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Aethiops Mineralis

30CAethiops Min

Black Sulphide of Mercury · "The Scrofulous Remedy"

aethi-m.MineralRarePsoric✨ Boericke only

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Exclusively Documented in Boericke

This remedy is documented exclusively in Boericke's Materia Medica. It does not appear in other classical references in this encyclopedia.

🎯 A remedy primarily used for chronic skin conditions, glandular swellings, and hereditary syphilis.

📖 Boericke writes:

Sulph and Quicksilver, or Black Sulphide Mercury

(AETHIOPS MERCURIALIS-MINERALIS)

This preparation is of use in scrofulous affections, ophthalmia, otorrhoea, painful, irritating, scabby eruptions, hereditary syphilis.

👤 Constitution

•Typically indicated for individuals with a scrofulous or syphilitic constitution, often presenting with chronic skin issues and glandular problems.

🩺 Systems & Indications

✨ Boericke Exclusive

🧴Skin

Indicated for various chronic, scabby, or eczematous skin eruptions.

Eruptions.

Favus-like, scrofulous, herpetic and eczematous.

💊 Dosage & Potency

Historical record, not a prescription. Boericke published this in 1927. It is not medical advice — consult a qualified practitioner before acting on it.

Summarised from the passage below — Boericke’s own wording is the record.

Decimal

📝The lower triturations, especially the second decimal.

Primary Dosage

🌿 Remedy Relationships

🔄 Compare With

Psorinum →Calcarea Carbonica →Silicea Terra →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Aethiops Mineralis is listed in 13 rubrics across 6 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 9 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Skin5 Ears3 Male Sexual System2 Head1 Eyes1 Generalities1