Aurum Muriaticum Natronatum
By Constantine Hering — The Guiding Symptoms of our Materia Medica
Chloro-aurate of Soda. NaCl, AuCl 3 , 2H 2 O.
A double salt like the alum and tart. emet. Not proved, but used at random ; preferred by the Old School.
MIND [1]
(In sick :) His disposition is much brighter. θ Mercurio-syphilis.
Feeling of unrest and impatience.
After vexation. θ Jaundice.
SENSORIUM [2]
Continual humming in head, with beating of carotids ( See 29 ), almost causing delirium.
INNER HEAD [3]
Violent pains on whole left side of head, mostly over eye. θ Mercurio-syphilitic affections.
Every morning pressure over eyes, pains in forehead, dulness in head, lasting until afternoon ; > in evening ; nasal discharge bloody, fetid, ichorous.
OUTER HEAD [4]
Hair falls out.
SIGHT AND EYES [5]
Amaurosis.
Chronic ophthalmia ; malignant, cancerous ; at same time, nose scurfy.
Scrofulous ophthalmia.
Yellow albuginea. θ Jaundice.
Swelling above left eye. θ Mercurio-syphilis.
SMELL AND NOSE [7]
Destruction of nasal bones. θ Ozæna.
Nasal discharge bloody, ichorous, fetid.
Ulcers in nose.
Nose swollen, hard, shining (scrofula) ; if he takes cold, erysipelas sets in.
Scurfy, oozing tetter on nose.
Deep spreading syphilitic ulcer of skin. θ Affection of nasal bones.
UPPER FACE [8]
Ulcers in cavities of upper jaw.
Complexion pale ; embonpoint nearly lost.
LOWER FACE [9]
Periosteal indurations ; after a cellulitis on lower jaw.
Ulcer in right corner of mouth.
Opening mouth difficult. θ After cynanche cellularis.
TEETH AND GUMS [10]
Teeth look dirty, get loose and gums recede ; caries of jaw. θ Mercurio-syphilis.
TASTE, SPEECH, TONGUE [11]
Tongue furred ; bitter taste.
Tongue white. θ Jaundice.
Warts on tongue.
INNER MOUTH [12]
Fetid odor from mouth. θ Mercurio-syphilis. θ Leucorrhœa.
PALATE AND THROAT [13]
Small blisters on fauces with swelling and inflammation of fauces.
Two small ulcers on right tonsil. θ Mercurio-syphilis.
APPETITE, THIRST. DESIRES, AVERSIONS [14]
No appetite. θ Jaundice.
HYPOCHONDRIA [18]
Pressure in right hypochondrium. θ Jaundice.
ABDOMEN AND LOINS [19]
Dropsy without fever but threatening suffocation. θ Ascites.
STOOLS AND RECTUM [20]
Feces like whitish clay. θ Jaundice.
Stools harder.
URINARY ORGANS [21]
Diuresis. θ Dropsy.
(In sick :) Suppression of urine.
Urine dark. θ Jaundice.
Urine gets turbid ; more profuse than usual.
Morbus Brightii.
MALE SEXUAL ORGANS [22]
Chancre, on internal surface of prepuce.
Bubo in fold of groin.
Ulcers on foreskin ; warts around them ; ulcers on glans eating deeply.
FEMALE SEXUAL ORGANS [23]
Enormous distension of an ovary.
Induration of one part and softening of another part of uterus.
Ulcers with induration of uterus.
Neoplasmata in abdomen.
Ovarian enlargement ; even dropsy.
Leucorrhœa corroding parts.
Pustules on genitals. θ Leucorrhœa.
PREGNANCY. PARTURITION. LACTATION [24]
Abortion from uterine indurations.
Given to syphilitic mothers to prevent disease in offspring.
Scirrhus of uterus.
Carcinoma mamma et uteri.
HEART, PULSE AND CIRCULATION [29]
(In sick :) Beating of carotid and temporal arteries visible to eye ; violence of this beating became extremely annoying, so violent nothing could calm it ; the disquiet caused by it put the sufferer into constant terror, almost to delirium.
NECK AND BACK [31]
Pustular eruption on back. θ Leucorrhœa.
LIMBS IN GENERAL [34]
Old cases of rheumatism or gouty pains.
TIME [38]
Morning : pressure over eyes ; pains in forehead ; dulness in head.
Evening : headache better.
TEMPERATURE AND WEATHER [39]
From October until Spring : violent headache ; four years in succession. θ Mercurio-syphilis.
(In sick :) Dry, warm weather favors its action.
Cold, wet weather causes inconvenience.
FEVER [40]
(In sick :) Unusual heat and malaise.
Violent fever, forcing him to keep his bed, urine copious. θ Ascites.
Sweats only on right side, left (affected) side of head remains dry. θ Mercurio-syphilitic affections.
Excessive perspiration.
(In sick :) Suppression of perspiration.
LOCALITY AND DIRECTION [42]
Right : ulcer on cornea of mouth ; ulcers on tonsil ; pressure in hypochondrium ; sweats only on side of head.
Left : pains in side of head ; swelling above eye ; affected side of head does not sweat.
Violent pains : on left side of head.
Pressure : over eyes ; in right hypochondrium.
Itching : all over body.
TISSUES [44]
Dropsy from induration of abdominal organs.
Scrofula.
Chronic suppuration of glands and bones.
Indurations.
Ascites.
Caries.
SKIN [46]
(In sick :) Intolerable itching all over body ; soon followed by an eruption of tubercles (little lumps), several of which become covered with dark-looking scabs.
The little lumps increased and became as hard as horn ; a beginning gutta serena was soon added.
Yellow skin. θ Jaundice.
Deep-spreading syphilitic ulcers of skin.
STAGE OF LIFE, CONSTITUTION [47]
Carbo-nitrogenoid constitutions.
Mercurio-syphilitic constitutions.
Irritable, sanguine, bilious persons are more obnoxious to its effects than phlegmatic.
RELATIONS [48]
Similar to : Aurum and Aur. mur . (chemically) ; Arg. nitr., Arsen., Badiag., Bryon . (ascites) ; Cist. can., Conium (indurations) ; Graphit., Hepar, Iodium, Kali bichr., Kali hydr . (mercurio syphilis) ; Lycop . (ascites) ; Mercur. virus et sulphur (ascites) ; Merc. Jod . (caries, syphilis, glandular enlargements, etc.) ; Nitr. ac., Phosphor., Phosph. ac., Sulphur, Thuya (warts).
Incompatible : coffee and alcohol.