Wild Rose
Botanical: Rosa Canina
Family: Rosaceae
Homeopathic remedy: Not used although a similar remedy Rosa Damascena is used.
Description: This shrub grows 60 centimeters to 2.5 meters high. It has alternate leaves and sharp prickles. Its flowers can be red, pink, or yellow. Its fruit, called rose hip, stays on the shrub for the whole year. The flowers and buds can be eaten raw or boiled. The leaves and the fruit of the wild rose are frequently used as a constituent of various herbal tea sorts.
Medicinal uses: Astringent, Bach, Cancer, Carminative, Diuretic, Laxative, Ophthalmic, Tonic, Vermifuge
Keywords: Surrendered, Resigned, Joyless, Apathy
Dr Bach's description: Those who without apparently sufficient reason become resigned to all that happens, and just glide through life, take it as it is, without any effort to improve things and find some joy. They have surrendered to the struggle of life without complaint.
Essence: The most important keyword of the Wild Rose is the resignation. The people needing Wild Rose have apparently without reason surrendered and are just gliding through life. All further inconveniences are dealt with only by a shrug of shoulders, since there is no point in complaining because nothing will change. These people are just drifting through life, as if the life itself would be a nuisance that has to be endured until the end.
The Wild Rose has learned that all efforts to change the course of life to the better are hopeless and that acceptance is the only way. Complaining does not solve anything, and as such it serves no purpose. It is aparent that living a life in this way, as if life was something that should be endured and not lived does not create a fulfilled and joyous experiences. The Wild Rose helps to reawaken the lost interest in life. The apathy will be replaced by the renewed interest and the person will be able to find purpose and joy in life.