CRABAPPLE — This remedy belongs to the group DESPONDENCY AND DESPAIR, along with OAK, SWEET CHESTNUT, WILLOW, STAR OF BETHLEHEM, ELM AND PINE. There is much perfectionism and self disgust and a need for purification. One sees a tendency to get lost in detail. The person can't grow above the severe mental state. The remedy cleans the blood and the digestive tract. Skin can appear dirty or susceptible to ACNE. There is also CHRONIC LONGLASTING VIRAL STATES and CHRONIC ENVIRONMENTAL POISONING, CHRONIC DIARRHEA, VOMITING, AND NAUSEA WITH EMACIATION, anorexia or bulemia may be present, and obsession with weight. The individual may feel shame and helplessness about repairing this situation. Preoccupation with beauty flaws and self-centered behavior can also be present. This is an ABUSE remedy.

ELM — This individual doesn't feel up to the task, even though they do a good job. Even in great energy, the body needs its rest, in order to rejuvenate. MENOPAUSE is often a time when these symptoms are apparent. This remedy is also of the group DESPONDENCY AND DESPAIR along with PINE, LARCH, WILLOW, SWEET CHESTNUT, and STAR OF BETHLEHEM. There is a tendency toward exhaustion of mind, body and emotions. UNRESOLVED CONFLICTS and LARGE WORKLOADS CAN LEAD TO DISEASE. ( WHITE

CHESTNUT) There is a very strong sense of duty. One can feel anxiety, and intimidation in the face of any task.

GENTIAN — This remedy belongs to the group, THOSE WHO SUFFER UNCERTAINTY, along with SCLERANTHUS, CERATO, GORSE, WILD OAT, HORNBEAM. This personality is the eternal pessimist and is constantly discouraged. This remedy can accelerate physical healing and secure a sense of emotional groundedness. There is also a compul-sive need to question everything.

GORSE — This remedy belongs to the group THOSE WHO SUFFER UNCERTAINTY along with HORNBEAM, WILD OAT, CERATO, GENTIAN and SCLERANTHUS. This state carries a sense of hopelessness of ever being cured. So would be useless in a terminal illness, failed business, or impossible family situation. The individual needs new ideas about himself in order to enter a new phase of recovery from illness.

HEATHER — “THE NEEDY CHILD” Individual can only be concerned with himself and at the cost of others. This child will talk with anyone. There is emotional deprivation in infancy. The person remains in the ego development phase of maturation, and will incessantly desire to discuss themselves. They live on the energy of others (emotional vampire) and can make mountains out of molehills. The personality turns away from the higher self. This remedy belongs to the group LONELINESS along with CHICORY, WATER VIOLET, and IMPATIENS. Individual lonely because he is too focused on himself, therefore losing connection with others. There is a delusion that one deserves sympathy and regard. Hypochondriasis, feigning illness, and getting “stuck in talking.” The common pathology includes OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER, AND NARCISSISTIC OBSESSION WITH ILLNESS.