Aurum metallicum
The great remedy for deep depression with suicidal impulses. Profound melancholy, self-condemnation, and loathing of life. Affects bones, heart, and blood vessels deeply. Overconscientious nature.
Source
Trituration of pure metallic gold (Au).
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Profound depression and melancholy with constant suicidal thoughts and impulses — feels utterly worthless. Oversensitiveness to pain, noise, smell, taste, touch. Destruction of bones, especially nasal and palatal. Hypertension. Cardiac hypertrophy. Violent palpitations. Everything seems dark, no light, constant prayer.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Profound depression. Constant suicidal thoughts — jumps from height, or by drowning. Self-condemnation and self-reproach. Feels he has neglected his duty. Oversensitive to contradiction. Peevish at least contradiction. Ailments from disappointed love, loss of fortune, mortification. Religious melancholy.
General Symptoms
Deep-acting remedy affecting bones, heart, blood vessels, and the mind. Destruction and caries of bones. Hypertension and cardiac hypertrophy. Orgasms of blood to head and chest. Worse in winter, night, from sunset to sunrise. Syphilitic miasm strongly represented.
Physical Symptoms
Head
Rush of blood to head. Boring pains in skull. Exostoses. Headache from mental exertion.
Eyes
Half vision — sees only lower half of objects. Glaucoma. Iritis.
Nose
Ozaena. Destruction of nasal bones. Caries of nasal bones. Boring pain at root of nose. Offensive discharge.
Mouth
Destruction of palate bones. Foul breath.
Chest
Cardiac hypertrophy. Violent palpitations. Angina pectoris. Sensation as if heart stopped and then gave one great thump. High blood pressure.
Extremities
Bone pains worse at night. Caries of bones. Wandering pains. Nodes on bones.
Male Genitalia
Hydrocele. Undescended testes. High sexual desire. Induration of testes.
Modalities
Better From
Open air. Cold bathing. Music. Walking. Moonlight. Becoming warm.
Worse From
Night. Winter. Cold weather. Mental exertion. Emotion. Sunset to sunrise. Mercury abuse.
Constitutional Type
Sanguine, plethoric constitution. Ruddy complexion. Conscientious, driven, responsible persons who set impossibly high standards. Workaholics. Persons devastated by failure, financial ruin, or disappointed love. Deep, heavy, brooding temperament.
Clinical Indications
Severe depression with suicidal ideation. Cardiac hypertrophy. Hypertension. Bone diseases and caries. Osteomyelitis. Syphilitic bone disease. Undescended testes. Glaucoma. Ozaena.
Comparative Materia Medica
Compare Natrum sulphuricum (depression worse morning with suicidal impulses), Aurum muriaticum (similar but more liver involvement), Arsenicum album (anxiety about death but clings to life). Aurum is distinguished by profound self-condemnation, night aggravation, and bone destruction.
Safety Information
Belladonna. Coffea. Cuprum. Mercury. Pulsatilla. Spigelia.
Metallic gold is chemically inert and non-toxic. Gold salts (used in medicine) can cause serious adverse effects including nephrotoxicity and bone marrow suppression, but metallic gold triturations are safe. Deep-acting remedy — high potencies should be used with care.
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