Mercurius iodatus ruber
By Adolph von Lippe — Keynotes and Red Line Symptoms of the Materia Medica
Common name: red iodide of mercury.
It is useful in chronic syphilitic lesions in scrofulous subjects (Bl.).
Early stages of cold, especially in children (Acon., Bry., Rhus-T.) (Br.).
Phlegm in the nose and throat (Br.).
Tubercular pharyngitis (Arg-N., Bar-C., Calc., Hep., Iod., Kali-B., Lach., Lyc., Merc., Nat-M., Phos., Sil., Sulph., Tub.) (A.).
Disposition to hawk, with sensation of a lump in the throat (Br.).
Laryngeal troubles with aphonia (Am-Caust., Arg-N., Caust., Phos., Sil.) (Br.).
DIPHTHERITIC AND GLANDULAR AFFECTIONS OF THE LEFT SIDE; FAUCES DARK-RED; SOLIDS OR LIQUIDS PAINFUL WHEN SWALLOWING; EXUDATION SLIGHT, EASILY DETACHED; CASES ATTENDING EPIDEMIC SCARLET FEVER; ULCERS ON FAUCES OR TONSILS (A.).
Profuse saliva in the mouth (Kali-B., Merc., Nit-Ac.) (Br.).
HARD CHANCRES (Merc-P-I.).
Glands enlarged (Bad., Carb-An., Hep., Sil.) (A.).
CHRONIC SUPPURATING BUBOES (Merc., Sil.) (Br.).
Profuse, acrid, green leucorrhœa (B.).
Greenish, tough lumps from the pharynx or posterior nares (Kali-I.) (A.).
Wandering pains (Bell., Ign., Kali-S., Lac-C., Puls.) (B.).
Copious sweat at night (Calc., Hep., Nit-Ac., Sil.) (C.)
Turbinated bones swollen (Aur., Calc., Hep., Nit-Ac., Sil.) (C.).
AGGRAVATION: From swallowing; and at night.
AMELIORATION: From warm application.
RELATIONSHIP: Compare: Apis, Bell., Carb-An., Kali-B., Kali-I., Lach., Lyc., Merc., Merc-P-I., Mezer., Nit-Ac., Phos., Rhus-T., Sil. and Sulph.