Impatiens
Botanical: Impatiens Glandulifera
Family: Balsaminaceae
Homeopathic remedy: Not used.
Description: Impatiens glandulifera is an herbaceous annual that is succulent and glabrous (smooth and hairless), and it can range from three to ten feet tall. The overall flower shape resembles an English policeman's helmet. The fruit is a five chambered capsule. When touched, the mature capsule explodes and ejects up to 800 seeds. It is considered extremely invasive to moist, natural areas. It is considered extremely invasive to moist, natural areas. It can distribute itself very quickly through a large area, since each plant produces 800 seeds in a single fruit.
Medicinal uses: Jaundice, Dropsy, Diuretic, Hepatitis, Warts, Ringworms, Ulcers, Rhus poisoning.
Keywords: Quick, Hasty, Fast, Impatient, Hurried.
Dr Bach's description: Those who are quick in thought and action and who wish all things to be done without hesitation or delay. When ill they are anxious for a hasty recovery. They find it very difficult to be patient with people who are slow, as they consider it wrong and a waste of time, and they will endeavour to make such people quicker in all ways. They often prefer to work and think alone, so that they can do everything at their own speed.
Essence: The main theme of the Impatiens remedy is the Speed. People needing this remedy are quick in making decisions, they are very fast and efficient in their work and they try to finish everything as fast as possible. Many people can at times end up in this hurried state, but there are also genuine Impatiens people, that need this remedy constitutionally.
As the remedy name implies, Impatiens people are very impatient, when they feel that they are hindered in their work and that they cannot work fast enough. They can get very irritated and frustrated at the presence of other, more methodical and slower people.
The impatience is also shown at times of illness. They get very anxious for a quick recovery. They fail to see, that the healing process takes time and they always try to speed it up.
The whole essence of speed is also shown in the original plant. Impatiens is a very invasive plant. It produces a large amount of seeds in each fruit and can therefore quickly spread over large areas of suitable land. This idea corresponds with the fast and hurried person, who tries to finish everything as soon as possible. Impatient flower teaches a lesson about the need to slow down and to relax in order to regain the inner harmony.