Use in Skin Care and Remedies

The mercurial nature of the plant is expressed in its rhythmic-leafy structure and saponin formation. As mediator, Mercury links the dark and the light, the liquid and the aerial, the terrestrial and the cosmic. In its branching growth Dog's Mercury surrenders itself entirely to the terrestrial forces while the succulent, luxuriant leaf growth is an expression of powerful ethereal forces which unfold and give form in the aqueous. On the material level the saponins keep everything in the balance and have a harmonizing effect. Water is an important part of the life element of Dog's Mercury, it finds its expression in the luxuriant leaf growth and is the mediator between the terrestrial and aerial. Without water - without a center - the plant cannot survive. If the sun becomes too strong it dries out and disintegrates so completely that it might never have existed.

In mid-March, when the thin, pale green stems have unfolded between the bare trunks of the beech trees and the plants are just about to flower, the WALA employees set out to gather the plant.

Dog's Mercury completes the composition of Dr.Hauschka Intensive Treatment 02.

In WALA medicines, the characteristic "sulfuric" note of Dog's Mercury, found in all members of the spurge family and effective in inflammation, plays an important role. Dog's Mercury is therefore used particularly where there are acute to chronic inflammatory processes, for example in painful, edematous weeping changes in the anal region or in suppurating, poorly healing wounds and eczema.

WALA medicines can be obtained from any pharmacy.