Aurum Sulfuratum

Auric sulphide, Au2S3.

Preparation , Triturations.

Authority.

Molin, Bull. d. l. Soc. Méd. Hom. de Paris, 1, 28.

MIND

• Desire for solitude.
• Gloomy, anxious, wretched disposition.
• Disgust for life.
• Vexation.
• Rude, disagreeable mood.

HEAD

• Constant nodding of the head.
• Dizziness.
• Continual rush of blood to the head.
• Great itching of the head, especially at night. [10.]
• Lancinations in the occiput.
• Burning and smarting of the scalp.
• Falling off of the hair.

EYES

• Beatings in the eyes.
• Redness of the lids.
• Morning agglutination of the lids.
• Sty near the outer canthus.
• Lancinations, itching and pricking of the lids.
• Light is painful to the eyes.

EARS

• Burning and lancination in the ears. [20.]
• Hardness of hearing.

NOSE

• Redness and swelling of the nose.
• Crusts in the nose.
• Frequent sneezing.
• Dry coryza.
• Beating and cutting pain in the nose.
• Lancination and itching of the nose.
• Great sensitiveness of the nose to the least contact.

FACE

• Paleness of the face.
• Face covered with red blotches. [30.]
• Cracked lips.

MOUTH

• Numb feeling in the teeth.
• Lancinations, drawing, and cutting pains in the teeth.
• Dull pains which begin in the upper molars, rise into the whole head, and then go down into the teeth again.
• Redness, swelling, and bleeding of the gums.
• Discoloration of the tongue and gums.
• Aphthæ on the inside of the cheeks only, with smarting and lancinations.

THROAT

• Swelling of the thyroid gland.
• Pain in the parotids.
• Lancination and drawing in the throat. [40.]
• Difficult deglutition.

STOMACH

• Loss of appetite.
• Urgent thirst.
• Tasteless, watery eructations.
• Watery eructations tasting of the ingesta.
• Frequent hiccough.
• Nausea.
• Inclination to vomit shortly after eating.
• Extremely slow digestion.
• Heat and lancinations in the stomach.

ABDOMEN. [50.]

• Lancinations in different parts of the abdomen about the waist.
• Lancinations and drawings in the right hypochondrium.
• Inflation of the abdomen, with tenderness to touch.
• Sensation of a ball rolling in the abdomen.
• Sensation as if something were tearing in the abdomen.
• On standing up, it seems as if something would fall out of the body.
• Dull pains in the hypogastrium.
• Lancinations in the hypogastrium.

STOOL AND ANUS

• Lancinations, drawings, tearing, itching, and cutting pains at the anus.
• Stools like rabbits' dung. [60.]
• Constipation.

URINARY ORGANS

• Nocturnal enuresis.
• Thick, yellow, red, and sandy urine.

SEXUAL ORGANS

• Male.
• Frequent erections, with desire for an embrace, but ceasing immediately.
• Impotence.
• Heat, smarting, and lancinations in the penis.
• Painful swelling of the testicles.
• Female.
• Redness and swelling of the vulva.
• Moisture of the vulva and around the glans.
• Heaviness of the genitals in females. [70.]
• Heat, lancinations, and itching of the vulva.
• Thick, yellowish leucorrhœa, especially in the morning.
• Irregular menstruation, sometimes too soon, sometimes retarded.
• Suppression of the menses.
• Sensitiveness of the uterus to the touch.

RESPIRATORY APPARATUS

• Hoarseness.
• Dry cough.
• Nightly paroxysms of loud cough.
• Frequent thick cough, especially in bad weather.
• Thick cough, with yellowish expectoration. [80.]
• Hard cough, with scanty expectoration of pure blood.
• Thick cough, day and night, with insipid yellowish expectoration.
• Difficult respiration.
• Suffocative attacks at night.

CHEST

• Swelling of the breasts; they are painful to touch.
• Cracks on the nipple.
• Lancinations and pricking under the clavicles.
• Smarting and lancinations in the summit of the breasts.

HEART AND PULSE

• Palpitations when ascending a height, when running, and after all violent movements.
• Dull pains at the heart. [90.]
• Lancinations at the heart.

NECK AND BACK

• Pain when turning the neck.
• Cutting pains and burning in the back.
• Tearing sensation along the spine.
• Lancinations, pricking, and heat in the loins.
• Bruised feeling in the loins.

UPPER EXTREMITIES

• Stiffness of the arms.
• Cutting pains in the arms on moving them.
• Lancinations and tearing pains in the arm.
• Redness and swelling of the back of the hand.

LOWER EXTREMITIES. [100.]

• Difficulty in walking.
• Stiffness in the thighs.
• Lancinations in the legs.
• Swelling of the feet.

GENERALITIES

• Staggering gait.
• Painful weariness, stomachache, and nausea before the appearance of the menses.

SKIN

• Red pimples on the face.
• Pimples on the lips, with heat and short stitches.

SLEEP AND DREAMS

• Sleepiness in daytime, with nocturnal wakefulness.
• Nightly restlessness. [110.]
• Troublesome, frightful dreams.
• Dreams of thieves, assassins, etc.

CONDITIONS

• Aggravation.
• ( Morning ), Leucorrhœa.
• ( Night ), Itching of head; suffocative attacks.
• ( When ascending ), Palpitation of heart.
• ( After eating ), Inclination to vomit.
• ( Before menses ), Painful weariness, etc.
• ( After violent movements ), Palpitation of heart.
• ( On moving the part ), Pain in arms.
• ( When running ), Palpitation of heart.
• ( In bad weather ), Cough.