Aurum metallicum

Aurum metallicum is prepared from pure elemental gold (Au), a noble metal known for its incorruptibility and luster. In ancient traditions, gold was associated with the sun, immortality, and the divine. Chemically, gold is inert and does not tarnish or corrode. In homeopathy, it is triturated into a fine powder and potentised to unlock deep psychological and systemic healing effects.

Historically used in alchemy, religious ceremonies, and currency. In medicine, colloidal gold and gold salts have been used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and tuberculosis.

Aurum metallicum carries the archetype of the fallen king—one who has tasted glory, now crushed by inner torment. The patient strives for perfection, meaning, honour, and spiritual truth, but when these fail or are lost, despair swallows the soul. It is this fall—from purpose to purposelessness—that defines the Aurum state. Yet, just as gold is refined by fire, the patient may rise from the ashes if the vital force is stirred. Aurum brings light to those consumed by internal darkness, reconnecting them with value, self-worth, and purpose.

• Mind and emotions – despair, depression, suicidal tendencies
• Heart and circulatory system – hypertension, palpitations, valvular defects
• Bones and periosteum – pain, swelling, caries of nasal and palatine bones
• Liver – enlargement and congestion
• Genitalia (male) – sexual excesses, testicular atrophy
• Mucous membranes – catarrhal affections, ulceration
• Nasal bones and palate – syphilitic destruction
• Right side – symptoms often affect the right side more strongly
• Glands – induration and swelling, particularly cervical and parotid

Aurum metallicum is one of the deepest-acting remedies on the human psyche, exhibiting profound depression, melancholy, and suicidal ideation. The despair in Aurum is intense, often rooted in perceived failure, loss of dignity, or guilt. There is a sense of unworthiness, forsakenness, and shame, leading to thoughts of self-destruction [Kent]. These thoughts are not passive; patients may actively contemplate or plan suicide, often by jumping from high places or shooting themselves [Clarke]. Despite this, the Aurum individual can display high ambition, a sense of duty, and intense drive—until overwhelmed by perceived inadequacy. They are sensitive to contradiction, failure, and loss of status. Religious melancholy may appear, with delusions of being eternally damned. Some exhibit mania with violent rage alternating with deep sadness. Periods of intense weeping, remorse, and desire for death contrast with brief moments of spiritual insight. In children, there may be precocious behaviour, seriousness, and a sense of being burdened. Music may provide solace, temporarily alleviating the internal pain.

Sleeplessness from anxiety or sadness. Dreams of falling, death, or failure. Sleeps into aggravation. Starts on falling asleep. Yawning and drowsiness without sleep. Wakes early, unrefreshed.

Dreams of misfortune, falling from heights, disgrace. Religious dreams or fears. Recurrent themes of failure or judgment. Nightmares with weeping on waking.

Aurum is a remedy of depth, despair, destruction, and regeneration. It acts profoundly on the heart, mind, bones, and genitals, making it indispensable in cardiac affections, syphilitic bone diseases, and suicidal depression. A keynote is great prostration from grief, failure, or suppressed emotion, often manifesting physically as bone pains, ulcers, or cardiac dysfunction. Worse at night, emotionally and physically.

Dreams of misfortune, falling from heights, disgrace. Religious dreams or fears. Recurrent themes of failure or judgment. Nightmares with weeping on waking.

Chill alternating with heat. Flushes of heat in face. Sweat cold or offensive. Worse at night. Perspiration stains linen yellow. Profuse night sweats in syphilitic or heart patients.

Sensation as if the skull would burst. Headaches from mental exertion or suppressed emotions, often pressing or boring in character. Worse from warmth and better from cold air. Headache may accompany heart conditions or menstrual irregularities. Vertigo on motion or in the dark, sometimes with nausea and falling forward sensation. Bone pains in skull, especially at night. Syphilitic caries of nasal and frontal bones, with offensive discharge and ulcers.

Photophobia, pressure, and burning. Ulceration of cornea in syphilitic cases. Night-blindness. Pupils dilated. Exophthalmic goitre with prominent eyes. Lids inflamed and painful to touch. Lachrymation worse in open air. Visual disturbances with vertigo or cardiac complaints.

Tearing pain in ear with buzzing or roaring sounds. Hearing diminished. Otorrhoea with thick, offensive discharge. Swelling and caries of mastoid bone. Parotid glands swollen and indurated. Bone pain behind ears in congenital syphilis.

Tearing pain in ear with buzzing or roaring sounds. Hearing diminished. Otorrhoea with thick, offensive discharge. Swelling and caries of mastoid bone. Parotid glands swollen and indurated. Bone pain behind ears in congenital syphilis.

Sallow, pale, or flushed. Deep furrows between eyes or on forehead. Expression anxious, suffering, or melancholic. Swelling of bones of face, especially maxilla and nose. Lips dry, cracked, and bleeding. Lower jaw trembles when speaking.

Offensive breath. Tongue coated white or ulcerated, sensitive to touch. Metallic taste. Dryness of mouth at night. Palate ulcerated and perforated. Saliva increased, may be fetid. Speech may be slow and deliberate in melancholia.

Toothache worse at night, extending to head and face. Looseness of teeth with bleeding gums. Caries with foul odour. Teeth painful to touch. Gums retracted, ulcerated, or bleeding easily.

Ulceration of tonsils or posterior pharynx. Dryness and burning. Difficulty swallowing, especially from bone or soft palate destruction. Fetid breath from throat ulcers. Swelling of cervical glands.

Palpitation from emotion or exertion. Pain in sternum or cardiac region. Heart enlarged, pulse full, bounding. Angina pectoris, especially at night. Breathlessness when ascending. Sensation of pressure on chest. Cough dry or metallic, worse at night. Breast pain in women with fibroids or tumours.

Key remedy for valvular affections, particularly after suppressed emotions. Violent palpitations, irregular pulse, bounding or intermittent. Hypertension with emotional causes. Cardiac dyspnoea and faintness. Sharp pains in cardiac area, sometimes with radiation to left arm.

Difficult breathing with sighing or oppression. Asthma worse from exertion or night. Respiration short, laboured, with chest pain. Sighing respiration in sadness. Better in open air.

Ulceration of tonsils or posterior pharynx. Dryness and burning. Difficulty swallowing, especially from bone or soft palate destruction. Fetid breath from throat ulcers. Swelling of cervical glands.

Liver enlarged and sensitive. Right hypochondrium painful, worse lying on that side. Colic with flatulence and sour belching. Spleen swollen. Abdomen hard, distended. Chronic hepatitis, especially syphilitic. Pain better by pressure or lying on abdomen.

Constipation with inactivity of rectum. Stool large, hard, knotty. Urging without effect. Burning and smarting in anus after stool. Haemorrhoids painful, bleeding. Rectal ulceration in secondary syphilis.

Frequent urging, scanty urine. Albuminuria. Sediment heavy, dark, or red. Tenesmus with burning. Retention after chill or emotional strain. Pain in kidneys with dark urine. Urine offensive and corrosive.

Craving for alcohol, spicy or strong-flavoured foods. Aversion to bread, meat. Thirst increased. Appetite either ravenous or absent. Nausea after emotions. Desire for sweets and warm food.

Frequent urging, scanty urine. Albuminuria. Sediment heavy, dark, or red. Tenesmus with burning. Retention after chill or emotional strain. Pain in kidneys with dark urine. Urine offensive and corrosive.

Uterine prolapse with dragging pain. Menses too early and too profuse. Ovarian tumours and induration. Leucorrhoea acrid, yellow. Sexual desire diminished. Sadness worse before or after menses. Threatened abortion. Fibroids or cancer with unbearable pain.

Aching between shoulders. Spinal weakness with heaviness. Coccyx pain on sitting. Lumbar region sensitive. Back pain better from walking. Spinal rigidity in advanced cases.

Limbs weak, trembling. Pains in bones of legs, especially tibia. Gouty nodosities in joints. Paralysis after apoplexy. Swelling of knees. Coldness of extremities with sweating. Trembling hands in sadness or weakness.

Copper-coloured eruptions. Ulcers with bluish or dark borders, offensive discharge. Dry, scaly skin. Cracks on fingers and lips. Psoriatic or syphilitic skin eruptions. Caries of bones under ulcerated skin. Nodules over tibia.

Aurum is a remedy of depth, despair, destruction, and regeneration. It acts profoundly on the heart, mind, bones, and genitals, making it indispensable in cardiac affections, syphilitic bone diseases, and suicidal depression. A keynote is great prostration from grief, failure, or suppressed emotion, often manifesting physically as bone pains, ulcers, or cardiac dysfunction. Worse at night, emotionally and physically.

• Complementary: Belladonna, Natrum mur., Aurum mur.
• Antidotes: Mercurius, Camphor
• Follows well: Aconitum in cardiac crises; after grief or loss
• Inimical: Syphilinum (may interfere with long-term action)

• First remedy to consider in deep suicidal depression
• Excellent in valvular heart diseases with emotional origin
• Use in syphilitic bone caries, especially of the nasal and palatine bones
• Effective in ovarian and uterine tumours with sadness and heaviness
• Consider in grief from loss of position, honour, or loved ones
• In children with precocity, sadness, and perfectionism

Mind

• Despair of recovery
• Suicidal, throws himself from a height
• Religious mania or sadness
• Weeping involuntarily

Heart / Chest

• Palpitations from emotions
• Valvular heart disease
• Angina pectoris
• Pulse full, bounding

Bones / Face / Nose

• Caries of nasal bones
• Swelling of maxilla
• Ulcers on palate
• Pains in cranial bones at night

Skin

• Coppery eruptions
• Ulcers deep, offensive
• Night sweats
• Cracks and fissures

Generalities

• Worse at night
• Worse from grief or failure
• Better from cold air
• Offensive discharges

• Samuel Hahnemann – Materia Medica Pura: Original proving, with mental and bone affections
• C. Hering – Guiding Symptoms: Detailed cardiac, suicidal, and syphilitic features
• James Kent – Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica: Mental characteristics, suicidal despair, heart
• William Boericke – Pocket Manual: Clinical guidance on cardiac, hepatic, and emotional conditions
• John Henry Clarke – Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica: Expanded repertorial guidance and mental states