LATIN: Sphaeralcea ambigua

GOOD FOR: Appraisal essence. The ability to see ourselves very clearly, as well as seeing other's with unimpaired vision. For allergies with itchy eyes.

DID YOU KNOW:

To say the least, you are a mental giant. You think a lot--maybe too much. Your mind is sharp, curious, quick to jump and make up your mind about something. You do very well in academic surroundings. And you're good at memorizing things. Able to learn in classroom situations, you are a "book learner" type. Verbal by nature, you can communicate well in speaking as well as writing. Your world consists of using logic and rationalization. A prove-it-to-me kind of person.

THE HEALTHY YOU:

You're a gut-hunch kind of person whether you realize it or not. A lot of your decisions are based upon primal instinct which may or may not even tweak you consciously. However, you're a wonderful amalgam of rational mind (left brain) and right brain (instincts and intuition) IF you want to be. If you are truly in balance, you become very "whole-brained", utilizing both hemispheres of your brain to a very high degree. Not only can you know the answer to an Algebra problem before doing the math on it, you can also do the math to prove how you know the answer! That's a pretty neat trick!

THE UNHEALTHY YOU:

Insomnia can dog your heels because you are the one that gets the "gerbil running on the wheel" at night, and you can't shut off your thoughts. They just keep rolling along even though you'd like some sleep! You can get dogged, stuck and very stiff-necked about your belief system. Worse, you will be arrogant about it and you're right and the rest of the world is wrong. It's "my way or no way...." kind of blinders-on attitude. The old saying: You are cut off from the neck down, implies that you allow your logic and rational to rule you and you suppress your emotions--not a good thing in the long run!

ANECDOTAL CASE:

GS (female)

Since visiting Eileen down in the canyon, I have been seeing these interesting plants on the side of the road. They have a soft green fuzzy stem and leaves and these beautiful orange-red flowers. They really catch my eye and I was thinking of making an essence once I identified it. Well, my book didn't have it (big surprise, the book isn't one I recommend to anyone but it is the one that ended up in my suitcase).

This afternoon, while starting work on the some provings, I was playing with one of Eileen's cats. She was really wanting attention and I couldn't resist. I played with her for a little bit, then went to wash my hands and get back to work. I seem to have an allergy to cats, if I don't wash my hands and later touch my eyes, they water and itch, etc. Well, apparently I didn't wash my hand well enough and I certainly found out about it. My eyes were watering, burning, itching, and painful (a pressure pain, from too much blood flow I am guessing). I was also sneezing and blowing my nose every 5 minutes.

I was in pretty bad shape, entering proving information wasn't going to be easy. Eileen was kind enough to give me a natural essence to help with my mistake. She gave me Desert Globemallow flower essence. WOW! She had put some in a cup of water and I was sipping off it a needed. I was 75% improved in the first 15 minutes. By 1 hour, I was 100% improved. Normally it would have taken me 2 hours or minimum before I started feeling relief from these symptoms.