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Homeopathy Journal
Homeopathy Journal
HEALING “INTRACTABLE“ DIGESTIVE DISTRESS
HOMEOPATHIC MERCURY: BRING IT ON!
By Joette Calabrese, HMC,CCH, RSHom (NA)
By Joette Calabrese, HMC, CCH, RSHom (NA)

When my sons were little, we used to joke symptoms the potentized and diluted remedy Some of
about how they could show themselves to be are most likely to uproot.
tough guys. They’d say in their normal voice, homeopathy’s
“Mom, may I have a glass of milk?” Then, want- HOMEOPATHIC MERCURY best
ing to put on their tough guy veneers, they’d Take mercury, for instance. Conventional medicines are
finish the request in a deep, raucous voice with medical doctors have used mercury in its gross
“…in a DIRTY glass.” form for several centuries, and dentists started derived from
Afterward, we’d all crack up. It made us using mercury fillings in the early 1800s. Mer- toxins.
laugh that “tough guys” don’t care about cleanli- cury also has been used in Ayurvedic medicine.
ness, germs and other such harms. We believed I won’t waste time going into the toxicity of
being a tough guy superhero might be even bet- the material, as this is well known and docu-
ter, because they could probably wade through mented. Of greater interest to me are mercury’s
all the dangerous and dreaded toxic sludge in the uses when highly diluted and homeopathically
world without worry! Now, I’m no superhero, prepared.
but I do have a super-weapon at my disposal, There are various kinds of mercury used
perfect for dealing with toxicity: homeopathy. in homeopathy and cited in our homeopathic
“materia medicas,” the books that list ho-
FROM TOXIC TO HOMEOPATHIC meopathic substances along with indications
Some of homeopathy’s best medicines are for their application. (Parenthetically, we use
derived from toxins. In fact, the more toxic only the Latin names for our medicines—no
the original substance, the more valuable the cutesy marketing gimmicks and no “Lunesta”
medicine is, once highly diluted and made into or “Lyrica” for us. Just the remedy’s given
a homeopathic medicine. That’s because the scientific name, period.) In Frans Vermeulen’s
symptoms and conditions the toxin causes are Concordant Materia Medica, he states, regard-
the very ones that can be cured upon homeo- ing mercury, that “Every organ and tissue of the
pathic dilution. body is more or less affected by this powerful
Homeopathic remedies are produced by a drug; it transforms healthy cells into decrepit,
process of dilution and potentization. They are inflamed and necrotic wrecks, decomposes
usually diluted (depending on the substance) the blood, producing a profound anemia. The
six, thirty, two hundred or more times to the malignant medicinal force is converted into
hundredth power and potentized by repeated useful life-saving and life-reserving service if
succussion along the way. What’s great about employed homeopathically, guided by its clear-
this method is that it eliminates the toxic prop- cut symptoms.”
erties of the original substance so that only the
curative properties remain. This means that a Forms of homeopathic mercury include:
Mercurius Aceticus (Subacetate of
•
substance that contains elements that can cause
illness in its gross form stimulates a healing • Mercury)
Mercurius Corrosivus (Corrosive
response in homeopathic form, instead of add-
ing to the body’s toxic burden. In fact, the kinds • Sublimate)
Mercurius Cyanatus (Cyanide of
of symptoms you would expect to see from a
toxic dose of the gross substance are the very Mercury)

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