HEALING BY HOMEOPATHY: PULSATILLA, A POLYCHREST

2015-40  Healing by Homeopathy: Pulsatilla, a Polychrest

Pulsatilla

The homeopathic medicine Pulsatilla is made from the windflower. It grows in clumps on sandy well ­drained soil in sunny meadows, pastures and fields. It is soft and beautiful with pendulous bell­-shaped flowers, purple petals and a gold heart. 

Dr Samuel Hahnemann first used the term polychrest in an essay about the medicine Nux vomica. By this he meant a medicine that had a great many uses. Pulsatilla was one of his polychrests and it remains one of the most useful medicines. Pulsatilla is predominantly a female remedy.

It is classically thought to suit blonde, blue-­eyed females of a mild, shy and tearful disposition. Pulsatilla is effective for a range of menstrual and menopausal problems, which are characterized by depression and tearfulness with a need for comfort and sympathy.

Digestive complaints such as indigestion, gastroenteritis, nausea and vomiting, caused by eating rich, fatty foods are cured by Pulsatilla.

Other conditions which respond well to Pulsatilla include depression, varicose veins, nosebleeds, toothache, earache, osteoarthritis, rheumatism, lumbago, chilblains,  acne, migraines, and fever without thirst.

Pulsatilla

Useful for:	Key Symptoms:
MOODINESS	Rapid change in mood Sensitive & tearful Extremes of pleasure & pain Timid Craves sympathy & attention
COLDS	Nose runs in open air Nose stuffy indoors and at night "Ripe" cold Thick, creamy, yellow nasal discharge Sticky discharge from eyes Fever, but no thirst
STYES	Especially on upper lid
COUGH	Gagging, choking, in paroxysms Cough dry in evening, loose in morning Brings up thick yellow mucus Feels as if weight on chest; must sit up for relief
EARACHE	Feels as if ears are stopped Severe throbbing pain, worse at night External ear swollen & red Thick, yellow, bland discharge
BEDWETTING
CHICKEN POX
INDIGESTION	Averse to fat food Averse to warm food and drink Belching Dry mouth without thirst Bitter taste Flatulence Heartburn Painful stomach about an hour after eating Weight like a stone in stomach Must loosen clothing
BREASTFEEDING	To dry up mother's milk when no longer needed
MENSTRUAL DISORDER	Delayed onset of menses Intermittent flow Flow scanty, painful Flow thick, dark, clotted Bearing down sensation Very emotional Chilliness Nausea, vomiting
FAINTING	From hot, stuffy atmosphere
INSOMNIA	From recurrent thoughts Wide awake in evening
Better from:	Open air, Cold applications, Motion
Worse from:	Warmth, Overheating, Toward evening, Lying on left side, Lying on painless side

                     [from  https://www.elixirs.com/pulsatilla.cfm]


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