Pine
Botanical: Pinnus Sylvestris
Family: Pinaceae
Homeopathic remedy: Not used.
Description: A coniferous tree 25 to 40 m tall with a straight stem, with 4-7cm needles that are slightly flattened of blue-green color, having a slightly silvery or white tone. It has a thin, reddish-brown bark, which turns grey and sheds in papery or scaly plates.
Medicinal uses: Anti-rheumatic, Antiseptic, Aromatherapy, Diuretic, Expectorant.
Keywords: Feelings of Blame, Perfectionists, Guilt complex, Discontented with themselves, they are not good enough, Perseverance, Hard-working, Humble
Dr Bach's description: For those who blame themselves. Even when successful they think that they could have done better, and are never content with their efforts or the results. They are hard-working and suffer much from the faults they attach to themselves. Sometimes if there is any mistake it is due to another, but they will claim responsibility even for that.
Essence: The most characteristic feature of the Pine people is that they feel that they are not good enough. If something fails, they place the blame on themselves and even if they are sometimes successful, they feel that they could have been better. Since, they fell that they are inferior they even claim responsibility for mistakes that they are not responsible for. This also means that they are every perseverant, hard-working and that they are at the same time humble about these positive characteristics.
This guilt complex drives them into a perfectionistic approach towards everything and they work hard and strive to accomplish everything as best as they can. They strive towards perfection, but they subconsciously refuse the rewards in the form of a good feeling form the successful efforts. They only feel blame, because they are inferior and therefore everything that they do MUST be wrong. In such a situation it is understandable, that the only thing, that the Pine person feels is despair and that he asks for forgiveness concerning his mistakes.
Although acceptance of own failures is a good trait, dwelling too much on previous mistakes results in a guilt complex and turns this positive trait into a negative one. The Pine teaches to accept the mistakes without dwelling too much on them. Every mistake only serves to teach us something and the learning of this lesson improves us.