PULSATILLA NIGRICANS. 107 



Medical Uses (Homoeopathic).— Hahnemann remarks, that 

 Pulsatilla is of great service in toothache, where the pain in 



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chilly feeling, combined with paleness of the face, occurring most 

 frequently in the evening, more rarely in the morning, increased 

 by a warm room and the heat of the bed j relieved by cool air 

 blowing upon it; not increased by chewing, but brought on by 

 the use of the toothpick. It affects persons of mild, quiet dis- 

 position, disposed to shed tears. 



It appears that many symptoms produced by this powerful 

 plant are analogous to those frequently met with in disease; 



consequently, it may often be homoeopathieally used with 

 success. 



It is not less valuable in chronic disorders than in acute ones, 



for its action, even in small doses, continues from ten to twelve 

 days. 



It is extremely proper, ill administering Pulsatilla, or any 

 other homoeopathic medicine, to observe with great care the 

 correspondence, both in the bodily and mental symptoms, be- 

 tween the remedy and the disease ; or between the temperament 

 of the person on whom the medicine is proved and the patient 

 to be cured. 



The use of Pulsatilla is most important when, in the bodily 

 diseases to which it is adapted, there exists at the same time a 

 wrong disposition of mind, and propensity to quiet melancholy, 

 or to mildness and resignation, especially if the patient, when 

 in health, is gentle and benevolent. 



It is chiefly adapted to lymphatic constitutions, and not so 

 appropriate to persons of decided character and quick in their 

 movements, though of a kind disposition. 



It is favourable when the patient feels occasional chilliness, 



and has no thirst. 



Pulsatilla is an excellent remedy for women; particularly 

 when there is long wakefulness at night, and when the symptoms 



