A DICTIONARY OF PRACTCAL MATERIA MEDICA J'H' CLARKE

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PULSATILLA

• A DICTIONARY OF PRACTCAL MATERIA MEDICA J.H.
  CLARKE

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• A Timid , lachrymose disposition , with a
  tendency to INWARD GRIEF and SILENT
  PEEVISHNESS .
• Adapted for SLOW and PHLEGMATIC temperaments.
• CHANGEABLENESS is one of the keynote.
• DESPAIR of eternal happiness, with continual
  praying.
• Disposition ENVIOUS, DISCONTENTED and COVETOUS,
  exhibiting itself in a wish to appropriate
  everything.
• Ill-humor , sometimes with a dread of labor and
  disgust or contempt for everything.
• Nocturnal raving violent delirium and loss of
  consciousness.

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KENT'S LECTURE ON MATERIA MEDICA- J.T .KENT

• PULSATILLA is most NERVOUS, FIDGETY, CHANGEABLE,
  easily led and easily persuaded.
• While she is MILD, GENTLE and TEARFUL, yet she is
  remarkably IRRITABLE, not in the sense of
  pugnacity, but easily irritated, extremely
  touchy, always SLIGHTED sensible to every
  social influence.

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ESSENCEOF MATERIA MEDICA-- GEORGE VITHOULKAS

• No resistance to a challenge.
• Not excitable.
• CAN NEVE BE AGGRESSIVE.
• Does want to impose.
• They shape themselves around whatever is
  presented with force.
• Strong feelings ,but spontaneous.
• Emotionally easily arousable.
• Slow and gentle motion is characteristic.

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A STUDY ON MATERIA MEDICA- N. M. CHOUDHARI

• A/F GRIEF ,MORTIFICATION and SORROW.
• CHANGEABLENESS of all symptoms, mental or
  physical changeable temperament, happy one
  minute, misery the next.

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MATERIA OF HOMOEPATHIC MEDICINES DR. S.R. PHATAK

• Mild , timid, emotional and tearful
• Disgusted at everything.
• Easily offended.
• Whining .
• Children like fuss and caress.
• Very irritable, touchy ,feels slighted or fears
  slight
• Capricious. Miserly
• Mania from suppressed menses

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HOMOEPATHIC PSYCHOLOGYPHILIP BAILEY

• They tend to demand instant gratification and if
  they feel deprived they will cry until demands
  are met with.
• If the pulsatilla child gets hurt, she cries
  whether the hurt is emotional or physical .
• She is simply fussy like a spoilt child .
• She will get jealous of anyone who takes up her
  parents time, she is apt to behave petulantly.
• Aggression is especially threatening to her ,she
  buckles and cries at every hint of aggression .
  She will usually give way silently .she will play
  the role of a peace maker.

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• She is also prone to anger and irritability
  premenstrually , although crying tends to
  predominate.
• Rather than suppressing her sadness , she will
  cry rather than suppressing her anger she will
  shout or smash dinner plates when there is some
  disturbance in her relationship.
• Pulsatilla may be edgy or constantly irritable ,
  in this state she may not say what the problem is
  and she may not even know , but she will take out
  her frustration tension upon family,
  complaining about this or weeping.