AURUM METALLICUM

Aurum Metallicum, known as Metallic Gold, exhibits a profound impact on the body, targeting the blood, glands, and bones. Its effects often mirror those of mercury and syphilis infections, leading to deteriorations in bodily fluids and tissue alterations. This remedy holds significance in conditions marked by mental depression akin to syphilis sufferers, with feelings of hopelessness, despondency, and suicidal tendencies. It particularly addresses bone issues like exostosis and caries, swollen glands in scrofulous individuals, palpitations, congestions, and ascites alongside heart concerns. Aurum is frequently indicated in secondary syphilis and mercury-induced effects. Its historical use as an anti-venereal and anti-scrofulous agent has been revitalized by homeopathy, especially beneficial in complex cases where syphilis overlays a scrofulous constitution, leading to profound morbidity. Symptoms include ennui, ozena, sexual hyperesthesia, arteriosclerosis, high blood pressure, and pining boys with low spirits and weak memory.

Mind:
Aurum induces feelings of self-condemnation and worthlessness, deep despondency, suicidal thoughts, and a fear of death. It promotes a peevish and vehement attitude towards contradiction, along with mental derangements, constant questioning, and oversensitivity to noise and excitement.

Head:
Symptoms include violent head pain worsened at night, roaring sensations, vertigo, tearing brain pains extending to the forehead, congestion, and boils on the scalp.

Eyes:
Extreme photophobia, soreness around the eyes, diplopia, tense feeling (glaucoma), seeing fiery objects, and violent bone pain around the eyes.

Ears:
Aurum affects the ears with caries of ossicles and mastoid, fetid otorrhea post-scarlatina, chronic nerve deafness, and labyrinthine disease from syphilis.

Nose:
Ulceration, swelling, obstruction, inflammation, and putrid discharge characterize nasal symptoms, along with boring night pains and sensitivity to smells.

Face:
Tearing pain in the zygoma, inflamed facial bones, halitosis, and ulceration of gums are notable facial manifestations.

Throat:
Symptoms include stitching pain on swallowing and glandular pain.

Stomach:
Increased appetite and thirst, qualmishness, epigastric swelling, and burning with hot eructations are typical stomach symptoms.

Abdomen:
Painful right hypochondrium, incarcerated flatus, and inguinal gland swelling and suppuration may occur.

Rectum:
Constipation, knotty stools, nocturnal diarrhea, and burning in the rectum are rectal manifestations.

Urinary:
Turbid urine, thick sediment, and painful retention are urinary symptoms.

Male:
Testicular pain and swelling, chronic induration, violent erections, and testicular atrophy are male symptoms.

Female:
Vaginal sensitiveness, enlarged and prolapsed uterus, and sterility are notable female symptoms.

Respiratory:
Night dyspnea, deep breathing, and sternum stitches are respiratory issues.

Heart:
Heart symptoms include palpitations, sensation of heart stoppage followed by a rebound, sinking in the epigastrium, rapid and irregular pulse, hypertrophy, and high blood pressure.

Bones:
Bone symptoms include destruction, nocturnal bone pains, exostosis, cranial, nasal, and palatine caries, soreness worsened at night, and better in open air.

Extremities:
Blood rushes to lower limbs, dropsy, orgasmic feeling in veins, paralytic joint pains, and weak knees are common.

Sleep:
Sleeplessness, sobbing in sleep, and frightful dreams may occur.

Modalities:
Symptoms worsen in cold weather and cold exposure, often manifesting in winter and from sunset to sunrise.

Antidotes:
Belladonna, Chininum, Cuprum, Mercurius are potential antidotes.

Dosage:
Aurum is administered in potencies ranging from third to thirtieth, with higher potencies preferred for high blood pressure.