Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Wonderful Plants
Type:
Remedy
Chapter:
655.62.01
655.62.01 Tropaeolum majus
English: Indian Cress; Garden Nasturtium; Cress; Nasturtium.
French: Capucine.
Dutch: Oostindische kers.
Botany: Peru.
Use: food, salads; seeds make pickles; substitute for capers.
Source: Sense provings; Cooper; North American Flower Essences.
Mind
Impulsive, naïve, just going on their own way, circumventing obstacles naïvely.
Family is felt as limiting and protecting.
Wants to live his own life but is too weak to live without the protection and warmth of his family.
Intellect too overdone, < students, < strong intellectual activity, < intellect predominates.
Ailments from overuse of the mind, thoughts.
Students, whose career demands vigorous intellectual activity.
Cold, dry, intellectual, disconnected from the physical body, vitality.
Lack of life, warmth, bodily activity; depletion of life-force and emotional verve.
Lack of glowing vitality, flaming, radiant energy and warmth.
Going on, not giving up, finding places and resources everywhere.
Giving; light and vulnerable.
Impulsive, childish, cheerful.
Keeps going on.
Body
General: immune dysfunction; hardening of the body.
Head: congestion.
Nose: colds; smell sweet, childish, like candy, toffee.
Lungs: bronchitis.
Urinary: urine foetid, offensive.
Skin: itching, dandruff, sunburn, superficial burns, erythema.