The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica
Aurum Muriaticum Natronatum aur-m-n.
General
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
(In sick :) His disposition is much brighter. θ Mercurio-syphilis.
Feeling of unrest and impatience.
After vexation. θ Jaundice.
Sensorium
Continual humming in head, with beating of carotids ( See 29 ), almost causing delirium.
Inner head
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
Hair falls out.
Sight and eyes
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
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
Ulcers in cavities of upper jaw.
Complexion pale ; embonpoint nearly lost.
Lower face
Periosteal indurations ; after a cellulitis on lower jaw.
Ulcer in right corner of mouth.
Opening mouth difficult. θ After cynanche cellularis.
Teeth and gums
Teeth look dirty, get loose and gums recede ; caries of jaw. θ Mercurio-syphilis.
Taste, speech, tongue
Tongue furred ; bitter taste.
Tongue white. θ Jaundice.
Warts on tongue.
Inner mouth
Fetid odor from mouth. θ Mercurio-syphilis. θ Leucorrhœa.
Palate and throat
Small blisters on fauces with swelling and inflammation of fauces.
Two small ulcers on right tonsil. θ Mercurio-syphilis.
Appetite, thirst. desires, aversions
No appetite. θ Jaundice.
Hypochondria
Pressure in right hypochondrium. θ Jaundice.
Abdomen and loins
Dropsy without fever but threatening suffocation. θ Ascites.
Stools and rectum
Feces like whitish clay. θ Jaundice.
Stools harder.
Urinary organs
Diuresis. θ Dropsy.
(In sick :) Suppression of urine.
Urine dark. θ Jaundice.
Urine gets turbid ; more profuse than usual.
Morbus Brightii.
Male sexual organs
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
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
Abortion from uterine indurations.
Given to syphilitic mothers to prevent disease in offspring.
Scirrhus of uterus.
Carcinoma mamma et uteri.
Heart, pulse and circulation
(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
Pustular eruption on back. θ Leucorrhœa.
Limbs in general
Old cases of rheumatism or gouty pains.
Time
Morning : pressure over eyes ; pains in forehead ; dulness in head.
Evening : headache better.
Temperature and weather
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
(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
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
Dropsy from induration of abdominal organs.
Scrofula.
Chronic suppuration of glands and bones.
Indurations.
Ascites.
Caries.
Skin
(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
Carbo-nitrogenoid constitutions.
Mercurio-syphilitic constitutions.
Irritable, sanguine, bilious persons are more obnoxious to its effects than phlegmatic.
Relations
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.