Aurum muriaticum Anhang
[Lectures
on Homeopathic Materia Medica - James Tyler Kent]
Generalities: Profound action upon the mind and
body. Latent syphilis are over-sensitive to it, and often require it in their
complaints.
It has many
bone symptoms and pains < at night. Its catarrhal condition is very much
like that found in old cases of syphilis, such as had long treatment with
Mercury and Iodides.
it is a
rheumatic constitution also and is useful in acute and chronic rheuma. It has
cured rheumatic fever where the joints have been mostly affected but are now
better and the heart is the
principal
seat of suffering. Many complaints are associated with cardiac disease.
Dropsical
states from heart disease, from liver affections, with albumin in the urine
after scarlet fever or with intermittent fever. Where old syphilitics continue
to lose flesh. The glands and parts inflamed become indurated. It has been
useful in cancerous glands. Inflamed of the bone and periosteum; caries,
exostosis after Mercury in latent syphilis.
Caries of
the joints with nightly boring and gnawing pains. It has burning pains in many
parts. The pains are tearing, drawing, pressing and stitching. Many symptoms
come on during rest and some during motion.
Modalities:
Cold, wet weather ameliorates. Warm air, warm bed, warm room, warm wraps,
becoming warm even in open air, and warmth in general aggravates the general
feeling. Exertion and walking increase many symptoms.
The
palpitation, suffocation and great weakness come from walking and exertion.
While open air ameliorates he is even in the open air incapable of exertion.
Fast walking is impossible.
The nervous
symptoms are very marked. Excitement, sensitive to noise, starting when spoken
to, starting in sleep. When the above symptoms are concomitants of heart and
liver diseases this remedy will most likely be useful.
Fullness of
the veins all over the body is a strong feature of this remedy. It is a most
useful remedy in patients suffering from the chronic effects of gonorrhoea and
syphilis, where fig warts and syphilitic ulceration are present together.
Mind: The mental symptoms are largely
such as are found in Aurum. It has the same suicidal disposition. His mind
dwells upon his broken health until he becomes low-spirited and desires death.
He loathes his life. Weeping and aversion to his occupation. Indolence. The
melancholia of old syphilitics. Extremely anxious with palpitation.
Said to be
“full of whims and notions.”
Extremely
irritable. Nothing can be done to please him. Constant fretting. Extreme mental
and physical restlessness. He walks the streets slowly, to be in the open air
which >; Much < in the
house/warm
room.
Thinking
about his complaint caused the heart to beat strong and fast. < after fright/vexation/mortification.
When the general symptoms mentioned above strongly predominate it will cure the
particulars in the various parts below.
Head: It cures violent syphilitic
headaches with vertigo. Violent left-sided headaches. Intense ache in forehead.
Burning in occiput. Cerebral congestion. Pulsating in the head. Pain > by
cold application.
Forehead hot.
Heat of the head and cold extremities. Great soreness of the periosteum and
exostoses of the skull. Tearing pains in the skull. < night.
Eyes: Chronic eye troubles due to
syphilis. The mucous membrane of the lids and ball is red, thickened and very
vascular. Lids stick together in the morning.
Dim vision
in the evening by artificial light. Loss of vision after syphilis/scarlet
fever. Very slow accommodation. Amaurosis, chronic inflamed of margin of lids.
Burning pain in the eyes.
Ears: Buzzing, ringing and roaring in
the ears followed by deafness. “As if open”. Music relieves the ear symptoms.
Eczema behind the ears. Burning and itching behind the ears at night.
Nose: Catarrh of the nose in patients
who are sensitive to the warm room. Discharges thin or thick like pus, very
offensive and, sometimes bloody, and there are many hard crusts in the nose.
Bleeding of
the nose on blowing out of the crusts. Yellow, greenish discharge. It cures the
most stubborn syphilitic catarrh. The nasal bones become sensitive to pressure.
Caries of
the bones of the nose. Red, swollen nose.
Deep cracks
about the wings of the nose. Lupus of the wings of the nose. Infants with
inherited syphilis with snuffles and indented nose.
Face: Circumscribed red face with pallor
of face and neck in heart complaint, palpitation on slight exertion, pressure
behind the sternum when walking, suffocates in a close room, wants cool air,
> by
gentle motion.
The pale
face with red spot on each cheek not found in consumption, but in heart
complaint.
The
infant’s face looks old. Acne on the face. There is often a red, healthy look
on the face of very sickly people. Red faced from venous stasis; it is a false
plethora.
Caries of
the lower jaw/exostosis of right cheek bone. Burning and swelling of the lips.
Indurated lips. Cancerous ulcer of the lips. Painful swelling of the
submaxillary gland.
Cancer of
the tongue. Inflamed tongue followed by induration. Dry, red, excoriated
tongue. Warts on the tongue. Metallic taste and salivation.
Pains in
the throat and ulceration. Ulceration of the tonsils. Inflamed with dryness in
throat.
Stomach: WEAK/digestion slow. Nausea,
distension and diarrhoea after eating. Coffee, tea and wine disagree.
Eructations putrid. Nausea in the morning > after breakfast. Vomiting of
green fluid. Gastritis, cramps in stomach. Sharp pains in the stomach with
burning, intense thirst.
Liver and
spleen: Enlarged. Chronic inflamed liver. Liver large and hard. Burning in the
liver. Tight feeling in the region of the liver. Liver troubles + heart disease
with albumin in the urine and dropsy of the limbs.
Abdomen: Abdominal dropsy. Drawing pains
and distension from gases. Great tenderness of abdomen.
Stool: Frequent fluid stools, grayish,
white, bileless. Diarrhoea with liver affection, or with Bright’s disease.
Diarrhoea < at night.
Haemorrhoids
with bleeding at stool. A heavy ring of warts around the anus with copious
moisture. Marked excoriation around the anus. It has cured fistula in ano.
Fig warts
of the anus with ulceration.
Urine: Frequent urination day and night,
but < at night. Urine dribbles. Increased flow of urine. Turbid, reddish
sediment.
Male genitals: Gonorrhoea in old syphilitic
subjects where they have been badly treated. Chancre on the prepuce and
scrotum. Fig warts on the penis, scrotum or anus. Bubo in left groin.
Sexual
desire Induration of testes.
Female genitals: Enlargement and great hardness of
uterus. Indurated cervix. Chronic inflamed of uterus and ovaries. Menses
frequent and profuse, flow excoriating.
Leucorrhoea
copious, yellow. Uterus prolapsed and heavy. Inflamed of vagina and labia.
Gonorrhoea and swelling of glands in the groin. Heat, burning and itching of
the vagina and labia.
Chest and cough: Suffocation in a warm
room. from clothing/ascending stairs/walking fast. Dyspnoea at night. Dry
paroxysmal cough at night. Heart cough. Loose cough with thick yellow
expectoration.
Most
distressing pressure under the sternum “As if it would burst” on walking fast
ascending steps or on any exertion, with palpitation. Palpitation from exertion
and from excitement.
Palpitation
if suddenly spoken to. Sharp pains in the chest, going from place to place.
Pain in the heart.
Drawing and
cutting in the heart. Violent pressure in the region of the heart. Cardiac
anguish. Angina pectoris. Endocarditis. Enlarged right side of the heart.
The
palpitation keeps her from sleeping. Rheumatic heart. Palpitation from mental
exertion. Pulse small, weak and fast. The heart is feeble. Pulsation strong in
neck and temples.
Violent,
irregular heart.
Extremities: Trembling of the hands in the morning. Shocks in the arms. Burning, shooting pains in the forearms. Drawing in the shoulders. < in the warm bed/during rest.
Tearing
pains in the shoulders. Stiffness of arms and fingers.
Dropsical
swelling of the lower limbs. Exostoses on the tibia. Periostitis of the labia.
Extreme sensitiveness of the tibia. Pain in leg at night. Burning feet.
Pain in
feet < from warmth and motion. Cutting in the toes when walking. Burning,
redness and swelling of the toes. Limbs cold and covered with a cold sweat.
Drawing, tearing in all the limbs. Venous engorgement of the lower limbs.
Sleep: Sleepless from palpitation and
from excitement, wakes with a start.
Dream: Violent/tormenting dreams of
sadness.