Bad taste in the mouth.

By Constantine Hering, M. D.
Presented by Sylvain Cazalet

If the taste in the mouth is altered and the other

symptoms are not sufficient for the selection of the
proper remedy, consult the following list :

Bitter taste in the morning.- Sulphur, Mercurius

vivus, Bryonia, Calcarea, Silicea.

When solid food tastes bitter.- Sulphur, Bryonia,

Rheum, Rhus tox., Hepar, Colocynthis, Ferrum
met. ; food and drink both bitter : Pulsatilla,
Cinchona ; bitter taste after eating or drinking :
Pulsatilla, Bryonia, Arsenicum ; in the morning or
evening : Pulsatilla, Arnica ; at different times, or
continually, besides the above medicines :
Aconitum, Belladonna, Veratrum, Nux vomica,
Chamomilla, Antimonium crudum, Carbo
vegetabilis.
Dr Constantine Hering
For sweet taste.- Mercurius vivus, Sulphur,
Cuprum, Belladonna, Pulsatilla, Bryonia, Cinchona, Ferrum, Spongia ; in the
morning : Sulphur ; when bread tastes sweet : Mercurius vivus ; beer :
Pulsatilla ; blood-like, sweetish taste : Ferrum, Sulphur ; when like nuts : Coffea.

For salt taste.- Carbo vegetabilis, Rheum, Phosphoric acid, Nux vomica, Sulphur,
Arsenicum, Natrum muriaticum, Cuprum ; when food tastes salt : Carbo vegetabilis,
Sulphur ; salt taste when coughing : Carbo vegetabilis, Cocculus.

For sour taste.- Rheum, Phosphoric acid, Nux vomica, Cinchona, Sulphur,
Capsicum, Calcarea, Natrum muriaticum, Cocculus, Cuprum ; the food tastes sour :
Cinchona, Calcarea ;after meals : Pulsatilla, Nux vomica, Carbo vegetabilis, Natrum
muriaticum, Cocculus, Silicea ; after drinking water : Nux vomica, Sulphur ; after
drinking milk : Carbo vegetabilis, Sulphur ; in the morning : Nux vomica, Sulphur.

Acrid, biting taste.- Veratrum, Rhus tox. ; brunt, smoky taste : Pulsatilla, Nux
vomica, Sulphur ; taste like herbs : Veratrum, Nux vomica ; taste like peppermint :
Veratrum.
Earthy taste.- Pulsatilla, Hepar, Cinchona ; insipid taste : Pulsatilla, Rheum,
Staphisagria, Bryonia, Cinchona, Sulphur, Dulcamara, Rhus tox., Ipecacuanha,
Capsicum ; slimy taste : Belladonna, Rheum, Arnica, Rhus tox., Platina ; greasy, oily
taste : Silicea, Causticum ; greasy taste : Causticum ; sticky taste : Phosphoric acid ;
watery taste : Staphisagria, Cinchona, Causticum.

Putrid taste.- Arnica, Mercurius vivus, Belladonna, Bryonia, Chamomilla, Pulsatilla,

Aconitum, Veratrum, Phosphoric acid, Sulphur, Rhus tox, Natrum muriaticum,
Cuprum, Causticum ; in the morning : Sulphur, Rhus tox. ;after meals : Rhus
tox. ; taste like pus : Pulsatilla.

When tobacco has a sharp taste.- Staphisagria ; when bitter : Cocculus ; loathsome :
Ipecacuanha ; disagreeable : Ignatia, Pulsatilla, Nux vomica, Arnica, Calcarea,
Cocculus.

When food has no flavor.- Mercurius, Pulsatilla, Staphisagria, Bryonia, Nux vomica,
Arsenicum ; absence of taste : Veratrum, Belladonna, Pulsatilla, Rheum, Bryonia,
Hepar, Hyoscyamus ; in chronic cases : Silicea, Natrum muriaticum.

Source : The Homoeopathic Domestic Physician, p. 264.