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Aurum sulphuricum (Aur‑s.)

Aurum sulphuricum (Aur‑s.) appears in 218 rubrics in the Repertory. Of these, 3 are single-remedy rubrics in which only this remedy is listed, and 0 are small rubrics with at most two other remedies. The emphasis lies on Fear with 22 rubrics, followed by Ailments from particular causes, Sadness, Delusions, and Anxiety. Together they give the picture of a person who fears failure, ruminates, and alternates between laziness and frenzy of work. The data are thin, as only three specific rubrics are present.

Fear of Failure

Fear forms the largest block, and the single-remedy rubric gives it its own direction: "Fear – Failure, of – plans to avoid failure, makes". The fear does not lead to withdrawal but to planning. Whoever fears failing devises precautions against it.

Laziness and Frenzy of Work

A second single-remedy rubric describes laziness followed by frenzy of work. Drive is therefore not even but alternates between inactivity and excessive activity. In keeping with this line, mental exertion occurs as a separate group of rubrics, with three rubrics.

Mood

The third single-remedy rubric concerns morbid cheerfulness. Alongside it stand Sadness with eight rubrics and Anger with four, plus rubrics on brooding and ruminating. The mood is thus determined by ruminating, sadness, and a cheerfulness classed as morbid. Oversensitiveness is separately represented with six rubrics.

Summary

Aur‑s. appears as the picture of a person driven by the thought of failure, who works off the fear in plans and subsequent frenzy of work, but in between lapses into laziness, ruminating, and sadness. The single-remedy rubrics are rare, yet all three point to the same field of tension between fear of failure and overactivity.

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