Flower Essences ~ Rescue Remedy (Part II)
© T. Darlene Cheek
CHERRY PLUM
Cherry Plum is made using the boiling method. Its proper name is Prunus cerasus, and it is a small tree that is often used as a hedgerow. In early spring, it begins to bloom with pale pink flowers, and it is a fruit bearing tree. When making the remedy, however, just the twigs and flowers are used.
Cherry plum is for those of us who have a fear of losing control, of letting go. It gives us the strength to release the fear and get back in touch with our emotions, and it is useful to the extreme extent of hysteria, making it an excellent addition to Rescue Remedy.
People who may need cherry plum as an individual remedy may have suicidal thoughts, be compulsive or destructive, and they are often going through an extreme amount of mental pain and/or stress. Cherry plum is also useful for children who have uncontrolled temper tantrums and unexplainable fears.
CLEMATIS
Clematis vitalba is a wild, rambling perennial that can often be found climbing the roadside hedge. It might also be known to you as "traveler's joy" or "old man's beard." This plant is poisonous, and care must be taken to prepare this remedy using the sun method.
Clematis is an excellent remedy for the escapist who is always in a dreamland of their own. Although it is wonderful to live in the mind or spirit, we must come down to earth every once in a while. In rescue remedy, its primary purpose is to bring back our will to live and to restore our interest in our present life.
As an individual remedy, clematis is for the person who is "airy" or impractical. This person might lack vitality and ambition, and may be recognized by their need for an excessive amount of sleep. Clematis is very grounding and can bring back our interest in the things around us and help us to focus. It will also aid the person who is so fatigued that they sometimes forget to eat, as well as helping children who daydream as an escape. This is an excellent remedy for the absent minded professor!
ROCK ROSE
Rock rose, also known as Helianthemum nummularium, is a yellow flowered plant that creeps along close to the ground and loves a nice dry, sunny, rocky spot. It can be grown in chalky or rocky soils, but the flowers that are grown strictly in a cultivated rock garden are unsuitable for flower remedies. This flower essence remedy is made using the sun method.
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