Flower Essences for Adolescents
Teenagers respond very well to flower essences. Use four or more drops in a glass of water, four or more times a day. Another powerful way to use them is by adding seven drops of each flower essence to a mister and spraying around their room or the house.
The length of time to use an essence may vary. The general guideline is to use the flower essence for two to three weeks, but you can observe the teen's behavior and use as needed.
It is fine to use up to four or five essences at the same time. For more information about combining flower essences and determining a cycle time, see The Art & Technique of Using Flower Essences.
- Big Root Jatropha
- are having a growth spurt, or are not growing fast enough
- Bouvardia
- avoid direct confrontation of emotional issues
- Bright Star
- unable to say no, or uncomfortable refusing someone something
- Buffalo Gourd
- subject to emotional swings, up and down
- Claret Cup Hedgehog Cactus
- difficulty focusing
- Camphorweed
- scattered and live on adrenaline
- Candy Barrel Cactus
- hold on to anger and resentment
- Cellular Joy Formula
- sports trauma; physical trauma
- Creosote Bush
- withdrawal from others; feeling isolated or that no one understands them
- Devil's Claw
- caving in to peer pressure; changing their opinion or perspective according to the group of people they are with
- Dogbane
- need to rebel but are afraid to
- Dyssodia
- difficulty fully understanding something; difficulty integrating information
- Evening Star
- feel that they have nothing important or special to offer to the world; feeling they are not pretty enough; shyness
- Fishhook Cactus
- fear of speaking and saying what they really want
- Inmortal
- feelings of inadequacy
- Mexican Shell Flower
- holding themselves back from participating with others; shyness; escaping and running away
- Ocotillo and Violet Curls, used together
- erupt in uncontrollably strong emotional reactions
- Purple Mat
- reserved and inhibited and who use manipulation to get what they want
- Saguaro
- give up easily; have difficulty with authority
- Salsify
- feeling awkward with your physical body or your ability to grow and mature
- Scorpion Weed
- afraid of making mistakes or repeating mistakes of the past; fear that their mistakes are unforgivable
- Soaptree Yucca
- succumb to peer pressure; indecisive, allowing other people's desires to overpower their own
- Sow Thistle
- socially inappropriate or obnoxious; too domineering
- Spanish Bayonet Yucca
- afraid in facing a challenge
- Star Primrose
- feel angry or resentful and blame others for it
- Strawberry Cactus
- expect things to go wrong
- Syrian Rue
- tell lies; are accused of telling lies but haven't
- Teddy Bear Cholla Cactus
- frustrated or impatient with their growth; fear of intimacy
- Windflower
- experience energy ups and down
- White Desert Primrose
- overly influences by ideals others have created but that don't fit their own soul purpose
- Woven Spine Pineapple Cactus
- Exhausted
References
For in-depth information about each of the flower essences mentioned above, see The Alchemy of the Desert - Second Edition.
See also the following article by Cynthia Athina Kemp Scherer: