Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Wonderful Plants
Type:
Remedy
Chapter:
652.15.06
652.15.06 Bryophyllum pinnatum, Kalanchoe pinnata
Names: Kalanchoe pinnatum.
English: Air Plant; Life Plant; Miracle Leaf; Goethe Plant.
Names: Saião; Chinese: Kalan chau; Coirama, Brasil; Peru, Hoja del aire (air plant); Indonesian: Sosor bebek.
Botany: robust, tall, vigorous, difficult to eradicate, a weed.
Introduction
A remedy for adolescents in puberty, who do not adapt to the norms of the peer group. They have an aversion to adhere to the rules, the clothes, the standard ideas. They hate not being allowed to have their own opinion. They want to prove that they have their own ideas and culture.
Mind
Bullied at school, < not adapting to the rules, not having Nikes, not smoking.
Likes to convince his loved one by being glorious.
Likes to boast, hiding a bitter disappointment, till the last.
He does not know how to fulfill the demands of the other.
Pride but that is insufficient.
Excluded, alone, apart from the group.
Biting nails.
Depressed.
Nervous.
Dream: persecuted by someone.
General
Sleep: unrefreshing; sleepless till 1 am.
Body
General: cancer; allergy, histamine; pain, relaxant.
Nervous: epilepsy.
Infection: virus; fungi; bacteria, Staphylococcus, E. coli, Shigella, Bacillus, Pseudomonas, leishmaniasis.
Fever: inflammations.
Head: headaches, migraines.
Eyes: infections.
Ears: earaches.
Mouth: cracks, corners; toothache; thrush.
Throat: infections.
Lungs: bronchitis, coughs; asthma.
Stomach: ulcers; heartburn.
Abdomen: inflammation; liver disease.
Rectum: diarrhoea; dysentery; stool bloody, pus, mucus.
Urinary: kidney stones; urethritis; urine scanty.
Female: menstruation and assist in childbirth.
Limbs: disorders and oedema, legs; broken bones; internal bruises; muscles tense.
Skin: wounds, burning, ulcerating; ulcers, boils, burns and insect bites.