Aurum metallicum

Common name: gold.

GREAT HOPELESSNESS; HARASSED, WITH A DESIRE TO COMMIT SUICIDE; WEARY OF LIFE (N.).

Peevish and vehement; wrath at least contradiction (Bry., Nux-V., Sulph.) (R.).

MELANCHOLY (Ign., Nat-M., Puls., Stann.).

QUARRELSOME (Anac., Bell., Bry., Hyos., Nit-Ac., Sulph.) (R.).

Imagines that he is not fit for this world, and longs for death, which he contemplates with delight (R.).

FEAR EVEN TO SUICIDE (Ars., Merc., Nit-Ac.).

Sad, gloomy, taciturn (A.).

Imagines he cannot succeed in anything (Arg-M.) (R.).

RELIGIOUS MELANCHOLIA: THEY THINK THEY ARE TO BE DAMNED FOR SOMETHING THEY HAVE DONE. THEY WEEP, CRY AND BEMOAN THEIR IMAGINARY FATE (R.).

Weeping, because he imagines he has lost the affections of his friends (Puls.) (R.).

Oversensitive to pain, to smell, taste, hearing and touch (Anac., Coff., Nux-V.) (A.).

Caries of the mastoid process; obstinate fetid otorrhœa (Calc-F., Caps., Hep., Merc., Nit-Ac.) (N.).

Broken down constitutions from syphilis and mercury (N.).

GREAT EBULLITION AND PALPITATION OF THE HEART (Acon., Amyl-N., Arg-N., Bell., Cact., Dig., Ferr-P., Glon., Nat-M., Sang., Verat-V.).

Headache, from least mental exertion (Calc-A., Nat-M., Nux-V., Phos-Ac.) (A.).

Fatty degeneration of the heart (Phos.) (A.).

Cardiac hypertrophy (Rhus-T.) (B.).

Sensation as if the heart stood still; as though it ceased to beat and then suddenly gave one hard thump (Sep.) (A.).

Falling of the hair, especially in syphilis and mercurial affections (Lyc., Nit-Ac.) (A.).

Urine like butter-milk, with mucous sediment (Phos-Ac.) (G.).

Frequent nightly erections and pollutions (G.).

Tensive pain in the right testicle, as if bruised (R.).

Swelling of the right testicle, with aching when touched or rubbed (Clem., Rhod.) (R.).

Chronic orchitis (Calc-F., Puls., Sil.) (B.).

Testes swollen and hard (Puls.) (R.).

Sweat about genitals (B.).

Testes mere pendant shreds (R.).

Increased sexual desire (Calc., Phos., Plat., Sulph.) (Bt.).

Induration of the os uteri (Bt.).

Menstrual and uterine affections, with great melancholy; worse at menstrual period (A.).

PROLAPSED AND INDURATED UTERUS: FROM OVER-REACHING OR STRAINING (Pod., Rhus-T.); OR FROM HYPERTROPHY (Con.) (A.).

Crushing weight under the sternum (Bry., Phos.) (B.).

Angina pectoris (Acon., Lat-M., Puls.) (B.).

Craves nothing but sour things (Bt.).

Much difficulty of breathing; frequently taking a deep breath (Bry., Ign., Phos.) (G.).

Sleeplessness: frightful dreams; sobbing during sleep (G.).

Constipation: stools hard and knotty (C.).

Cirrhosis of the liver (Mur-Ac., Nit-Ac., Phos.) (P.).

The liver is swollen consecutive to cardiac disease (F.).

Hemiopia, the upper half of the field of visions seem covered by a black body, lower visible (N.).

Desire for open air (Apis, Arg-N., Calc., Carb-V., Lach., Sep., Sulph.).

Syphilitic iritis (Merc-C.); especially after abuse of mercury (D.).

DEEP ULCERS AFFECTING THE BONES; AFTER ABUSE OF MERCURY, OR WITH SYPHILITIC TAINT (N.).

Exostosis of skull and other bones, with boring pains, which drive to despair, especially when syphilitic, or after abuse of mercury (N.).

Double vision (Bell., Gels., Stram.) (D.).

Red, knobby nose (B.).

OFFENSIVE BREATH (Ars., Bapt., Carb-V., Hep., Kali-A., Lach., Merc., Nit-Ac., Sulph.).

Foul breath: in girls at puberty (A.).

NOSE INFLAMED; FEELING OF SORENESS, ESPECIALLY WHEN TOUCHED; CARIES OF BONES; FETID DISCHARGE; PAIN WORSE AT NIGHT (SYPHILITIC) (N.).

Oversensitiveness to all pain (Coff.) and to the cold air (Hep., Sil.).

Inflammation of the bones (Calc., Calc-A., Hep., Merc., Nit-Ac.).

CARIES OF THE PALATE AND NASAL BONES (Ars-I., Kali-B., Kali-I., Merc., Nit-Ac., Sil.).

Pain in the bones at night (Merc., Nit-Ac., Syph.).

Ulcerated, agglutinated, painful nostrils; cannot breathe through the nose (Lyc., Nux-V., Op.); crusts. (N.).

Paralytic drawing in the limbs in the morning, when awakening and on getting cold.

Disposed to constipation (Bry., Nux-V., Op., Sep., Sil., Sulph.) (A.).

Anxiety, with congestion of blood to the head and chest after exertion (A.).

Hysterical spasms, with laughing and crying alternately (Ign., Mosch., Plat., Puls.).

Awakened by bone pains; suffering so great he despairs, does not want to live (N.).

AGGRAVATION: In the morning; on getting cold; while reposing; in the cold air; while lying down; from mental exertion; and in winter.

AMELIORATION: From moving; while walking; on getting warm; in warm air; and during summer.

RELATIONSHIP. Aurum follows and is followed well by Syphilinum. Similar to: Asaf., Calc., Calc-F., Hep., Merc., Nit-Ac., Plat., Sep., Thuj. and Verat-V.