Educational information, not medical advice — ask your doctor or midwife.
Aurum iodatum is a homeopathic remedy made from gold iodide. Its Latin name is Auri iodidum, and it is also known as Gold iodide. It is a single drug (Homeopathy), which means one source, not a mix.
The remedy is made by serial dilution. A tiny amount of the salt is mixed with water or alcohol, shaken, then diluted again and again. At 30C there is essentially no gold or iodine left.
Homeopaths have used it for stiff, narrowed arteries, swollen glands, and long-term nose and sinus trouble. Trial evidence does not tell it apart from a placebo (a dummy pill with no drug in it). Long use in a tradition is not proof of effect, and this page says that once.
There is no known way for this remedy to act on the body. Homeopathy holds that a shaken, heavily diluted substance leaves behind some kind of pattern. Chemistry and biology give no support to that idea.
At 30C the source is thinned so far that likely not one molecule is left. So people who feel better are most likely seeing placebo, the passage of time, or the care they got.
Low strengths such as 1X to 3X are a different case. They can still hold real gold and iodine. Read the label to see which one you have.
Most brands sell it as small sugar pills. You can also find liquid drops in alcohol and lactose (milk sugar) tablets. The usual strengths are 6C, 12C, 30C and 200C.
A few makers sell low strengths such as 1X or 3X. These hold more of the raw salt. Pick a brand that prints the strength on the box.
Gold iodide came into homeopathic use in the 1800s. Writers such as John Henry Clarke and William Boericke listed it in their remedy guides. They linked it to hard arteries, swollen glands, and old nose and sinus catarrh (thick, lasting discharge).
It has always been a minor remedy, not a first choice. Its standing rests on old case notes and symptom lists, not on trials.
Call emergency services if you have chest pain or pressure, sudden weakness on one side, a drooping face, or trouble speaking. These are signs of a heart attack or stroke. Do not wait to see if a remedy helps.
Book a doctor's visit if a lump or gland stays swollen for more than two weeks, if you have night sweats or weight loss you cannot explain, if your legs hurt when you walk, or if nose and sinus trouble lasts more than three months.
Stop the remedy and speak to a doctor if you get a fast heartbeat, shaky hands, feel unusually hot or cold, notice mouth sores or a rash, or pass much less urine than normal.
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The published evidence for Aurum iodatum is weak or absent. That usually means no controlled trial has tested it, not that a trial found it ineffective — the two are different, and we grade only what has been published.
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