Pulsatilla nigricans
Gentle, yielding, weepy temperament craving consolation and open air. Changeable, shifting symptoms. Thick, bland, yellow-green discharges. Thirstless. Worse from heat, rich/fatty food, evening. Better from open air, gentle motion, consolation, cold.
Source
Prepared from the whole fresh plant of Pulsatilla nigricans (Ranunculaceae) at the time of flowering.
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Keynote Symptoms
Mild, gentle, yielding, weepy — craves sympathy and consolation. Changeability of symptoms — no two stools alike, pains shift location. Thick, bland, yellow-green discharges. Thirstless with nearly all complaints. Worse from heat, rich fatty food, evening, warm room. Better from open air, gentle motion.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Mild, gentle, yielding, timid, easily led. Weeps easily, especially when telling symptoms. Craves consolation, which ameliorates. Changeable moods — laughing and crying. Jealousy. Indecisive. Fear of abandonment, dark, being alone. Religious melancholy.
General Symptoms
Warm-blooded, craves open air. Thirstless. Changeable, wandering symptoms. Worse from heat, warm room, rich/fatty food, evening, rest, beginning of motion, getting feet wet. Better from open air, gentle continued motion, cold applications, cold food/drinks, consolation, weeping.
Physical Symptoms
Head
Wandering stitching pains. Headache from overeating rich food. Better from pressure, open air, cold applications.
Eyes
Thick, profuse, yellow, bland discharge. Styes. Itching and burning. Agglutination of lids in morning.
Ears
Thick yellow bland discharge. Otitis media in children. Hearing diminished. Sensation as if something were being forced outward.
Nose
Thick, bland, yellow-green discharge. Stuffed up in evening and warm room, fluent in morning and open air. Loss of smell.
Face
Changeable color. Feels hot. Neuralgia worse from warm room.
Mouth
Dry but not thirsty. Taste diminished. Bad taste in morning. Yellow/white tongue.
Throat
Dry but not thirsty. Scraping. Varicose veins of throat.
Stomach
Aversion to fat, warm food, rich food, meat, butter, pork. Desire for cold food and drinks. Perverse taste. Heartburn from fatty food. Waterbrash. Weight as from a stone.
Abdomen
Painful, distended. Loud rumbling and gurgling. Colic after rich food.
Rectum
No two stools alike. Changeable stool. Greenish, watery, slimy. Diarrhea after fatty food. Blind haemorrhoids with itching.
Female Genitalia
Menses late, scanty, changeable. Suppressed menses from getting feet wet. Thick, bland leucorrhoea. Labour pains weak, ineffective, changeable. Breasts swollen before menses.
Respiratory
Dry cough in evening and night, loose in morning. Must sit up in bed. Smothering in warm room. Short of breath.
Chest
Soreness, pressure. Anxiety and pressure.
Extremities
Shifting, wandering pains. Joints swollen, pale. Legs heavy. Varicose veins. Feet hot, sticks them out of bed.
Skin
Urticaria after rich food. Measles. Varicose veins.
Sleep & Dreams
Sleepless from a fixed idea. Lies with hands over head. First sleep restless. Wakes unrefreshed.
Fever / Chill / Perspiration
Chilly yet averse to heat. Thirstless during fever. One-sided chill and sweat.
Modalities
Better From
Open air, gentle motion, cold applications, cold food/drinks, consolation, weeping, erect posture
Worse From
Heat, warm room, rich/fatty food, evening, rest, lying on left or painless side, beginning of motion, getting feet wet
Constitutional Type
Fair, blue-eyed, plump, gentle women and children. Soft, yielding disposition. Blonde or light brown hair. Tendency to weep. Slow, irresolute. Craves affection.
Clinical Indications
Otitis media, sinusitis, styes, menstrual irregularities, varicose veins, indigestion from rich food, measles, mumps, cystitis, late puberty
Comparative Materia Medica
Ignatia also weeps but suppresses grief and is averse to consolation. Natrum muriaticum holds in emotion and is worse from consolation. Kali sulphuricum has similar yellow discharges but is less emotional.
Safety Information
Chamomilla, Coffea, Ignatia, Nux vomica, Staphysagria. Also coffee and acidic foods.
Fresh Pasque flower is an irritant causing blistering of skin and mucous membranes. Dried plant is much milder. Potentised forms are safe.
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