Pulsatilla

PULSATILLA – the gentle, weepy, changeable remedy for clingy children and hormonal shifts.

Overview

Pulsatilla is one of the most commonly used remedies for children, emotional sensitivity, hormonal changes, and symptoms that are changeable. The person often seeks comfort, company and open air. This remedy appears frequently in your booklet because it supports colds, coughs, digestive issues, breastfeeding supply, ear pain and emotional imbalances.

When to Think of This Remedy

• Thick yellow discharges (nose, eyes, ears or cough)
• Clingy, weepy children who want to be held
• Symptoms that keep changing (location, type, severity)
• Bland, yellow nasal discharge with loss of smell and taste
• Rattly cough in the morning; dry at night
• Ear pain from congestion, worse with changes in air pressure
• Digestive upsets after rich, creamy or fatty foods
• Low or variable breastmilk supply – or hormonal shifts postpartum

Mental & Emotional Picture

• Weepy, clingy, needs reassurance
• Gentle, sensitive, easily moved to tears
• Wants company and fresh air
• Dislikes heat and stuffy rooms
• Emotions and symptoms are changeable

Physical Indicators

• Thick yellow or green discharge (nose, eyes, ears)
• Loose, rattly cough with yellow phlegm
• No thirst (very typical Pulsatilla keynote)
• Pain or blockage from ear congestion
• Worse in stuffy, warm rooms; better outdoors
• Digestive upset after rich or fatty foods
• Variable breast milk supply or hormonal shifts

Modalities

Better: Fresh air, gentle movement, consolation, company
Worse: Heat, stuffy rooms, fatty foods, lying down at night

Perfect For

• Weepy, emotional children needing comfort
• Thick yellow discharges from colds or coughs
• Congestion-related ear pain
• Hormonal shifts postpartum
• Digestive upset after rich or creamy foods
• Morning coughs with phlegm

Educational use only. Not medical advice. Please consult a homeopath or health professional for chronic or severe conditions.