Kermes Minerale

Kermes Minerale

Latin Name: Kermes Minerale

Common Name: Red sulfured antimony

Classification: Emetic and cathartic

Isolated Drug/s: None

Medicinal Usage: Kermes Minerale is a preparation chiefly employed internally as an alterative in cutaneous affectations, such as secondary syphilis. It is usually used in conjunction with mercurials. It can also be used as an emetic with similar effects to tartar emetic, in order to induce vomiting when disease is to be avoided. Sometimes useful in glandular disorders or liver complaints.

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Specimen: Kermesite. Image courtesy of Harvard Mineralogical and Geological Museum.