydrargyrum bichloratum, pub- lished the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for mercurius sublimatus corrosivus: highly acute inflammations of the mucosae of the eyes, the oral cavity, the tonsils, the large intestine, the rectum, the kidneys, the urinary tract collection system, and the vagina.