Chicory
Botanical: Cichorium intybus
Family: Asteraceae
Homeopathic remedy: Cichorium intybus (Cich.)
Medicinal uses: Laxative, Eruptions connected with Gout, Diuretic
Description: A plant native of Europe, growing also in the Northern America. The plant contains a white, milky sap that appears if the stem is broken. Flowers are blue, remaining on the plant for only a single day. Chicory is used as a caffeine-free variant of the coffee.
Keywords: Overly possessive, Self-pity, Self-love, Over-full of care
Dr Bach's description: Those who are very mindful of the needs of others; they tend to be over-full of care for children, relatives, friends, always finding something that should be put right. They are continually correcting what they consider wrong, and enjoy doing so. They desire that those for whom they care should be near them.
Essence: The central idea of Chicory can be described with a picture of a overly caring mother, who wants to keep the children close, overly protecting them from any harm with the tendency to correct any mistakes that the children make. This situation is naturally harming the children as they are not entrusted with any form of independence. The Chicory parent can in this way bind his children to himself unable to release them even until they are adult.
However, the love of Chicory is not given unconditionally, but the Chicory person always expects to receive the love from the people he cares about and feels hurt if this does not happen. The state when the Chicory person does not receive the love it gives back, can lead into a feeling of self-pity.
There exist two polarities of the Chicory state. Compensated Chicory person is loving, caring and mindful of the needs of the people it cares for. Collapsed Chicory is full of self-pity, unable to free loved ones from their influence, always correcting the mistakes they make and overly possessive.