For Fear: Rock Rose: TERROR:
The rescue remedy. The remedy of emergency for cases where there even appears no hope. In accident or sudden illness, or when the patient is very frightened or terrified, or if the condition is serious enough to cause great fear to those around. If the patient is not conscious the lips may be moistened with the remedy. Other remedies in addition may also be required, as, for example, if there is unconsciousness, which is a deep, sleepy state, Clematis; if there is torture, Agrimony, and so on.
Notes: Apprehensive through fear, fear of death, despair material and physical, dreams night terrors, emergencies, fear extreme, hopelessness, life despaired of, panic, sudden illness, suicidal, talkative sometimes, tension through fear, tormented fears, terror, from an accident or near escape, from the spectacle of an accident, whenever there is terror in the atmosphere both patient and and those around are affected
For Fear: Cherry Plum: LOSS OF REASON:
Fear of the mind being over-strained, of reason giving way, of doing fearful and dreaded things, not wished and known wrong, yet there comes the thought and impulse to do them.
Notes: extreme situations, psychosis, desperation, deep depression, verge of nervous breakdown, near hysteria can shout for help, contemplates suicide, fear of future, fear that mind will give way to doing fearful things, fear of losing control and reason, fear of insanity, possibility of sudden murderous and violent impulses, brain storm, delusions, fear of mind giving way, uncontrolled fear of impulsiveness, fear of collapse, fear of obsessions, thoughts dreaded,
Not sufficient interest in present circumstances: Clematis*: DREAMING OF THE FUTURE:
Those who are dreamy, drowsy, not fully awake, no great interest in life. Quiet people, not really happy in their present circumstances, living more in the future than in the present; living in hopes of happier times, when their ideals may come true. In illness some make little or no effort to get well, and in certain may even look forward to death, in the hope of better times; or maybe, meeting again some beloved one whom they have lost.
Notes: absorption by thoughts, absent-mindedness, lack of ambition, apathetic, lack of concentration, day-dreaming, no dread of death, drowsiness, dreamy, sleepy, lack of effort due to dreaminess, faintness, absence of fear, fear of cancer, impractical, imaginative, indifference, lack of interest in present through dreaminess, invoke illness to escape experiences, lack of interest in life, mediumistic, numbness, religious obsessions, dreamy quiet, sensitive to noise, slow because of lack of interest, suicidal, thoughts of future, over thoughtful, lost in thought, uncomplaining through disinterest, unhappy, vitality sapped by others, vacant look, inattentiveness, pre-occupation, heavy sleeper, enjoys dozing at any time, listless, sensitive, makes little effort to get well, remedy for fainting, coma, any form of unconsciousness
The day-dreamers, those who are absent-minded, who live in their thoughts and lack interest in the present. “In varying degrees”, as Dr. Bach said “these symptoms are common in such people: a vacant far-away look, indifference, inattention, preoccupation, dreaminess or drowsiness, heavy sleeping, and often marked pallor”.
Loneliness: Impatiens*: LACK OF PATIENCE:
Those who are quick in thought and action and who wish all things to be done without hesitation or delay. When ill they are anxious for a hasty recovery. They find it very difficult to be patient with people who are slow, as they consider it wrong and a waste of time, and they will endeavor to make such people quicker in all ways. They often prefer to work and think alone, so that they can do everything at their own speed.
Notes: capable, aversion to company, over effort, fault finding with others, hard masters to others, no hesitancy due to being self-assured, attempts to hurry others, irritability, likes to work alone, quick, self-reliant, may become violent, nervous, everything done quickly, tension, finishes sentence for the other person if slower, suffers indigestion due to eating when upset and irritable, accident prone through impetuosity.
For despondency or despair: Star of Bethlehem: SHOCK:
For those in great distress under conditions which for a time produce great unhappiness. The shock of serious news, the loss of some one dear, the fright following an accident, and such like. For those who for a time refuse to be consoled this remedy brings comfort.
Notes: all types of shock, comforter, of benefit to all, releases memories of shock from unconscious, soothing, when a flower medicine does not work consider Star of Bethlehem, when symptoms manifest unexpectedly consider Star of Bethlehem, when serious symptoms manifest years after a significant shock consider Star of Bethlehem, despondency from shock, grief, numbness, sadness, refused to be consoled, tension, unhappy Star of Bethlehem, as Dr. Bach called it, is “the comforter and soother of pains and sorrow”.