🌟 AURUM METALLICUM – Mnemonic & Keynotes
Mnemonic: “GOLD SAD BOY”
To remember Aurum’s essence:
G – Gold people (Syphilitic, Mercurial)
Constitution broken down by mercury & syphilis, bone affections.
O – Oversensitive
Oversensitive to contradiction, pain, smell, touch (anger easily).
L – Low-spirited & suicidal
Profound melancholy, suicidal thoughts, life is a burden.
D – Dark, ruddy, sanguine people
Black hair, black eyes, ruddy face, restless, anxious.
S – Standing still heart
Heart feels as if it stops → sudden thump.
A – Activity desire
Uneasy, hurried, wants constant mental & physical activity.
D – Depressed “Pining boy”
Boys weak, lifeless, testes undeveloped, no “boyish go”.
B – Bone caries
Especially nasal, palatine, mastoid, worse at night.
O – Ozena / Otorrhoea
Fetid, syphilitic, mercurial discharges.
Y – Yearly aggravation in winter
Aggravation in cold, winter; better in warm, summer mornings.
🌟 KEYNOTES of Aurum Metallicum (Exam-Perfect)
1️⃣ Mental
Deep melancholy, suicidal (after grief, mortification, anger).
Oversensitive to contradiction.
Hurried, restless, wants to do things fast.
2️⃣ Constitution
Sanguine, ruddy, black-haired; syphilitic or mercurial history.
“Pining boys”: lifeless, weak memory, undeveloped testes.
3️⃣ Bones
Caries of bones (nasal, palatine, mastoid).
Syphilitic/mercuial origin; pains worse at night.
4️⃣ Heart
Sensation heart stops → then thumps.
Violent palpitation, visible carotids.
5️⃣ Female
Prolapsed / indurated uterus after straining.
Uterine troubles with melancholy.
6️⃣ Modalities
Worse: cold air, winter, lying down, mental exertion.
Better: warm air, summer, morning.
