If a remedy is mostly right sided in it's action, does that mean it is contraindicated in cases that are mostly left sided, but which are similar in many other ways to that remedy?

I ask because I have a bad sinus infection on the left side. Pulsatilla seems to fit in many ways, but it's a right sided remedy. Could it still work?

The right sidedness of Puls is basically in complaints of neuralgia. If Puls is really indicated , you can take it without worrying about the side aspect of it.

Murthy

read materia medica--for example tf allen --will see pulsatila (as examlpe) sensation left side nostril ..etc ---u need just consult MM and see if ther e any conflicets with symptms --as direct with modalities as pertain in general and particular locale--get as muc info in case--siphon for peculiar -starnge-uncommon with reference to il at hand--rep to give direction take top remedies and read MM---and sort away til certain key ponts are covered by remedy---that the trick--finding and determining key characteristic symptoms---wont hurt once well to stat indulging in hahnemann's organon as well his other works--this willl give strong base

I always use the repertory and materia medica. I'm pretty careful about matching symptoms. But I find quite often that the laterality of the remedies doesn't apply to me. Nearly all my complaints are left sided, but many right sided remedies have worked very well for me. Why is that?

Incidentally, the pulsatilla worked.

to answer u question simple ---YES---but after 1st prescription then comes ur homoeopath skills to assess and proceed accordingly

anyway---if using a squashed version of MM u may mislead urself into thinkng in only keynote form--yet keynote is ok --as long as MM is consulted ---non-squashed MM is recommend---read pulsatilla in hahnemann's MM pura--also --as mentioned earlier--tf allen's "encyclopeedia of pura materia medica"--u will see that left side symptoms occur in pulsatilla (as our example)---some is anbiguous leaving no side indicated in symptom described---but if find left side and apllies to symptom in location-sensation -modalites--that is BINGO--but if all same except right side not left-dosnt mean not right remedy yet----compare further in other areas--other sources and get good grasp of remdy and symptoms compared

Is Hahnemann's MM pura available to read online free of charge? I would use it if it was. Can't afford the book right now. I have Boericke's Materia Medica. I sometimes consult Kent's lectures and Bonninghausen's Materia Medica online as well.

if been using boericke --thats slim jim MM --but good----



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Murthy

Greetings!

I haven't yet read this entire discussion, but I will. In the meantime, you may find one of my comments in the thread about hernias helpful. To whit:

To be thorough, one would have to look up the Pulsatilla pathogenesis and see if it has left-sided coryza, etc., and I simply don't presently have time for that many hours of research, but you can do that yourself with Hahnemann's two materia medica, and a clever person can even access Hering's GUIDING SYMPTOMS online.

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Albert, also Hahnemannian444B

Hering's guiding symptoms

SMELL AND NOSE. [7] [Puls.]
Imaginary smells.
Loss of smell with catarrh.
Smell as of old catarrh ; objective stench from nose.
Pressive sensation in root of nose.
Pain in bones on both sides of nose, as if nose would be forced asunder.
Tickling in nose : constant ; as from fine snuff, followed by violent sneezing.
Sneezing : in evening, in sleep ; in morning in bed.
Coryza : with loss of smell and taste ; dry and fluent alternately, or stopped up in evening, with loss of smell and taste and appetite ; obstruction of nose in evening ; yellow or yellow-green in morning ; nostrils sore ; wings of nose externally ulcerated ; oozing of watery fluid ; conjunctiva bulbi inflamed, with sensation as if eyes were covered with mucus which could be wiped away ; chilliness intermingled with heat, with headache ; fluent in open air ; stopped up in house ; frontal headache ; photophobia ; rough voice ; tearing pains in sinus maxillaris, extending into ear ; dry cough at night, ceasing on sitting up, coming back on lying down again ; after inflammatory stage when there is a profuse secretion of phlegm ; patient feels well in open air, but is attacked with violent catarrh as soon as he enters a room and in evening.
After catching cold, pain in one side of head and face, lasting day and night ; profuse discharge of mucus from nose, at times bloody.
Frequent alternation of fluent and dry coryza, with nosebleed ; loss of appetite and smell, and thick yellow or green and fetid discharge. θ Coryza.
Stoppage of nose as from catarrh, in evening on going to bed, and in morning a thick, yellow, opaque mucus as in old catarrh, is blown from nose.
Nasal mucus offensive, as in old catarrh.
Green, offensive discharge from nose.
Purulent discharge from right nostril.
Colds of newborn children ; nose obstructed by purulent, thick, crusty mucus.
Nose swollen and itching in evening.
Nose feels sore internally and externally.
Abscess at root of nose, near inner canthus, as if a lachrymal fistula would form.
Bleeding of nose : blood coagulated ; with dry coryza ; frequent, profuse ; with suppressed menses ; in anemia ; of anemic children, with blue eyes and blonde hair.
Blowing of blood from nose, in morning.
For two weeks profuse discharge of blood from nose ; hemorrhages increased in spite of styptics ; discharge partly pale, partly clotted blood, intermitting in intensity ; attack brought on by going from cold air into warm room ; on lying down would pour from nose and it stopped on raising himself up ; dull, heavy feeling over frontal sinuses ; very despondent, especially after last hemorrhage, which filled a pint measure.


LOCALITY AND DIRECTION. [42] [Puls.]
Right : frequent boring in side of forehead ; tearing in side of head ; pain in ear ; neuralgia of temple ; shooting pain through eye ; in side of head ; ringing in ear ; two pustules on conjunctiva ; hearing impaired ; tearing pain behind ear ; pressure in bone above ear ; purulent discharge from nostril ; burning of cheek ; pain in supraorbital region over whole side of face, < in zygomatic region and hairy portion of head ; profuse lachrymation ; neuralgia on side of face and head ; swelling of scrobiculus cordis, with hardness extending more to side (l. lobe of liver) ; cramping pain in leg ; testicle drawn up ; swelling of testicle ; testicle tender to touch ; pain in thigh ; severe pain on side of abdomen, constrictive pains in ovary ; movement of fetus very violent in lumbar region ; pain over seat of placenta when lying on side ; pain starts from anterior portion of thigh ; pain in groin ; swelling in axilla ; crampy pains in leg ; stiffness of knee ; pain in calf of leg ; eruption on inner side of leg ; heat of side ; pain in half of forehead.
Left : tearing in frontal bone ; violent pressure in temple ; pain in side of forehead ; twitching in eyelid ; biting and pressure in eye with lachrymation ; lying on side, palpitation ; tearing pain from temple over side of head and to ear and jaw ; pain in causality ; pressive pain in eye ; stye ; hearing completely lost ; sudden severe pain in ear ; lachrymation, pain in side of face ; offensive mucus from nostril ; side of face sensitive ; varicose swelling on side of tongue ; side of region of stomach very sensitive to pressure, cannot lie on side, swelling of scrobiculus cordis ; side of neck of bladder pains ; lame and restless feeling in thigh ; testicle hangs low, swelling of testicle and epididymis ; orchitis ; pain in side of uterus ; cutting pain in ovary ; pain in side from under false ribs ; labor pains confined to side ; palpitation when lying on side ; eye inflamed ; pressure against chest, soreness ; smothered feeling in chest ; perspiration on side of chest ; systolic murmur at apex of ventricle ; inframammary pain ; pain in clavicle muscles, sciatica ; thigh and leg swollen to twice natural size ; sudden pain in knee joints ; pain through foot and leg ; soreness of heel ; ankle swollen ; stitching pains in hypochondrium ; aching in lower extremity.

Murthy