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Mercurius Aceticus

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PreparationTrituration. Clarke
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No dose stated in the library’s booksDose · T. F. Allen

Reason for use

(It is not certain which acetate was used by Hahnemann. Mercuric acetate is in the form of soluble crystals).

Preparation for use , Triturations.

Authority. Hahnemann, R. A. M. L., 1, 425.

Eye.

(Inflammation of the canthi, with burning-itching pain, morning and evening).

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Throat

Dryness of the throat that interrupts speaking, with a barking cough. Pressing sticking posteriorly in the throat, more when coughing than when swallowing.

Urinary Organs

Urethra. *Burning of the urethra when urinating and when not .

Cutting in the urethra during the last drops of the urine. Micturition.

Frequent micturition. In the morning the urine passes in abundance, but slowly, with straining (stricture of the urethra?).

Male

Swelling and inflammation of the anterior portion of the penis (with burning and fine sticking pains that wake him from sleep at night); the pains are aggravated by cold water, relieved by warm.

Constrictive pain in the testicles.

Female

[10.] Internal swelling within the labiae. (Menstruation four days too early, at the time of the new moon).

Chest

Pain in the chest as if it were suppurating, as if raw and sore. A pressure on the sternum, just above the pit of the stomach, with oppression of breath while standing, also when he is not walking.

Extremities In General. Drawing pains in the limbs and shivering, in the forenoon, without subsequent heat.

Superior Extremities. Tearing in the hands, so that the knuckles became red and thick.

Skin

Eruption of itching cracking pimples; after scratching they burn like fire. The margins of the ulcers became very painful.

Sleep And Dreams.

Heavy dreams after midnight, for example, of drowning, robbers trying to kill him, dangers by water and by fire.

Fever

Chill without heat and without thirst, with a sensation as if he were perspiring, at night, especially after midnight.

Much perspiration on moving about.

Complete text of the Mercurius Aceticus entry in T. F. Allen - Encyclopaedia of Pure Materia Medica; origin and preparation from Clarke. Historical text from the classical materia medica (1828–1950). Not medical advice, and not a claim that any remedy works.
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Mercurius Aceticus · John Henry Clarke · 2,550 chars

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MERCURIUS ACETICUS · Timothy Field Allen · 2,008 chars

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  1. Environmental Homeopathy: Homeopathic Potencies Regulate the Toxicity and Growth of Raphidiopsis raciborskii (Cyanobacteria) and can be Tracked Physico-Chemically. Part 1: Biological ResultsMohammad SN, Pinto AAG, Silva RAD et al. · Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy · 2025 · doi
  2. Efficacy of Individualized Homeopathic Treatment in Uncomplicated Odontogenic Infections: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Clinical TrialSasmal S, Dey S, Ghosh S et al. · Alternative therapies in health and medicine · 2025
  3. Environmental Homeopathy: Homeopathic Potencies Regulate the Growth and Toxicity of Raphidiopsis raciborskii (Cyanobacteria) and can be Tracked Physico-Chemically. Part 2: Physico-chemical ResultsMohammad SN, Pinto AAG, Silva RAD et al. · Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy · 2025 · doi
  4. Homeopathic Medicines in Second Wave of COVID-19: Prognostic Factor ResearchManchanda RK, Miglani A, Chakraborty M et al. · Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy · 2023 · Observational Study · doi
  5. Test of a Homeopathic Algorithm for COVID-19: the Importance of a Broad PerspectiveMiglani A, Manchanda RK, Kalsi A et al. · Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy · 2023 · doi
  6. Self-assembled Patterns Formed in Evaporating Droplets to Analyze Bi-component Homeopathic Preparations in the Low Dilution RangeKokornaczyk MO, Würtenberger S, Baumgartner S · Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy · 2023 · doi
  7. Individualized Homeopathic Medicines in the Treatment of Psoriasis Vulgaris: Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled TrialBalamurugan D, Nayak C, Chattopadhyay A et al. · Complementary medicine research · 2023 · Randomized Controlled Trial · doi
  8. RETRACTED ARTICLE: Establishment of Neural Series Transmission Keys (NSTKs) and Security in the Field of COVID-19 Telepediatric Oral HealthDey J, Ahmad S, Karforma S · Wireless personal communications · 2023 · doi
  9. Comparative Evaluation of Homeopathic Therapy in the Treatment of Chronic PeriodontitisMourão LC, Alhanati M, Gonçalves LS et al. · Alternative therapies in health and medicine · 2022 · Randomized Controlled Trial
  10. Effects of Homeopathic Preparations of Mercurius corrosivus on the Growth Rate of Moderately Mercury-Stressed Duckweed Lemna gibba LJäger T, Würtenberger S, Baumgartner S · Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy · 2021 · doi
  11. Bioresilience to Mercury Chloride of the Brine Shrimp Artemia Salina after Treatment with Homeopathic Mercurius CorrosivusPinto AAG, Nagai MYO, Coimbra EN et al. · Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy · 2021 · doi
  12. [Immunologische Ex-vivo-Untersuchung zur Wirkung potenzierter Substanzen bei parodontaler Entzündung unter Verwendung der Durchflusszytometrie]Gassmann G, Raak C, Schaupp F et al. · Complementary medicine research · 2019 · doi
  13. Effects of Homeopathic Preparations of Mercurius corrosivus on the Growth Rate of Severely Mercury-Stressed Duckweed Lemna gibba LJäger T, Würtenberger S, Baumgartner S · Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy · 2019 · doi
  14. Homeopathy and Periodontal Treatment in Type II Diabetic Patients: a 1-Year Randomized Clinical TrialMourão L, Carillo R Jr, Linares SM et al. · Brazilian dental journal · 2019 · Randomized Controlled Trial · doi
  15. [Lymphocyte migration under exposure of homeopathic remedies for periodontal inflammation - a controlled pilot study]Gassmann G, Raak C, Büchel K et al. · Forschende Komplementarmedizin (2006) · 2015 · doi
  16. Efficacy of a homeopathic complex on acute viral tonsillitisMalapane E, Solomon EM, Pellow J · Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) · 2014 · Randomized Controlled Trial · doi
  17. Development of a test system for homeopathic preparations using impaired duckweed (Lemna gibba L.)Jäger T, Scherr C, Simon M et al. · Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) · 2011 · doi
  18. Effect of Mercurius solubilis on the bacteriological response in the alveolitis process in ratsde Araújo FR, de Castro CM, Severo MS et al. · Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy · 2009 · doi
  19. Hahnemann's experiments with 50 millesimal potencies: a further review of his casebooksAdler UC, Adler MS · Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy · 2006 · doi
  20. Does potentized HgCl2 (Mercurius corrosivus) affect the activity of diastase and alpha-amylase?Witt CM, Bluth M, Hinderlich S et al. · Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) · 2006 · doi
  21. Comparative Efficacy of Pre-feeding, Post-feeding and Combined Pre- and Post-feeding of Two Microdoses of a Potentized Homeopathic Drug, Mercurius Solubilis, in Ameliorating Genotoxic Effects Produced by Mercuric Chloride in MiceDatta S, Biswas SJ, Khuda-Bukhsh AR · Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2004 · doi
  22. Inter-rater reliability of symptom repertorisation: a pragmatic empirical studyVickers AJ, van Haselen RA, Pang L et al. · The British homoeopathic journal · 2000 · Clinical Trial, Randomized Controlled Trial · doi
  23. The homoeopathic treatment of otitis media in children--comparisons with conventional therapyFriese KH, Kruse S, Lüdtke R et al. · International journal of clinical pharmacology and therapeutics · 1997 · Clinical Trial
  24. [Acute otitis media in children. Comparison between conventional and homeopathic therapy]Friese KH, Kruse S, Moeller H · HNO · 1996
  25. MERCURIUSGUTMAN W · Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy · 1964

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