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PULSATILLA

Posted by Shahla Ahsan Monday, September 14, 2009 0 comments

REMEDY PROFILE
People who respond best to Pulsatilla are sweet-natured, gentle, and compliant. They will avoid confrontation, but their moods change frequently and rapidly, and they can be stubborn in their demands for attention and sympathy. Their physical symptoms can be equally changeable. Easily moved to laughter or tears, they are highly prone to weepiness when ill, but are soon consoled by hugs. Other common traits are a dislike of stuffy rooms or fatty foods, a lack of thirst, and a preference for fresh air.
Pulsatilla is given for labor, menstruation, menopause, and pregnancy problems. It is used for respiratory illness marked by yellowy-green catarrh, eye complaints, and indigestion with variable symptoms.


KEY SYMPTOMS
weepiness • conditions that improve for sympathy • desire
for open air • thick, yellowy-green catarrh • changeable mood


Colds & Coughs
SYMPTOMS An alternately runny or blocked nose, with smelly, thick, yellowy-green catarrh, and a reduced sense of taste and smell. There may be wet, spasmodic coughing, with yellowy-green mucus and shortness of breath, which is worse for lying on the left side. Violent coughing fits tend to occur in the evening and at night; they may be triggered by lying down, and frequently cause sleep to be disturbed. Pulsatilla may be prescribed for influenza when there is fever with alternate hot and cold flashes, a lack of thirst, and possibly an earache.
Symptoms better For: fresh air; for gentle exercise; for crying; for sympathy.
Symptoms worse For: stuffy environments;
for lying down.

Sinusitis
SYMPTOMS Yellowy catarrh, weepiness, and headaches. The sinuses are tender to the touch. Sharp pains may begin on the right side of the face, but tend to move around.
Symptoms better For: fresh air; for gentle exercise.
Symptoms worse For: stuffy environments;
for cold; in the evening.

Eye infections
SYMPTOMS: Profuse, yellowy-green, foul-smelling discharge from the eye, with sensitivity to light and possible indigestion (see below). Pulsatilla may help conjunctivitis and itchy styes.
Symptoms better For: fresh air; for bathing
the eyes in cold water.
Symptoms worse For: warm rooms; in
the evening.

Women’s health
SYMPTOMS: Short, variable, late, or absent menstrual flow with severe pain. There may be delayed onset of menstruation in puberty. Severe premenstrual syndrome may respond to the remedy, particularly if it is accompanied by indigestion, weepiness, and mood swings. In pregnancy, if the general symptom picture fits, Pulsatilla is given for stress incontinence, fatigue, indigestion, and morning sickness (especially if this is brought on by fatty foods). It may also act on the uterine muscles to help turn a malpresented or breech baby in the uterus during labor.
Symptoms better For: fresh air; for gentle exercise; for crying; for sympathy.
Symptoms worse For: heat; for lying on the left side; in the evening; for rich, fatty foods.

Digestive disorders
SYMPTOMS: Variable, including indigestion, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and painful, itchy hemorrhoids. No two stools are alike. The mouth is dry but there is no thirst and a craving for, or aversion to, rich foods that exacerbate the symptoms.
Symptoms better For: fresh air; for
gentle exercise.
Symptoms worse: For heat; for lying on the left side; in the evening; for rich, fatty foods.

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Aconitum napellus - major plant remedies

Posted by Shahla Ahsan Monday, March 23, 2009 0 comments

KEY SYMPTOMS complaints triggered by shock or exposure to cold winds
• panic attacks and fear of death • acute infections of sudden onset

Historically, the deadly juices derived from this plant were used as an arrow poison, hence the name aconite, from the Greek acon, or “dart.” Until the homeopathic remedy was proved by Hahnemann in 1805, aconite was used only externally in medicine. Aconite became a popular alternative to the contemporary practice of blood-letting for the treatment of acute fevers and inflammations.

Acute respiratory infections
SYMPTOMS Cold or influenza symptoms that set in fiercely and rapidly, especially after exposure to cold, dry winds. There may be catarrh or phlegm and a sore throat, possibly a fever that makes the skin hot and dry. Croup and other acute chest infections may give rise to breathlessness, burning heat in the chest, and a hoarse, dry, barking cough. Sleep is frequently restless and agitated; at such times, the face may be hot, flushed, and swollen, although upon rising it may become very pale. Severe headaches may develop, accompanied by raging thirst, often for cold drinks. The mouth may taste bitter, so that everything except water tastes bad. The skin is hypersensitive, causing a marked aversion to being touched.
Symptoms better For warmth; for lying down; for fresh air.
Symptoms worse For heat; for stuffy rooms;for lying on the affected area;
for walking; at night; for music.

Eye & ear infections
SYMPTOMS Inflamed eyes with aching, burning pain, typically due to injury or conjunctivitis. The eyes may be oversensitive to light. Ear infections develop rapidly, causing intense pain, bright red ears, and hypersensitivity to noise. Symptoms may be accompanied by
a high fever and restless, fearful agitation.
Symptoms better For quiet.
Symptoms worse For light; for noise.

Fear, shock & anxiety
SYMPTOMS Acute fear and anxiety accompanied by great restlessness and shocked, staring eyes with dilated pupils. Symptoms may be due to shock after witnessing a violent or frightening event, or may be triggered by phobias, such as
a fear of flying, of heights, or of enclosed spaces. The fear or anxiety may trigger recurrent panic attacks, with palpitations, numbness, and tingling in the body. They may accompanied by a fear of death and a fear of people, with a strong desire to avoid company.
Symptoms better For open air; for rest.
Symptoms worse For stuffy rooms; for crowds; at night.

Problems in labor
SYMPTOMS Strong fear of impending death experienced by a mother during labor. There may be urine retention in either the mother or baby, or in both the mother and baby, immediately after the birth of the child, 246especially if the mother experienced fear during labor.
Symptoms better For open air; for rest.
Symptoms worse For feeling overheated;
for feeling chilled; for violent emotions.


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