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Pulsatilla vs Silica
(Pulsatilla pratensis · Silicea terra)
Both suit gentle, yielding people who are easily swayed and slow to assert themselves.
In short
Pulsatilla is warm, weepy and craves fresh air and company; Silica is very chilly, quietly obstinate and slow to heal.
Side by side
(the classic distinctions homeopaths look for)
| Feature | Pulsatilla |
Silica |
|---|---|---|
| Temperature | Warm; can't bear stuffy rooms | Very chilly; wants the head wrapped up |
| Mood | Weepy and wants sympathy | Gentle and faint-hearted, yet quietly stubborn |
| Pattern | Symptoms change from day to day | Slow, lingering, chronic |
| Body | Thick, bland discharges; upset by rich food | Small cuts fester; sweaty head and feet |
| Better for | Open air, company and gentle movement | Warmth and summer |
Pulsatilla
Better
Open air, Gentle movement, Sympathy and company, Cool food and drinks
Worse
Warm, stuffy rooms, Rich, fatty food, Evening, Heat
Silica
Better
Warmth, Wrapping up the head, Summer
Worse
Cold and drafts, Uncovering, especially the head, New moon, Lying down
From the classic texts
“The weather-cock among remedies.”
“Silica patient is cold, chilly, hugs the fire, wants plenty warm clothing, hates drafts, hands and feet cold, worse in winter.”
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Pulsatilla
(Pulsatilla pratensis · Wind flower)
Changeable as the wind it's named for. Pulsatilla is associated with gentle, emotional people who seek comfort and company, and with symptoms that shift from day to day.
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Silica
(Silicea terra · Flint (silicon dioxide))
The remedy of slow healing and want of grit. In the materia medica, Silica is associated with chilly, delicate, yielding people who tire easily and take cold readily, and with small injuries that tend to fester and heal slowly.
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