Aurum foliatum
By Adolph von Lippe тАФ Text Book of Materia Medica
Mind and Disposition
Melancholy mood, dejected, inclined to weep, and longing to die.
Excessive anguish, increasing even to self-destruction.
The least contradiction excites his wrath.
Alternate peevishness and cheerfulness.
Head
Congestions to and heat in the head, with sparks before the eyes, and glossy bloatedness of the face, aggravated from every mental exertion.
Sensation, as if a current of air were rushing through the head, if it be not kept warm.
The bones of the skull are painful, especially when lying down.
Exostosis on the head.
Eyes
Protruded eyes.
Vertical half-sight.
Fiery sparks before the eyes.
Ears
Caries of the mastoid process.
Fetid otorrh┼Уa.
Roaring in the ears.
Nose
Caries of the nose.
Discharge of fetid pus from the nose.
Fetid odor from the nose.
Very sensitive smell.
Face
Bloated, shining face.
Swelling of the cheeks.
Inflammation of the bones of the face.
Painful swelling of the sub-maxillary glands.
Mouth and Throat
Putrid smell from the mouth, as of old cheese.
Caries of the palate, especially after the abuse of mercury.
Stomach
Immoderate appetite and thirst, with qualmishness in the stomach.
Stool and Anus
Constipation; stool very large in size, or very hard or knotty.
Nightly diarrh┼Уa, with burning in the rectum.
Urinary Organs
Painful retention of urine, with pressure in the bladder.
He passes more urine than corresponds to the quantity he drinks.
Sexual Organs
Men. Induration of the testes.
Swelling of the (lower part) of the testicle (right).
Sexual desire increased.
Women. Prolapsus and induration of the uterus.
Chest
Suffocative attacks, with suffocative oppression of the chest.
Anxious palpitation of the heart from congestion to the chest.
Generalities
Over-sensitiveness to all pain, and to the cold air.
Hysterical spasms, with laughing and crying, alternately.
Great ebullitions, with congestions to the head and chest, and palpitation of the heart.
Sleep
Sleepiness after dinner.
Frightful dreams -he sobs aloud when asleep.
Fever
Pulse mall, but accelerated.
Chilliness predominates -coldness of the hands and feet, sometimes lasting all night.
Heat, only in the face.
Perspiration in the morning-hours; the strongest on and around the genitals.
Skin
Ulcers (after the abuse of mercury) which attack the bones.
Inflammation of the bones-caries (palate and nasal bones).
Conditions
Bad effects from the misuse of mercury.
Paralytic drawing-in of the limbs in the morning, when awaking, and on getting cold.
Pain in the bones, at night.
Aggravation in the morning; on getting cold; while reposing.
Amelioration, from moving; while walking; and on getting warm.