SBL Pulsatilla nigricans

Common Name: Anemone, Windflower, Pulsatilla Pratensis (Hahnemann’s Pulsatilla)

Key Benefits and Indications

General Action

• Aggravation from Wet Cold: Pulsatilla symptoms worsen due to wet, cold conditions, such as getting the feet wet while walking in the rain.
• Vertigo and Dizziness: Causes vertigo that occurs while sitting, after eating, or after stooping, which is relieved by walking or sitting in the open air.
• Food Tastes and Thirst: Food often tastes excessively salty; the remedy is also indicated when there is a complete absence of thirst.

Varicose Veins and Ulcers

• Painful Varicose Veins: Pulsatilla can help with distended, engorged, and painful varicose veins, including ulcers surrounding them.

Mucosal Involvement

• Pulsatilla acts on the mucous membranes of the body, including the middle ear, eyes, nose, throat, bronchi, stomach, intestines, bladder, urethra, vagina, and uterus. It is useful in conditions like hydrocele and other glandular inflammations.

Specific Symptoms and Conditions

Mind and Head

• Emotional Nature: Suitable for patients who have a weepy, anxious nature and are easily upset by anger over trifles.
• Headaches: Pulsatilla is helpful for headaches that are often accompanied by digestive, stomach, or urinary complaints, and are generally ameliorated by cold applications.

Eye, Ear, Nose

• Eye: Relief for styes, itching, severe aching, and a sensation of foreign bodies in the eye. Lachrymation is improved when in the open air.
• Ear: Itching, stitching, and tearing sensations in the ear, with pus discharge and ordinary catarrhal otitis.
• Nose: Coryza with a stopped right nostril mostly in the evening.

Cough and Chest

• Dry Evening Cough: Relief for a dry cough in the evening and a loose morning cough.
• Chest Tightness: Constricted feelings in the chest in the evening, especially when breathing.
• Palpitations: Palpitations from lying on the left side, along with dryness and rawness in the chest.

Stomach and Abdomen

• Nausea: Nausea from the thought or smell of food is relieved by Pulsatilla.
• Food Aggravation: Aggravation from eating rich, fat, and creamy foods, such as ice cream or pastries.
• Tender Abdomen: Sensitivity in the whole abdomen, especially the stomach and pelvic organs, which is relieved by gentle touch.

Female Complaints

• Delayed or Scanty Menses: Pulsatilla helps with delayed, difficult, or scanty menses, or even when menstruation fails entirely.
• Menstrual Discomfort: Downward pressure in the abdomen and sacral region with stomach aches and fainting, especially worse in warm rooms and after exertion.
• Post-Menstrual Discharge: White discharge like cream that is most profuse after menstruation, accompanied by a burning pain.

Urinary Complaints

• Frequent Urgency: Relief from frequent pressure to urinate with a cutting, burning pain in the urethra during urination.

Stool and Rectum

• Frequent Urge with Insufficient Evacuation: Frequent desire for stool but with insufficient evacuation or no feces.
• Diarrhea at Night: Pulsatilla is helpful for nighttime diarrhea.
• Hemorrhoids: Relieves painful, blind hemorrhoids with itching, sticking pains, and soreness.

Generalities

• Aggravations and Reliefs: Symptoms worsen by stooping, in the evening, after eating, but are relieved by motion and cool air.
• Pain in Limbs: Swollen, painful joints, particularly in the knees, ankles, and small joints of fingers and toes, with drawing and tensive pains.
• Back Pain: Wandering pains in the lumbar and sacral regions, relieved by slow motion. Sprained-like pain in the small of the back.

Skin and General Conditions

• Psoriasis: Useful for old cases of psoriasis, especially with flat, brownish patches and intense itching.

Dosage and Administration

• Standard Dose: Take 5 drops in half a cup of water, 3 times daily.
• Alternatively, medicate the globules and take as prescribed by a physician.

Precautions

• Maintain a 15-minute gap before or after meals when taking the medicine.
• Pregnant or breastfeeding: Consult with a homeopathic practitioner before use.
• Avoid tobacco and alcohol during the treatment.

Side Effects

• No known side effects when taken as prescribed.
• Homeopathic remedies do not interfere with other medications, including allopathy or ayurvedic treatments.

Terms and Conditions

• Homeopathic products are taken based on symptom similarity, and results may vary depending on the condition.
• It is advised to consult a physician before purchasing or starting treatment, and avoid self-medication.