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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.

More about Heather

The 38 Bach Flower Remedies

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