rare. *Pulsatilla 30 one dose a week. Month later a great fit. *Pulsatilla once a day. No more great fits, only a few small ones. Cure permanent. A patient to whom I was giving *Pulsatilla 3 for some heart affection complained that she could not take it because it caused her to wake up in the night with a dry cough, and she was compelled to sit up in bed to get relief. That is a characteristic cough of *Pulsatilla, and I have frequently cured it in other patients. *Pulsatilla has a cough with copious expectoration, and this is the more usual, but they may be alternating conditions. The *congesting action of *Pulsatilla is well shown in the respiratory symptoms. Remarking on this symptom, “Pressure upon the chest and soreness,” Hahnemann says that in the catarrhal condition they refer to, “the glands of the air passages appear to be swollen and inflamed, and unable to secrete the mucus necessary to moisten the, *hence the sensation of dryness, rawness, painfulness, and the illusory sensation as if the air passages were internally constricted by an excessive amount of tenacious and firm mucus which could not be loosened.” Commenting on another symptom of *Pulsatilla (“dyspnoea or vertigo, with weakness of the head on lying outstretched upon the back, wholly disappearing on sitting upright”), Hahnemann elucidates some of its Conditions: “The symptoms of *Pulsatilla caused by lying down, sitting up, rising from sitting, by walking and by standing, consist of varying alternate conditions, all of which belong to the primary action of the drug, but which vary in their character. Usually the symptoms of *Pulsatilla which occur while lying still upon the back are better by sitting upright, seldom the reverse, frequently the symptoms that appear while sitting still are better or removed by gradual motion and by walking, seldom the reverse. Yet the *act of rising, before one begins to walk, causes symptoms more numerous and more severe the longer the sitting has continued, so also longer continued and more violent motion causes aggravation no less long than sitting still, which, however, are only really felt and noticed after one has sat down and become quiet.” Other leading indications of *Pulsatilla are: First serious impairment of health is referred to age of puberty, “never been well since” anaemia, bronchitis, phthisis. Secretions (of eye, ear, nose, vagina, &c.) are generally thick, bland, and yellowish green. The pains appear suddenly and leave gradually, or tension much increases till very acute, then “lets up with a snap.” Great dryness of mouth without thirst. All-gone sensation in stomach, especially in tea-drinkers. Worse At twilight, in evening (the wide-awake on first going to bed comes within this modality). Suffering parts emaciate. *Peculiar Sensations are: As if beside himself. As if in a hot atmosphere. As if death were near. As if looking through a sieve. Limbs as if bruised, as if asleep. As if one had turned in a circle a long time, as if he would fall, as if he were dancing. As if brain would burst and eyes fall out of head. As if skull of forehead too thin. As if skull were lifted up. As if one had eaten too much. As if a nail driven into occiput. As if head between screws. As if gimlet piercing skull. As if eyes tightly bound by cloth. As if foreign body pressing in eye, sand in eye, thick body forcibly driven into ear, something crawling out of ear, worm creeping into throat. As if nose would be forced asunder. As if face being drawn tighter and tighter, then suddenly let loose as if a string cut. As if a nerve in tooth put on stretch and then let loose. As if he had to swallow over a lump. As of stone in stomach. As if bladder too full, as if it would fall to side on which he is lying, as of a stone in bladder or in abdomen or chest. As if joints would be easily dislocated. Small of back as if sprained. As if a hand passed through back and everything were constricted. Chill as if drenched with cold water. As if head would burst on coughing. Tongue as if burnt. Pain as from subcutaneous
ulceration. As of a hot coal above ulcer. The symptoms are worse by touch, better by hard rubbing and pressure (but stomach, bladder, uterus, very sensitive to pressure). better Uncovering. Aversion to and worse from meat, butter, fat food, pork, bread, milk, buck-wheat, ice cream, smoking. Desire for: sour, refreshing things, herring, lemonade. better From cold, worse from warm foods. Rest worse (ameliorates pain in testes, labour- like pains, weakness in joints). Cannot rest though motion worse. The longer he lies in the morning the longer he wishes to lie. better Lying with head high. Worse Lying on left side, on sound side. Pains which come on when lying on back are better by turning to either side (also *vice versa), must sit up and turn. When rising up the red face turns deathly pale. Great inclination to stretch feet. Gentle motion better, slow walking better. Violent motion worse. Misstep worse stitching pains in stomach. Intellectual labour, or watching will causes headache, meditation will sometimes better. Most symptoms worse evening and night. Worse Twilight: “As evening comes on begins to fear ghosts,” all symptoms worse alternate evenings. Worse Before thunderstorm. Sun worse. Worse Hot food, is vomited immediately, worse toothache. Worse Changes of weather. Worse Getting wet. Wind worse. Draught of air ameliorates toothache.
Relations
*Antidoted by: Chamomilla (Chamomilla and Pulsatilla antidote each other and follow each other well. If either one has over-acted the other will probably neutralize the ill effect and carry on the good), Coffea, Ignatia, Nux (Teste adds Sul., and says when the improper use of Pulsatilla has affected the air passages Calcarea ph. has proved his best antidote). *Antidote to: Chi., Chi. sul., Ferrum (in chlorotic girls who have been damaged by Iron, Pulsatilla has excellent effect), Magnesia carb., Sul., Sul. Ac., vapours of Mercury and Copper, Belladonna, Chamomilla, Coffea, Colchicum, Lycopodium, Platina, Gelsemium, Stramonium, Saba., Ant-t., Whisky, Toad-stool poisoning. *Compatible: Arsenicum, Bryonia, Belladonna, Ignatia, Kali-bi., Lycopodium, Nux vomica, Pho., Rhus, Sepia, Sul. *Complementary: Lycopodium, Sul-ac., Arg-n. (if Arg-n. flags, give Pulsatilla, Arg-n. follows Pulsatilla in ophthalmia), Stn. (Stn. has menses too early and too profuse). *Compare: Tearfulness, Sepia (Pulsatilla cries when telling her symptoms, Sepia weeps when questioned about her symptoms, Sepia Irritability and anger, indifference to household affairs), Natrum mur. (Natrum mur. is worse by consolation), Ignatia (Ignatia hides her grief). Varicose veins, varicocele, orchitis, phlegmasia alba dolens, Hamamelis(Hamamelis has soreness of affected part). Ophthalmia, Arg-n. Cold, Cyclamen (Cyclamen has spasmodic sneezing), Cep. (both have worse in room, better open air, but Cep. discharge is thin and excoriating, Pulsatilla thick and bland), Pen. sed. (Pen. sed. has rawness in nose and throat, and “constant wet feeling without coryza,” later thick and purulent like Pulsatilla). Stinging pains in throat worse swallowing saliva and after eating, Apis. Feeling as if food lying in oesophagus, Chi., Abies n. Effect of fat food, Ip. Thuja, Carb-v. Effect of ice-cream, Arsenicum, Carb-v., Ip., Bells. Mixed diet, Nux vomica, Ip., Chi. Desire for lemonade, Cy c., Sabi., Belladonna Gastric ailments from pork, Antim crud. (tongue as if whitewashed, vomiting predominates, Pulsatilla stool greenish and slimy), Ip. (tongue clean, nausea predominates). Spasmodic, irregular pains causes faintness, Nux. Retained placenta, Cantharis After-pains, Chamomilla, Xan., Cuprum (in women who have borne many children). Non-appearance of milk, Urt-u., Ric. com., Agn. c. Uterine affections, Caulophyllum, Helonias, Since., Alet. F., Cyclamen, Hydras., Lilium Measles, Morbillin, Kali-bi. Backache worse sitting, Zn., Cobalt., Sepia, Can-i. Earache, Borax. Knee- joint affections, Anacardium (Anacardium chronic). worse From wine, Zn. (Pulsatilla from sulphurated wine,) Rho., Glo., Nux vomica, Selenium, Lachesis, Fl. ac., Ant. C., Bovista, Silicea Thick, yellowish, green nasal discharge, Mercurius (Pulsatilla bland, Mercurius has moist mouth and intense thirst, and Pulsatilla and Nux moschata dry mouth without thirst). Sudden vanishing of sight with scanty menses, Sepia, Cyclamen Diarrhoea from fright, Gelsemium (Pulsatilla stools greenish, yellow, or slimy, or very changeable). Hypertrophy of heart, better from slow motion, Rhus. Menstrual colic, Coccul. (Coccul. as if sharp stones rubbed together with every movement). Vicarious menstruation, Bryonia, Pho. Ozaena with thick greenish discharge, gleet, gonorrhoeal rheumatism, effects of tea, Thuja (the gleet of Pulsatilla is thicker than that of Thuja). Scanty menses, Graphites better Open air, Sul. (Lycopodium desires open air, but is worse in cold, damp air) Climacteric state, Lachesis better Uncovering, Lycopodium, Camph., Aco., Secale worse From heat, Apis, Iodium Nausea in upper chest and in hypogastrium, Pulsatilla (nausea in hypogastrium, generally with uterine bearing down, Rhus). Nausea when fasting, Calcarea, Lycopodium, Silica., when beginning to eat, Nux vomica, Sul. Nausea in chest, Antim tart. Acid stomach, Chi., Calcarea, Sul., Silicea, Robin. Menstrual pain begins with the flow (opp. Lachesis, pain subsides as flow begins). Acquisitiveness, Arsenicum, Lycopodium Dread of disease, Calcarea, Lachesis, Nux. Worse Lying on left side, better cold food and drink, Pho. Ribbon-like stools (Pho. like dog’s). Fears darkness, Ammonium muriaticum, Arsenicum, Baryta C., Berberis, Calcarea, Carb-a., Carb-v., Causticum, Lycopodium, Pho., Rhus, Stro., Val., Stramonium Fear of ghosts, Aco., Arsenicum, Bro., Lycopodium, Ranunculus bulbosus, Sepia, Sul., Zn. Piles during menses, Am. C., Arsenicum, Carb-v., Coccul., Collins., Graphites, Ignatia, Lachesis, Mur-ac., Pho., Sul. Faintness connected with stools, Ap., Nux-m., Spi., Verbascum (with scanty stools, Crot-t., Dulcamara, Ox-ac., Pet. Sarsaparilla, Sul.) Stoppage of menses form wet feet, Rhus., Lobelia i. Chilblains, Agaricus Vertigo on looking up (Calcarea on turning head, Sul. on looking down). worse In bed at night, Sul., Mercurius, Chamomilla Taste bitter with biliousness of a morning, the taste felt chiefly in upper chest, Sul. One hand cold the other hot, Chi., Digitalis, Ip., Mosch. Metastasis of mumps of testes, Belladonna, Kali-ca., Rhus (to brain, Belladonna, Hyo.). Effect of taking cold, fever, Aco. (Aco. has great thirst and anguish). Inter-menstrual haemorrhage, Bovista, Hamamelis Worse Hair-cutting, Belladonna better Lying on painful side, Bryonia Erratic temperatures (Zn. nervous high temperatures). Pulsatilla is a close analogue of Cyclamen in many respects, but Cyclamen has profuse menses, the flow being worse sitting and better walking (Pulsatilla worse during day, Kre. worse lying down), and Cyclamen has worse in open air. Pulsatilla and Nux are in most respects antipodal, though they follow each other well, Pulsatilla has better lying on back, worse turning to either side, Nux has worse lying on back, better turning to either side. Silica is the *chronic of Pulsatilla, and Sul. also in many respects.
