{"id":18158,"remedy_name":"Pulsatilla (HMT)","remedy_type":"Remedy","alternative_names":["Wind Flower"],"miasm":"Tubercular Miasm","temperament":"Neutral","aggravation_time":"Neutral\/Anytime","keynote_indications":"Pulsatilla is prepared from a plant (wind flower), after grinding it into\na powder form.  In allopathic remedy, the powder has been used for\neye diseases only.  However, in homo eopathy, Pulsatilla is one of the\nmost widely used remedies.\n\nIn Pulsatilla, the mental and physic al symptoms keep interchanging.\nThe Pulsatilla patient is very m ild natured, weeps easily and is a\ncoward.  This temperament is mo re common in women.  Therefore,\nthis remedy is known as a ladies\u2019 medicine.  The pulsatilla patient is\nkind towards everyone, starts crying  over minor things, remains still\nand silent, and is very sensitive to trivial matters.  When the patient\nthinks that his ego has been hurt,  he feels very insulted and gets\nirritated.  The patient has a very su spicious nature and is extremely\nsensitive with regard to self-respect.   He gets perturbed over petty\nmatters.  He always suspects that someone is insulting him.  Yet, the\npatient is neither aggressive, nor vi olent rather, he becomes very sad,\ndepressed and dejected.  He cries a lot and becomes superstitious.\nSuch patients may become religious fanatics .  In particular women\nsuffer from such type of fanaticism.  Since women keep suppressing\ntheir anger, their emotions ultimately turn into religious fanaticism\nthat is evident from their though ts and their conversation.  For\nexample, they may strongly believe that a particular food is harmful\nfor human beings and it is the cau se of their downfall.  Such\nimagination is typical of Pulsatilla.  Pulsatilla is an antidote for the\nsymptoms resulting from the bad effects of Lycopodium, which make\na person so shy that he is afraid of his own shadow.\n\nOften, Pulsatilla women hate to get married .  When a woman hates\nmarriage without any evident ps ychological reason, she should be\ntreated with Pulsatilla.\n\nPulsatilla is also related to the disorders of the stomach.  The patient\ncannot digest oily food laden with fa t.  Eating a little bit of cream or\nbutter can upset the stomach.  Either  these patients develop a strong\ndislike for fatty food or they will simply not be able to digest it.  This\nsymptom is also found in Carbo Veg and some other remedies.\n\nIn Pulsatilla, the patient does not feel thirsty; however, drinking cold\nwater soothes the patient.  The pati ent likes to eat cold food.  The\nstomach problems aggravate in the morning and the mental anguish in\nthe evening.  Usually fits of depression and sadness  begin in the\nevening.  The evening time is hard on these patients.  A cold breeze\nand light movement comfort the patient.  The discomfort increases on\nentering a heated room.  The feeli ng of cold inside becomes more\npronounced by going into a heated place.  This is very strange but\ninteresting to note that apparently the patient\u2019s body is warm but deep\ninside the patient feels very col d, and on entering a heated room, the\nfeeling of cold further aggravates.\n\nSulphur acts as an antidote to Pulsatilla.  Other than the symptoms of a\nburning sensation in the hands and feet, the symptoms of Pulsatilla are\ndissimilar to those of Sulphur.  Over treatment with Sulphur should be\ntreated with Pulsatilla and the overdose of Pulsatilla should be treated\nwith Sulphur.\n\nFor psoriasis appearing in the form of circular sunken brown specks,\nPulsatilla is very effective.  In Pulsatilla, the veins may become\ndistended and engorged with blood, over any part of the body.  The\nblood may also clot inside.  A spid er web of small veins is formed,\nwhich may become inflamed (phleb itis).  Usually, this problem\nappears in the calves of the legs during pregnancy.  The subject of\nvaricose veins has already been di scussed under Aesculus.  If, in\naddition to the above symptoms, a patient also has the tendency to\ndevelop varicose ulcers, then Pulsatilla will prove to be very effective.\n\nPulsatilla is also very effective in the treatment of catarrhal\ndiseases.  Pulsatilla cures chronic cata rrh and diseases of the inner\nlinings.  Chronic catarrh usually involves the chest producing thick\nphlegm.  The treatment with appropriate remedies can cure this\nproblem fast, by the grace of Allah.  Since the catarrhal diseases\nresemble each other very closely, it is very difficult to differentiate\nbetween them.  If the nose becomes blocked, one immediately thinks\nof treatment with Pulsatilla.  However, several other remedies also,\nhave this symptom, as already detailed in different chapters of this\nbook.  Despite the blockage of the nasal passage, the nasal discharge\ncontinues to some extent.  Nux Vomica and Coccus are also useful for\nthe treatment of this condition.  One should always be on the lookout\nfor a remedy according to the constitution of the patient.\n\nLike Calcarea Phos, Pulsatilla is also very important in the treatment\nof girls reaching adulthood.  Pulsat illa is very e ffective in the\ntreatment of complete cessation or delayed onset of girls\u2019 periods\nresulting from submerging their feet in cold water. Pulsatilla women\nhope for the periods to commence every month, but do not have them.\nPulsatilla is also stated to be ve ry useful in the problems associated\nwith the menopause.  When used in combination with Lachesis or\nBelladonna, Pulsatilla produces excel lent results.  At menopause,\nusually, the patient feels as if hot air is being blow n onto her face.\nThe face becomes red.  In  women suffering from anaemia, excessive\nmenstrual bleeding dilutes their blood further, i.e. they become more\nanaemic.  Pulsatilla being the best  treatment for blood deficiency,\nwhen it is given to anaemic women it will stop their periods.\nHowever, after a few months when  the blood deficiency has been\ncorrected, normal menstrual periods resume automatically.  Pulsatilla\nwill not let the periods start unless th e anaemia is corrected.  Even in\nthe absence of anaemia, Pulsatilla can offer immediate cure for dark,\nscanty menstrual bleeding.\n\nIn Pulsatilla, the patient feels pain  in the shoulders and the back.  A\nstrong local pressure reduces the se verity of the pa in.  Similarly,\nsleeping on a hard surface also relieves the back pain.\n\nIn Pulsatilla, the headache is like migraine.  The pain is usually on\none side, over the temple and the same side of the face.  A special\nsymptom of Pulsatilla is that one side of the body is warm while the\nother side is cold.  The difference in temperature on the two sides can\nbe easily felt by touch of the hand.  The face is red hot on one side\nwhile it is cold and blanched on th e other side, as if  devoid of blood.\nThis prominent symptom makes the di agnosis of Pulsatilla very easy.\nTherefore, besides other features of  headache, this may be a leading\nsymptom of Pulsatilla.  However, th is symptom is not a must in every\npain.  Even if this symptom is not pr esent, Pulsatilla can still be used\nprovided that its other symptoms are present.\n\nIn Pulsatilla, the symptoms related to eyes are very common, such as\nmultiple styes .  Pulsatilla works very well on the styes.  The\ndischarge from the eyes is very thick.  Eyelid margins become swollen\nand sticky.  In young children, \u201cpink eye\u201d develops.   There is\nswelling of the conjunctiva and symptoms related to the nose and\nthroat appear like Natrum Mur.  Natrum Mur is the chronic of\nPulsatilla, so if the symptoms happen to be of Pulsatilla but the patient\ndoes not respond to Pulsatilla, then Natrum Mur may be used instead.\n\nPulsatilla is also the best treatment for ear diseases , such as the\ninfection of the ear, di scharge of sticky and s tinky material from the\nears and hardness of hearing.  Once the nasal cold has affected the ear,\nthe Pulsatilla patient tends to torment himself furthermore and starts\ncrying due to pain to the extent of complete helplessness and despair.\nHowever, if the earache is associat ed with anger, then the patient\nshould be treated with Chamomilla instead of Pulsatilla.\n\nIn chronic nasal catarrh, there is a feeling of dryness inside the nasal\npassages.  The secretions become dry and encrusted causing a\nconstant mild pain.  Pulsatilla relieves this condition.\n\nIn Pulsatilla initially the nasal secr etions are whitish but soon become\nyellowish and offensive.  The sense of smell  either decreases or is\ncompletely lost.  In the morning, c oughing brings out a lot of sputum.\nIt turns into a dry cough by the evening.  In chronic catarrh, the nose\nmay also bleed.\n\nNosebleed is also related to menstruation.  If menstruation stops and\nthe nose starts to bleed , then Bryonia should be used instead of\nPulsatilla.  If the no se bleeds during menstrua tion, then Pulsatilla\nshould be used.\n\nIn Pulsatilla, the symptoms of allergy become severe in the evening.\nHowever, in Natrum Mur, the situa tion is just the opposite.   In the\nmorning, particularly around nine o\u2019 clock in the morning, the allergy\nbecomes much more severe.  If sneezing ensues when the patient goes\nfrom a cold to a warm room, the remedy is Pulsatilla. However, if\nsneezing ensues after going from a warm to a cold room, then\nSabadilla, Silicea or Natrum Mur should be used.\n\nThe Pulsatilla patient suffers from insomnia and has difficulty in\nsleeping.  Furthermore, the patient ha s feeling of shortness of breath\nand suffocation.  If the disease is no t properly treated, it  can turn into\nasthma.  When the allergy changes into asthma , then Pulsatilla can\nalso be the effective treatment.  Sili cea is the chronic of Pulsatilla.  In\ncase a fever does not subside with Pu lsatilla and the patient feels hot,\nor similarly, if certain infections do not respond to treatment with\nPulsatilla despite their symptoms be ing of Pulsatilla, then in this\nsituation, the patient should be treated with Silicea.  In my experience,\nSilicea has often been effective.  In the beginning, I did not treat such\npatients with Silicea; then I realised that since Silicea is the chronic of\nPulsatilla, it is possible that Si licea may be effective even though the\ndisease has not responded to Pulsatilla.\n\nPulsatilla is an excellent treatment for mumps .  It prevents the\nmigration of the diseases to other si tes.  If not treated appropriately,\nthe disease may seriously afflict the reproductive organs.  Such\npatients are then rendered sterile forever.  In such cases, the first\ntreatment of choice is Abrotanum.  If Abrotanum is ineffective,\nPulsatilla should be used.  One sim ilarity between these two drugs is\nthat the aches and pains keep shifti ng from one location to another.\nAbrotanum pains keep shifting al l over the body.   However, the\nPulsatilla pains migrate in a particular direction i.e. either from left to\nright or from right to left.  This symptom is also found in Lac\nCaninum, whose pains migrate rapidly.  In Abrotanum, it is mostly the\nnature of the disease that changes in to another disease.  For example,\nif lung cancer spreads into the bone then the remedies of a migrating\nnature should be considered, Abrotanum being one such remedy.\nHowever, the most effective re medy is Phosphorus.  Whether the\ncancer has started in the bones  or has spread to the bones from\nsomewhere else, in both cases Phosphorus is the best.\n\nIn Pulsatilla, stomach ailments  such as irritation, sour belches and\ndistension of the abdomen with gas,  etc. start within a few hours of\neating food.  In Nux Vomica, the ailments aggravate on an empty\nstomach.  The patient finds some  relief on taking food, but the\ndiscomfort returns in an hour or so.\n\nThe Pulsatilla patient has a dry mo uth yet does not feel thirsty.  The\nliver produces an excessive amount of bile, which regurgitates into the\nmouth with nausea.  Oily food causes distension of the abdomen and\ndiarrhoea consisting of greenish, watery stools (more so at night).\nSoft stools, yet constipation, are typical of Pulsatilla.  Despite the\nrepeated urge of going to the lavatory, the patient does not feel fully\nrelieved.  There is a similar feeling in Nux Vomica also.  However, in\nNux Vomica, the stools are hard like stone.  In women, the\nconstipation sometimes resembles that of Graphites.  In this case, the\nstools are like large hard masses.  Li ke Pulsatilla, Graphites also is\nfamous for alleviating a defici ent menstrual flow.  However,\nGraphites suits the cold constituti on, while Pulsatilla suits the hot\nconstitution patients.  If the constipation reaches the point where it\ncannot be relieved by Pulsatilla, then  it can often be  relieved with\nSilicea.  In case Silicea also fails, then Veratrum Album could be\neffective.  Patients who suffer from constipation often develop piles.\nThe piles are often very painful.  However, if the pain over the piles is\nrelieved by lying flat on a hard  surface, it is a specific sign of\nAmmonium Carb and it is  not a symptom of Pulsatilla.  If there is\nsevere burning on the piles, then Arsenic and Kali Carb are better than\nPulsatilla.  Paeonia is very famous  for the treatment of continuously\npainful type of piles.  However, when the constitutional symptoms are\nthose of Pulsatilla, then only Pulsatilla will be effective.\n\nIf a person feels like urinating, but ur inates very little and there is a\nburning sensation and irritation, then Pulsatilla may be useful.  In\nPulsatilla, sometimes the urine is mixed with blood.  One of its\nsymptoms is that while sleeping on his side, the patient may not need\nto get up to pass urine throughout the night.  However, if he sleeps flat\non his back, he gets up frequently for urination during the night.  Such\nchildren who happen to wet their beds at night  may be helped by\ntying a big knot in the waistband of their pyjamas, preventing them\nfrom sleeping on their back.  This tactic works mostly in the Pulsatilla\ntype of patients.  Moreover, Natr um Mur and Kali Phos 6X combined\nare also very useful for treating this condition in children.\n\nFor the treatment of involuntary passage of urine during coughing,\nsneezing or laughing  (stress incontinence), Puls atilla is very useful.\nIn case the patient wets the be d soon after going to sleep, then\nCausticum 200 or Sepia 200 are better .  If a person ca nnot manage to\nease himself while sitting for howev er long but urinates immediately\non standing up or walking (due to sudden pressure on the bladder),\nthen this is typical of Bryonia.  In Rhus Tox, the patient feels like\npassing urine while sitting, but as soon as he gets up and walks the\nfeeling is gone.  In s hort, all these remedies function within their own\nspectrum of symptoms.\n\nThe Pulsatilla patient feels comfort on movement.  From this point of\nview, Pulsatilla partially resemble s Rhus Tox.  Functioning in the\npresence of dampness is similar in both.  Both Pulsatilla and Rhus Tox\nare useful in the treatment of catarrhal conditions developing due to\ncareless exposure to wet weather.  Besides other remedies, Dulcamara\nis also well known in the treatment of conditions related to changing\nweather, especially so if the change in the weather includes dampness.\n\nPulsatilla is also very us eful in the controlling the  tendency to abort\nin women.  Often instead of a foetus, a lifeless lump of flesh grows in\nthe uterus.  Pulsatilla dissolves this  lump of flesh.  In this condition,\nthere is severe abdominal cramping during menstruation.  If such pain\nis only occasional then Pulsatilla is  useful.  However, if the episodes\nare frequent, then Natrum Mur should be given preference, as it is the\nchronic form of Pulsatilla.  Young gi rls experiencing this type of pain\nin their early adulthood can bene fit from Calcarea Phos also.\nPulsatilla is also very usef ul in the treatment of the downward\nsagging tendency of the uterus (i.e. prolapse).  For this, there are\nseveral other useful remedies, whos e symptoms would of course need\nto be identified.\n\nSome women develop milk in their breasts in the absence of\npregnancy or delivery of a child.  Pu lsatilla is very useful for treating\nthis condition.  Besides Pulsatilla, Mercurius and Cyclamen are also\nvery useful.  Pulsatilla often be nefits mothers who suffer from a\nshortage of milk production in their breasts.  If after the delivery, the\nplacental remains and blood are not fully excreted, then Pulsatilla\nhelps in their expulsion from the uterus.  Pulsatilla is a strong\nclearing agent of the uterus.  However, the remedy benefits only if it\nis used before the development of the puerperal fever.  Once a fever\ndevelops, then only Silicea or Sulphur and Pyrogenium will be\neffective.\n\nPulsatilla 200 is reknowned for correcting the positi on of the child\ninside the uterus .  It also invigorates th e labour pains during the\ndelivery of a child.  Some doctors r outinely start givi ng Pulsatilla at\nthe beginning of the ninth month of the pregnancy.  This has produced\nsignificant results.  However, after the onset of the labour pains, a\ncombination of Mag Phos and Ka li Phos works much better than\nPulsatilla in facilitating the delivery.  The tablets are dissolved in\nwater and then sipped at intervals.\n\nPulsatilla is very useful in the treatment of crook edness of the\nvertebral column (scoliosis) as it strengthens the muscles around the\nspinal column and equalizes their t one and strength on both sides.  In\nchildren, the spinal column can become crooked giving the\nappearance of hunchback  and loss of height.  Pulsatilla is useful in\ncorrecting this deformity and dwarfism.  In a Pulsatilla patient, the\npainful limbs start to contract and become weak.  For example, if there\nis a chronic pain in the leg, th e leg becomes short and slender.\nSimilarly, the painful leg and the arm start to shrink.\nDuring an attack of malaria , if the patient exhibits the stomach\nsymptoms of Pulsatilla, Pulsatilla will wo rk very well.  The Pulsatilla\npatient often does not feel thirsty.  However, during malaria, the\npatient feels unusually thirsty before the onset of severe chills and\nthen the thirst disappears as soon as the fever develops.  In the\npresence of this symptom, the patient must be treated with Pulsatilla.\nIn Pulsatilla, there is a neuralgic type  of pain on the right side of the\nface.  The lower lip becomes thick due to swelling.  These symptoms\nusually become worse during the evening.  The patient also develops a\ndry cough in the evening and at night.\n\nThe problems of Pulsatilla aggravat e with heat and on eating oily\nfood.  The symptoms are relieved on  movement, in the open air and\non eating cold food.  When the hand s burn hot and the feet are very\ncold and vice-versa, then Pulsatilla could well be very useful.\n\nAdjuvants: Kali Mur, Lycopodium, Sulphuric Acid\nAntidotes: Coffea, Chamomilla, Nux Vomica\nPotency: 30 to 1000 or even CM in certain conditions","modalities":"","symptoms_by_system":[],"schema_version":"1.0","api_provider":"Allahshafi"}