THE NEW SALTS OF AURUM

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THE NEW SALTS OF AURUM
GEORGE LOUKAS
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Discovered known since prehistoric
timesOrigin The name is the Anglo-Saxon word
for the metal and the symbol comes from the Latin
aurum, gold.
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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.
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THE AURUM GROUP
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.
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AURUM METALLICUM Here we find the occurrence of
visions in excess. Having visions and working for
them 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.
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APOLLO GOD OF CREATION
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APOLLO MUSAS Calliope Clio Erato
Euterpe Melpomene Polymnia
Terpsichore Thalia Urania
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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.
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Aurum is serious, talks sparingly, is very
responsible and gets easily offended. He cannot
stand being doubted. Not that he 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.
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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 vision. 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.
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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 of family.
Everybody leans on him. He offers others the
steadfastness of a rock and is a refuge for them,
a haven. He constantly offers 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
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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".
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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.
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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 "µ??a?-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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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AURUM SULPHUROSUM (SULPHURATUM) The remedy 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.
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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. When Kent stated that there were
three main remedies for the sycotic miasm, that
is Thuja, Natrum sulphuricum and Meddhorinum, 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, Natrum sulphuricum, for example in
order to effect a clearer picture.
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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. Aurum sulphurosum is one of the
remedies which have not been prescribed as often
as required, because there has been an over of
the former way of thinking. In one case, for
example, the patient had taken Sulphur, Nitric
acid and Aurum over a period of eight years. He
had improved however, as soon as he was given
Aurum sulphuratum, 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.
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Let us come back to Aurum sulphurosum. 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. They
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 Natrum sulphuricum.
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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.
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AURUM IODATUM This salt present in addition to
the characteristics of Aurum, also present 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 abandonement, he forms too
strong an attachment to other people and spares
no efforts to keep them by his side.
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In Aurum iodatum we have a preponderance of the
tubercular miasm. We have a person with 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 Natrum iodatum. 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 iodatum.
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If we have a person dominated by reason and
consistency and all of his psychopathology
revolves around these concepts but he also fears
abandonment then the remedy is Argentum iodatum.
If we are dealing with a person who we conceive
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. Similarly, if we have a person who
fits well Aurum iodatum and we see that he fears
he will be abandoned by friends or family, then
the remedy is Aurum iodatum kalinatum. Therefore,
we see that thoroughly researching the concepts
of the individual is very significant if we are
to find the similar remedy.
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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.
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Let us go back to Aurum iodatum. 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.  
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AURUM MURIATICUM 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 to and works for.
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He is an 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.
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AURUM MURIATICUM NATRONATUM This salt is 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 relatioship 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.
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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.
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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.
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AURUM ARSENICOSUM  In Aurum arsenicosum, 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 needed by
people who do not feel comfortable with
orderliness and would rather have disordered
surroundings.
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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
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AURUM BROMATUM 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. Aurum bromatum kalinatum and Aurum
bromatum natronatum are almost similar. In Aurum
bromatum kalinatum the abuse has to do with
friends or family whereas in Aurum bromatum
natronatum the abuse is experienced in the
relationship.
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AURUM CHROMICUM 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. Aurum
chromicum kalinatum and Aurum chromicum
natronatum are almost similar. In Aurum
chromicum kalinatum the feeling of being hurt has
to do with friends or family whereas in Aurum
chromicum natronatum it is experienced in the
relationship.
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AURUM CARBONICUM 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. AURUM NITRICOMURIATICUM This
is a remedy appropriate for patients who,
although they seem to belong to Aurum muriaticum
they also present the feeling of undefined danger
of Nitric root.
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AURUM FLUORICUM 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.  
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NEW SALTS OF AURUM

1. AURUM ARSENICOSUM KALINATUM
2. AURUM ARSENICOSUM NATRONATUM
3. AURUM BROMATUM CALCAREATUM
4. AURUM BROMATUM KALINATUM
5. AURUM BROMATUM NATRONATUM
6. AURUM CARBONICUM KALINATUM
7. AURUM CARBONICUM CALCAREATUM
8. AURUM CHROMICUM CALCAREATUM
9. AURUM CHROMICUM KALINATUM
10. AURUM FLUORATUM KALINATUM

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1. AURUM FLUORATUM NATRONATUM
2. AURUM IODATUM CALCAREATUM
3. AURUM IODATUM KALINATUM
4. AURUM IODATUM NATRONATUM
5. AURUM MURIATICUM CALCAREATUM
6. AURUM MURIATICUM KALINATUM
7. AURUM MURIATICUM MAGNESIATUM
8. AURUM MURIATICUM NATRONATUM
9. AURUM NITRICUM CALCAREATUM
10. AURUM PHOSPHORICUM CALCAREATUM

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1. AURUM PHOSPHORICUM KALINATUM
2. AURUM PHOSPHORICUM NATRONATUM
3. AURUM SULFURATUM
4. AURUM SULFURATUM CALCAREATUM
5. AURUM SULFURATUM FERRICUM
6. AURUM SULFURATUM KALINATUM
7. AURUM SULFURATUM MAGNESIATUM
8. AURUM SULFURATUM NATRONATUM