Teenagers respond very well to flower essences. Use four or more drops in a glass of water, four or more times a day. Another powerful way to use them is by adding seven drops of each flower essence to a mister and spraying around their room or the house.
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 teen’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 below, see The Alchemy of the Desert – Fourth Edition.
List of the Flower Essences Mentioned in this Article
- Arizona White Oak
- avoid responsibility, afraid of being adult (together with Canyon Grapevine); afraid to learn to drive (together with Purple Aster)
- Big Root Jatropha
- are having a growth spurt, or are not growing fast enough
- Bouvardia
- avoid direct confrontation of emotional issues
- Bright Star
- unable to say no, or uncomfortable refusing someone something
- Buffalo Gourd
- subject to emotional swings, up and down
- Candy Barrel Cactus
- hold on to anger and resentment; angry and frustrated at harder academics and making mistakes on tests (together with Purple Aster and Canyon Grapevine)
- Canyon Grapevine
- lacks autonomy, too dependent on others to tell them what to do; wanting to remain little, fear of being independent (together with Milky Nipple Cactus); angry and frustrated at harder academics and making mistakes on tests (together with Purple Aster and Candy Barrel Cactus); avoid responsibility, afraid of being adult (together with Arizona White Oak)
- Camphorweed
- scattered and live on adrenaline
- Cellular Joy Formula
- sports trauma; physical trauma
- Claret Cup Hedgehog Cactus
- difficulty focusing
- Creosote Bush
- withdrawal from others; feeling isolated or that no one understands them
- Devil's Claw
- caving in to peer pressure; changing their opinion or perspective according to the group of people they are with
- Dogbane
- need to rebel but are afraid to
- Dyssodia
- difficulty fully understanding something; difficulty integrating information
- Evening Star
- feel that they have nothing important or special to offer to the world; feeling they are not pretty enough; shyness; embarrassed about pimples and body hair (together with Mariola)
- Fishhook Cactus
- fear of speaking and saying what they really want
- Inmortal
- feelings of inadequacy
- Mariola
- embarrassed about pimples and body hair (together with Evening Star)
- Mexican Shell Flower
- holding themselves back from participating with others; shyness; escaping and running away
- Milky Nipple Cactus
- wanting only mom’s attention ( physical and emotional) all the time like a toddler; wanting to remain little, fear of being independent (together with Canyon Grapevine)
- Ocotillo
- erupt in uncontrollably strong emotional reactions (with Violet Curls)
- Purple Aster
- being afraid of sex and dating (together with Teddy Bear Cholla Cactus); angry and frustrated at harder academics and making mistakes on tests (together with Candy Barrel Cactus and Canyon Grapevine); afraid to learn to drive (together with Arizona White Oak)
- Purple Mat
- reserved and inhibited and who use manipulation to get what they want
- Saguaro Cactus
- give up easily; have difficulty with authority
- Salsify
- feeling awkward with your physical body or your ability to grow and mature; seems behind others in maturing
- Scorpion Weed
- afraid of making mistakes or repeating mistakes of the past; fear that their mistakes are unforgivable
- Sow Thistle
- socially inappropriate or obnoxious; too domineering
- Soaptree Yucca
- succumb to peer pressure; indecisive, allowing other people’s desires to overpower their own
- Spanish Bayonet Yucca
- afraid in facing a challenge
- Star Evening Primrose
- feel angry or resentful and blame others for it
- Sonoran Rainbow Cactus
- expect things to go wrong
- Syrian Rue
- tell lies; are accused of telling lies but haven’t
- Teddy Bear Cholla Cactus
- frustrated or impatient with their growth; fear of intimacy; hates talking about appropriate teen behaviors and needs; doesn’t want to grow up; being afraid of sex and dating (together with Purple Aster)
- Violet Curls
- erupt in uncontrollably strong emotional reactions (with Ocotillo)
- Birdcage Evening Primrose
- overly influences by ideals others have created but that don’t fit their own soul purpose
- Windflower
- experience energy ups and down
- Woven Spine Pineapple Cactus
- Exhausted