WHITE CHESTNUT — In this state we can see constant mental chatter, even in bed at night, preventing sleep. These individuals can also suffer from INSOMNIA, FRONTAL HEADACHES, AND GRINDING LOWER JAWS. This constant flow of chatter “blocks the soul's progress.” There is preoccupation and intense worry (OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER, IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME, ULCERS AND INDIGESTION). One sees an inability to stop anxiety and compulsive thinking as with the states resolved by PINE, CHERRY PLUM and CRABAPPLE.

WILD OAT — Shows the inability to decide one's future course of life. There is a lack of motivation and a feeling of indifference as well as a lack of appetite. This remedy is an excellent help for such problems such as HEAD INJURIES, MENTAL DISORDERS, RETARDATION, OBESITY, PEPTIC ULCERS, NON-INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES, AND PHYSICAL ILLNESSES DUE TO LACK OF KNOWLEDGE, or DISINTEREST IN THE BODY. One can experience aimlessness because of a lack of purpose in life, boredom and lack of concentration. Children can lose interest in school and play, like CERATO, HORNBEAM, GORSE, GENTIAN and SCLERANTHUS. These individuals start many things and are good at them but can't decide. It is an excessively self-centered personality. There is a need for depth and

breadth to tap into intuition, and like HOLLY, it is a good opener to a case. One often sees domineering parents in the childhood, so the child was not able to practice making his/her own decisions. This state can also manifest in EATING and SEXUAL DISORDERS.

WILD ROSE — There is a deep sense of HOPELESSNESS. This individual lives in a fixed state of “negative personality.” A deep misunderstanding develops during the first days of life or from earlier existences and initiative is abandoned. There is resignation in regard to inner and outer life. The soul feels deserted and abandoned, as though hungry and there is no one there to attend to its needs. The person is half dead. As in chronic illness or a “stuck” marriage, the person is beyond depression, but instead there is resigned acceptance. These individuals can be boring and tiresome. This remedy can also be used when processing EARLY CHILDHOOD, in psychotherapy. Wild Rose belongs to the group, LACK OF INTEREST IN PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES. One sees a lack of energy as well as a “flat affect”; it can be used in MENTAL ILLNESS, such as SCHIZOPHRENIC STATES, DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS, PSYCHOSIS, and SCHIZOID PERSONALITY where passivity is the major emotional presentation. There is a disinterest in fighting for health and a withdrawal from reality to protect the emotional life. There is no joy in wishes or dreams. The personality becomes chronically entrenched in TERMINAL ILLNESS or DISABILITY.

WILLOW — This remedy is used for PSYCHOSOMATIC ILLNESS as is the remedy HOLLY, and belongs to the group, DESPAIR AND DESPONDENCY along with PINE, OAK, ELM, SWEET CHESTNUT, LARCH, CRAB APPLE and STAR OF BETHLEHEM. This individual shows resentment and bitterness, as well as PHYSICAL (continued)