Red chestnut

Botanical name : Aesculus carnea Hayne.
Family : Hippocastanaceae
Synonyms :

•  Latin : Aesculus rubicundal Loisel;
• English: Red horse-chestnut horse-chestnut) and A. pavia (Red buckeye), native of eastern North America.
• German: Rosskastanie
  

Mind/emotions

Fear for another, rooted in strong bonds of affection that appear to be threatened by adverse circumstances. Need to protect the threatened other; yet, this may not be possible due to distance or other reasons, and anxieties escalate. Imaginations in regard to adverse happenings, such as accidents, assume exaggerated proportions; one anticipates disaster. Irrational worries and anxieties, loss of calm reasoning power, superstitions, faithlessness. Inability to let go, to release the other to destiny and providence. Self-blame for not being able to protect the other as one wishes. Underlying fear of being abandoned. Heightened nervousness, fragility of nerves, sense of alarm.

• MIND – CONFUSION of mind 
• MIND – DEMENTIA 
• MIND – DULLNESS 
• MIND – SPEECH – inarticulate
• MIND – STUPEFACTION
• MIND – UNCONSCIOUSNESS

Physical

Intense nervousness, is easily startled; inner tremor. Weakness, low stamina, and insomnia from fright and continued worry; . Tightening with simultaneous weak feeling in stomach and abdominal region; these responses appear as futile psychosomatic attempts to hold on and protect the other from dangers;

• Digestive weakness.
• Any illness that carries fears for another in its symptom picture; chronic nervousness and digestive disturbances during acute phases appear as the leading physical manifestations.

Compare

Rock Rose: Terror and fright as a loved one is threatened with approaching death or severe illness; extreme fragility of nerves. Aspen: Superstitious fears and forebodings, lack of faith.
Cherry Plum: Fear of personally hurting a loved one due to heightened mental strain and failure to control irrational, homicidal impulses.
Star of Bethlehem: Trauma, shock, and grief after a loved one has been hurt.
Chicory: Fussy overcare and concern with details in regard to another’s welfare; attempt to be in charge.
Agrimony: Repeated, milder worries about the health and welfare of others; anxious projection into the future; restlessness and lack of inner peace.

Homoeopathic Medicine And Red chestnut

Rhus toxicodendron: Intense fear for others, especially for own children; nervous apprehension and restlessness; tendency to superstitions; compulsiveness; want of appetite; diarrhea containing blood and mucus; (rheumatism and arthritis, worse cold and wet); insomnia.
Platinum: Irrational fears that absent husband would never come home; fears to be abandoned; (self-absorbed and haughty); nausea, anxiety, and weakness in stomach region; eating disorders (bulimia); spasms, numbness, constrictive feeling as from a band around parts; nervousness; insomnia.
Arsenicum album: Seeks safety for own self and others; wants to establish order; anxious when out of touch and helpless, worries that others could meet with an accident; cannot tolerate the sight or smell of food; gastralgia; dysentery, bloody; intense nervousness, restlessness; insomnia.
Causticum: Fear that loved ones are harmed, intensely sympathetic and caring; motivated socially to aid the oppressed and those who suffer from illness or other calamities, yet may not be able to help; (acidic stomach); emaciation from continued worry; nervous weakness; (generally improved in wet weather).
Cocculus indicus: Anxiously watches over loved ones, especially during illness; attends day and night, gives unceasingly; cannot think of anything else; loss of appetite, disgust at smell of food; nausea and faintness, worse from motion; abdomen aches, sharp pains, distended; nervous depletion, sensation of interior hollowness; insomnia from anxious worry for others.
Carcinosin: Sensitive and sympathetic, may worry about others, is especially concerned with health of loved ones; anxious, timid, and prone to anticipatory worries; (may repress anger, prone to feel guilty); (loves travel, dancing, music, excitement, thunderstorms); (chronic fatigue syndrome); insomnia.
Hepar sulphur: Oversensitive to outside impressions, pain, and cold; overly anxious; fears for the health of loved ones, nervous apprehension; impulse to kill family members with a knife, with subsequent regret (cf. Cherry Plum); loss of appetite, burning in the stomach, easily deranged digestion; insomnia.
Zincum sulphuricum: Nervous anxiety and depression; irrational fears such as from distressing imagination of one’s child or loved one getting hurt, particularly during headache (Clarke, 1901); cramps, pain, and burning in stomach, with prostration; chronic dysentery with emaciation; (constriction, titillation, and sensations of electric shock in various body parts).
Arnica montana: Distraught and nervous over worry for loved one; feels shaky and fragile, prone to start and shun away from jar or impact; fear of approaching vehicles; inner trembling; stomach region and region about navel feel weak and sunken, with prostration; weakness and pain as from dislocation in limbs; insomnia from anxious thoughts; (several of author’s cases in need of Arnica montana showed a concurrent Red Chestnut dynamic).

Pine

Botanical name: Pinus silvestris L.
Family Pinaceae.
Synonyms:

• English: Scotch pine, scotch fir;
• Spanish: Pino albar, Pino silvestrel;
• French: Pin sylvestre;
• German: Gemeine Kiefer.

Mind / Emotions

Burdening feelings of guilt and self-reproach; inability to release them. Highly developed voice of conscience; broods and despairs over sins and failings. Excessive introversion, self-reflection, and stifling self-observation. Feelings of worthlessness and lack of pride in oneself; self-depreciation. Negative expectancy, belief that one does not deserve a good lot; may welcome illness as a form of punishment; superstitions, religious despair; can become suicidal. Conscientiousness in regard to social relations and work; may be obsessive and compulsive with details; fixed ideas. Assumes responsibility, strong sense of duty; blames own self for the mistakes of others. Develops defensive mechanisms to appease conscience and raise self-image; obsessive and compulsive disorders; self-punitive, ritualistic, perfection-oriented behavior. Persecutory delusions and paranoia that may be caused by unresolved guilt which calls for release by punishment by authority figures. Submerged guilt that has not been acknowledged and creates disturbance arising from the subconscious mind; hysterical manifestations; inhibited expression. Changeable emotions, guilt alternates with urge for satisfaction, remorse follows outbursts of temper; dichotomy between religious, moral aspiration and instinctual gratification. Longing for purification and release; may express soul conflict by preoccupying with material cleanliness and engaging in preventative measures against contamination.

• MIND – AILMENTS FROM – anger
•  MIND – ANXIETY
•  MIND – CENSORIOUS
•  MIND – CENSORIOUS – oneself; of
•  MIND – DULLNESS
•  MIND – EXCITEMENT
•  MIND – REPROACHING himself
•  MIND – SADNESS
•  MIND – THOUGHTS – vanishing of
•  MIND – UNDERTAKING – many things, persevering in nothing

 Physical

Subdued, depressed organism. Grinding of teeth Compulsive-obsessive behavior may be accompanied by tension, cramping, and spasmodic or repetitive movements. Breathing disturbances, especially with a constrictive, oppressive character. Gastric ulcer, especially if there is an experience of loss that cannot be mastered and is accompanied by self-depreciation. Insomnia; nightmares of being persecuted. (Homeopathically prepared from the leaves and young twigs, Pinus sylvestris has found use in the treatment of a generally weak, delicate, and anxious constitution, with oppressed breathing and sleeplessness.)*

•  Insulin-dependent diabetes
•  Any physical illness based on conversion disorder (or hysterical neurosis, conversion type)
•  Eating disorder (bulimia)
•  Nervous breathing syndrome – ‘respiratory corset’
•  Gastric and duodenal ulcers – patients with character neurosis
•  Irritable colon
•  Skin disease (pruritus – compulsive patients)
•  Insomnia – initial and intermittent (due to compulsive thought activity)

 Compare

Crab Apple: Feelings of shame and uncleanness; fear of contamination; inhibited expression.
Rock Water: Self-punitive, ritualistic, perfection-oriented; wants to achieve self-mastery.
Oak: Overly responsible; conscientious, hard-working, goes beyond the call of duty.
Chestnut Bud: Submerging guilt into the subconscious, without learning the lesson.
Centaury: Serving others, while putting one’s own goals aside; assuming the burdens of others, assuming responsibility for their failures.
Wild Rose: Feels undeserving of a better lot; does not make an effort to improve life’s circumstances.
Aspen: Superstitious fear of punishment; persecutory delusions, paranoia.
Sweet Chestnut: Suicidal ideation from feelings of worthlessness and nihilistic despair; sense of meaninglessness of life; may become prone to superstitions and compulsive ritualism.
Mustard: Introversion, depressive brooding.
Scleranthus: Changeable emotions, alternation between guilt and vital urges; hysterical imbalances.

 Homoeopathic Medicine and Pine

Cyclamen europaeum: Grieves over duty neglected, terrors of conscience; depressive introversion; weakness and oppression of chest with difficult breathing (nervous breathing syndrome); irritable colon, pain about anus and perineum; sleep is not refreshing and plagued by nightmares; subdued vitality.
Coffea cruda: Apprehensive anxiety of conscience; weeping over trifles; anguish and remorse; hysteria; (highly sensitive nervous system); insomnia from excessive thought activity.
Aurum metallicum: Feelings of worthlessness and self-condemnation; despondency with suicidal ideation; overly conscientious, responsible; frequent deep breathing (nervous breathing syndrome); hysterical tendencies and oversensitivity to outside impressions; eating disorder; sleeplessness, nightmares.
Agnus castus: Self-contempt, often elicited by sexual overactivity that is followed by a loss of sexual vitality, with corresponding nervous depletion and feelings of worthlessness and guilt; fear of death, forebodings; (hysteria with heart palpitations and nose bleed in females); fissures in anus and subcutaneous ulceration near anus; (feeling that bowels press downward, wants to support them).
Zincum metallicum: Depressive and subdued; feels as if had committed a crime and is about to be arrested; nervous sensitivity and fidgety restlessness, especially in the feet; grinds teeth; difficult respiration and oppression of chest; disturbed sleep with frequent waking and nightmares.
Zincum oxydatum: Anguished conscience; feels as if guilty of a crime; spasmodic impulse to laugh, involuntary contraction of the risible muscles;  impeded respiration, especially in left lung; general oppression of chest and spasmodic constriction of the entire thorax; eating disorders; depressed and subdued state of body; agitated sleep, vivid ideas and dreams.
Cuprum metallicum: Moroseness and fearfulness; guilty conscience; tendency to use words not intended; fixed ideas; contracted jaws; general cramp proclivity; painful contraction of the chest with short respiration, attacks of suffocation at 3 a.m.  that are worse from emotions; eating disorders; itching eruptions.
Lilium tigrinum: Excessive capriciousness and sexual inclination, held in check by strong religious aspiration and self-condemnation; despair over salvation may even trigger suicidal ideation; hysterical manifestations;  breathing disturbances, especially suffocative feeling in crowded and warm rooms (nervous breathing syndrome); changeable appetite; sleep unrefreshed.
Psorinum: Negative expectancy, does not believe to be deserving of good fortune; anxious pessimism, despair, suicidal thoughts; asthmatic disturbances; gastric ulcer; purulent skin diseases, itching; low stamina, readily succumbs to illness..
Syphilinum: Obsessive-compulsive disorder; constant washing of hands from interior urge to be free of contamination, this being expression of need to be released of self-blame or interior uncleanness; (fear of insanity, of paralysis); asthmatic complaints; gastric ulcer; skin diseases with reddish -brown eruption.
Phosphoricum acidum: Deep-seated disappointment and grief, with features of remorse and resignation; stagnation of emotions; pressure behind sternum and difficult breathing; gastric ulcer; insulin-dependent diabetes; burning red rash; weak and subdued organism.
Ignatia amara: Taciturn, remorseful introversion after grief and disappointment; holds emotions inside, does not let go of preoccupation with grievous occurrences; conscientiousness about trifles; hysterical manifestations; breathing difficulties, frequent sighing (nervous breathing syndrome); pain and spasms in rectum (irritable bowel syndrome); pruritus, urticaria

Olive

Botanical name: Olea europaea Linn.
Family Oleaceae
Synonyms:

• English: Olive, Olive tree;
• Spanish: Olivo;
• French: Olivier, Olivier commoun;
• German: Ölbaum.

Mind/emotions

All-permeating sense of depletion and exhaustion. Lack of spiritual inspiration, lack of mental clarity and power of concentration, lack of emotional fortitude, lack of physical stamina.  The world cannot be attended to, the mind cannot participate in the surrounding happenings, due to weakness; absent-mindedness and loss of memory.  Work is begun but cannot be completed due to exhaustion. Frequent need to rest, to find repose. Burn-out syndrome after prolonged service, need for replenishment and rejuvenation. Nervous weakness.

•  MIND – ANXIETY
•  MIND – DELUSIONS
•  MIND – EXCITEMENT
•  MIND – FEAR – insanity
•  MIND – RESTLESSNESS

Physical

Profound physical exhaustion, nervous depletion. Vital depletion after prolonged sickness, after chemotherapy or other ordeal. Succumbing to illness; inability to struggle on. Sinking vitality in old age.  Lack of muscular control.  Failing digestive power (chronic failure to assimilate nutrients, chronic diarrhea).  Chronic pulmonary diseases.  Feeble pulse, slow circulation, lack of vital heat, edema. Easily incited perspiration during day and night. [In gemmotherapy, by use of the young buds or shoots, Olea europaea has been found of service in the treatment of hypertension, arteriosclerosis (hardening of arteries), and hypercholesterolemia (excessive amount of cholesterol in the blood)].

• Gastric and duodenal ulcers – overambitious patients  
• Deep-sighing respiration 
• Insulin-dependent diabetes

Compare

Hornbeam: Lethargy, lack of tonicity in mind and body, tendency to procrastination.
Oak: Weariness from overwork, yet stoic willingness to struggle on.
Centaury: Weakness from prolonged serving at own expense; weakness and lack of self-actualization from neglecting one’s own calling; burn-out syndrome.
Rock Rose: Nervous depletion with great fragility of nerves and easily aroused fear.
Gorse: Hopelessness and resignation; lack of vitality, lack of power of rejuvenation; succumbing to illness.
Elm: Weariness and lack of incentive in face of unsurmountable tasks.

Homoeopathic Medicine and Olive

Muriaticum acidum: Chronic debility, great weakness, patient slides down in bed on sitting up; pulse is rapid and feeble; diminished digestive power, aversion to meat; loss of sphincter control, bowels move on urinating; cold extremities; (septic decomposition of blood).
Phosphoricum acidum: Progressive mental/emotional and later physical debility and stagnation; apathetic, impaired memory; pressure in stomach, longs for juicy things; insulin-dependent diabetes; chronic diarrhea; lack of vital circulation.
Stannum metallicum: Great weakness and discouragement, can hardly talk (cf. Gentian); inclined to cry, but worse from it; dread of meeting people, dislikes conversation; begins work with good will, but has to give up due to exhaustion; tendency to chronic lung and bronchial ailments; nightly perspiration, especially during acute states.
Carbo vegetabilis: Apathetic, absent-minded, sudden loss of memory; depressed and irritable, may be happier when alone; collapse states, hungers for air (asthma, pneumonia), cardiac failure (congestive heart failure); coldness, even cold breath and cold sweat; gastric ulcer; chronic fatigue syndrome; sluggishness of constitution.
Carbo animalis: Great weakness and nostalgic longing for past happiness (cf. Honeysuckle); weakness is worse during menses and from loss of fluids;
general malignancy, as in gastric ulcer; swollen and indurated lymph glands; aggravated by the cold, feels especially cold at night in bed; chronic fatigue syndrome.
Crocus sativus: Profound weariness; instability of emotions, alternating moods, quick repentance after rage; weakness with tendency to faint; heaviness and failing of legs after light exercise, trembling of all limbs; (feeling as if interior organs were moving; dark blood, clumps are held together by strings); deep-sighing respiration, desire to draw a long breath; heaviness and weakness about the heart.
Digitalis purpurea: Despondency and nervous depletion; sudden failing of strength, faintness and weakness, general perspiration; likes to work, but may have to interrupt due to weakness; threatened heart failure (congestive heart failure), slow pulse, sudden and anxious sensation as if the heart would stop; deep-sighing respiration; edema; weariness in joints.
Ambra grisea: Nervous depletion, weariness; exhaustion during old age, premature senility; can hardly hold up in company, gets overly stimulated and depleted; oppressed breathing; thin and scrawny physique; continuously exhausted due to sleeplessness from cold in the body, from inner trembling and nervous overexcitement.

Oak

Botanical name: Quercus robur Linn.
Family: Fagaceae
Synonyms: Quercus pedunculata Ehrh.; Q. femina Mill.
English: English oak.
German: Eiche

Mind/emotions

Loyalty in one’s commitments; seriousness of intention; shoulders responsibilities. Perseverance; strong resolve to continue to uphold work and duty, even in face of personal hardship. Stoic,    work-oriented attitude; does not complain or criticize unreasonably.  Ignores personal needs, neglects the rejuvenating power of recreation in favor of continued work accomplishment. Does not allow for emotions of self-pity, selfishness, or discouragement to surface.  Single-minded in purpose, can develop one-sided view or a closed mentality. Overly conforming and adhering to rules and regulations; compulsiveness, dogmatism.  Excessive use of willpower may stifle inner creativity, fluidity of expression, and playfulness. Mental fatigue and strain from the continued effort; general weariness and lack of joyful motivation.  Despondency and despair develop as rewards are not forthcoming, as the results of work are being thwarted, or as the pressures become too great and duties cannot be fulfilled further due to mounting exhaustion. Urge to be independent of the help of others, does not want to become a burden; self-reliant.  May appear introverted and morose.

• MIND – ABSENTMINDED 
• MIND – ALCOHOLISM 
• MIND – ANXIETY 
• MIND – CHEERFUL
• MIND – COMPANY – desire for
• MIND – COMPLAINING – never
• MIND – CONFIDENT
• MIND – CONFUSION of mind
• MIND – DESIRES – full of desires
• MIND – DISCONTENTED
• MIND – EXERTION – physical – amel.
• MIND – FEAR – dark; of
• MIND – FORGETFUL
• MIND – HURRY
• MIND – IDEAS – abundant
• MIND – INDIFFERENCE
• MIND – INDUSTRIOUS
• MIND – IRRITABILITY
• MIND – MENTAL EXERTION – desire for
• MIND – PROSTRATION of mind
• MIND – RESTLESSNESS 
• MIND – SADNESS
• MIND – SYMPATHETIC
• MIND – TACITURN
• MIND – TRANQUILLITY
• MIND – WEEPING

Physical

Weariness, physical strain, rigid posture. Rheumatic complaints and connective tissue diseases from upholding and tightening one’s body in the daily struggle. Does not want to give in to invalidity; struggles on with much determination. Development of psychosomatic illness from the continued work-oriented strain at the expense of playfulness, diversion, and healthful recreation (for example, heart disease, gastric ulcer, chronic tension). Depletion of vital reserves; sleep disturbances. May resort to alcoholism to counteract work-related strain and weariness.
(Homeopathically prepared from the acorn, Quercus robur is indicated in alcoholism; it eliminates the excessive craving for alcohol.* In gemmotherapy, by use of the buds, rootlets, or acorns, Quercus robur works as a general tonic to overcome mental and physical debility. Quercus pedunculata is another name given to this oak tree.)

• Coronary heart disease  
• Gastric and duodenal ulcers – overambitious patients 
• Psychosomatic diseases in overly intellectualized patients  
• Tension headaches, cervical, thoracic, and lumbar troubles, dysmenorrhea 
• Hypertension 
•  Deep-sighing respiration  
• Insulin-dependent diabetes  
• Soft tissue rheumatism and rheumatoid arthritis  
• Nervous breathing syndrome – ‘respiratory corset’  
• Insomnia – initial and intermittent (due to compulsive thought activity)

Compare

Vervain: Willpower, strict adherence to principles, exaggerated elan and enthusiasm.
Olive: Deep-seated exhaustion in spirit, mind/emotions, and body; can hardly go on working.
Centaury: Inner depletion and low stamina from continued serving and from overly devoting to others.
Rock Water: Adherence to strict rules and self-discipline in one’s personal advancement to the detriment of recreational playfulness; motivates others to follow same path; may have lack of inner joy, but sense of accomplishment.
Elm: Feels overwhelmed and overburdened by one’s work; struggles on from sense of duty.
Pine: Loyalty and power of commitment, even assuming the burdens of others; readily blames own self for failures.
Mustard: Joyless introversion, moroseness; depressive, burdened mood.

Homoeopathic Medicine and Oak

Kali carbonicum: Works hard, conforms to rules, negates own emotions, shows loyalty; breathing disturbances, asthma and edema of lungs;  congestive heart failure; hypertension; gastric ulcer, (fear felt in stomach); arthritis, connective tissue disease; weariness and lack of vitality.
Kali bichromicum: Has strict routines of work, does not like to be interrupted; rigid and conforming; irritable and morose; gastric ulcer;  breathing disturbances (catarrhal conditions and asthma); rheumatoid arthritis (rheumatic complaints alternate with asthma and gastric complaints).
Chelidonium majus: Pragmatic, work-oriented, does not like to heed emotional needs; struggles on with much willpower in face of hardship; breathing disturbances, quickened inspiration and constricted chest; rheumatic complaints; (liver and gallbladder complaints).
Calcarea carbonica: Work-oriented, responsible, ameliorated by occupation; yet, may become exhausted and overly strained, with fear of a mental breakdown; hypertension; breathing disturbances, asthma and shortness of breath; gastric ulcer; (fear felt in epigastrium); rheumatoid arthritis, connective tissue disease.
Digitalis purpurea: Likes to engage in work, conscientious about trifles; despondency, with worry about the future; moroseness; (congestive heart failure, rheumatic heart disease, arrhythmia); breathing disturbances, especially constricted respiration when sitting bent (deep-sighing respiration); sudden prostration of strength.
Aurum metallicum: Serious, responsible worker; melancholy and depression, feels compressed physically; despondent and suicidal; alcoholism; affections of the heart (endocarditis, angina, valvular heart disease); hypertension; constricted feeling in chest; arthritis and connective tissue disease; chronic fatigue syndrome.
Uranium nitricum: Wearisome from continued duty; struggles on despite desire for rest, relies on willpower, lacks motivational incentive  ill-tempered, morose, despondent; hypertension; gastric ulcer; insulin-dependent diabetes; (nephritis, degeneration of liver); emaciation and nervous depletion.

Mustard

Botanical name : Brassica Arvensis, Sinapis arvensis L
Family  Brassicaceae
Synonyms :

• Latin : Brassica napus L.
• English; Field mustard
• French: Navet
• German: Wilder Senf

Mind/emotions

Gloomy and depressive state; joyless introversion. Feels as if a dark cloud overshadowed the mind, cannot raise above it. Brooding and moroseness; unmotivated to engage in interaction with others.
Lack of incentive to pursue usual tasks; lack of aspirations. Negative expectancy in regard to endeavors, feels stifled and subdued. Potentials are not actualized; the joy of accomplishment is not awakened fully or temporarily submerged. Feelings of meaninglessness, boredom, self-pity, regret, and resignation. Mental dullness and unresponsiveness. Depressive disorders; retardation with marked joylessness and withdrawal.

• MIND – CONCENTRATION – difficult
• MIND – UNCONSCIOUSNESS
• MIND – ANXIETY
• MIND – DELIRIUM
• MIND – HYPOCHONDRIASIS
• MIND – IRRITABILITY

Physical

Lack of vitality and stamina; lethargy.  Chronic fatigue and listlessness.  Lack of normal appetite; lack of healthy bowel function (constipation).  Eating disturbances, resulting in weight gain or weight loss.  Lack of interest in healthful recreation and in establishing wholesome nutritional routines; obesity, peptic ulcers, non-insulin-dependent diabetes may be the consequence.
Sleeping disturbances. Head injuries when there is a tendency to depression and gloominess after the accident; consciousness appears to receive less brightness and clarity after damage to nerves of the head has occurred and after skull plates have been subjected to misalignment from the impact of the blow.

• Obesity  
• Peptic ulcer 
• Non-insulin-dependent diabetes  
• Ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease 
• Self-inflicted skin lesions (dermatological artifact)  
• Cardiac neurosis  
• Gastric and duodenal ulcers – patients with character neurosis

 Compare

Gorse: Deep-seated hopelessness; no incentive to live.
Sweet Chestnut: Sense of meaninglessness and despair; nihilism; agony of soul and body; suicidal depression.
Wild Oat: Lack of direction and purpose; unfulfilled potentials.
Rock Water: Depression and joylessness on a deep level, while disciplined routines are engaged in and self-mastery is reinforced.
Elm: Lack of power to rise above and master the overwhelming tasks ahead; lack of joyful incentive.
Larch: Despondency from lack of self-confidence; negative expectancy.
Pine: Brooding and gloominess from self-reproach and guilt.
Oak: High emphasis on loyalty and doing one’s job, while recreational joys are neglected; inner sadness and despondency develop.
Chicory: Moroseness and self-pity when service done is not appreciated or when not receiving attention as a person.

Homoeopathic Medicine and Mustard

Aurum metallicum: Despondency and depression; dark cloud over mind; deep-seated joylessness, even loses will to live; feels deserted, nostalgic longing to see his family and friends; may come on after a head injury; cardiac neurosis; constipation; chronic fatigue syndrome.
Graphites: Feels subdued and depressed; lack of actualization of potentials; worries about having to do things, yet cannot bring own self to do them; instead, nervously shifts about; mental dullness; peptic and duodenal ulcers; obesity; constipation; lethargy.
Cimicifuga racemosa: Great depression, moroseness; feels as if enveloped by a dark cloud; negative expectancy in regard to the future, as if evil is impending; (loquacity); (rheumatic, stiff muscles; pains like electric shocks).
Carbo animalis: Depressed, gloomy, and devitalized; feels as if there is a black bar over the forehead or a black shadow over one’s consciousness; sits lost in meditation, may long for the happiness of the past (see Honeysuckle);  gastric ulcer; (general tendency to malignancy); constipation; chronic fatigue syndrome.
Natrum sulphuricum: Severe depression, especially during rainy, gloomy weather; mental dullness, dislikes intellectual activity; suicidal tendency; peptic ulcer, ulcerative colitis; diabetes; may come on after head injury.
Opium (Papaver somniferum): Darkened consciousness, apathetic state, can have peaceful, drowsy quality; (total loss of consciousness); may come on after head injury or from fright; easily frightened; loss of appetite; diabetes; obstinate constipation from inactivity of small intestine; sluggishness and lack of vital reaction; chronic fatigue syndrome.
Naja tripudians: Gloomy brooding over imaginary wrongs and misfortunes; bad effects from grief; absent-mindedness, irresolution, suicidal ideation; loss of appetite; fatigue and listlessness; depressed mental and physical powers; cardiac neurosis.
Cicuta virosa: Depression and indifference, but also childishness and retardation of the mind; may come on after head injury; aversion to company; (head drawn backwards and twisted to one side; spasms and cramps in muscles; strabismus).
Athamanta oreoselinum: Depression and befogged condition of the mind; occiput feels paralyzed, sensation as if a vapor ascended from the occiput, especially when walking; feeling of pressure with numbness in the head, similar sensation in the upper teeth; heavy and prolonged sleep in the morning; increased heat in the head at night; (from description of symptoms appears to be indicated after a head injury); (icy coldness of hands and feet); lassitude and need to rest.

Mimulus

Botanical Name: Mimulus guttatus Fischiex Dc.
Family Scrophulariaceae
Synonyms:

• Latin: Mimulus grandiflorus, T.J. Howell, M. langsdorfi. J. Donn ex Green;
• English: Mimulus, Common monkey flower;
• German: Gefleckte Gauklerblume.

Mind/emotions

Fearful and overly careful, constantly attempting to prevent adverse happenings. Fearful anticipation of upcoming events such as exams or visits at the doctor’s office; the mind is overly preoccupied with and intimidated by the future occurrence. Fear of concrete situations, persons, or objects; sense of being overpowered by the impact of such occurrences; phobic reactions, obsessive and compulsive fears, anxiety disorders. Fear of concrete diseases, hypochondriasis; anxious watching of symptoms, fear of aggravating the condition, exaggerated conscientiousness. Existential fears such as fear of poverty, of disasters, of robbers. Shyness and timidity, nervousness, hesitant speech; excessive self-observation; fear of being appraised or observed. Fear of rejection in intimate affairs; passivity in regard to expressing affection. Attempt to hide inner fears compensation by show of courage; bravado, recklessness to prove one’s worth

• MIND – ANXIETY 
• MIND – ANXIETY – future, about 
• MIND – FEAR
• MIND – FEAR – cancer; of 
• MIND – FEAR – dark; of 
• MIND – FEAR – death, of
• MIND – FEAR – health
• MIND – POSTPONING everything to next day
• MIND – RESTLESSNESS

Physical

Chronic nervousness of a rather mild kind and fearful body posture. Body appears to “shrink,” fearful withdrawal toward within. Fearful movements of the body, intended to prevent getting hurt or reinjuring oneself, as during convalescence after injuries, surgery, or sickness. Intensification of physical symptoms by obsessive preoccupation with symptoms and by anxiety aroused by mere imagination, such as seen in cardiac neurosis. Gastric disturbances such as stomach cramps, ulcers, or diarrhea from fearful experiences or from anticipation. Breathing disturbances with fearful sensation.

• Hyperventilation syndrome 
• Insulin-dependent diabetes 
• Constipation  
• Insomnia – intermittent type (due to excessive demands and suppression of hostility) 
• Skin allergies  Skin diseases (atopic dermatitis – infantile eczema, psoriasis)
• Bronchial asthma with expiratory difficulties 
• Cardiac neurosis 
• Gastric and duodenal ulcers – dependent patients 
• ‘Emotional diarrhea’ 
• Skin diseases (urticaria and atopic dermatitis – adolescence and adulthood) 
• Nervous breathing syndrome – ‘respiratory corset’
• Irritable colon 
• Insomnia – initial and intermittent (due to compulsive thought activity)

Compare

Rock Rose: Extreme nervousness, intense fears and terrors, strong fear of death.
Aspen: Hovering fears, not connected with concrete circumstances; free-floating anxiety.
Cherry Plum: Strong phobic reactions, with fear of losing mental control; strong obsessive and compulsive fears.
Agrimony: Constant fearful worry or concern about the present or future; inner restlessness, mild nervousness.
Elm: Fearful concern that tasks ahead cannot be mastered, strong sense of being overwhelmed.
White Chestnut: Obsessive preoccupation with symptoms; excessive worrying without finding a solution.
Larch: Low self-confidence and fearful expectancy of failure; feels burdened and despondent.
Cerato: Fear of rejection, fear of being appraised, lack of self-assurance.
Gentian: Lack of perseverance; intimidation from obstacles, lack of faith

Homeopathic Medicine And Mimulus

Pulsatilla nigricans: Fearful and shy, yielding; wants to please others; gastric ulcer; ‘emotional diarrhea’ (from apprehension); bronchial asthma; eating disorders; nervous breathing syndrome; nervousness in mind and body; insomnia.
Plumbum metallicum: Fearfully withdraws within; anxiety, weariness, and discouragement; fear of being assassinated; diabetes; constipation; whole body contracts toward within.
China officinalis: Discouragement, anxiety and nervous irritation, feels depleted in mind and body; cannot bear to be touched; hyperventilation syndrome; asthma; gastric ulcer; (anorexia nervosa); sleep disorders.
Calcarea carbonica: Dreads the arrival of bad news, cannot digest reports of cruelties; fear of rejection in intimate affairs; anxiety of condition being observed; phobic tendency; fears heights, insanity, diseases such as tuberculosis and cancer, catastrophes, poverty, insects and spiders, rats and mice; asthma; (susceptibility to pulmonary tuberculosis); fear felt in epigastrium; gastric ulcers; diabetes; constipation; skin conditions (eczema); night terrors and insomnia.
Calcarea sulphurica: Timid person with many fears; can also appear obstinate, capricious, or jealous; anxiety about health, about the future; fear of insanity, of misfortune and evil; acne and eczema, skin abscesses.
Gelsemium sempervirens: Anticipatory fears, tremulous apprehension, stage fright; timid and quiet; cardiac neurosis; ‘emotional diarrhea’ (from apprehension); insomnia from anticipation or excitement.
Alumina: Timid and low-spirited; distressed and fearful when hurried; fear when seeing blood or a knife, accompanied by suicidal impulses (cf. Cherry Plum); fear of insanity, fear of cockroaches; constipation; skin eruptions;  insomnia.
Ammonium muriaticum: Timidity and apprehension, fear of darkness; anguished melancholy, full of cares and vexations; constipation; skin conditions; sleep disturbances; may come on after a head injury; (dwindling of muscular shape and power, especially of legs).
Causticum: Apprehension and anguish; fearful of the dark, no trust in the future; can be incensed by injustice, is sympathetic; asthma; gastric ulcer; urticaria; insomnia.
Natrum carbonicum: Anxious worry; timidity; cannot assimilate incoming information, slow comprehension; nervous breathing syndrome; gastric ulcer; insomnia in early morning hours.

Larch

Botanical name: Larix decidua Miller
Family Pinaceae
Synonyms:

• Latin: Larix europaea DC:
• English: European larch;
• Spanish: Larice, Alerce Europeo;
• French: Pin de Briancon, Meleze d’Europe;
• German: Gemeine Lärche.

 Mind/emotions

Despondent and despairing from low self-confidence. Believing oneself to be less worthy or capable than others, one loses in the comparison with others. One’s work or progress in life appears hindered or doomed due to the belief that one will not master the necessary steps. Hidden fears of certain dreaded tasks or performances, fear of failure.  Introverted, self-centered view; tasks are not seen as intended for others, but mainly as a representation of oneself by which one can be judged.  Sense of being forsaken, of being alienated from others, of being left out from engagement in the joys and accomplishments of society.  One may feel intimidated, depressed, hesitant and irresolute, and unmotivated.  Mixed feelings of envy, respect, and shyness in regard to those in charge of themselves and their work.  Sense of inferiority may be defended against by exaggerated, overly ambitious attempts to achieve or “show off” and prove one’s worth.

• MIND – CONFIDENCE – want of self-confidence
•  MIND – DESPAIR
•  MIND – POSTPONING everything to next day

Physical

• Weariness in mind and body, lethargy, lack of healthful incentive, lack of muscular tonicity. Low stamina.
• Depressive state, subdued functioning of the organism. 
• Gastric and duodenal ulcers – overambitious patients 
• Hyperventilation syndrome 
• Migraines 
• Gastric and duodenal ulcers – dependent patients 
• Emotional diarrhea’  
• Skin diseases (urticaria and atopic dermatitis – adolescence and adulthood)

Compare

Cerato: Lack of self-assurance; lack of trust in one’s own decisions; self-hampering and awkward in one’s personal expression; heavily relies on others for sense of self-worth, asks others for advice.
Gentian: Discouragement and lack of perseverance; gives up from small obstacles, lack of faith in one’s power of performance.
Mimulus: Fear of upcoming events, fears failure; shyness and reluctance to go forward.
Crab Apple: Self-depreciation; despair over shame and feelings of being unclean.
Pine: Self-reproach and self-condemnation; guilt and regret.
Wild Rose: Apathetic resignation; lack of incentive to work for one’s happiness, belief that it is futile.
Centaury: Low ambition for advancement of own self; subservient to another person.

Homeopathic Medicines and Larch

Anacardium orientale: Feelings of inferiority, desire to prove own self; indecision and fear of failure; depressive to the point of suicide; self-absorbed, does not like to be looked at, feels persecuted; moral weakness; gastric ulcer; urticaria and atopic dermatitis.
Baryta carbonica: Low self-esteem, shyness; craving to be accepted by others, puts emphasis on a good appearance; strong apprehension about rejection or failure; irresolution; low stamina in mind and body; skin eruptions, especially at tips of fingers.
Lac caninum: Excitable, many fears such as fear of diseases, of death, of fainting; persistent belief that own self is looked down upon by others, low self-confidence; (visions of snakes); migraines with alternating pain, going from side to side.
Lycopodium clavatum: Dreads undertaking new things, fears failure; yet, craves power, recognition, and achievement; irresolution; low stamina in mind and body; migraines; gastric ulcer; eczema.
Pulsatilla nigricans: Gentle and yielding; low self-confidence, feels forsaken; easily influenced and malleable; migraines; ‘emotional diarrhea’ (from apprehension).
Silica: Yielding and fainthearted; fear of failure in public endeavors, especially fear of public speaking; fixed ideas; shyness; indecision; low stamina in mind and body; migraines; gastric ulcer; ‘emotional diarrhea’ (from apprehension); skin abscesses.
Thuja occidentalis: Feels worthless and inferior, is afraid that the others find out; seeks to be popular, to be accepted by others; fixed ideas; irresolution, hesitancy of personal expression; depressive feeling of being forsaken, of being separate; fatigue; eczema.
Cocculus indicus: Loss of willpower in regard to beginning endeavors and seeing them through; anxious and apprehensive; feels as if had failed or done wrong; tired mind, slow of comprehension; depression; migraines; low stamina; chronic fatigue syndrome, may come on from loss of sleep.
Kali carbonicum: Strong-willed, exercises control over emotions, conforms to rules, yet is plagued by anxieties and low self-confidence; dread and anxiety are felt in the stomach; persistent worry; migraines;  hyperventilation syndrome; gastric ulcer; low stamina.
Naja tripudians: Self-depreciation; feels own self to be a failure, believes mistakes cannot be rectified; knows what is right to do, but feels uncontrollable urge not to do so; resulting low self-esteem; exaggerates problems, dwells on troubles; causation from grief; migraines; listlessness and fatigue.