Despondency or despair

Crab Apple

This is the cleansing essence.  Helps when you feel that there is something not quite clean about yourself, contaminated, often minor ailment that assumes great importance in the mind of the sufferer causing despondency and self disgust.  Applicable to the physical or psychological condition, where ever there is something repellant to the self, the remedy restores a sense of proportion.   Symptoms may include the need to wash hands often, find things dirty without any reason, skin ailments, poison in body, or a wound, unwholesome habits, smelly feet, dislike of physical contact eg: breastfeeding etc.  Potential following transformation: Generous little things will not upset composure.  One sees things in their proper perspective.  A sense for  the overall picture.  Recognises unresolved issues and is able to transform them.

Elm

For those who are very capable and often carry great responsibility but occasionally feel unable to face the magnitude of their tasks.  Thus they are sometimes overwhelmed, falter momentarily, lose confidence.  It is as if they have temporarily lost their connection and this causes great discomfort and distress.  Potential following transformation: Inherent Altruism, Follows inner calling, Above average gifts, great potential.  Natural leader, positive.  Great sense of responsibility.  Self assured, confident, responsive, reliable, unshakeable conviction that help will always come at the right moment.  Ready to attempt the impossible if it is a matter of overcoming difficulties relating to the whole.  Able to see problems in their proper perspective.

Larch

For those who lack confidence in themselves, they expect failure and feel they will never succeed and so do not try hard enough, they are hesitant and procrastinate, succumb easily and feel inferior.  Their sense of failure makes them despondent though in fact they are perfectly capable if they could persevere.  Symptoms may include general depression and is often associated with impotence.  Potential following transformation: Is realistic in tackling things.  Perseveres even when there are setbacks.  Able to asses situations objectively.

Oak

Strong, reliable, patient, responsible people who shoulder great burdens without complaint.  They are plodders who persevere inspite of setbacks, never giving up hope.  Their unceasing efforts and obstinacy may lead to exhaustion and owing to their willingness to take on more than they can manage and then keep going through all the difficulties they can eventually come to a point of breakdown.  Ill health causes dissatisfaction and despondency since it brings limitation.  For those who never stop trying however hopeless their situation.  Potential following transformation: Endurance, reliability, steadfastness, strength, commonsense.  Able to stand great stress exceedingly well.  Overcome all lifes vicissitudes with courage and persistence.  

Pine

Helps when you feel guilt and self-reproach, often for other people’s mistakes or just anything that goes wrong. Self blame and self condemnation, often assuming responsibility for a situation that is not your fault.  They are discontented and critical of themselves, over-conscientious, apologetic and over-humble.  The constant effort they make to improve themselves may lead to tiredness and depression.  Helps to alleviate any feelings of guilt. Potential following transformation: Admits own faults, accepting them, but does not cling to them.  Feels genuine regret rather than guilt, able to forgive oneself and forget.  Deep understanding of human nature particularly human feelings.  Shares the burdens of others but only if this is meaningful.  Great patience, humility, simplicity of heart.

Star of Bethlehem 

for shock, grief, distress, for those who need consolation and comfort, for bad news, an accident, a fright, a narrow escape, for delayed shock, to neutralise the effects of any shock past or present, even the shock birth.  Potential following transformation: Inner vitality, clear mind and inner strength.  Able to adapt nervous system well to energy changes.  Faculty for quick recovery.

Sweet Chestnut 

Helps you during moments when the anguish is too great and seems to be unbearable. Your mind or body feels as if it has tolerated the uttermost limit of its endurance. It feels as there is nothing but destruction and annihilation left to face. Utter desolation, unable even to pray, the ‘dark night of the soul’.   Potential following transformation: Experience of nothingness on the threshold to new horizons.  Was lost and has found oneself again.  Phoenix rising from the ashes.  Has recognised that a crucial change is possible, the inner journey has started.  Able to believe again, personal experiences of the spirit.

Willow 

for those who suffer any small adversity with bitterness and resentment, they blame others and feel hard done by, they are self centred, self pitying, self justifying, feel wronged, sulk and bear grudges,  will feel slighted and constantly dissatisfied, lack of humour.  Symptoms may include constant frowning, grumbling, gloom and feeling of negativity, a difficult patient since nothing pleases and reluctance to admit improvement.   Potential following transformation: Basically positive attitude, taking full responsibility for ones own fate.  Has recognised and accepted the connection between ones thoughts and external events.  Instead of victim, becomes master of ones fate.  Knows that there is a law called ‘ As within, so without’ and therefore one may attract positive or negative events, consciously makes use of this principle.