Pulsatilla

What it’s reached for

• the tail end of a cold with thick bland yellow catarrh, better outdoors.
• indigestion after fatty or rich food, with a dry mouth but no thirst.
• delayed or painful periods in a gentle, tearful person who wants comforting.

Digestive upset — Nux Vomica vs. Arsenicum vs. Carbo Veg vs. Pulsatilla: from rich/fatty food, symptoms keep changing, patient is NOT thirsty despite the complaint, worse evening, better open air, mild and weepy.

Nausea & Vomiting — Ipecacuanha vs. Arsenicum vs. Nux Vomica vs. Pulsatilla: from fatty or rich food, ice-cream, pastries; bad taste; no thirst; weepy and wanting comfort; worse in a warm stuffy room, better in open air.

Loose Motion / Diarrhoea — Arsenicum vs. Podophyllum vs. Nux Vomica vs. China vs. Pulsatilla: from fatty or rich food or ice-cream; no two stools alike; worse at night; weepy, wants company, thirstless.

Sinusitis / Sinus Pain — Kali Bichromicum vs. Hydrastis vs. Silicea vs. Pulsatilla vs. Mercurius: thick, bland, yellow-green discharge, the nose blocked in a warm room and running in the open air, loss of smell, weepy and wanting company.

Earache — Belladonna vs. Chamomilla vs. Pulsatilla vs. Hepar Sulph vs. Ferrum Phosphoricum: earache worse at night with a feeling as if the ear would burst outward, often following a cold, with a thick bland discharge, weepy and clingy.

Leucorrhoea — Sepia vs. Kreosotum vs. Borax vs. Alumina vs. Pulsatilla: a thick, creamy, bland discharge, changeable, worse lying down, in a mild, weepy woman who wants company and open air.

Bedwetting — Causticum vs. Equisetum vs. Sepia vs. Kreosotum vs. Pulsatilla: bedwetting worse when lying on the back, in a mild, weepy, affectionate child, worse after getting overheated or after rich food.

Prostate Enlargement — Sabal Serrulata vs. Chimaphila vs. Conium vs. Pulsatilla: a thick, bland urethral discharge with a spasmodic pain after urinating, worse lying on the back.

Tired or Watering Eyes — Euphrasia vs. Ruta vs. Natrum Mur vs. Pulsatilla vs. Apis: a thick, bland, yellow discharge with itching and burning, styes, worse in a warm room and in the evening, better in the open air.

Potency: 30C two or three times a day.