| Shadow tendency | Wholeness |
|---|---|
| Inexplicable | Ability to enter more subtle planes of consciousness |
| Vague fears | Gain insight into esoteric and religious lines of thoughts |
| Apprehensions | Access to higher spiritual spheres |
| Secret fear of some impending evil | Courageous |
| Groundless fear, day and night | Fearlessness |
| Sudden anxiety attacks when alone or among people | The power of love stands behind and overcomes all things |
| Creepy sensation of fear, as if bewitched | Realises we are beyond pain, suffering, care, worry, fear and become participants of true joy |
| Self-deception | Desire for adventure |
| Imagination running amok | Disregard for difficulty or danger |
| Delusions | Inner peace |
| Fearful fascination with occult phenomena, superstitious | Light, calm atmosphere |
| Fear of persecution | |
| Fear of an invisible force or power | |
| Nightmares | |
| Wakes in fear and panic | |
| Dares not go back to sleep when awoken from nightmares | |
| Afraid of thoughts and dreams on religious subjects, darkness and death | |
| Dares not discuss fear with anyone else | |
| Symptoms may include headaches, eyestrain, haunted look, sweating, trembling, gooseflesh, sudden faintness, sleep walking/talking, tired and nervy. | |
| Terrible foreboding | |
| Shaky feeling | |
| Apprehension | |
| Unknown fears | |
| Can be used on the verge of hysteria or panic attacks |
Origin and Specification of the Plant
Binomial Name: Populus tremula
Kingdom: Plantae
Family: Salicacaeae
Genus: Populus
Species: P.tremula
Origin: Europe and Asia
Shade: Yellow when ripe
Other names: Aspen, Common Aspen, Eurasian Aspen, Quaking Aspen, Aps, Asp, Haps tree, Trembling tree
Elements/Chemicals contained by the plant: Populin
Foliage: Deciduous
Height: 25m
Description: covered with lichen, which gives the trunk a black appearance, and the bark is grey and often pitted with diamond-shaped pores, called lenticels. The uppermost branches are sometimes bent over horizontally. Twigs are dark brown, slender and shiny.
Flowering season: Spring
Qualities and preferences: Grow in moist but well-drained, humus-rich, fertile soils
Areas of Growth: Damp woodland
Kingdom: Plantae
Family: Salicacaeae
Genus: Populus
Species: P.tremula
Origin: Europe and Asia
Shade: Yellow when ripe
Other names: Aspen, Common Aspen, Eurasian Aspen, Quaking Aspen, Aps, Asp, Haps tree, Trembling tree
Elements/Chemicals contained by the plant: Populin
Foliage: Deciduous
Height: 25m
Description: covered with lichen, which gives the trunk a black appearance, and the bark is grey and often pitted with diamond-shaped pores, called lenticels. The uppermost branches are sometimes bent over horizontally. Twigs are dark brown, slender and shiny.
Flowering season: Spring
Qualities and preferences: Grow in moist but well-drained, humus-rich, fertile soils
Areas of Growth: Damp woodland
Aspen bark is sometimes yellow-green due to the presence of chlorophyll the magnesium containing pigment which harvests the energy the energy necessary for photosynthesis. Photosynthesis occurs in the inner bark and varies seasonally. It is most important during periods when there are no leaves.
Aspen is a very efficient photosynthesiser and the trembling may prevent too much sunlight reaching the leaves where it could inhibit photosynthesis. Alternatively, it may maximise the supply of carbon and so allow photosynthesis to occur.
Aspen typically grows in damp conditions and the fluttering leaves may cause excess moisture to be evaporated. At the bottom of each leaf blade there are tow small blade cups containing resin and these catch and absorb water, help maintaining water balance.
Specification of remedy
Group: Second nineteen
Emotional Group: Fear
Emotional Response: Unreasoning fears
Method of extraction: Boiling
Emotional Group: Fear
Emotional Response: Unreasoning fears
Method of extraction: Boiling
Dr Bach first prepared the Aspen remedy close to Wallingford during the year 1935. Aspen is related to soul potentials of fearlessness, overcoming and resurrection. We take Aspen when we
feel apprehensive and uneasy-even terrified-without being able to give any definite reson for the feeling.
Comparison between other flowers
Mimulus:
Aspen remedy is utilised when someone experienced fear or anxiety but for no clear known reason. For example, when you feel scared walking on the streets and experience an eerie atmosphere despite the fact, the area around you is deserted. One the other hand, Mimulus remedy is used to overcome a known fear or phobia.
Rock Rose: Both Rock rose and Aspen can be used for extreme-fear and near panic-attack but the Aspen remedy is normally used for the fear of unknown things while Rock rose is normally utilised when a person experiences extreme panic and fear due to trauma or other reasons.
Aspen remedy is utilised when someone experienced fear or anxiety but for no clear known reason. For example, when you feel scared walking on the streets and experience an eerie atmosphere despite the fact, the area around you is deserted. One the other hand, Mimulus remedy is used to overcome a known fear or phobia.
Rock Rose: Both Rock rose and Aspen can be used for extreme-fear and near panic-attack but the Aspen remedy is normally used for the fear of unknown things while Rock rose is normally utilised when a person experiences extreme panic and fear due to trauma or other reasons.
The images below show the Aspen tree during the spring season with its bright green leaves. When looking closely at the bark it looks a bit weak and is very flaky. This represents the shadow tendency of the remedy when an Aspen person is scared and weak, unwilling to overcome their unknown fears.
The top two images show the Aspen tree during the Autumn season, which is when its leaves turn yellow due to the lack of its chlorophyll and photosynthesis caused by the weather and lack of sunshine. The bottom 2 pictures shows the flower of the Aspen tree in a zoomed-in aspect.