Babies and children respond very well to flower essences. To administer them to a child, use four or more drops in a glass of water, four or more times a day. Another powerful way to use them is by placing a few drops on your hands and touching gently the baby or child.
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 child’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.
For in-depth information about each of the flower essences mentioned above, see The Alchemy of the Desert – Second Edition.
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See also the following article by Cynthia Athina Kemp Scherer:
List of the Flower Essences Mentioned in this Article
- Big Root Jatropha
- having a growth spurt, or are not growing fast enough
- Bougainvillea
- breathe too fast or too shallowly
- Bright Star
- has difficulty saying no
- Buffalo Gourd
- subject to emotional swings
- Candy Barrel Cactus
- hold on to anger and resentment
- Cellular Joy Formula
- fear being touched
- Claret Cup Hedgehog Cactus
- have difficulty focusing
- Clearing & Releasing Formula
- temper tantrums (used together with Violet Curls and Crisis Formula)
- Cow Parsnip
- overly responsible and lacks the ability to play
- Crisis-Desert Emergency Formula
- shock, trauma, or excitement
- Crisis-Desert Emergency Formula
- cry constantly when left with others (use together with Milky Nipple Cactus)
- Crisis-Desert Emergency Formula
- temper tantrums (used together with Violet Curls and Clearing & Releasing Formula)
- Desert Holly
- feel stifled by smothering love
- Desert Holly
- jealous of a new sibling (with Mala Mujer)
- Desert Sumac
- feel lonely and cut off from others
- Evening Star
- shy
- Fairy Duster
- excited, over stimulated and who can’t calm down
- Fishhook Cactus
- who are afraid of speaking up
- Hairy Larkspur
- craves sweets or carbohydrates
- Inmortal
- feel weighted down by shame; harm themselves
- Inmortal
- wet the bed (with Scorpion Weed and Thurber’s Gilia)
- Indian Root
- make things hard for themselves and struggle
- Jojoba
- overly sensitive and delicate
- Mala Mujer
- jealous of a new sibling (with Desert Holly)
- Mexican Shell Flower
- wall themselves off from others
- Milky Nipple Cactus
- weaning, or for those who are fearful and cling to mother; needy of attention or feel neglected; insecure of the love of their parents
- Milky Nipple Cactus
- cry constantly when left with others (with Crisis Formula)
- Mountain Mahogany
- comfortable being at home and reluctant to go to school
- Ocotillo
- erupt in uncontrollably strong emotional reactions
- Palmer Amaranth
- for a baby who refuses to nurse
- Purple Mat
- reserved, inhibited and use manipulation to get what they want
- Sacred Datura
- moving: have difficulty changing home or school
- Saguaro Cactus
- give up easily; disobedient and talk back; insists, “I can’t!”
- Scorpion Weed
- fear: afraid of imaginary monsters; afraid of making mistakes
- Scorpion Weed
- wet the bed (with Inmortal and Thurber’s Gilia)
- Scorpion Weed
- afraid of the dark (with Thurber’s Gillia)
- Sow Thistle
- socially inappropriate or obnoxious
- Soaptree Yucca
- indecisive
- Spanish Bayonet Yucca
- afraid to face a challenge
- Star Evening Primrose
- feel angry or resentful and blame others for it
- Sonoran Rainbow Cactus
- expect things to go wrong
- Syrian Rue
- lying
- Teddy Bear Cholla Cactus
- frustrated or impatient with their growth
- Thurber's Gilia
- fear: paralyzed by their fears
- Thurber's Gilia
- wet the bed (with Inmortal and Scorpion Weed)
- Thurber's Gilia
- afraid of the dark (with Scorpion Weed)
- Violet Curls
- temper tantrums (with Clearing & Releasing Formula and Crisis Formula
- Windflower
- experience energy ups and down
- Woven Spine Pineapple Cactus
- exhausted but cannot sleep