The Herbal Medicine-Maker's Handbook_ A Home Manual - James Green [77]
• I am caring, understanding, and helpful
• With tolerant good humor I radiate well-being Heather
(Calluna vulgaris, Ling
or Scotch Heather) • Rapid incessant talk
• Always bringing any conversation to themselves
• Saps vitality of others by excessive self-centeredness
• Shunned and avoided
• I am deeply connected to my inner joy
• I love others and myself
• I recognize and appreciate the achievement of others
• I can give without need of return
• I am loving, tolerant, and happy, and I rejoice in others’ well-being and joy Holly
(Ilex aquifolium ) • Hatred, envy, jealousy, or suspicion of another’s abilities and success
• Intolerant
• For the active, intense, extrovert type who wants to open his or her heart—for whom very man essences are indicated—this will help identify the exact essences that are best
• I am fully alive in the present, the place of my creative power
• I use my past and present experiences to assist in forming clear visions to prepare my future experiences
• I retain the lessons taught in the past, letting the experiences pass from mind
Honeysuckle
(Lonicera caprifolium )
• Dwells upon thoughts of the past and holds a pessimistic outlook both for the present and the future
• Loss of interest in the present due to homesickness or chronic nostalgia
• Regretful
• Stagnation that diminishes vital, creative life force
• I am certain of my abilities and strengths even in the fact of overwhelming tasks
• My mind is alert
• I am able to call up reserves of strength for mental and physical fortification in moments of self-doubt
• Fatigue passes as I become interested in normal activities Hornbeam
(Carpinus betulus ) • Weariness of the mind
• Doubt of strength
• Suffers fatigue through dislike of work that one is doing
• Monday morning or morning-after feeling
• Disinclined to face future or even daily routine
• Mental and physical exhaustion which often passes when mental focus is taken off of self
• I am patient and efficient
• I am spontaneous and quick in mind and action
• I am gentle and sympathetic toward others, understanding and tolerant with those slower than me
• I feel very capable, decisive, and intuitive
• I work well alone and with others and I enjoy doing both
• I plunge into life, taking risks, and I’m never discouraged by results
• I never think that, “I can’t”
• I am a powerful intentional creator of my own experiences
• I am determined and confident
• I use any experience of failure as a tool for a clearer, more focused vision and stronger determination Impatiens
(Impatiens glandulifera, Policeman’s Helmet) Larch
(Latrix decidua ) • Impatient and irritable with those who are slower
• Active and nervous
• Quick flaring and subsiding anger
• Mental tension, manifesting as muscular tension and pain
• Injury through bad temper or own impetuousness
• Exhaustion from frustrating nervous effort when things are moving too slowly
• Lack of confidence in self and abilities
• Anticipation of failure
• Despondency due to failure to even try
• Seldom attempts anything due to self-assurance of inevitable failure
• Convinced can’t do as well as others
• Wistful feeling of inferiority, though lacking jealousy or envy of others’ success
• I face all contrast, trials, and difficulties with equanimity, courage, and humor
• I deal with life with wise anticipation, spontaneity, and enthusiasm
• With understanding, intuition, and knowledge I work fluidly with the universal law of attraction
Mimulus
(Mimulus guttatus,
Monkey
Flower)
• Fear and anxiety of a known origin
• Mental emotional focus on that which one does not want
• Shy and retiring, prone to hide anxieties
• Deterred by chronic fears such as fear of dark, injury, poverty, etc., which retards the joy of freely creating
• I have an inner serenity and knowing which nothing can shake or destroy
• I set my own tone in all situations coming from an inner stability and connectedness to my joy, freedom, and overall well-being
• In every moment I am keenly aware of the harmony that