Pulsatilla Nigricans
Wind flower · Abbrev.: PULS
Dose
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30C frequently in acute changeable states; 200C single for constitutional pictures.
Female
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Delayed, scanty menses in chilly anaemic girls; menses that stop when feet get wet; milky leucorrhoea turning creamy; late-onset irregularity after suppressed emotions.
Generalities
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Symptoms change remarkably — location, character, timing; worse warm room, better cool open air; mucous dispositions thick, bland, yellow-green.
Head
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One-sided headaches from rich foods or hormonal shifts; wandering pains shifting locality rapidly; vertigo on rising with dark spots.
Introduction
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Gentle, yielding, thirstless changeability: symptoms wander, moods shift, fresh air comforts, rich foods offend.
Mind
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Weeps easily — at kind words and sad stories alike; craves company and sympathy which genuinely consoles; mild by disposition yet capricious: what was wanted minutes ago is now refused.
Modalities
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Worse: warmth, rich foods, evening, rest, beginning motion. Better: cold applications, open air, gentle continued motion, consolation.
Relationships
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Complementary Kali sulphuricum, Sulphur; compare Sepia (the exhausted counterpart who cannot be consoled), Bryonia (thermal opposite).
Sleep
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Wakefulness in the evening with thoughts crowding; sleeps late and wakes heavy; dreams continuing after waking.
Stomach
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Taste varies — bitter, putrid, no two moments alike; thirstlessness with dry mouth; everything rich, fat, pork disagrees.
References
This monograph is an original summary faithful to the classical tradition. It condenses material from these public-domain sources:
- James Tyler Kent, Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica (1905)Primary remedy pictures; characteristic mental and general symptoms. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
- William Boericke, Pocket Manual of Homeopathic Materia Medica and Repertory (1927)Reproduced here in full — the complete classical repertory-style monographs. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
- Constantine Hering, The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica (1879–1891)Confirmed symptom aggregates behind the section organization. · Public domain
- Timothy Field Allen, Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica (1874–1879)Provings background referenced by the verification tradition. · Public domain
Published by Gentle Pills under CC0 1.0 — original wording, dedicated to the public domain. Not a substitute for the primary texts.
Reminder: this information is published for qualified practitioners. Patients must not self-medicate — homeopathic prescribing depends on the complete individual symptom picture, which only a doctor can evaluate. Please visit a homeopathy doctor.