Topic: Aurum Potabile

Aurum Potabile, or drinkable gold, was considered a "super-medicine" in the 17th century, believed to strengthen the heart. Cotenoir traces its origins from early Greek and Arabic medicine, where iron was heated and extinguished in water to create medicinal salts. He explains that while many historical texts were essentially "infomercials," the goal was to get gold into a bioavailable solution.