Pulsatilla

Pains on first motion (Rhus toxicodendron) (A.)

Pains; Drawing, tearing, erratic, rapidly shifting from one part to another (Belladonna, Ignatia, Kali bichromicum, Kali-S., Lac-C., Mang.); are accompanied with constant chilliness; the more severe the pain, the more severe the chill; appear suddenly, leave gradually, or tension much increased until very acute and then lets up with a snap (A.).

Cannot sleep in the early part of the night, but sleeps late in the morning (G.).

Awakes languid, unrefreshed (A.).

AGGRAVATION:

      In a warm, closed room; towards evening; from warm things; from rich or warm food; from pork and pastry; from fruits; from lying on the left, or on the painless side;from heat; and during menses.

AMELIORATION:

      In the open air; from cold things;from lying on the painful side; from cold air or cool room; and from cold application.

RELATIONSHIP:

      Silicea is the chronic or Pulsatilla in nearly all ailments.

Follows well after: Kali bichromicum, Lycopodium, Sepia, Silicea and Sulph.

Follows, and is followed by Kali-Br., which is its chemical analogue.

Complementary: Kali-M., Lycopodium, Silicea and Sulph-Ac.

Adolph Lippe

Adolph Lippe (born near Goerlitz, Prussia, 11 May 1812; died in Philadelphia, 23 January 1888) was a homeopathic physician who worked in the United States. Adolph got a legal education at Berlin. After completing his legal studies, Lippe became interested in homeopathy, and emigrated to the United States in 1837 to further his study. In 1838, he enrolled in the North American Academy of Homeopathy at Allentown, Pennsylvania, from where he graduated in 1841. He settled in Philadelphia, where from 1863 until 1868 he was professor of materia medica in the Homeopathic College of Pennsylvania. Besides some essays and treatises from the French, German, and Italian which became standards, Lippe was the author of:
Comparative Materia Medica (Philadelphia, 1854)
Text-Book of Materia Medica (1866)