ANNUAL MERCURY (Mercurialis annua L.)

ANNUAL MERCURY (Mercurialis annua L.) +
Some (e.g., MAD) aggregate the annual and perennial Mercurialis.
Activities (Annual Mercury) — Antilactagogue (f; CRC; HHB); Cholagogue (f; CRC); Cyanogenic
(f; CRC); Diuretic (f; CRC; EFS; PHR; PH2); Emetic (f; CRC); Emmenagogue (f; CRC;
EFS); Hydragogue (f; CRC; EFS); Laxative (f; CRC; PHR; PH2); Poison (f; CRC; PHR); Secretolytic
(f; CRC); Sialagogue (f; MAD); Vermifuge (f; CRC; EFS).
Indications (Annual Mercury) — Amenorrhea (f; MAD); Anorexia (f; CRC); Arthrosis (f; MAD);
Ascariasis (f; CRC); Ascites (f; CRC); Bronchosis (f; MAD); Bubo (f; MAD); Burn (f; MAD);
Cancer (f; CRC); Catarrh (f; MAD); Cold (f; PH2); Congestion (f; CRC); Cystosis (f; MAD);
Depression (f; MAD); Dermatosis (f; MAD); Dropsy (f; CRC; MAD); Dysmenorrhea (f; CRC;
HHB); Dysuria (f; PH2); Eczema (f; CRC; HHB); Enterosis (f; CRC; PH2); Gastrosis (f; CRC;
PH2); Gonorrhea (f; MAD); Hepatosis (f; MAD); Hypochondria (f; MAD); Infection (f; MAD;
PHR); Inflammation (f; PHR; PH2); Mucososis (f; CRC); Pericardosis (f; MAD); Pulmonosis (f;
MAD); Rheumatism (f; CRC; MAD; PH2); Scabies (f; CRC); Scirrhus (f; JLH); Sclerosis (f; JLH);
Swelling (f; JLH); Sycosis (f; CRC); Syphilis (f; MAD); Tumor (f; CRC; JLH); UTI (f; PHR;
PH2); VD (f; MAD); Wart (f; JLH); Water Retention (1; CRC; EFS; HHB; PHR; PH2); Worm (f;
CRC; EFS); Wound (f; MAD).
Dosages (Annual Mercury) — No recent dosage found. I’d not advise the dosage repeated in
Madaus (30–100 g sap/day). I usually caution against white sap.
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Annual Mercury) — Not covered (AHP).
Slightly poisonous; poisonings, including fatal ones, are known only among animals (PHR).
Can lead to diarrhea and overactive bladder. Overdoses may lead to toxicity with diarrhea,
hepatosis, nephrosis, neurosis, and paralysis (PH2). Pyridone derivatives may color the urine
red (PH2).

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