Pulsatilla 200C- when and why to use this remedy

On By pipermartinIn Birth Preparation, Homeopathy and Babies, Homeopathy and Breastfeeding, Homeopathy and Induction of Labour, Homeopathy for Nausea and Vomiting, Remedies for Labour

Pulsatilla is a very common remedy to see in pregnancy, labour and postpartum.  If a remedy works well for you in pregnancy – i.e. it addresses your morning sickness, then it is highly likely that will also be useful for induction, to augment labour or to support any breastfeeding challenges.  Pulsatilla is a remedy that appears to follow a woman from pregnancy to postpartum and often it will be the first remedy to consider should the baby need a remedy.

Pulsatilla emotionally looks like:

  • weeps easily
  • looks for comfort and reassurance and allows this
  • indecisive
  • emotional about other children, fear of them feeling abandoned
  • looks to those around her for guidance instead of tapping into her own

Physically this translates as:

  • discharges that are yellow, thick and emerging from eyes, nose, ears – newborn goopy eyes
  • craves touch no matter what – even while in transition prefer to be cuddled and touched
  • morning sickness that changes day by day – different triggers, different times, different reactions to food.
  • indecisiveness is reflected in the baby assuming many positions during pregnancy and often goes breech, labour that starts and stops and is experienced all through the body – contractions in legs, bum, back, abdomen, unable to commit to the labour taking Pulsatilla will create a regular rhythm to the labour and is the gesture of commitment that is needed to progress.
  • goes into labour only when children are in bed or being cared for – reluctant to really be in labour without the midwives, husband, mother, support team that she has assembled all around her – within sight
  • very changeable milk supply and supply that is easily effected by food, company, upset, discharges etc.

pulsatilla

Pulsatilla is a plant remedy, made of the wind flower – it blooms in the spring and softly blows in the wind – a way to remember its soft, changeable nature and being a plant its reaction to and awareness of its environment.

Babies

  • use Pulsatilla for babies if you have a baby with separation anxiety – by that I mean if you cannot walk out of a room without the baby weeping.
  • This is such a useful remedy for siblings that may be feeling jealous and becoming very weepy and whiny as a means of expressing their feelings.  Pulsatilla will reassure them of their stability in the family.

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3 thoughts on “Pulsatilla 200C- when and why to use this remedy”

  1. My baby is 6 months old. From birth, I have not been able to leave her. I mean, I can’t even go to the bathroom or she’s a ball of tears. I’d like to try Pulsatilla on her to treat for the abnormal separation anxiety but I can’t find anywhere that will say how much and how often? Should I do 200? How many times per day? And for how long?

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    1. HI
      your baby is having a normal reaction, its more how she chooses to express her discomfort and babies have a wide variety of ways. The weeping is specific to Pulsatilla. My suggestion is to give one dose of Pulsatilla 200C (a dose always = 2 pellets) and respond as much as you can to her asking for connection. I observe as a homeopath and as a parent that responding to a child’s emotional request as often as possible creates very confident children, they believe that when they ask for help, help is available. That’s a pretty good way to feel in the world and the Pulsatilla will just remind them of that reality.

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      1. Ok. Thank you. I would pretty much consider myself an attachment parent so I’m all about responding to her needs. She has been attached to me since birth or perhaps rather I to her! I know all babes are different but never experienced this extreme with my others. She doesn’t even sleep unless I’m laying with her and even then she is awake ever 15-30mins, even at night, almost as if to make sure I’m still there. It’s been a challenge to say the least. With other kids and a full schedule, it’s getting hard to maintain this schedule of being with her all day to nap and all night to sleep. I really need to cook, clean, do laundry, etc. Lol. Thanks for the response. I’ll try it.

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