Aurum Group
[George Lukas]
Gold discovered: known since prehistoric times.
Origin: The name is the Anglo-Saxon word for the metal and the symbol
comes from the Latin ‘aurum’, gold.
Description: A soft metal with a characteristic colour and since it is
chemically unreactive, one of the few elements to
occur in a natural state. It will dissolve in aqua regia
(royal water), a mixture
of nitric and hydrochloric acids. It can be beaten into very thin sheets
(gold leaf) to be used as architectural ornament. Another use is in jewellery
and some is also employed in the electronics industry and to colour glass or
make it reflect heat . About 1500 tonnes of gold are mined each year, chiefly in
South Africa and Russia, and most of this is stored as bullion. There is a lot
of gold in the sea, but with only 1 gramme in
1,000,000 tonnes of seawater, schemes to reclaim gold from the oceans have
always failed.
This group has been neglected by homeopaths because of insufficient
knowledge about it. We are starting with Aurum metallicum which expresses the basic characteristics of the
group and then
we shall describe the salts of the group starting with the ones that
have been most often used.
Aur-met.:
Here we find the occurrence of visions in excess. Having a vision (in
life) and working for it is a prerequisite of success. When a person possesses
the tendency to pursue visions for the betterment
of society and does this without the motive of personal gain, he
approaches the state of the gold of the alchemist’s stone.
Related with Apollo, god of creation
The psychological state of Aurum is quite
different from that state, as this one is a state of excessive envisioning
propelled by selfish motives. The person wishes to always be the best and
spares
no effort to achieve this goal. He works the whole day in order to
realize his ambition to reach the top. Aurum is a
very hard-working person. He works in a tireless and methodical manner.
He possesses an inner strength which pushes towards the materialization
of the vision. He takes it as a great failure if he comes second. Aurum cannot stand defeat, either. When defeated he gets
sick, as he always wants to be the winner.
Aurum is serious, talks sparingly, is very
responsible and gets easily offended. He cannot stand being doubted. He does
not gives anyone the right to do something like that. He is consistent and
hurried as well. He wants his job to be done well and fast. Therefore, he could
be misidentified for Argentum. Here some
clarification is needed: when we talk about consistency we must keep
in mind that a lot of other concepts can be connected with it; someone
may be consistent because he does not wish to lose public acclaim, another so
that the vision may be fulfilled, another
because he may be in fear of punishment, another because he wishes to
appear perfect, another because he fears abuse, another because he wants to
avoid being abandoned. etc.
Therefore, when we search for and examine concepts while getting the
medical record, we have to find out whether a concept held by the person is
primary or secondary in the sense of it being derived from another concept. In Aurum, consistency derives from his vision (goal). In Argentum, consistency is due to the reign of reason; the
person is consistent simply because this is the right thing and this is how we
should be. This is why we consider that Argentum
expresses the concept of consistency in a more direct way. In Zincum, consistency is due to fear of punishment and
when that consistency is due to punishment then it becomes false. Thus
the Greek name “pseudosilver” is a perfect fit to
this psychological characteristic of the homeopathic remedy we make
from this metal.
Coming back to Aurum we see that the person
has an inner strength perceived by others. So, he easily becomes the leader in
a group or family. Everybody leans on him. He offers others the steadfastness
of a rock and is a refuge for them, a haven. He constantly offers himself to
others, works for others but all these efforts are not selfless. He offers to
all and everyone but at the same time needs to have others by his side. The
result is that he may easily feel neglected, abandoned, he may feel that he has
lost their love, and can get very angry because of these feelings.
The fact that he feels this way can be deduced from the symptoms:
ANGER, irascibility.
absent persons while thinking of them, at
contradiction, from
trembling, with
trifles, at
violent
ANXIETY
conscience, as if guilty of a crime
future, about
CARES worries, full of
trifles, about
CENSORIUS critical
CONFIDENCE want of self
CONSCIENTIOUS about trifles
CONTRADICT disposition to
CONTRADICTION is intolerant, of, agg.
CONTRARY
CONVERSATION agg.
COWARDICE
DECEPTION causes grief and mortification
DELUSIONS
affection of friends, has lost
best,
wants to be the
confidence in him, his friends have lost all
deserted, forsaken is
neglected his duty, he has
reproach, has neglected duty and deserves
unfit
for the world, he is
vision, he is after a
DISCONTENTED, displeased, dissatisfied
himself, with
EGOTISM self-esteem
EXCITEMENT excitable
trembling, with
FASTIDIOUS
FORSAKEN FEELING
HATRED
persons who had offended him, of
revenge, and
HAUGHTY
HURRY HASTE
IMPATIENCE
INDUSTRIOUS mania for work
INTROSPECTION
IRRITABILITY
absent persons, with
OBSTINATE headstrong
OCCUPATION diversion amel.
OFFENDED easily; takes everything in bad part
PRAYING
SENSITIVE oversensitive
SERIOUS earnest
Aurum is very sensitive in spite of the inner
strengths that he possesses and shows to others. He can be easily hurt and
disappointed, can easily feel humiliated, neglected, underestimated or may
get angry easily. He may be violent when angry. On such occasions his behavior does not remind others of the character they have
been used to dealing with. However, the anger does not usually manifest itself.
Then, the person develops hypochondriac symptoms. He exhibits the picture of
someone with an imaginary serious disease. For example, he may think that he
has a heart problem,
or “is often subject to heart attacks”.
The hypochondriac symptoms are an unconscious punishment of others for
their “indifference”. Yet, this strategy is accompanied by pain and other
ailments which give him some kind of morbid self satisfaction that
someone(himself), at least, is interested.
A hypochondriac symptomatology may present
itself after a failure of the individual to be the best, a failure that brings
disappointment and low self-esteem. However, no matter what the deeper cause
is, hypochondriasis is a defense
which protects from intense melancholia and/or suicide.
We find in Aurum the following symptoms:
AILMENTS FROM anger, vexation
anxiety, with
fright, with
indignation, with
silent grief, with
contradiction
disappointment
excitement, emotional
fright
grief
love disappointed
mortification
scorn, being scorned
violence
ANGER irascibility
absent persons while thinking of them, at
contradiction, from
trembling, with
trifles, at
violent
COMPLAINING
DESPAIR
others, about
EXCITEMENT excitable
trembling, with
FEAR, apprehension, dread
death, of
heart
arising from
organic, of
disease of
stomach, arising from
tremulous
HYPOCHONDRIASIS
IRRITABILITY
absent persons, with
REPROACHES others
RUDENESS
SADNESS friends, as if lost affection of
THINKING of complaints agg.
It is worth the while to study the main action of this remedy as it used
to be described in the Materia Medica
of our time until recently. Here we are talking about melancholia. The term requires
some clarification. The word “melancholia” comes from the words “?????-melas” and “?????-holos”. The
adjective “melas” means black, dark, gloomy,
terrible, dark-souled, vague, inauspicious. The noun
“holos” means bite, wrath, anger, indignation, rage.
Black color symbolizes mourning, it is the color of death and destruction. Therefore, according to the
above the term “melancholia” describes the psychological state of destructive
wrath.
As we write in our comparative study titled “Roots-Principles for the
Unification of Human Sciences”, black bile corresponds to the syphilitic miasm. (The correspondence is blood-psora,
sycosis-phlegm, yellow bile- tubercular, black
bile-syphilitic).
Therefore, melancholia is the syphilitic sadness.
Now, lets go back to Aurum. When melancholic
the patient loses every interest in life. Everything seems to him futile
meaningless, sad. He wants to end his life. He feels that he is to blame for
everything, that he has made mistakes, that he has neglected his duties, that his
friends have lost their trust in him. He feels deep despair and wishes to give
an end to his life. This may be done either by falling from a high place or
driving in the opposite direction or crashing the car against a wall, or by
using a gun, getting drowned or hanging. The suicidal wish is often fulfilled.
When this happens no one in the family realizes anything. Aurum
is the person who works late and after work goes and does away with himself. Aurum as a remedy can also be prescribed in cases of minor
depression without suicidal ideation.
In such cases it is possible that after ingesting the remedy, the
individual should tell you that he has observed having suicidal ideation which
was not insistent and did not last long, while he did not have such ideas
before. This is not due to a proving of the remedy but it is due to the
realization of repressed suicidal tendencies. When this happens, it means that
the patient is doing well, as after an increase of awareness the general
condition is improved. Such cases need adept treatment and readiness on the
part of the therapist. On other occasions depression is covert and the person
becomes desperate, feels tired out and fed up with life as a result of his
physical ailments. Alternatively the remedy may be indicated in bipolar
disorder where we have an alternation between depressive and manic symptoms.
The above are evident from the clinical symptoms:
ANXIETY
salvation, about
suicidal disposition, with
weary
of life, with
BROODING
corner or moping, b. in a
CHEERFUL gay, mirthful
#
anger
sadness
violence
CONTEMPTOUS of self
DEATH desires
evening
convalescence, during
thoughts of
DELUSIONS
confidence in him, his friends have lost all
doomed
fail,
everything will
melancholy
mortification, after
neglected his duty, he has
religious
right, does nothing
succeed, he cannot, does everything wrong
wrong, he has done
DESPAIR
thinks everything is lost
pains, with the
periodical
religious
despair of salvation
DISGUST
everything, with
INDIFFERENCE
IRRITABILITY
sadness, with
LOATHING
life,
at
life,
evening
LOQUACITY rapid questioning
MANIA
MELANCHOLY brooding
MOOD alternating
changeable, variable
PRAYING
PROSTRATION of mind
RELIGIOUS affections
melancholia
remorse, from
REPROACHES himself
SADNESS
suicidal disposition, with
SELF criticism
SUICIDAL disposition
drowning, by
hanging, by
hypochondriasis, by
pains, from
sadness, from
shooting, by
thoughts
throwing himself from a height (windows)
TALK indisposed to, desire to be silent,
taciturn
others agg., talk of
WEARY OF LIFE
THE OTHER SALTS OF AURUM
Aur-s.: Scholten: sich verantwortlich fühlen für gute/Harmonie in Beziehungen, wollen Selbstwert erhalten und Zuneigung + Harmonie durch Übernahme von großer Verantwortung für
Verwandte/Bekannte/Gruppe; setzen sich in Arbeit für die anderen ein, sind schnell in Direktionen, Betriebsrat; versuchen Partner vor Problemen zu schützen; wenn fehlt in Verantwortung;
sich für die übernommene Verantwortung nicht mehr wertgeschätzt fühlt, o. die Beziehungen zerbrechen, starke Kränkung mit Vernachlässigung von Kleidung + Körperpflege, tiefe Depression
mit Suizidgedanken
Has the characteristics of Aurum but the
influence of sulphur is strong. There is a resemblance with Aurum
sulphuricum as well. The person has the feeling that
he is not appreciated by others and exercises great efforts to be appreciated,
to obtain praise and admiration. It is an important antisycotic
remedy. As we have stated in the unified theory of idiosyncrasy, the sycotic miasm corresponds to
fixation at the anal developmental stage of psychoanalytic theory.
The above characteristics show us a general tendency for stagnation, for
immobility. They direct us towards a certain group of remedies which can help a
lot with differential diagnosis but do not
help us prescribe the absolutely similar remedy.
[Kent]
Three main remedies for the sycotic miasm: Thuja, Nat-s. and Med., he
did not possess knowledge of many important remedies known today, of the
sulphur compounds, for instance. Whenever the homeopath, finds out that sycosis is prominent in one of his patients, he prescribes
one of the basic antimiasmatic remedies, Nat-s., for
example in order to effect a clearer picture.
He has then used a partly similar remedy. In such a case, he prescribes
for the outer “layer” of symptoms. After the latter have subsided he will
prescribe for the next “layer” and so forth. This is
a method which Hahnemann used to employ a lot because he had very few
remedies at his disposal. However, the more remedies we know of in depth, the
more possible it is to approach the similar remedy. Aur-s.
one of the remedies which has not been prescribed as often as required, because
there has been an undue stress on the layers approach. In one case, for
example, the patient had taken Sulfur, Nitric acid
and Aurum over a period of eight years. He had
improved; however, as soon as he was given Aurum sulfuratum, he felt a lot better, he experienced great
change in his life and a fuller and more permanent improvement of his symptoms.
Due to the above findings, I believe that a deep understanding of this kind of
study of the periodic table will help a lot with the evolution
of our therapeutic art.
Let us come back to Aurum sulfuratum.
These are people who are visionaries and have the tendency to be the best in
everything they undertake; however, they often feel they are not appreciated in
spite of all their efforts. May be strong individuals who function as a support
to those around them; however, they feel that they are actually not as
appreciated as they should be. They constantly strive to win this appreciation.
When they do not manage this in spite of their efforts, they become irritable
and very critical of others. We find quite a number of sycotic
characteristics in their personalities; their physical characteristics are very
similar to those of Nat-s.
A depressive state may appear when the individual’s efforts to implement
his visions or to win the appreciation of others are not effective. Here we
must distinguish between this state and the depression of Aurum
metallicum in that the element of control is developed,
and, consequently, the suicidal ideation is rarely implemented.
Sycotic characteristics, when they exist in
a depressive person, are among the positive signs that make suicide less
probable. However, these same characteristics obstruct psychotherapy as they
contribute to a lack of flexibility.
The above are shown in the symptomatology
below:
AILMENTS FROM grief
ANXIETY
conscience, as if guilty of a crime
fear,
with
salvation, about
CENSORIOUS critical
dearest friends, with
CONFIDENCE want of self
COWARDICE
DEATH desires
DELUSIONS, best, wants to be the
vision, he is after a
EXCITEMENT excitable
HURRY, haste
OFFENDED easily, takes everything in bad part
PROSTRATION of mind
RUDENESS
SADNESS
SUICIDAL thoughts
Aur-s-n.: When the Aurum
person intensely seeks appreciation in relationships, the remedy is Aurum sulfuratum natronatum.
Aur-s-k.: When the person intensely seeks
appreciation from his own people, the people he is closed related to, then the
remedy is Aurum sulfuratum kalinatum.
Aur-s-c.: When an Aurum
person, together with the need for appreciation feels an intense need for
protection, safety, security.
Aur-s-m.: People who are trying to overcome
the feeling of being an orphan via appreciation and creation.
Aur-i.: Empfindung von den Personen/Gruppe heimtückisch verraten/betrogen/attackiert zu werden, für die man die Verantwortung trägt
Present in addition to the characteristics of Aurum
and those of Iodum. The main characteristic is that
the person lives with the intense feeling that he will be abandoned.
Consequently,
what we have here is a person who, all along with the dynamism and the
visions of Aurum also harbours a delusion that he
will be abandoned by those who support him. As he fears abandonment,
he forms too strong an attachment to other people and spares no efforts
to keep them by his side. We have a preponderance of the tubercular miasm: a need for
change as he easily becomes bored. For example, he likes travelling a lot. This
is quite an amorous person; however, he feels that the partner may abandon the
relationship. When we are dealing with a person which is very emotional,
a person for whom the most important thing in life is the relationship
with a love partner and in addition to that there is a feeling of insecurity, a
feeling that the love partner will abandon the relationship, then the remedy
needed is Nat-i. When the person bonds himself with
the group, that is with family or friends and harbours a feeling of insecurity
stemming from a fear that they will abandon him, then the remedy is Kali-i.
Each and everyone of us has some life principles, some ideas about his
and other people’s identity, about his relationship with others. Each one of us
prioritizes various aspects of life in a different order. This prioritization
has to do with our imaginary experience of reality. Consequently, in order to
conceive a remedy in depth we have to understand the principles this remedy
expresses, we have to conceive the concepts it is connected with. This is the
true essence of the remedy and it is very important to truly conceive this
essence. If we have a deep understanding of the remedy then we can prescribe it
with ease. On the contrary, if we know a remedy only superficially and this
happens when we base our knowledge on behaviors then,
we easily confuse certain remedies.
The feeling of insecurity coming from fear of abandonment makes this
person giving to others; however he does this in a bothersome way. As the behavior of others is often interpreted as abandonment, the
individual becomes irritable. The results of the above may be hypochondriasis or depression.
Aur-i-n.: A person we perceive as Aurum
iodatum and we see that abandonment is focused on the
relationship with the life partner then the remedy should be Aurum iodatum natronatum.
He tries his best not to be abandoned by his/her partner.
Aur-i-k.: A person who fits well Aurum
iodatum and fears he will be abandoned by friends or
family, then the remedy is Aurum iodatum
kalinatum. He tries his best not to be abandoned by
friends.
Aur-i-c.: When an Aurum iodatum person needs safety and protection the remedy is Aurum iodatum calcareatum.
Therefore, Aurum iodatum calcareatum children are afraid of being abandoned if they
are not creative or the best.
Aur-i-m.: The main concept of Aurum
iodatum magnesiatum is the
occurrence of visions in excess to avoid abandonment due to their orphanhood.
Aur-i-s.: When an Aurum iodatum person needs intensely appreciation too, the remedy
is Aurum iodatum sulfuratum.
Aur-m.:
[Sankaran]: aus übergroße Verantwortung für sich und eigene Gruppe Versorgung sicherstellen (mit Betrug o. sich von denen betrogen fühlen, für die man sich hochverantwortlich gekümmert hat);
[Scholten]: mit großer Pflichterfüllung und Übernahme der ganzen Verantwortung um Bezugsperson(en) kümmern + einer (dieser) Führungsaufgabe gerecht zu werden; großer Arbeitseinsatz mit dem
Gefühl nur alleine diese ganze Verantwortung übernehmen zu können; zu viel Verantwortung für die Firma kann zum Gefühl der Vernachlässigung der familiären Sorge führen.
Here we have diffuse disappointment. It is the disappointment of a
person whose visions have not been fulfilled either because of life adversities
or because others did not do their duty.
The disappointment of an Aurum person may have
to do with the people he has helped and supported. It may be that no actual
events have taken place but this “visionary” may report that he gets easily
disappointed. He may tell you that he is afraid he will be disappointed by
those he supports, by those he constantly offers himself to and works for.
He is introvert and does not express his complaints to others. He cannot
stand being answered back and wishes that others should obey. Whenever this
does not happen he gets angry at them. Hypochondriasis
is the result of not expressing his anger. The person thinks he has some
serious disease and goes from one doctor to another. This remedy may also be
indicated in depressive and suicidal states.
Wider experience with Aurum muriaticum is expected in the future. For the time being we
can recognize the following symptoms:
SINGLE SYMPTOMS
ANGER thinking of his ailments, when
MOROSE thinking of his ailments when alone,
RESTLESS in angina pectoris,
COMMON SYMPTOMS
ABSENT MINDED starts when spoken to
AILMENTS FROM anger, vexation
disappointment
excitement, emotional
fright
grief
mortification
ANXIETY excitement, from
mental exertion, from
BUSINESS averse to
CAPRICIOUSNESS
CHEERFUL gay, mirthful
afternoon
COMPANY DESIRE for, aversion to solitude,
company am.
CONFUSION of mind
CONTRADICT disposition to
DEATH desires
DELIRIUM
congestion, with
headache, from h., delirium
DELUSIONS
best,
wants to be the
disease, he has every
vision, he is after a
DISCONTENTED, displeased, dissatisfied
EXCITEMENT excitable
EXERTION agg. from
mental
FEAR evil, of
palpitation, with
suffocation night
HEEDLESS
HORRIBLE things, sad stories, affect her profoundly
HYPOCHONDRIASIS
INDOLENCE aversion to work
IRRITABILITY
LOATHING life at
MEMORY WEAKNESS OF
MOOD changeable, variable
MUSIC am.
RELIGIOUS melancholia
RESTLESSNESS
air,
in open, afternoon
walking air, in open
SADNESS
climaxis, during
mercury, after abuse of
SHRIEKING screaming, shouting
STARTING startled
sleep, during
sleep, from
spoken to, when
waking suffocated, as if
SUICIDAL disposition
THINKING complaints agg.,
of
WEARY OF LIFE
WEEPING tearful mood
WORK aversion to mental
Aur-m-n.: Abhängig von Bezugsperson o. Gruppe, übergroße Verantwortung übernehmen, diese zu versorgen, deren Unabhängigkeit in der Versorgung zu garantieren, und sich eventuell betrogen und ausgenutzt fühlen, wenn diese übergroße Pflicht nicht wertgeschätzt wird, o. nicht mehr geleistet werden kann.
An important remedy and has been used a lot less than is necessary,
because its psychopathology is not well known. When we have the basic
characteristics of Aurum and we also hear of frequent
disappointment in this person’s love life or of his feeling insecure due to
fear of such disappointment, then the remedy indicated is Aurum
muriaticum natronatum.
As the person deludes himself into believing that he will be
disappointed in his love relationship he becomes very selective in his love
life. He may get involved only superficially and avoid serious involvements.
This is a very good remedy for people who cannot decide to get married.
Together with the above there is always the tendency for envisioning and its
relevant psychopathology which we have described in Aurum.
The individual often feels that he must be the best in order not to be
disappointed in the relationship. This is often found in puberty which is a
very disturbed period and the issue of a love relationship is timely. Aurum muriaticum natronatum is a very useful remedy in cases of depression
due to disappointment at this age. There may exist suicidal ideation or even a
suicide attempt. It is one of the best remedies for suicidal tendencies after
disappointment in a love relationship. However, such disappointment is not
necessary to exist as a provoking factor in order to prescribe this remedy. It
may be indicated in any age in cases of suicidal ideation with any provoking
factor. But then, we have chronic disappointment in love relationships.
Involution is another phase during which relationship issues come to the
fore. Women with a chronic disappointment in their love life run the danger of
having an uterine problem like a fibromyoma or
cancer. For this reason, this particular remedy has been used for diseases of
the uterus, a lot. Men with a corresponding psychopathology are prone to
enlargement and/or cancer of the prostate gland. There we have to say that
there are other important compounds which could be useful for the management of
such problems, such as
Argentum muriaticum
muriaticum,
Zincum muriaticum
natronatum,
Cuprum muriaticum natronatum,
Baryta muriatica
natronata,
Platinum muriaticum natronatum,
Plumbum muriaticum
natronatum etc.
Their basic characteristics we described elsewhere.
We have found that the following symptoms are covered by this remedy:
AILMENTS FROM
anger, vexation
disappointment
grief
love disappointed
mortification
rudeness of others
scorn, being scorned
ANXIETY
AVERSION
husband, to
sex,
to opposite
COMPANY AVERSION TO
CONFIDENCE want of self
DELUSIONS
best,
wants to be the
doomed, being
vision, he is after a
DISCONTENTED
DISCOURAGED
DWELLS on past disagreeable occurrences
recalls disagreeable memories
EXCITEMENT
EXERTION agg. from
mental
GRIEF
cry,
cannot
silent
HATRED
Revenge and hatred
INDIFFERENCE
everything, to
recovery, about his
INDUSTRIOUS
IRRESOLUTION
marry, to
IRRITABILITY
JEALOUSY
LAUGHING
convulsions before, during or after
LOATHING life, at
LOVE
sadness from
silent grief, with
OFFENDED easily
PROSTRATION of mind
PUBERTY mental affections in
READING unable, to read
REMORSE
REPROACHES himself
SADNESS
grief, after
love
from disappointed
puberty, in
suicidal disposition, with
weep,
cannot
SENSITIVE
SIGHING
SUICIDAL DISPOSITION
sadness, from
Aur-m-k.: The Aurum
person who deludes himself into believing that he will be disappointed from
love from his own people, the people he is closed related to, his friends or
family.
Aur-m-c.: When an Aurum
person, is easily disappointed and feels an intense need for protection,
safety, security then the remedy is Aurum muriaticum calcareatum.
Aur-m-mg.: The main concept of Aurum muriaticum magnesiatum people is
a need for creation to overcome their deep inner disappointment due to their orphanhood (imaginary or real).
Aur-ars.: In einer sehr verantwortlichen Situation/Stellung ANGST eigene o. anderer Sicherheit zu verlieren (Vermögen/Gesundheit).
Except for the characteristics of Aurum we
also have the characteristics of Arsenicum; there is
a lack of trust, a strong suspicion that the person will be stabbed in the
back, will be robbed. The result is ambivalence. On one hand he is the support
and the leader, on the other he cannot trust the people he supports and leads.
He thus becomes a very controlling person. He wants to control everything and
everybody. He also harbors a tendency for great order
and fastidiousness. He wants to do everything in the best manner and often
feels guilty, wondering whether he has done what he ought to have done, whether
what he has done is right. However, this remedy may be needed by people who do
not feel comfortable with orderliness and would rather have disordered
surroundings. Opposite behaviors may often be
observed in a remedy. Behavior expresses only the
surface of a personality. It can be changed, with difficulty or with ease, no
matter. Moreover, similar behaviors may come from
differing concepts. That is why prescriptions based on behavior
are not reliable. In our opinion, prescribing should be based on concepts. Some
take a compilation of behaviors, of general or
physical characteristics for the essence of a remedy. We maintain that this is
due to inadequate understanding of psychological dimensions. However,
scientists like Rajan Sankaran
have thoroughly studied the latter. Our study is based on such work as well as
on psychiatric findings.
As this remedy has been neglected by homeopaths in their prescribing we
have little experience of it. Nevertheless, we know that it is sycotic and syphilitic, and from what we already know about
it, we conclude that it is indicated for obsessive-compulsive disorders and
depressions. It is also indicated in the case of mood disorders with psychotic
features.
We have found the following symptoms:
SINGLE SYMPTOMS
INSANITY fanatics, of
NEGLECTS children, her
REPROACHES imaginary insult, for
TALK indisposed to, alternating with violent
VIOLENT alternating with tranquillity
COMMON SYMPTOMS
ABSENT MINDED unobserving
ACTIVITY
AILMENTS FROM anger, vexation
silent
grief, with
contradiction
grief
sexual excesses
ANGER irascibility
ANGUISH
ANXIETY daytime
night
conscience, as if guilty of a crime
fear,
with
salvation, about
CENSORIOUS critical
CONFUSION morning
CONSCIENTIOUS about trifles
CONTRARY
DEATH desires
DELIRIUM night
DELUSIONS animals of
best,
wants to be the
fancy, illusions of
vision, he is after a
wrong, he has done
DESPAIR chill, during
pains, with the
periodical
recovery
religious despair of salvation
DISCONTENTED displeased, dissatisfied
EXCITEMENT excitable
chill, during
EXERTION agg. from
mental
FANCIES exaltation of
FEAR apprehension dread
evening
night
alone, of being
crowd, in a
death, of
evil,
of
people, of, anthrophobia
FORGETFUL
FRIGHTENED easily
GRIEF
HURRY haste
HYSTERIA
IDEAS abundant, clearness of mind
IMBECILITY
IMPATIENCE
INDIFFERENCE children, to her duties domestic,
INDOLENCE aversion to work
INDUSTRIOUS mania to work
INSANITY madness
drunkards, in
religious
IRRESOLUTION indecision
IRRITABILITY
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cheerfulness
chill, during
spoken to, when
LAMENTING, bemoaning, wailing
LAUGHING
LOATHING life, at
LOQUACITY
MALICIOUS, spiteful, vindictive
MANIA
MEMORY ACTIVE
MEMORY WEAKNESS OF
NEGLECTS household, the
OBSTINATE headstrong
OFFENDED easily, takes everything in bad part
PROSTRATION OF MIND
QUARRELSOME scolding
REMORSE
REPROACHES himself
RESERVED
RESTLESSNESS night
anxious
lying, while
SADNESS evening
menses, suppressed
perspiration, during
SENSITIVE oversensitive
noise
voices, to
SHRIEKING screaming, shouting
SPEECH wandering
SPOKEN TO averse to being
SUICIDAL disposition
perspiration, during
throwing himself windows from
TALK indisposed to, desire to be silent,
taciturn
THINKING complaints agg.
of
TIMIDITY
UNTIDY
WEARY OF LIFE
WEEPING tearful mood
chill, during
hysterical
sleep, in
Aur-as-n.: In Aurum arsenicosum natronatum these
feelings are experienced in the relationship. Hence, the Aurum
arsenicosum natronatum
person, is an Aurum who, like Natrium
arsenicosum, feels the need to trust his partner.
Aur-as-k.: In Aurum arsenicosum kalinatum there is a
lack of trust, a strong suspicion that the person will be stabbed in the back
or will be robbed from his friends or family.
Aur-as-mg.: The main concepts in Aurum arsenicosum magnesiatum people are creation, trust and orphanhood. They are strong creative persons who feel
lonely and they have nobody to trust.
Aur-p.:
The Phosphorus element makes the Aurum person
seek for love. They are lovely, extrovert Tubercular personalities who work and
create a lot.
Aur-p-n.: When the Aurum
person intensely seeks love in relationships, the remedy is Aurum
phosphoricum natronatum.
Aur-p-k.: When the person intensely seeks
love from his own people, the people he is closely related to, then the remedy
is Aurum phosphoricum kalinatum.
Aur-p-c.: When an Aurum
person, together with the need for love feels an intense need for protection,
safety, security then the remedy is Aurum phosphoricum calcareatum.
Aur-p-m.: The main concept of Aurum phosphoricum magnesiatum people is creation, love and orphanhood. They are strong creative lonely persons who
become very giving and demonstrative in their effort to be loved.
Aur-br.: It is one of the compounds of gold
that we have recently started to use. The characteristics of Aurum and Bromium are combined.
Therefore, the Aurum bromatum
individual is the Aurum who believes that he will be
abused because he is the best, or because of his visions and of what he has
accomplished. The feeling that he will be abused if he is not the best also
belongs to the psychopathology of the remedy. It is going to be an important
remedy for disorders involving delirium and paranoid psychoses.
Aur-br-k.: In Aurum bromatum kalinatum the abuse has
to do with friends or family. Even they are strong personalities there is the
feeling of insecurity, of being abused without the support of the people close
to them. They need to belong in a group.
Aur-br-n.: The main concept in Aurum
bromatum natronatum are
need for creation and an intense sense of insecurity, of abuse during the
sexual act. They are persons who try to overcome their sexual problems by
working.
Aur-br-c.: The main concept in Aurum
bromatum calcareatum
children is insecurity, that they shall be abused by parents if they are not
the best. Many times they feel abused from the persons that protect them and
try to overcome these feelings with hard working.
Aur-br-mg.: The main concepts in Aurum
bromatum magnesiatum
persons are creation, abuse and orphanhood.
Aur-chr.: These are very sensitive Aurum persons who get very easily hurt. Because of this
tendency they are very introverted, they are very selective about their
friends, to avoid getting hurt. On the
other hand they try not to hurt
others. When they get hurt they become depressed or experience hypochondriac
symptoms.
Aur-chr-k.: The main concepts in Aurum
chromicum kalinatum persons
are the feeling of being hurt by the members of the group in which they belong
and the need for creation. They are strong, creative personalities, that
support the members of the family with whom they feel closely attached to.
Aur-chr-n.: Strong creative personalities who easily feel
hurt in their relationship.
Aur-chr-c.: As we have already mentioned the main concept
in Calcarea Chromica people
is that they are easily hurt by those who provide them with safety and
protection. In Aurum chromicum
calcareatum except the above there is the need for
creation.
Aur-f.: The element of fluoride has to do with a
greedy nature, a tendency for immediate satisfaction. There are many needs
which are difficult to satisfy on one hand and strong aggressiveness against
the person who fails to provide satisfaction together with a wish to break up
the relationship. It is a syphilitic remedy. The Aurum
fluoricum person is a greedy visionary. He has the
tendency to break up the bonds with the people he protects. Another prominent
feature which is due to the influence of fluoride is great motility. The arms
and legs are the parts of the body aggressiveness is channelled through.
Aur-fl-n.: When the Aurum
person intensely has the fluoride feelings in relationships, the remedy is Aurum fluoratum natronatum.
Aur-fl-k.: When the Aurum person intensely has the
fluoride feelings for his own people, the people he is closely related to, then
the remedy is Aurum fluoratum
kalinatum.
Aur-fl-c.: As we have already mentioned the main concept in Calcarea
fluorica people is the feeling of non-satisfaction of
their needs by those who provide them with safety and protection. In Aurum chromicum calcareatum except the above there is the need for
creation.
Aur-c.: The carbonicum
root has to do with the feeling of being inadequate; with the belief that the
goals cannot be achieved. Therefore, Aurum carbonicum is characterised by a strong tendency for being
the best, a strong propensity for visions on one hand and a feeling of being
inadequate, of not being able to manage, on the other. The psoric
nature of the carbonicum root makes this remedy
useful in cases of anxiety disorders.
Aur-c-n.: The feeling of being inadequate in
relationships, the remedy is Aurum carbonicum natronatum.
Aur-c-k.: The feeling of being inadequate
without the support of his own people, the people he is closely related to,
then the remedy is Aurum carbonicum
kalinatum.
Aur-c-c.: When an Aurum
person, except the feeling of being inadequate feels an intense need for
protection, safety, security then the remedy is Aurum
carbonicum calcareatum.
Aur-c-mg.: When an Aurum carbonicum
person feels the loneliness of an orphan the remedy is Aurum
carbonicum magnesiatum.
Aur-nitric-muriaticum.: Appropriate for patients who,
although they seem to belong to Aurum muriaticum they also present the feeling of undefined
danger of Nitric root.