Pulsatilla Pratensis

1 . Persons with sandy hair, pale face, blue eyes, sedentary habit ; slow, gentle, yielding, emotional temperament. Anaemic, chlorotic women ; girls in their teens ; often overdosed with iron, quinine and other "tonics" ; subject to styes and varicosis.

2 . Great changeableness both of patient and symptoms ; prevailing mood of melancholy with tearfulness , weeps when detailing symptoms ; self-pity ; likes consolation sentimental especially at twilight ; full of strange ideas especially in the religious sphere ; submissive yet at times peculiarly obstinate, easily upset, etc., never pugnacious (ctr. Nux vomica ).

3 . Acute or sub-acute catarrhal conditions ; discharges copious, creamy, yellow or greenish-yellow, thick and bland (Leucorrhea may be acrid).

4 . Drawing, tearing pains ; erratic, rapidly shift locality ; with characteristic modalities ; accompanied by chilliness yet cool air >.

5 . Thirstlessness with nearly all complaints yet dryness of the mouth especially a.m. (rev. Mercurius ).

6 . Gastro-intestinal complaints from overloading the stomach ; from eating rich foods, fat, pork, etc. ; from fruit, cold things, ices ; thickly coated white tongue ; hates fat, likes sour things and things not good for her ; diarrhoeic stools, very changeable no two alike.

7 . Various menstrual disorders ; periods irregular, gen. delayed and scanty ; flow intermits and only or during daytime ; derangements at puberty in chlorotic girls ; amenorrhoea especially from getting feet wet, also ailments resulting there from. A valuable remedy during pregnancy and after.

8 . One-sided complaints especially sweats.

9 . Sleeplessness ; evening and first part of night but sleeps late into the morning ; weaker the longer she lies (ctr. Nux vomica ).

10 . Modalities ; < warmth especially warm rooms ; > gentle motion in cool open air , yet may complain of chilliness ; > cold applications ; < twilight to midnight ; lying left or painless side, abuse of tea.

Notes : Silica the chronic remedy in nearly all complaints .

Keynote : Instability.