Flower Essence Descriptions S-Z

(A) Flower Essences from Alaska (B) Flower Essences from UK (C) Flower Essences from California (G) Flower Essences from Gurudas

Sacred Lotus (BL) A powerful essence to open up the Heart to the love of the Universe and the Divine.

Sage (C)(G) For those who need help to experience a graceful maturation process, when life events seem ill fated and undeserved, without higher purpose or meaning. Through Sage, the soul comes more in touch with is own spiritual meaning and purpose and thus acquires profound wisdom to heal and counsel others. Awakens the heart and solar plexus chakras. Helps the digestive system on the assimilation level in the production of enzymes. Aligns the mental and spiritual levels. Allows the spiritual quest deep within an individual, what is to be worked on and finally released so that what is underneath, the deeper message of God on Earth as it relates to all people in harmony, may be revealed. Helps us, instead of being victimized by the events of our life, see their higher purpose and learn their lessons

Sagebrush (C) For people who cling too tightly to exterior belongings, denying themselves the opportunity for true soul evolution. Often the higher Self intervenes by setting up a condition to cleanse the false persona through illness or misfortune. The person will move forward with far greater forces of discrimination and inner freedom. For the release of old and no-longer-needed patterns and values; by restoring one to the essence of one' being it assists in major life transitions.

Saguaro: For those who have problems with authority and want to escape from the confines of the culture or society in which they live and their ancient traditions. It is particularly recommended for rebellious teenagers. It helps to clarify relationships to those in authority and appreciate the wisdom of spiritual elders and ancient traditions.

Saint John's Wort (C) Protects those afraid to experience expanded spiritual and psychic consciousness; helps one experience divine guidance and one' own inner light.

Scarlet Monkey Flower (C) For fear of experiencing and expressing intense emotions, especially anger and a sense of powerlessness; generates the ability to communicate deep truths honestly.

Scleranthus: For those who feel uncertain and can not decide between two possibilities. Scleranthus helps you make choice without a second thought.

Scotch Broom (C) When one feels a sense of hopelessness about the world situation, this restores a sense of optimism and empowerment.

Sea Campion (BL) For separation in early childhood and its consequent insecurity and fears. Stimulates loving, protective energies.

Self Heal (C) Helps arouse the inner motivation to be well, which activates one' ability to heal oneself.

Shasta Daisy (C) Positive quality: Holistic consciousness, able to synthesize and integrate ideas into a living wholeness. Pattern of imbalance: Over intellectualization of reality, especially the tendency to see information as bits or pieces rather than parts of a whole. For those whose knowledge seems fragmented, this helps to integrate diverse ideas or perspectives into an integrated picture.

Shooting Star (G) developing one's connection to inner spiritual guidance; understanding cosmic origins and earthly purpose. For those with a sense of not belonging on the earth; homesickness for a place that cannot be identified; unable to consciously understand why one is here. Strengthens one's connection to inner spiritual guidance; brings a deeper understanding of cosmic origins and earthly purpose.

Single Delight (A)For those suffering from feelings of isolation; helps one link energetically with other members of one's soul family.

Single Snowdrop (BL) For breaking through to new levels of consciousness. Helps to bring insight and support during such times.

Sitka Burnet (A)Healing the past on all levels; helps one identify issues that are contributing to internal conflict; works with an individual to bring forth the full potential for healing that lies within a given process.

Sitka Spruce Pollen (A)Balancing power and gentleness in men and women; supports a balanced partnership with nature.

Skullcap: Good for massage practitioners, healers and their clients. Massaging this into the base of the skull increases the psychic healing ability within each person, attunes healer to client and visa versa. Alleviates general deterioration of the nervous system. Enhances communication between humans and plants and can be used on each.

Snapdragon (C)(G)Helps those whose energy is blocked by jaw tension and harsh speech to relax physically and to speak in emotionally balanced ways.

Soapberry (A) For harmonizing one's power with the power of nature; helps release tension from the heart associated with a fear of nature.

Solomons Seal (BL) For the busy mind. This remedy helps bring quietness and detachment.

Southern Cross (A) For bitterness and resentment, feeling life is unfair. Helps bring awareness to reality that life is what you create by transforming negative attitudes into positive ones.

Speedwell (BL) Increases powers of insight, whilst preventing us from becoming emotionally entangled with what we perceive.

Sphagnum Moss: For those who are overly critical and judgmental of the healing journey; unable to see the positive side of transformational experiences. Helps to release the need for harsh judgment or criticism of our healing journey; enables us to create a space of unconditional acceptance in the heart so that core issues can be brought there for healing.

Spicebrush (G)Increase or decreases neurological activity in different parts of the body. Can be used externally to alleviate pain.

Spiderwort (G)Used to reverse negative attitudes. Helps cynical people become a healthier skeptic and experience their true identity.

Spiraea (A) Overcoming resistance to conscious growth and expansion; unconditional acceptance of support; learning to nurture and be nurtured by life. For those feeling unsupported by life; placing limitations on how support will be allowed into our lives; attachment to the way things are, even if they are not to our liking. Spirea encourages unconditional acceptance of support from all sources; teaches us how to nurture and be nurtured by life through openness and gratitude.

Spotted Orchid (BL) To help us to overcome difficulties and blocks on our path of personal growth.

Spring Squill (BL) For freedom after breakthrough. Helps us to soar like a bird, finding our own true path in limitless space.

Spruce (G) For general disorientation or lack of direction. When the etheric and physical bodies are not properly connected. Stimulates tissue regeneration on the cellular level.

Squash (G) Awakens the root and sacral chakras and aligns the solar plexus and heart chakras. Hormone imbalances are eased and fertility in both sexes is enhanced. Squash is slightly more effective for men. It eases an identity crisis concerning sexuality.

Star of Bethlehem (B) For those who have been through a traumatic experience both during and after, even an experience that have happened when you were a child. Star of Bethlehem neutralizes the effect of trauma.

Star Thistle (G) Positive quality: Generous and inclusive, giving and sharing nature, able to feel an inner sense of abundance. Pattern of imbalance: Actions based on a fear of lack, unable to give freely and openly, unable to trust a higher providence. When one, because of a fear of lack, seeks external security and is ungenerous with others, this restores one' connection with inner abundance.

Star Tulip (C)(G)For those who feel cut off from their spiritual essence, unable to meditate or pray; restores receptivity to one' inner voice and to spiritual realms.

Sticky Geranium (A) Getting unstuck; supports decisive and focused action; helps one move beyond previous stages of growth.

Sticky Monkey Flower (C)For the fear of sexual intimacy, as expressed either in repression or over-activity; generates ability to express love and warmth in a sexual relationship.

Sunflower (A)(C)(G) For those with an unbalanced expression of masculine energy in men or women; weak or dysfunctional relationship to the father, or to one's own identity as a father. Strengthens radiant expression of self; encourages a balanced expression of masculine energy in men and women; promotes a functional relationship with authority. Tempers and spiritualizes the male ego. Lessening the impact of the overbearing male ego awakens the male’s maternal instinct and desire to have children. Cleanses the heart chakra which increases caring and sensitivity in the male and female. Balances the yin and yan energies. Stimulates kundalini and aligns it properly along the spine, so the chakras associated with the spinal column are awakened.

Sweet Chestnut (B) For those who feel intense sorrow and feel almost destroyed by it. You may feel on the point of nervous breakdown. Sweet Chestnut helps us to feel a sense of optimism and peace of mind.

Sweet Flag (G)Enhances the activity of other essences; use in combinations. Can be used for extreme anxiety, stress or fear, especially when confronted with physical passing.

Sweetgale (A) Identify and release deep emotional pain and tension; for healing the core of our emotional interactions with others, especially in male/female relationships.

Sweetgrass (A) For energy blockages in the etheric body; low energy flow during the day; difficulty bringing a healing process to final completion; needing to remove disharmonious energies from the home or work environment. Sweetgrass cleanses and rejuvenates the etheric body; brings lessons and experiences to completion on the etheric level; removes disharmonious energies from our home or work environments.

Sweet Pea (C)(G) Corrects introverted or anti social behavior, creates emotional stability, draws people out of their fantasies. Helps those living in congested areas or amongst families having trouble living together. Helps animals subjected to new environments or exposed to crowded conditions. Aids plants to grow harmoniously with each other.

Tamarck (A) Developing a conscious awareness of one's true essence; self-confidence from a deep understanding of one's abilities.

Tansy (C) For those stuck in laziness or lethargy, gives ability to take decisive action in order to meet one' goals.

Tiger Lily (C) For people who are overly aggressive and competitive in group situations; helps create cooperation, harmony, and mutual support.

Thrift (BL) For helping to open up to psychic sensitivity but keeping the person firmly grounded at the same time. Tiger Lily: Positive quality: Cooperative service with others, ability to be receptive in social situations, inner peace and harmony as a foundation for outer relationships. Pattern of imbalance: Overly aggressive, competitive attitude, excessively "yang", separatist tendencies.

Thyme (G)Amplifies the effects of other essences. Helps one attune to future lives.

Tobacco - For feelings of aggressiveness, aloofness, and a strong tendency to addictions, such as tobacco. The individual has an inability to cope with deep feelings and finer sensibilities. Nicotiana is a remedy to re-connect with the heart, helping it to find true energy and peace. The flower essence of Nicotiana re-installs the true spiritual teaching of the Tobacco plant, which was used in ceremonies by the Native American Indians.

Trillium (C) For being stuck in the greed for possessions and power, helps one to work selflessly for the common good.

Trumpet Vine (C) For difficulties in communication, helps in active projection of self into social situations.

Tuberose (G) Stimulates the crown chakra. Its direct effect is on the nadis; by realigning all the nadis in the chakras for proper distribution of chakra energy.

Tufted Vetch (BL) For sexual difficulties caused by an incorrect sexual self-image - usually due to childhood conditioning.

Tundra Rose (A)Opening to inspiration; letting go of resistance to the experience and expression of joy in daily life. For hopelessness; lack of inspiration and motivation; overwhelmed by the responsibilities one has taken on. Restores hope, courage and inspiration to those who have much to offer but are close to giving up; strengthens the ability to bring a more robust expression of joy and enthusiasm to the fulfillment of one's responsibilities.

Tundra Twayblade (A) Opens the heart to allow unconditional love complete access to areas of the body that are in need of healing; supports the release of trauma held at the deepest levels of one's being.

Twinflower (A) Balance in communication; listening and speaking to others from a place of inner calm and focused neutrality.

Vervain (B) This Essence helps you at times that you get over-enthusiastic, you put too much effort into everything and push yourself beyond your physical limit. Vervain helps you to relax both mentally and physically. Promotes quiet and tranquility.

Vine (B) This Essence helps you when you get too dominating and inflexible. You are most likely in a position where you are the boss, but you use your power to put others down. Vine helps you see the good in others and encourage and guide without controlling them.

Violet (C) For those who are shy, and appear cool and aloof but actually feel fearful and lonely. Allows sharing of yourself with others and remaining true to yourself. For shyness, aloofness, fear of being submerged in groups; allows one to hold sense of self while in group situations.

Walnut (B) This Essence helps you go through changes, such as, moving, change job or through a separation. Walnut helps you go through transitions calmly and remain steadfast in your own path. It's a great protection against negative energy from other people.

Watermelon (G)Stimulates fertility in the female and potency in the male. Overcomes the long term effects of birth control and aids in conception. Helps people to develop a proper attitude before, during, and after conception.

Welsh Poppy (BL) For those who have lost their fire and inspiration and become day-dreamers.

Water Violet (B) This Essence helps those who are private and sedate, they are mostly knowledgeable, calm and capable. The are often lonely, because they keep a distance from others and seem un-reachable.

White Chestnut (B) This Essence helps you when your mind is full of unwanted thoughts and mental arguments. These mental arguments can often keep you from sleeping at night. Worry is replaced by trust in a positive outcome.

White Fireweed (A) Healing deep emotional trauma and shock; helps one release the energetic imprint of painful emotional experiences so that rejuvenation can begin.

White Lotus (BL) For bringing peace and unification to body, spirit, mind and soul.

White Sage: Over-identifying with the illusory parts of oneself, purifying and cleansing the Self to release dysfunctional aspects of one’s personality. In our culture it is difficult to practice emptiness and detachment. As the soul recognizes what is essential it releases what no longer searches its evolution.

White Spruce (A) Unifying all aspects of one's being in present action; balancing the energies of intuition, thought, and emotion in the moment. For information overload; feeling dis-integrated; unable to apply knowledge to life's challenges; difficulty integrating how one feels with how one thinks. Grounds spiritual wisdom into the body; helps us bring logic, intuition and emotion together into unified action in the present moment.

White Violet (A) Opens communication between the higher self and the physical body; helps those who are highly sensitive maintain functional energy boundaries. White Violet: For those uncomfortable in closed spaces and constrained environments; fearful of losing one's identity in a group. Builds trust in the protection of the higher Self and benevolent spiritual forces; helps those who are highly sensitive or acutely aware of their surroundings maintain a strong sense of self regardless of the dynamics of their environment.

Wild Iris (A) Focused release of creativity; for sharing one's inner beauty & creative energy freely with others. Lack of belief in one's own capacity to create; blocking creative expression because of an unwillingness to share it with others; feeling disconnected from the source of one's creativity. Opens awareness of our inherent creative potential; helps us recognize the beautiful expression of Divine creativity that we are; encourages us to share our inner beauty and creative energy freely with others.

Wild Oat (B) For those who feel uncertain as to which direction to take in life, such as, choosing an career. Wild Oat helps you get a clear picture of what to do in life, with positive idea and ambitions, and the ability to decide upon one's true path.

Wild Rhubarb (A) For mental resistance and inflexibility; mind influenced by the ego; communication between the heart and mind blocked or undeveloped.

Wild Rose (B) For those who are resigned to an unpleasant situation, but feel to apathetic to do anything. Wild Rose helps you to regain a lively interest in life and therefore helps you find your purpose in life.

Willow (A)(B) For those who feel bitterness and self-pity. You ask yourself "Why does this happen to me?" "I don't deserve this." Willow helps you regain faith and optimism.

Wood Anemone (BL) For use where there are very old difficulties - genetic or Karmic.

Wood Betony (G) Works primarily in balancing attitudes in the conflict of sexual energy and the desire for higher principals. Insight into whether or not celibacy is the right path. Celibacy should be an abstinent and inner calmness, not an agonizing struggle and suppression of sexual desires. This essence duplicates this inner calm without suppressing the sexual appetite. It helps some over sexed people exert more self control.

Yarrow, Pink (C)(G) - For those who tend to absorb the emotional and psychic energies of people in ones immediate environment and to overidentify with the emotions of close friends or family; creates emotional clarity and boundaries.

Yarrow, Red (G)

Yarrow, White (A)(C)(G) For people who experience extreme vulnerability toward others and to the surrounding environment. Yarrow Flower Essence literally knits together the overly porous aura of such individuals, so that it does not absorb excessively from its environment. A psychic shield for those who are generally overly sensitive to the energies of others, allows compassion without being overwhelmed.

Yellow Dryas (A) Support for those who are exploring the edge of the known; helps one maintain awareness of self and family during dynamic cycles of growth and expansion.

Yellow Star Tulip (C) Assists in sensitivity to feelings of others and awareness of consequences of one' behavior.

Yerba Mate (G) - Increases tissue regeneration of brain cells. Facilitates remapping cell paterns of unused portions of the brain. Increases memory and visualization.

Yerba Santa (G) Constricted feelings, particularly in the chest, internalized grief and melancholy which are caused by repressed emotions. Such a person appears to be wasting away. When feelings of grief and melancholy are constricted, especially in the chest, expands ease in experiencing all feelings.

Zinnia (G) Restores humor by uplifting the person’s outlook on life. Creates this affect by aligning the etheric and emotional bodies. For people who need to laugh. This includes agitated, depressed, or hypersensitive individuals. It gets people in touch with their child-like properties. The heart and sacral chakras are stimulated.For those who take themselves and life too seriously, who tend to work too hard and feel overburdened by their responsibilities. It enables you to step outside yourself and bring a refreshing sense of humor and joy into your life. For those who are over-serious and lack humor; awakens the playful, joyous child within.