CHESTNUT BUD — In this state there is a failure to learn from the past. One cannot coordinate inner thought with outer reality. It produces MIGRAINES AND ULCERS because the person keeps entering into the same arguments with the same types of personalities and never sees that the same conflicts keep arising. Distancing oneself from the conflict long enough to look at it is usually helpful enough to change it. The remedy is good for young children to enhance learning capacity. The remedy belongs to the group INSUFFICIENT INTEREST IN PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES, along with CLEMATIS, HONEYSUCKLE, WILD ROSE, WHITE CHESTNUT, AND OLIVE. It can be used in situations of HYPERACTIVITY, ADD, IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR, ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR, and RECKLESSNESS. One may put oneself and others in physical danger because of a lack of regard for physical needs. The remedy coaxes the mind into restful consciousness. One experiences absentmindedness and inability to focus on learning factual material and understanding moral issues. The person lacks depth and integrity and is not readily socialized or interested in rules. Unreasonable behavior, instability, and defiance abound in this personality.

CHICORY — This remedy belongs to the group OVERCARE FOR OTHERS' WELFARE along with ROCK WATER, VERVAIN, VINE and shows imbalance in caring for and controlling others.

There is an unspoken need to be loved like SCLERANTHUS but can pout and look hurt. ANOREXIA, BULEMIA, OVEREATING can be used unconsciously to draw attention to oneself. You can also see BRONCHIAL ASTHMA with difficulty expiring, chronic CONSTIPATION, RHEUMATISM, RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, OVERLY CONTROLLING, SERVICE ORIENTED, HYPOCHONDRIACAL, and CHRONIC PAIN DISORDERS in this particular state. The care given by these individuals is often forceful, or too much oriented in what they need or in not being appreciated. They have fairly rigid ideas in how to work with others and feel they have the right to force their opinions on others, and are possessive of goods. Such individuals can feign illness for attention like HEATHER AND CHESTNUT BUD. The eating disorders are like CRAB APPLE and MUSTARD. These individuals may also reject attention and further alienate others. They can be argumentative, possessive and selfish. Also narcissistic and lacking selfless love and the ability to nurture. HYSTERIA These children and adults can sap all your energy. Yet they are charming to strangers. They cannot give love in this needy state.

CLEMATIS — This remedy belongs to the group NOT SUFFICIENT INTEREST IN PRESENT REALITY, along with WILD ROSE, HONEY-SUCKLE, OLIVE, MUSTARD, WHITE CHESTNUT and CHESTNUT BUD. These individuals do not easily attach to present reality. They can be daydreamers and can develop VISION AND HEARING PROBLEMS, COLD HANDS AND FEET. They can go into SHOCK easily. The body may seem uninhabited (out of body). DAYDREAM IN CLASS, which is interrupted by spurts of interest. These individuals can be PASSIVE, just waiting for changes, and clematis brings them back to reality. This personality type is found often in film, journalism, theater, wherever emotion distracts from present reality. INFERTILITY can also be a common symptom of this state.