2 Aspen
3 Beech
6 Cherry Plum
7 Chestnut Bud
10 Crab Apple
11 Elm
15 Holly
16 Honeysuckle
17 Hornbeam
19 Larch
21 Mustard
24 Pine
25 Red Chestnut
29 Star of Bethlehem
30 Sweet Chestnut
33 Walnut
35 White Chestnut
37 Wild Rose
38 Willow
29 Star of Bethlehem
29 Star of Bethlehem, Ornithogalum umbellatum
Guiding principle:
DESPONDENCY or DESPAIR - Needing comfort, shock
About this herb:
Scientific name: Ornithogalum umbellatum
Description: Star of Bethlehem is a perennial bulbous flowering plant of the family Hyacinthaceae. It can reach a height between 4 und 30 inches. It prefers open grassland, roadsides but also forests. It has six to ten leaves, linear with a white line on upper surface. The flowers group in a corymbose raceme with 6-20 flowers, and are white with a green stripe outside. They bloom from April to May.
The aims of this flower essence:
One has not yet coped with a mental or physical distress, the soulĀ“s comforter.
Dr. Bach wrote:
For those in great distress under conditions which for a time produce great unhappiness. The shock of serious news, the loss of some one dear, the fright following an accident, and such like. For those who for a time refuse to be consoled this remedy brings comfort.
(The 12 Healers and other remedies, 1936)