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Pulsatilla for Women

Pulsatilla is a delicate, perennial plant that has been used since the 18th century for ulcers, cataracts, and depression. In homeopathic use, it is an important plant remedy used to treat a wide variety of conditions. More commonly used as a female remedy, it suits people with an adaptable, indecisive, peaceful temperament.

It is commonly known by the name windflower, pasque flower, and anemone pratensis. It belongs to the family Ranunculaceae. It commonly grows in Central and Northern Europe and some parts of South of England. Use of pasque flower has been made since ages mainly for eye complaints. In ancient times, ‘Dioscorides’ remarked it as a remedy for a headache and ophthalmia (eye inflammation). After its proving by Dr. Hahnemann in the year 1805, it has been employed to treat many ailments in homeopathy. It is a polychrest medicine, and in homeopathy, it is primarily used for treating diseases related to female organs, eyes, nose, ears, GIT, and sleep issues.  Pulsatilla

Preparation

Homeopathic medicine is prepared from the fresh windflower plant when in flower. This plant is collected and made it into a pulp which is then soaked in alcohol. It is then strained and diluted. Following this, it undergoes the process of succussion for making potencies for homeopathic use.

The ‘Pulsatilla’ Constitution

It is suited to women of a kind, affectionate, imaginative, extremely excitable, gentle, bashful personality with a yielding disposition. Sadness and weeping spells frequently appear among them. They are indecisive, slow, plethoric, nervous, have a changeable disposition. They are easily led and easily persuaded, easily moved to laughter or tears.

Scope as a Homeopathic Medicine

1. For Female Disorders

This remedy has a marked action on the ovaries and uterus and effectively helps treat many female disorders.

It is a top grade remedy for menstrual irregularities and is indicated in cases where the periods do not arrive in a proper cycle. They may appear late or early with no fixed pattern, and there may be inter-menstrual bleeding. As a remedy, it helps regulate menses and is considered to be a prime remedy for treating menstrual irregularities in girls during puberty. It also helps women who are anemic and suffering from menstrual problems.

In cases of amenorrhea, where the menses are late or suppressed, it helps establish the menstrual flow. The key indication to use this medicine here is a feeling that the menses would appear, but they fail to do so. Along with suppressed periods, pain in the uterus, nausea, and vomiting may be present. Difficult or painful urination and periods that are short and where the flow is scanty (oligomenorrhea) are other indications.

2. Natural PCOS Treatment

In cases of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, it works to moderate the hormonal levels and help the body dissolve the cysts to correct menstrual irregularities.

3. Leucorrhoea (Vaginal Discharges)

Leucorrhoea or abnormal vaginal discharge is also treated well with this remedy. Its use is best indicated in cases where the vaginal discharge is creamy, thin, thick mucus or milky colored. The discharge may be acrid and cause itching and burning in the vagina. There may be associated back pain, weakness, and exhaustion.

4. PMS (Premenstrual Syndrome)

It is frequently used in cases of PMS (premenstrual syndrome) TO manage symptoms like irritability, sadness, low mood, weeping spells, and mood swings.

5. Painful Periods (Dysmenorrhoea)

This remedy is used to treat the pain associated with periods in women. Symptoms like cramping, cutting, or spasms in the uterus, nausea, and vomiting can be treated with this medicine. The menstrual flow in such cases is usually black and coagulated. The woman may experience excessive restlessness, toss around in bed and have a pale face. Chilliness along with uterine colic, a sense of heaviness in the abdomen, thigh pain, and backache are other indicative symptoms. Some women may also have diarrhea and strain while passing stools.

6. Ailments During Pregnancy

It is indicated for ailments like morning sickness and varicose veins that some women experience during pregnancy. It may also be used in cases of abortion from fright, puerperal mania (a rare mood disorder), and uterine infection causing fever post childbirth.

7. Mental Complaints

It has proved to be an effective remedy for treating complaints related to the mind. It is frequently used to treat cases of depression in people who are very sensitive and emotional. A person in need of this remedy would typically be sad, have frequent spells of crying, be excessively irritable, and need constant consolation. When prescribed correctly it can also help a person overcome long-standing or silent grief. It is also a remedy used to treat mood swings where a person switches their mood from sadness to happiness and from laughter to weeping at the blink of an eye. It is also prominently indicated for claustrophobia (fear of closed, small, narrow spaces) and fright.

8. Gastrointestinal Problems

It is a well-indicated for treating many gastrointestinal ailments like indigestion caused by consumption of fatty, greasy food, milk, and cream. The main indication for using this remedy for digestive ailments is gas in the abdomen, pain, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, and heartburn. It is also used to treat milk allergies and lactose intolerance.

9. Complaints of the Eye

It is highly effective for treating a number of eye complaints. It works well in cases of conjunctivitis where there is thick, yellow, profuse discharge from the eyes. Itching and burning in the eyes and sticking together of eyelids while sleeping are some associated symptoms. It also works well to treat styes on the upper eyelid, and keratoconus.

10. Complaints of the Ear

It is considered to be an excellent remedy for ear infections, and conditions like otitis externa, and otitis media. It is indicated in cases where there is a discharge of thick, yellow, yellowish – green, bland pus from the ears (which may be blood-stained in some cases). A deep itching in the ears, a sensation of the ears being locked and pain in the ears are other symptoms. It helps manage the different types of earaches, ranging from shooting, stitching, tearing or pulsating type. It is also an excellent remedy for tinnitus (noises in the ear) and associated noises like tinkling, ringing, roaring, sounds of wind, rushing water or humming nature.

11. Nasal Complaints

It has a marked action on the mucous membranes of the nose. It is well suited to treat cold, nasal catarrh, coryza. Thick yellow or yellowish greenish nasal discharge, nasal obstruction especially in the evening, sneezing and itching/tickling and soreness in the nostrils are some other symptoms that indicate the need for this remedy in cases of sinusitis. Its use is considered in treating frontal and maxillary sinusitis with symptoms like a thick discharge from the nose and a headache. It is also a well-indicated for loss of smell (anosmia).

12. Sleep Issues

Various sleep issues can be taken care of with this medicine. It offers help in cases of sleeplessness where a person has trouble falling asleep. The person may have many ideas and thoughts going through the head at bedtime that prevent sleep. It helps calm the mind and promotes sleep. It can also help with daytime drowsiness as a result of restless sleep.

13. Cough

It is majorly used in cases where a cough is loose with yellow or yellowish green expectoration. It also indicated in cases of short, dry, hacking cough with scraping, itching, scratching in the throat.

14. Urinary Complaints

It is used extensively to treat urinary incontinence that occurs while coughing, laughing, and sneezing, and for conditions like cystitis and urethral stricture.

15. Varicose Veins

It is widely used for the treatment of varicose veins where the veins appear bluish and are painful. The person needing this remedy may experience heaviness, cramping, and a tensed, drawing sensation in the legs.

16. For Males

In males, it is indicated for the treatment of orchitis, varicocele, hydrocele, and prostatitis. It helps to reduce symptoms like pain, soreness, swelling, and burning sensation in the testicles. It helps treat orchitis that follows a mumps infection. It also helps treat gonorrhea where there may be a thick, yellow or yellowish – green discharge from the urethra. In cases of prostatitis, it helps to treat the frequent, ineffectual urging to urinate, pain in bladder and pressure in the perineum.

Dosage

Use of this medicine is recommended in potencies varying from 30 C to 1M depending upon the case. Low potencies can be repeated frequently while in case of high potencies frequent repetition is avoided.

Relationship with Other Remedies

The complementary medicines are Silicea, Lycopodium and Kali Sulph.
Asafoetida, Chamomilla, Ignatia and Nux Vomica are antidotes.

An Account of the Remedy in Its Own Words

Homeopathy acknowledges certain groupings of body-mind symptom patterns that a person has and which correspond with the sensitivity of a particular medicine. It takes into account information about the person’s body type, temperament, disposition, and behavioral tendencies to determine the appropriate medicine. Remedies, as homeopaths realize, step forth as personalities. These become creatures of temperaments, have likes and dislikes, cravings and aversions and sensitiveness to human interaction. The medicines speak out their terror, real or imaginary – their strange obsessions, etc. Here is an account of the medicine (an important homeopathic medicine) describing its medicinal virtues and the characteristics of the patient. Of course, the words are of this writer.

Commonly called the windflower, I was ignored for millions of years in the pastures of Europe before my master Samuel Hahnemann brought out the best in me. I call him my master because it was only he who first realized my immense medicinal power.

If ever there was a medicine that would cater to the most sensitive lady around, I would be the one. I am most often a remedy for women who are submissive and clinging in nature and also whom their surroundings and people they happen to be with at that time very easily influence. There is nothing positive or assertive about her, and the last person who sees, or advises her, is the one whose opinion she accepts. Her moods are a big problem for her. She can be on the verge of ecstatic frenzy one moment and well in the doldrums the second moment. With lots of decision-making problems, she lives up to my plant name windflower, as it is changeable like the wind.

She can weep very easily. Laughter and tears are both very near the surface with my patient and are apt to succeed each other. She is very tenderhearted, and her feelings are very easily hurt, she is inclined to be fretful and too full of care. If she has no trouble of her own, she is ready to condole and weep with any of her friends who may be afflicted. But she craves and needs sympathy in her troubles from someone, even when she knows that the recital of her real or fancied wrongs and the receipt of the sympathy that she longs for, will make her cry. When she is blue, she will tell you that she feels as if a good cry would make her feel better. It will. She longs for fresh air. Closed and tight places suffocate her.

I am best suited for her gynecological disorders. She is very irritable and days and weeks before and after her periods arrive, at times there are hardly any days in a month when she is back to her normal self. And those acne, headaches and agonizing pains in her abdomen, legs and back during her period days are more than she can tolerate, like in PMS (premenstrual syndrome).

Key Indications

Amenorrhea, leucorrhoea, menses irregularities, ovarian inflammation, ovarian cyst, PCOS, Acne, catarrh, colds, conjunctivitis, cough, diarrhoea, painful periods, earache, otitis media, ear disorders, eye disorders, fears, feet painful, heel pain, freckles, heartburn, hydrocele, moles, mumps, pregnancy complaints, prostatitis, sinusitis, smell loss, styes, urinary incontinence, uterine prolapse, vaginitis, varicose veins.

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Comments

  1. Hi, I’m 42yrs old mother and was diagnosed with pcos and thyroid imbalance i wanna try homeopathic medicines, i also suffers from sleeplessness, mood swings, fatigue, depression n stress. Pliz give me some advice.

  2. I am one month pregnant.how to abortmy pregnant. What medicine I eat

  3. I m 36 having pcos .irregular period .having 2 kids.after giving birth to 2nd child menses problem started
    heavy bleeding then doctors detected uterus wall thickness.using tuja 1m for once 15 days .but heavy beeding did not stop

  4. Hi , am 50 with regular healthy periods throughout since 13 years of age, two pregnancy and two abortions. Never had any health issues or gynaecology problems. . Missed one month’s period last year detected a hormonal disbalance a steroid painkiller. After pulsatilla it restarted again. This year againi missed in August and in September till today there’s no sign. Having wetness and no other feeling. Slight heaviness like periods in the lower abdomen. Family history shows no menopause before 54/55.. PL help should I try pulsatilla again

  5. Hellow Dr I am 25years old married last months not pregnant.i started my period by 14yrs age but always delayed by 4 to 7 days.but since last year some times 3 months/2 months without period .in pereiod with back pain.i took j.ashoka Q 10drops/twice/day lachesis 200 4 drops/twice/day.when period dalayed took
    senecio Q 10 drops/2 /day.got result no pain for 4 cycles..now stopped lachesis 200 and senecio Q now J.ASHOKA Q & pulsatila I M are with me.Dr sugestrd to take jashoka 10 drops twice and pulsatila I M one drop thrice daily. pl suggest wha to do.my period is 3-4 days.thanks
    KCDASH. INDIA

  6. Hi Dr..
    I am a 31 year old unmarried girl.. I have been suffering from vaginal dryness, stress and depression. Is there any possibility to regain my lubrication and glowing skin as I am unmarried I am very much worried.

  7. Mary allen says:

    Hello i have just recieved my pulsatilla in the post after a consultation with a homeopathic doctor i am suffereing with depression and anxiety and really at my wits end how long should it take to be effective i am to take 3 tablets 12hrs apart 200c then one daiky of 30c

  8. Samiksha moharana says:

    Sir i am suffering from vitamin D and after ultrasound doctor told me i am suffering from pcos now i am taking homeopathy medicine fpr one month.
    Doctor prescibed me apis mal 100ch sabana 100ch and thuja 1m but after 1 month i dont hv my periods. I hv facial hair problm and i hv gain wt up to 6 kg in last 8 month

  9. Archana Roychoudhury says:

    I’m suffering periods pain in every month.what medicines should I take?

  10. Hello Doc, I am 31year old my period is regular. I am going to out of station for urgent work plz precibe any medicine to reduce a time of period before 6to 7days.

  11. Moumita Banerjee says:

    I am a 28 yrs woman .from my starting of my periods from 9th standard I am suffering from irregularity in my periods. After my frist pregnancy in 2013 I came to know that I have pcos problem too and now from last year I am suffering from thyroid problem too so take 25 mg thyroxin medicine. I have also noriced that from the previous two mnths I have nerve problem in my left leg .l want suggestion regarding my problem and which medicine will bring regularity in periods to me

  12. Moumita says:

    I m 7 months pregnant somebody recommended me to take pulsatilla 30 for normal delivery. Should I take it…

  13. My period,s are not regularl after my first misscarg . Every month period,s date delay

  14. Dear sir,
    It’s been about 8 months till now and I haven’t gotten my periods I feel depressed most of the time, angry, irritated, crave for sweets, also experiencing frequent urination ,my skin is dry wrinkled with hot flushes and tan very quickly , hair loss, dandruff, bloating, could you please recommend a medicine for my ailments .. thank you

    • Moumita Banerjee says:

      I am a 28 yrs woman .from my starting of my periods from 9th standard I am suffering from irregularity in my periods. After my frist pregnancy in 2013 I came to know that I have pcos problem too and now from last year I am suffering from thyroid problem too so take 25 mg thyroxin medicine. I have also noriced that from the previous two mnths I have nerve problem in my left leg .l want suggestion regarding my problem and which medicine will bring regularity in periods to me

  15. KRISTELLE says:

    QUERY ON THE DOSAGE OF PULSATILLA PILLS 30 FOR DEPRESSION , INSOMIA AND IRREGULAR MENS

  16. Dr Sharma,
    Greeting of the day I have one homiopathy medicine Pulsatilla.200 but don’t know what is used that.
    Please guide me.
    Thanks

    • my daughter she is 40yrs old ,irragularity in periods when it comes first 4days very very little blood drops Then bleeding starts heavy & last for one week She feels tired What medicine we can give

      please guide me,
      subha

  17. Maria Waqas says:

    Hi, am much worried about not conceiving my age is 31 my periods come after 3 months of 7 days normal bleeding with no pain this is happening to me from menarche. I went for treatment they told me everything is going well no need to take medications. And also despite of this i didn’t feel any kind of complaint about health issues .
    After marriage first time i got regular periods till 3 months and got pregnant but miscarriage happened. After miscarriage i start getting my periods after 2 months rather than after 3months routine on check up doctor said you are ovulating but eggs are not mature. They gave me medicine digestron 10 mg for regular monthly periods by using it my vagina got dry no daily discharge . And also periods issue didnt resolve. I want homeopathic treartment because i always relied over this kind of treatment.
    Please need your kind consideration

    • Maria Waqas says:

      Also my weight is normal 50 kg no obesity no acne and hairs on my face, everthing is normal except of delayed periods issues.

  18. Hello Dr. Sharma,

    I’m 32 year old unmarried old female.
    I had menstrual issues before and my homeo doc treated me with Pulsatilla (30/200/1000) as required.
    My period were regular until January were fine, even last month i had periods on time. However, i felt the blood was less than i normally have. And this month my menses are overdue by 1 week. Can you please advise if OK to take Pulsatilla 200 thrice a day? An early response will be highly appreciated.

    Thanks

  19. I am a 36 years old mother of 1 child(7yrs old).have PCOS since the age of 18 years.weight is 69kg and height us 5.2″.manage to regularize periods with diet and life style and by watching the weight.

    Trying to concieve 2nd child but unable.had early stage miscarriage twice in last one year.dr.called it unhealthy pregnancy. Thats why start bleeding in 5-6th week.

    I have got pulsatilla 30c.please advice which day after periods i should start it?

    I ate this medicine the month before i concieved my first child.it really cleaned my ovaries and than my ovary produce healthy egg which helps me to conceived.

  20. Reena panda says:

    I am suffering from urine infection from last 1 year. E. Coli bacteria found after urine culture. From last 2 years I found dust alergi, headache in cold weather or rainy season.

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