AgrimonyThe jovial, cheerful, humorous people who love peace and are distressed by argument or quarrel, to avoid which they will agree to give up much. Though generally they have troubles and are tormented and restless and worried in mind or in body, they hide their cares behind their humour and jesting and are considered very good friends to know. They often take alcohol or drugs in excess, to stimulate themselves and help themselves bear their trials with cheerfulness.Negative emotion : Worry hidden by a carefree mask. Apparently jovial but suffering.Positive outcome : Accept to see one’s difficulties. Steadfast peace.

AspenVague unknown fears, for which there can be given no explanation, no reason. Yet the patient may be terrified of something terrible going to happen, he knows not what. These vague unexplainable fears may haunt by night or day. Sufferers often are afraid to tell their trouble to others.Negative emotions : Fears and worries of unknown origin. Haunting apprehension.Positive outcome : Trusting the unknown. Inner calm. Serenity.

BeechFor those who feel the need to see more good and beauty in all that surrounds them. And, although much appears to be wrong, to have the ability to see the good growing within. So as to be able to be more tolerant, lenient and understanding of the different way each individual and all things are working to their own final perfection.Negative emotions : Intolerance, critical, lack of compassion, fussy.Positive outcome : See more good in the world. Accept others faults. Tolerence.

CentauryKind, quiet, gentle people who are over-anxious to serve others. They overtax their strength in their endeavours. Their wish so grows upon them that they become more servants than willing helpers. Their good nature leads them to do more than their own share of work, and in so doing they may neglect their own particular mission in life.Negative emotions : Kind, quiet, gentle, anxious to serve. Cannot say no. Dominated.Positive outcome : Know how to set your limits. Listen to your own needs.

CeratoThose who have not sufficient confidence in themselves to make their own decisions. They constantly seek advice from others, and are often misguided.Negatives emotion : Seeking advice. No trust in one’s own intuition and judgement.Positive outcome : Confidently seek individuality.

Cherry PlumFear 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.Negative emotions : Fear of losing control, of doing dreadful things.Positive outcome : Calmness and sanity.

Chestnut BudFor those who do not take full advantage of observation and experience, and who take a longer time than others to learn the lessons of daily life. Whereas one experience would be enough for some, such people find it necessary to have more, sometimes several, before the lesson is learnt. Therefore, to their regret, they find themselves having to make the same error on different occasions when once would have been enough, or observation of others could have spared them even that one fault.Negative emotions : Keep repeating the same mistakes ; failing to learn from life.Positive outcome :Learning from experience.

ChicoryThose who are very mindful of the needs of others; they tend to be over-full of care for children, relatives, friends, always finding something that should be put right. They are continually correcting what they consider wrong, and enjoy doing so. They desire that those for whom they care should be near them.Negative emotions : Manipulation and control of loved ones. Demanding and possessive.Positive outcome : Love and care given freely to others.

ClematisThose 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 cases may even look forward to death, in the hope of better times; or maybe, meeting again some beloved one whom they have lost.Negative emotions :Tendency to live in a dream world. Drowsy. Absent-minded.Positive outcome : Brings down to earth.

Crab AppleThis is the remedy of cleansing. For those who feel as if they had something not quite clean about themselves. Often it is something of apparently little importance: in others there may be more serious disease which is almost disregarded compared to the one thing on which they concentrate. In both types they are anxious to be free from the one particular thing which is greatest in their minds and which seems so essential to them that it should be cured. They become despondent if treatment fails. Being a cleanser, this remedy purifies wounds if the patient has reason to believe that some poison has entered which must be drawn out.Negative emotions : Feeling unclean, self-disgust. Small things out of proportion.Positive outcome : More positive self-image. The cleansing remedy.

ElmThose who are doing good work, are following the calling of their life and who hope to do something of importance, and this often for the benefit of humanity. At times there may be periods of depression when they feel that the task they have undertaken is too difficult, and not within the power of a human being.Negative emotions : For capable people who falter, who are temporarily overwhelmed.Positive outcome : Helps find the strength to carry on. New-found self confidence.

GentianThose who are easily discouraged. They may be progressing well in illness, or in the affairs of their daily life, but any small delay or hindrance to progress causes doubt and soon disheartens them.Negative emotions : easily discouraged when faced with setbacks. Despondency. Doubt.Positive outcome : Perseverance.

GorseVery great hopelessness, they have given up belief that more can be done for them. Under persuasion or to please others they may try different treatments, at the same time assuring those around that there is so little hope of relief.Negative emotions : Feeling of extreme hopelessness and despair. Pointless to try.Positive outcome : Sunshine of renewed hope.

HeatherThose who are always seeking the companionship of anyone who may be available, as they find it necessary to discuss their own affairs with others, no matter whom it may be. They are very unhappy if they have to be alone for any length of time.Negative emotions : Overly concerned with self. Longing for company. Talkative.Positive outcome : Tranquillity and kinship with life. Able to listen to others.

HollyFor those who sometimes are attacked by thoughts of such kind as jealousy, envy, revenge, suspicion. For the different forms of vexation. Within themselves they may suffer much, often when there is no real cause for their unhappiness.Negative emotions : Jealousy, envy, revenge, anger, suspicion.Positive outcome : Love and opening of the heart. Generosity.

HoneysuckleThose who live much in the past, perhaps a time of great happiness, or memories of a lost friend, or ambitions which have not come true. They do not expect further happiness such as they have had.Negative emotions : For over-attachment to past memories, good or bad. Homesickness.Positive outcome : Integrate the past. Live fully in the present.

HornbeamFor those who feel that they have not sufficient strength, mentally or physically, to carry the burden of life placed upon them; the affairs of every day seem too much for them to accomplish, though they generally succeed in fulfilling their task. For those who believe that some part, of mind or body, needs to be strengthened before they can easily fulfil their work.Negative emotions : Mental weariness, a sense of staleness and lack of variety in life.Positive outcome : Motivation. The ‘starter’ flower. See life from a fresh angle.

ImpatiensThose 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 endeavour 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.Negative emotions : For those easily irritated and impatient. Tenseness.Positive outcome : Tolerance and acceptance of other’s rhythms. Gentleness.

LarchFor those who do not consider themselves as good or capable as those around them, who expect failure, who feel that they will never be a success, and so do not venture or make a strong enough attempt to succeed.Negative emotions : Expect failure, lack of confidence and will to succeed.Positive outcome : Self-confidence. Will try anything.

MimulusFear of worldly things, illness, pain, accidents, poverty, of dark, of being alone, of misfortune. The fears of everyday life. These people quietly and secretly bear their dread, they do not freely speak of it to others. Negative emotions : Fear of known things – heights, animals, pain …. shy, nervous people.Positive outcome : Bravery, confidence and the strength to face one’s fears.

MustardThose who are liable to times of gloom, or even despair, as though a cold dark cloud overshadowed them and hid the light and the joy of life. It may not be possible to give any reason or explanation for such attacks. Under these conditions it is almost impossible to appear happy or cheerful.Negative emotions : Depression, deep gloom for no specific reason.Positive outcome : Live fully in the present, ‘joie de vivre’.

OakFor those who are struggling and fighting strongly to get well, or in connection with the affairs of their daily life. They will go on trying one thing after another, though their case may seem hopeless. They will fight on. They are discontented with themselves if illness interferes with their duties or helping others. They are brave people, fighting against great difficulties, without loss of hope or effort.Negative emotions : For those who are exhausted but keep struggling on.Positive outcome : Renewed inner strength. Admitting one’s limitations. Letting go.

OliveThose who have suffered much mentally or physically and are so exhausted and weary that they feel they have no more strength to make any effort. Daily life is hard work for them, without pleasure.Negative emotions : For those who are exhausted with no reserves of strength or energy.Positive outcome : Rested and supported.

PineFor those who blame themselves. Even when successful they think that they could have done better, and are never content with their efforts or the results. They are hard-working and suffer much from the faults they attach to themselves. Sometimes if there is any mistake it is due to another, but they will claim responsibility even for that.Negative emotions : Self-criticism, self-reproach, assuming blame, apologetic.Positive outcome : Relieves a sense of guilt.

Red ChestnutFor those who find it difficult not to be anxious for other people. Often they have ceased to worry about themselves, but for those of whom they are fond they may suffer much, frequently anticipating that some unfortunate thing may happen to them.Negative emotions : For those over-concerned and worried for others. Anticipating misfortune.Positive outcome : Trusting in others and in life itself.

Rock RoseThe 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.Negative emotions : Feeling alarmed, intensely scared, panic.Positive outcome : The courage to face an emergency.

Rock WaterThose who are very strict in their way of living; they deny themselves many of the joys and pleasures of life because they consider it might interfere with their work. They are hard masters to themselves. They wish to be well and strong and active, and will do anything which they believe will keep them so. They hope to be examples which will appeal to others who may then follow their ideas and be better as a result.Negative emotion : Self-denial, mental rigidity, purist. Little pleasure in life.Positive outcome : Broader outlook on life, understanding. Finding life pleasureable.

ScleranthusThose who suffer much from being unable to decide between two things, first one seeming right then the other. They are usually quiet people, and bear their difficulty alone, as they are not inclined to discuss it with others.Negative emotions : Cannot decide between two choices, indecision, alternating.Positive outcome : Able to make choices. Balance.

Star of BethlehemFor 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.Negative emotions : for consolation and comfort in grief, after a fright or trauma.Positive outcome : Consolation and inner peace.

Sweet ChestnutFor those moments which happen to some people when the anguish is so great as to seem to be unbearable. When the mind or body feels as if it had borne to the uttermost limit of its endurance, and that now it must give way. When it seems there is nothing but destruction and annihilation left to face.Negative emotions : Extreme mental anguish, hopeless despair, intense sorrow.Positive outcome : Gives strength to find a positive outcome to one’s difficulties. Renewed energy.

VervainThose with fixed principles and ideas, which they are confident are right, and which they very rarely change. They have a great wish to convert all around them to their own views of life. They are strong of will and have much courage when they are convinced of those things that they wish to teach. In illness they struggle on long after many would have given up their duties.Negative emotions : For those who are insistent, wilful, fervent, over-enthusiastic, stressed.Positive outcome : Enthusiasm moderated. Ability to listen to others view points.

VineVery capable people, certain of their own ability, confident of success. Being so assured, they think that it would be for the benefit of others if they could be persuaded to do things as they themselves do, or as they are certain is right. Even in illness they will direct their attendants. They may be of great value in emergency.Negative emotions : For those who dominate others. Capable but bullying and tyrannical .Positive outcome : Loving leader and teacher. Appreciative of others talents.

WalnutFor those who have definite ideals and ambitions in life and are fulfilling them, but on rare occasions are tempted to be led away from their own ideas, aims and work by the enthusiasm, convictions or strong opinions of others. The remedy gives constancy and protection from outside influences.Negative emotions : Difficulties adapting to change. Influenced by others.Positive outcome : Serenity in the face of change. Protection form outside influences.

Water VioletFor those who in health or illness like to be alone. Very quiet people, who move about without noise, speak little, and then gently. Very independent, capable and self-reliant. Almost free of the opinions of others. They are aloof, leave people alone and go their own way. Often clever and talented. Their peace and calmness is a blessing to those around them.Negative emotions : For those who are withdrawn, aloof, proud, self-reliant resulting in loneliness.Positive outcome : Opening up to others. Spontaneous.

White ChestnutFor those who cannot prevent thoughts, ideas, arguments which they do not desire from entering their minds. Usually at such times when the interest of the moment is not strong enough to keep the mind full. Thoughts which worry and will remain, or if for a time thrown out, will return. They seem to circle round and round and cause mental torture. The presence of such unpleasant thoughts drives out peace and interferes with being able to think only of the work or pleasure of the day.Negative emotions : Unresolved, circling thoughts. Rumination.Positive outcome : A calm, clear mind.

Wild OatThose who have ambitions to do something of prominence in life, who wish to have much experience, and to enjoy all that which is possible for them, to take life to the full. Their difficulty is to determine what occupation to follow; as although their ambitions are strong, they have no calling which appeals to them above all others. This may cause delay and dissatisfaction. Negative emotions : Inability to find one’s path in life. Unfulfilled and drifting.Positive outcome : Becoming purposeful and determined.

Wild RoseThose who without apparently sufficient reason become resigned to all that happens, and just glide through life, take it as it is, without any effort to improve things and find some joy. They have surrendered to the struggle of life without complaint.Negative emotions : Apathy and resignation.Positive outcome : Ability to live a full life. Spirit of joy and adventure.

WillowFor those who have suffered adversity or misfortune and find these difficult to accept, without complaint or resentment, as they judge life much by the success which it brings. They feel that they have not deserved so great a trial, that it was unjust, and they become embittered. They often take less interest and less activity in those things of life which they had previously enjoyed.Negative emotions : Dissatisfied, resentful and bitter. Life is unfair.Positive outcome : Take on full responsibility for one’s life. See the good side of life.