PULSATILLA PRATENSIS
(WIND FLOWER)
The parts of the plant Pulsatilla that grow above the ground are dried and used as medicine. It is used for painful conditions of the male or female reproductive system, dysmenorrhea, skin conditions, and many other diseases. The disposition and mental state are the chief guiding symptoms of its selection. It is a female remedy, especially for mild, gentle, yielding disposition. Sad, crying readily; weeps when talking; changeable, contradictory. The patient seeks the open air; always feels better there, even though he is chilly. Mucous membranes are all affected. Discharges thick, bland, and yellowish-green. Often indicated after abuse of Iron tonics and after badly-managed measles. Great sensitiveness. Wants the head high. Feels uncomfortable with only one pillow. Lies with hands above head.
Mind- Weeps easily. Fears in the evening to be alone, dark, ghost. Likes sympathy. Children like fuss and caresses. Morbid dread of the opposite sex. Religious melancholy. Given to extremes of pleasure and pain. Highly emotional.
Head– Wandering stitches about head; pains extend to face and teeth; vertigo; better in open air. Headache from overwork. Pressure on vertex.
Ears- Sensation as if something were being forced outward. Hearing difficult, as if the car were stuffed. Otorrhoea. Thick, bland discharge: offensive odor. External car swollen and red. Diminishes acuteness of hearing,
Eyes- Thick, profuse, yellow, bland discharges. Itching and burning in eyes. Profuse lachrymation. and secretion of mucus. Lids inflamed, agglutinated. Subacute conjunctivitis, with dyspepsia; worse, in warm room.
Nose- Coryza; stoppage of right nostril, pressing pain at root of nose. Loss of smell. Large green fetid scales in nose. Stoppage in evening. Yellow mucus; abundant in morning. Bad smells, as of old catarrh.
Face- Right-sided neuralgia, with profuse lachrymation. Swelling of lower lip, which is cracked in middle.
Mouth- Greasy taste. Dry mouth, without thirst; wants it washed frequently. Crack in middle of lower lip. Yellow or white tongue, covered with a tenacious mucus. Food, especially bread, tastes bitter. Much sweet saliva. Alternations of taste, bitter, bilious, greasy, salty, foul. Loss of taste. Desire for tonics.
Stomach– Averse to fat food, warm food, and drink. taste of food remains a long time; after ices. fruits, pasty. Bitter taste, diminished taste of all food. Flatulence. Heartburn. Dyspepsia, with great tightness after a meal; must loosen clothing. Vomiting of food eaten long before. All-gone sensation, especially in tea drinkers.
Abdomen – Painful, distended;. Pressure as from a stone. Colic, with chilliness in evening.
Stool- Rumbling, watery; worse, night No two stools alike. Two or three normal stools daily.
Urine- Increased desire; worse when lying down. Burning in orifice of urethra during and after micturition. Involuntary micturition at night, while coughing or passing flatus..
Female– Amenorrhoea Suppressed menses from wet feet, nervous debility, or chlorosis. Tardy menses. Chilliness, nausea, downward pressure, painful, flow intermits. Leucorrhoea acrid, burning, creamy. Pain in back; tired feeling. Diarrhoea during or after menses.
Male- Orchitis; pain from abdomen to testicles. Thick, yellow discharge from urethra; late stage of gonorrhoea. Stricture; urine passed only in drops, and stream interrupted
Respiratory- Dry cough in evening and at night; must sit up in bed to get relief; and loose cough in the morning, with copious mucous expectoration. Pressure upon the chest and soreness.
Sleep- Wide awake in the evening; first sleep restless. Irresistible sleepiness in afternoon. Sleeps with hands over head.
Back-Shooting pain in the nape and back, between shoulders; in sacrum after sitting.
Extremities- Drawing, tensive pain in thighs and legs, with restlessness, sleeplessness and chilliness. Pain in limbs, shifting rapidly; Hip-joint painful. Knees swollen, with tearing, drawing pains. Legs feel heavy and weary.
Skin- Urticaria, after rich food, with diarrhoea, from delayed menses, worse undressing. Measles. Acne at puberty. Varicose veins.
Fever- Chilliness, even in warm room, without thirst. Chilly with pains, in spots, worse evening. Chill about 4 pm.; heat in parts of body, coldness in other. One-sided sweat; pains during sweat. During apyrexia, headache, diarrhoea, loss of appetite. nausea.
Modalities- Worse, from heat, rich fat food, after eating, towards evening, warm room, lying on left or on painless side when allowing feet to hang down. Better, open air, motion, cold applications, cold food and drinks, though not thirsty.
Dose- Third to thirtieth attenuation. Adults and children 5 to 10 drops orally, 1 time daily.
