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Aurum muriaticum (Aur‑m.)

Aurum muriaticum (Aur‑m.) appears in 195 rubrics in the Repertory. Of these, 3 are single-remedy rubrics in which only this remedy is listed, and 10 are small rubrics with at most two other remedies. The emphasis lies on Fear with 24 rubrics, followed by Sadness, Children, Delusions, and Suicidal disposition. Together they give the picture of a person who feels oppressed by illness and death, dwells on complaints, and wavers between sense of duty, despair, and fear of death.

Fear and Duty

Fear makes up the largest block. Among the small rubrics is the fear of neglecting one's duties, namely "Fear – Duties – neglecting her/his duties, of". Alongside it stands fear of death, combined with desire to die. The picture is contradictory: death is feared and wished for at the same time, and duty is experienced as a burden and yet as inescapable.

Complaints and Illness

Preoccupation with one's own condition is striking. Two single-remedy rubrics record that the person becomes morose when thinking alone of her/his complaints and dwells on her/his ruined health. A small rubric records anger when thinking of complaints. The Delusions continue this: the delusion of having every disease and the delusion of having an incurable disease are listed. Rumination on health is here not a side feature but appears as the actual source of ill humor, anger, and fear.

Suicidal Disposition and Sadness

Sadness is represented with 13 rubrics and Suicidal disposition with 8. A small rubric links thoughts of suicide with fear of death. The thought of the end is therefore not calm but accompanied by anxiety. Starting, anxiety, and ailments from particular causes also belong to this state of mind.

Physical Side Symptoms in the Mind Section

Several rubrics link the mental with the physical. Listed are delirium during headache and restlessness during angina pectoris. A single-remedy rubric describes the delusion of turning in a circle when stooping. To this is added the sensation of walking in the air. These rubrics show that the mental picture and physical complaints are closely intertwined.

An Unexpected Side

Against the gloomy overall picture stands a single small rubric: "Pretty, attractive – by nature". It remains an outlier, showing that the data do not contain only gloom.

Summary

Aur‑m. appears as the picture of a person dominated by concern for her/his own health, fear of death, and sense of duty. The single-remedy rubrics stress dwelling on complaints; the small rubrics, the delusions of illness and the link between thoughts of suicide and fear of death. With 13 specific rubrics the data are thin, but the direction is uniform.

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