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Aurum Metallicum

30C / 200C / 1MAurum Met
Gold Metal · "The Suicidal Depression Remedy"
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🎯 It acts deeply on the blood, glands, and bones, particularly addressing conditions related to , mercury poisoning, and profound mental depression.
📖 Boericke writes:
Given full play, Aurum develops in the organism, by attacking the blood, glands, and bone, conditions bearing striking resemblance to mercurial and infections; and it is just for such deteriorations of the bodily fluids and alterations in the tissues, that Aurum assumes great importance as a remedy. Like the victim of , mental states of great depression are produced by it. Hopeless, despondent, and great desire to commit suicide. Every opportunity is sought for self-destruction. , , nightly bone-pains, especially cranial, nasal, and palatine. Glands swollen in subjects. and congestions. often in conjunction with heart . Frequently indicated in secondary and effects of mercury. This use of gold as an anti-venereal and anti- remedy is very old, but has been well-nigh forgotten by the old school until rediscovered and placed on its scientific basis by homeopathy, and now it can never be lost again. When is implanted on the constitution, we have one of the most intractable morbid conditions, and gold seems to be especially suited to the vile combination. Ennui. ; sexual . , high blood pressure; nightly of pain behind . of liver, arterial system, brain. Pining boys; low spirited, lifeless, weak memory.
👤 Constitution
•Typically affects or constitutions; often indicated for pining, low-spirited boys or individuals with a history of chronic or bone disease.
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Hopeless, despondent, and great desire to commit suicide.
introduction
Talks of committing suicide.
mind
Oversensitiveness
mind
Violent pain in head; worse at night, outward pressure.
head
Extreme .
eyes
Double vision; upper half of objects invisible.
eyes
Vascular .
eyes
Sticking pains inward.
eyes
Obstinate after scarlatina.
ears
Pain and swelling of testicles.
male
of testicles in boys.
male
Sensation as if the heart stopped beating for two or three seconds, immediately followed by a tumultuous rebound, with sinking at the .
heart
🩺 Systems & Indications
🧠Mind
Indicated for severe depression, suicidal tendencies, and extreme sensitivity to external stimuli.
Feeling of self-condemnation and utter worthlessness.
Profound despondency, with increased blood pressure, with thorough disgust of life, and thoughts of suicide.
Talks of committing suicide.
Great fear of death.
Peevish and vehement at least contradiction.
.
Mental derangements.
Constant rapid questioning without waiting for reply.
Cannot do things fast enough.
Oversensitiveness
(Staph) to noise, excitement, confusion.
🔑 Modalities
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💊 Dosage & Potency

Historical record, not a prescription. Boericke published this in 1927. It is not medical advice — consult a qualified practitioner before acting on it.

Summarised from the passage below — Boericke’s own wording is the record.

30C
Centesimal
📝Especially for increased blood pressure.
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🚫 Antidotes
Mercurius Solubilis →Cuprum Metallicum →Belladonna →Cinchonium Sulphuricum
🔄 Compare With
Syphilinum →Arsenicum Album →Nitricum Acidum →Mercurius Solubilis →Phosphorus →Hepar Sulphur →Mezereum →Aurum Iodatum →Aurum Muriaticum Kalinatum →Aurum Bromatum →Aurum Muriaticum →Aurum Sulphuratum →

Boericke's Materia Medica

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Aurum Metallicum is listed in 282 rubrics across 22 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 96 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Male Sexual System38Nose30Mind30Eyes23Nervous System19Generalities17Head17Circulatory System16Ears14Female Sexual System14Abdomen10Modalities9Skin8Respiratory System7Face6Urinary System6Locomotor System6Throat4Mouth3Tongue3Fever1Gums1

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