Ipomoea purpurea Positive qualities: Sparkling vital force, awake and refreshed; in touch with natural life rhythms Patterns of imbalance: Dull, toxic, or “hungover,” inability to fully enter the body, especially in the morning; addictive or erratic living habits that deplete life force
Monardella odoratissima Positive qualities: Strength and clarity of thought, mental integrity and positivity Patterns of imbalance: Unconscious absorption of negative programming, psychic contamination or possession
Penstemon newberryi Positive qualities: Forthright masculine energy; warrior-like spirituality which confronts and transforms Patterns of imbalance: Vacillation and withdrawal in the face of challenge; lack of assertiveness, inability to take a stand for one’s convictions
Artemisia douglasiana Positive qualities: Integration of psychic or dream experiences with daily life; flexible, multi-dimensional consciousness, warm and expansive soul qualities Patterns of imbalance: Tendency to hysteria, fantasy or projection, overactive psychic life unable to distinguish or integrate trans-physical experiences
Verbascum thapsusPositive qualities: Strong sense of inner conscience, truthfulness, uprightnessPatterns of imbalance: Inability to hear one’s inner voice; moral weakness and confusion, indecisiveness; lying or deception to oneself or others
Tropaeolum majus Positive qualities: Glowing vitality, radiant warmth; living thinking Patterns of imbalance: Overly “dry” or intellectual consciousness; depletion of life-force and emotional verve from too much study
Nicotiana alataPositive qualities: Inner peace centered in the heart and breath; physical and emotional well-being through harmonious connection with rhythmic pulsations in the EarthPatterns of imbalance: Rigid or mechanized qualities in the body; blunted feelings, shallow breathing; over-use of hard-edge masculine forces
Berberis aquifolium Positive qualities: Loving inclusion of others, positive expectation of good will from others, ability to trust Patterns of imbalance: Paranoid or defensive behavior; expectation of hostility from others; antagonistic projection
Mentha piperita Positive qualities: Mindful and wakeful clarity, warm metabolism balanced with cool head forces Patterns of imbalance: Dull or sluggish, especially mental lethargy; under-active metabolism which depletes mental forces
Erythranthe lewisii (Mimulus lewisii) Positive qualities: Emotional transparency; courage to take emotional risks with others Patterns of imbalance: Feelings of shame, guilt, or unworthiness; fear of exposure and rejection due to prior abuse or trauma
Achillea millefolium var. rubra Positive qualities: Loving awareness of others within a field of self-contained consciousness; appropriate emotional boundaries Patterns of imbalance: Unbalanced sympathetic forces, overly absorbent auric field, lack of emotional clarity, dysfunctional merging with others
Toxicodendron diversilobum Positive qualities: Positive vulnerability, ability to make contact with others through touch Patterns of imbalance: Fear of intimate contact, protective of personal boundaries; reactive or rejecting in relationships
Punica granatum Positive qualities: Joyful expression of feminine creativity, actively productive and nurturing at home or in the world Patterns of imbalance: Ambivalent or confused about the focus of creativity, especially between values of career and home, creative and procreative, personal and global
Triteleia ixioides Positive qualities: Radiant inner beauty; self-acceptance in relation to personal appearance despite handicaps or blemishes Patterns of imbalance: Feeling ugly or rejected because of personal appearance; over-identified with physical appearance
Diplacus kelloggii (Mimulus kelloggii) Positive qualities: Love-based rather than fear-based spirituality, calm and clarity when experiencing spiritual phenomena; the courage to trust in one’s own spiritual experience or guidance Patterns of imbalance: Fear of retribution or censure if one departs from religious conventions of family or community; apprehension or avoidance of threshold experiences due to fear-based beliefs…