Pulsatilla
Pulsatilla is one of those lovely remedies that can be useful right across the ages — from babies and children right through to adults.
For children, it’s a really helpful remedy for many common childhood complaints — things like teething, fevers, coughs and colds, earaches, tummy bugs, and even the emotional upset that can come with being dropped off at kindy or school.
The classic Pulsatilla child is weepy, clingy, and wanting lots of cuddles. They are just a bit pitiful and sad and really want mum close.
One of the big keynotes of Pulsatilla is the feeling of being forsaken or unsupported. In children that can simply look like clinginess, tears, and wanting comfort.
You might also think of Pulsatilla for colds where there is thick yellow or green mucus, or during teething when a child is miserable and just wants to be held.
Another interesting keynote is that Pulsatilla types often like fresh air — they may want a door or window open even when they’re unwell.
Pulsatilla is also very well known for hormonal support, and can be helpful through adolescence, menstrual cycles, perimenopause and menopause.
Think of Pulsatilla in hormone pictures where you’re feeling unsupported. You could be feeling that your partner or kids do nothing to help, and this could be making you feel weepy. Or, any hormone picture where you feel tearful. By ‘hormone picture’ I mean anywhere in your cycle that your hormones fluctuate and affect you. This goes for perimenopause too. Remember this remedy for tearful, weepy, moody adolescents - it can be very helpful.
It’s a gentle but very useful remedy to have at home when the picture fits.
My eldest son is always Pulsatilla when he is sick. He cuddles on the couch looking like puss-in-boots with the duvet around his neck. He’s never been the cuddly type, but when he was sick he wanted the comfort of mum’s arms. Pulsatilla kids are the easy sick kids that you really feel the urge to nurse.
My youngest however always showed up as Pulsatilla at drop-off time. He did not want me to go! I found a dose or two on the way to kindy of Pulsatilla, and one when we got there, made all the difference in the world.