LARCH — This individual suffers with poor self confidence, with good ability. Therefore, they experience fear of failure and the personality doesn’t unfold but impoverishes. The personality is logical and self limiting and not robust enough to fight off negative feelings. It works well for ALCOHOLICS who do not feel as good as others. Larch is also excellent in treating IMPOTENCY. The person is too focused on the inside instead of tasks in the environment like CERATO and MIMULUS. There is worry and insufficient empowerment to meet life's challenges. Also, one can see alienation from others and may present depression but is alack of joy or courage.

MIMULUS — This remedy is for THOSE WHO HAVE FEAR along with ROCK ROSE, CHERRY PLUM, ASPEN, AND RED CHESTNUT. There are great archetypal fears on the physical plane, like a hummingbird caught in a colony of rooks. They are based on the harshness of this world and life in this body. Excellent for people of a delicate nature. There is a lack of confidence and courage and fears of enclosed spaces, such as elevators and cancer. They are shy and nervous and worse after any kind of surgery, crowds and exams. Fear of knowledge. These are fears of a concrete origin with lowered vitality with hypochondriacal obsessions from a minor symptom. The state includes CHRONIC DIARRHEA, HIVES, DUODENAL ULCERS, ATOPIC DERMATITIS, PHOBIAS, AND

PASSIVE DEPENDENT PERSONALITY. The dreaded personality, event, or thing is seen as a hurdle to be avoided. The individual is shy and tries to hide that fact from others and is hypersensitive to the environment.

MUSTARD — This remedy is used for deep depression with no known cause. It belongs with HONEYSUCKLE, CLEMATIS, OLIVE, WILD ROSE, WHITE CHESTNUT, AND CHESTNUT BUD in the group, LACK OF INTEREST IN THE PRESENT MOMENT. Gloom, lethargy and CHRONIC FATIGUE and disturbances of APPETITE and these symptoms are shared with CHICORY and CRABAPPLE. Therefore, one can see weight gain or loss and constipation. Dread of darkness (climate affective disorder) and a disinclination to recreation and health supportive interests is common in this state. This remedy can be useful in HEAD INJURY where nerve damage and /or misallignment of the skull are present, and can be responsible for lowering of conscious-ness and the ability to receive the amount of light that is necessary for the brain to function properly. There is the emotional sensation of a dark cloud hanging over everything. The individual may appear very absent minded, and tasks as well as interactions with others give them no joy. Mustard can also be used for AUTISM and RETARDATION in order to replace existential gloom with joy (HORNBEAM and WILD OAT). Weeping, moroseness, loneliness, and ill tempered nature are usually present.

OAK — This remedy describes the “soldier and sufferer.” There is a stoic perseverance in the face of hardship. Mental, physical and spiritual exhaustion are present. Oak belongs to the group DESPONDENCE AND DESPAIR along with WILLOW AND CRABAPPLE, LARCH, STAR OF BETHLEHEM, SWEET (continued)