Aurum metallicum in psychiatric illnesses

Psychiatric illnesses include mental disorders like depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia etc. Depression has low mood, low motivation, low energy and low interest in day to day activities. Bipolar disorder is characterized by depression and manic state, extreme mood swings from low to high or high to low mood. In manic state, there  are extreme talkativeness, sleeplessness, high energy, delusion, suspiciousness and even  quarrelsomeness. In schizophrenia, there is inability to think, feel or behave appropriately. They are out of touch with reality.  There are extreme paranoia, delusion or hallucination. There is laughing or crying inappropriately.

Aurum metallicum person may develop all these psychiatric states or any other constitution may change into these states of Aurum depending on genetics, environment, stress and imbalance in brain chemicals. In Aurum state, there is very deep depression, much deeper than Natrum mur or any other remedy and there is often talk of suicidal thoughts. Aurum state is aggravated in the evening hours while Natrum state is aggravated in the morning hours. Aurum depression is caused by business loss, any other financial loss, lack of achievement in life's ambition, fall in social status,  loss of relationship, disappointed love, unbearable insult. It has also manic state. When paranoid, they go into manic state, they are suspicious of any body and everybody including most loved ones,  they become hyperactive, slightest of opposition or criticism or effort to give logical reasoning make them irritable, angry, even violent, at this stage they  also talk of suicide. They usually commit suicide by jumping off from buildings or bridges. Constitutional Aurums are very conscientious, hard working, responsible, ambitious, introverted and serious minded people  but any one can transform into Aurum's psychiatric pathology with time, being battered by causation. Suicidal thoughts in deeply depressed Aurum are not usually expressed and thus remain difficult to follow. Aurum in manic state frankly express their suicidal thoughts and thus warrant immediate medication to ensure relief of the harmful ideation.

At physical level, Aurum has special affinity for the organs of emotion and reproduction  like heart, breasts,  uterus, ovaries and testicles. There are inflammation, induration, ulceration, tumours and cysts in the reproductive organs. There are ovarian cysts and ammenorrhoea in young girls. There are ulcerative malignancies in women's breasts, painful inflammation and atrophy of testicles.
There are rheumatic heart, aortic sclerosis, hardening, stiffening and narrowing of blood vessels in any part of the body including brain, hypertension, autoimmune disorders like rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis. It reduced angina pain, hypertension and tachycardia. There are inflammation and ulceration in the nasal bone, decalcification, pain, weakness, deformity, degeneration  and destruction of bone in joints or any part of the body.

More observations on Arnica Montana

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on the efficacy of Arnica and they were clinically verified. Arnica reduced foamy urine and albuminuria. It was effective in prodromal symptoms of brain stroke a few days before and prevention of the actual event. It was efficacious in angina pain. It was effective in mild stroke and associated symptoms of vertigo, facial deviation and  confusion of mind. It is effective wherever there are problems of blood circulation. It increased physical strength, mental energy and clarity, and motivation to do activity, physical or mental . It relieved hypomania, OA and RA aggravation during New Moon.

Some facts about Arnica montana

These facts about Arnica have emerged from clinical observations over a long period of time and have been clinically verified repeatedly. When studies are carried out about the symptomatology of various  homeopathic remedies and their clinical applications, it is observed that every remedy has its special affinity for body's location, tissues, cells and organs. In the materia medica, these aspects have not been dealt with in details although mention has been made in generalised way about their affinities. For Arnica it has been observed that it has special affinity for left knee pain, right thigh spasm, right hip joint pain, left neck spasm, right side toothache and right side dry eye and sticky discharge. It is also found to be mainly a New Moon remedy.

Post-chemotherapy management of lung cancer

A patient in early fifties had chemotherapy treatment for  bilateral lung carcinoma which metastasized and developed severe side effects of chemotherapy. He had history of smoking.  The remedies needed to effectively manage the side effects and control the disease were found to be Nux vomica, Ipecac, Arsenicum album, Phosphorous, China, Belladonna, Rhus tox and Cadmium sulph.

Mental illnesses

Mental illnesses like anxiety disorder, depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia can be treated and well managed by homeopathic medicines. The duration of treatment depends on the acute or chronic nature of the ailments. Medicines are very effective in controlling even the acute exacerbation of symptoms. For example, acute,  severe, high energy, manic symptoms are also controlled by homeopathic medicines. A holistic approach of management brings in  qicker results. For example, induction of Yoga, meditation, breathing exercises and  life style modifications alongwith medication definitely helps in achieving better recovery and changes in patient's  physical and emotional life. 

Paradoxical part of homeopathy.

Homeopathy is an unique health care system. It encompasses a range of divergent views, approaches and methodologies although Master Hahnemann innovated and founded the system on the basis of collecting " Totality of Symptoms."  Of course, divergent views, concepts and modalities of treatment so far have enriched the system. Like any other science, more and more innovations are indeed desirable in homeopathy as well. Let's leave aside the controversial issue of action mechanisms of highly diluted homeopathic medicines which do not contain even the molecules of original materials. This is, however, an interscience debate. The most debatable part internally in Homeopathy is why a selected medicine sometimes does work and sometimes doesn't work. That is whether the medicine was similar to that situation  /ailment or not? This kind of uncertainty exists not only with one methodology of selecting medicine but almost with all the so far available methodologies. Even more and more evolved methodologies of last few decades are  not free of the uncertainty factor. One of the most vital reasons could be that we are not probably delving into the inner essence of Hahnemann's Totality of symptoms what was truly meant. Homeopaths as students of science know that physical, chemical and biological actions run simultaneously in human bodies. So, can we focus only on one essence, or one sensation, or one core feeling as representative of the entire functioning of human body, mind and emotion ? Homeopathically, the constitutional medicines come very close to the concept of Hahnemann's Totality of Symptoms, so far. That is why the rightly selected constitutional remedies frequently give wonderful treatment results. But the constitutional medicines are not applicable in every situation or every ailment. Can we discover the original essence of Master Hahnemann's Totality of Symptoms and devise a methodology which will entail a speedier evaluation of the patient and incorporation of  certainty of the selectable remedy in a particular case?

CKD and Homeopathy

Chronic kidney diseases are usually due to chronic hypertension, diabetes or infection. In rare cases, it is due to polycystic kidney disease. Homeopathy can well manage the chronic kidney disease whether it is in Stage-1, Stage-2, Stage-3 or Stage-4. The cause of the disease is also to be treated simultaneously.