Botanic Remedies 267 



in children, and due to febrile affections, and the 

 bland catarrhal discharge that may persist, seem to 

 be benefited by pulsatilla. 



To the genito-urinary system pulsatilla is a seda- 

 tive indicated in menstrual headaches, dysmenorrhea 

 (not the obstructive form), some of the symptoms 

 that are so disagreeable in orchitis, epididymitis, and 

 even in the early stages of gonorrhea; but it must be 

 remembered that pulsatilla does not influence the 

 specific infection in the least. I have found pulsa- 

 tilla, gelsemium, and cannabis indica to cooperate 

 in relieving many uncomfortable symptoms in the 

 genito-urinary diseases of both sexes. 



The commendation of pulsatilla in the treatment 

 of various nervous and mental affections, I believe, 

 has arisen from the fact that the drug is a positive 

 genito-urinary sedative. Many of these sexual 

 hysterias and other neurotic manifestations are 

 purely reflex. Pulsatilla may be classed as a nervine, 

 like valerian. 



The drug has been recommended in the treat- 

 ment of rheumatism, various gastric disorders, 

 asthma, serious pelvic pathology, etc. In such indi- 

 cations I see no rational place for it. 



I have used the drug in hundreds of instances, 

 usually in one-drop doses, or less, of the Homeo- 

 pathic mother tincture, but at very frequent in- 

 tervals, in the case of children. In orchitis and 

 similar troubles I have used as much as 10-minim 

 doses of the Eclectic tincture, but not for long, since 

 these large doses aggravate. I start with them in 

 orchitis, dysmenorrhea, etc., and quickly reduce to 

 1 or 2 minims. In general, small doses are more 

 effective than are large ones. 



