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.
Colds & flu | Hormones | Digestion | Children
Source
The pasque flower, a meadow plant that bends with the wind
Kingdom
Plant
Abbreviation
Puls.
Home acute kit
Commonly included
The classic picture
(a remedy is chosen when the whole picture fits the person, not from a single symptom)
Weepy and wants sympathy; feels better for comfort
Symptoms and moods change frequently
Feels much better in fresh, open air; can't bear stuffy rooms
Rarely thirsty, even with a fever
Thick, bland discharges in colds; upset from rich, fatty food
Tends to feel better
Open air
Gentle movement
Sympathy and company
Cool food and drinks
Tends to feel worse
Warm, stuffy rooms
Rich, fatty food
Evening
Heat
How it compares
(remedies that are often confused with Pulsatilla)
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Nux vomica
(Strychnos nux-vomica)
Both can follow rich food; Nux is chilly and irritable, Pulsatilla warm and tearful.
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Natrum muriaticum
(Natrum muriaticum)
Natrum muriaticum pushes sympathy away; Pulsatilla is soothed by it.
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Sepia
(Sepia officinalis)
Both discussed in hormonal pictures; Sepia feels flat and withdraws, Pulsatilla clings.
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Side-by-side comparisons
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From the classic texts
“The weather-cock among remedies.”
“Weeps easily. Timid, irresolute. … Likes sympathy.”
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