Aurum arsenicum
Gold arsenite / gold arsenate · Mineral
The Aurum Arsenicum patient tends to present with deep syphilitic or tubercular taint alongside marked anaemia and chlorosis. There is a constitutional weakness with pallor and nutritional deficiency. The remedy suits those whose systemic illness has led to chronic wasting conditions such as phthisis.
Key symptoms
- Chronic syphilitic headaches
- Lupus of skin
- Anaemia and chlorosis
- Rapid increase of appetite on first dosing
- Accelerated absorption and peristalsis
Arseniate of Gold. Trituration.
Clinical
Anæmia. Cancer. Chlorosis. Headache (syphilitic). Lupus. Phthisis. Syphilis.
Characteristics
The arseniate of gold was first used by Chrestien in cases of phthisis. Later it has been used by others in syphilis, especially chronic syphilitic headaches, lupus, anæmia, chlorosis. The first effect of the remedy is to cause rapid increase of appetite. The peristaltic contractions of stomach and intestines are excited and absorption accelerated.
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