Bach Flower Remedies
Heather
Calluna vulgaris
There is only one Calluna vulgaris although a few other plants grow in the same situation and need to be
recognized as different. Calluna vulgaris is a woody evergreen with very small,
narrow leaves in dense opposite rows along the stems. The pink
and purple flowers are small and four-petalled.
Flowering Period
Heather flowers in August and September, at the end of the summer.
Preparation
Heather is prepared by the sun method. With this remedy only, Bach said originally that it could be prepared
after midday. The flowering stems are taken in full bloom, without
too many buds and without any dying flowers or those that have
gone to seed. The sprigs are floated on to the water bowl. Collect
from many different plants from around the mass of the heather patch. Garden varieties should not be used.
Uses
Self-absorption.
The Heather type of person is one who needs company and someone
to talk to. However, the conversation is one-sided because people who
would benefit from the Heather remedy do not listen to what other
people have to say, nor are they particularly interested. They are preoccupied with their own problems, families and lives. On the positive
side, Heather people are very sociable and never stuck for something to
say; but encountering a negative Heather type is an exhausting and
suffocating experience. They talk at you and not to you.
If the Heather person is not interested in what you have to say,
however, there is still one thing that he does want from you. Heather
people cannot handle loneliness and must have an audience, so they
want to keep you with them at all costs. And again your needs do not
count. Sometimes you might have plenty of time to give and no other
pressing engagements, but the Heather person is just as likely to corner
you in a busy supermarket, at the front door, in the street, over the
garden fence, at the doctor's surgery; or at any other moment when you
have something else you have to attend to. It simply wouldn't occur to
the Heather person that you might have something better to do. And
this is why people tend to avoid Heather folk. Their tragedy is that by
their behavior they bring about the very thing they are desperate to avoid: loneliness.
Heather animals are also over concerned with companionship. They
may constantly bark or whimper or grunt to ensure that you aware of
their presence; they may make noises when you have a visitor, or may
get overexcited when someone calls at the house, presenting the caller
with toys etc., or by using some other method to get attention. When a
Heather animal is left alone it will whine incessantly and watch and
wait, hour upon hour, for your return. Sometimes it can be difficult to
distinguish between the need to use Chicory or Heather because there
is an element of selfishness in both remedy types, but with Heather
there is no pride or cunning as would be the case with the Chicory type.
Heather motivation is innocent and clear, driven only by the desire for
company. Furthermore the source of attention is less important for
Heather animals: they will take attention from any casual visitor and
even hang around people who obviously do not want them there;
Chicory animals will prefer the people they are close to, and will stalk
off full of resentment and wounded pride if they are snubbed.
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