花精植物特性
 White Chestnut (拉丁學名: Aesculus hippocastanum)

中文翻譯: 白栗花、白栗子、白栗


 

Healing Herbs花精製造者Julian 在他書中Bach flower remedies- the essence within說白栗子(Horse Chesnut)是十七世紀從歐洲到英國鄉間的樹種，現在已經變成當地重要觀賞有商業價值的樹了，要注意白栗子跟紅栗子(Red Chestnut)是不同但有親戚關係的樹，這兩種栗子樹都是擔心，但紅栗子的顏色更是外向與他人有關。白栗子跟內在焦慮有關，表現不停攀爬著內心戲，變成精神性強迫無止境的內心對話。白栗子可以幫助人適當地連結內在並帶來安穩，當我們安住，才能清楚看到生活的事實。

當白栗子開花時，是毫無秩序方向且，像許多小白點點綴樹葉，花叢不對稱且又彎又捲; 白栗子樹幹是又脫落又不整齊總有疤痕，這也表示人的思緒是破碎毫無方向感的。白栗子的花像是白色蠟燭，燃燒帶來平靜。若從遠處看向白栗子樹就像個白色星星，但近看又看到花是圍繞著粉紅色中心與雄蕊且緊湊的長在一起，讓人不曉得該把眼光放在哪裡，忘了剛剛看到整棵樹的全觀經驗。

Karmer在書中還做了思緒跟其他花精比較:

鐵線蓮Clemats是指人喜歡想著白日夢，忍冬Honeysuckle的人是對過去美好念念不忘，白栗子則是因為這種無用思緒感到困擾。karmer通常會讓白栗子與松樹Pine 、龍膽Gentian跟伯利恆之心Star of Bethlehem一起用，松樹可以幫助白栗子解脫罪惡感，因為白栗子人總會說: 我應該怎樣...。龍膽則可以幫助白栗子解脫愛擔心的天性，避免持續的焦慮與消極的刺激。伯利恆之心則可以幫助白栗子面對過去創傷，讓創傷經驗回到表面意識，不再成為內心的負擔。



 

巴哈醫師原文

WHITE CHESTNUT
 

For those who cannot prevent thoughts, ideas, arguments

which they do not desire from entering their minds. Usually at such

times when the interest of the moment is not strong enough to keep

the mind full. Thoughts which worry and will remain, or if for a time

thrown out, will return. They seem to circle round and round and cause

mental torture. The presence of such unpleasant thoughts drives out peace 

and interferes with being able to think only of the work or pleasure of the day.

想法、念头、争论在脑海萦绕，挥之不去。通常是手头事情单调乏味，不够充实大脑。

那些担心的想法挥之不去，即使暂时抛开了，很快又会溜回来。

它们在脑海里转来转去，带来精神痛苦与折磨。

这些恼人的思绪使心灵躁动不安，干扰日常工作，不能享受日常生活的乐趣。

白栗子人會這樣描述自己:

* It's hard for me to wind down. 我很難放鬆

* I often talk to myself. 我常常跟自己說話

* I can't concentrate becasue thre are thousands of thoughts going through my head. 我不能專心，因為腦中跑著有千種思緒

* I often remember unpleasant situations, which come back to bother me again. 

我常會記著不開心的情境，來回困擾著自己

* I often try to push my thought aside, but i am not ablt to. It seems that they follow me everywhere. 

我常試圖把思緒放在一邊，但做不太到總是被思緒拉走了

* I frequently remember embarassing situations and I would like to run away from myself. Even when I convince myself that the situation is long past, I still can't get it out of my mind. 我時常記得自那些己困窘的狀態，讓我想鑽入地洞逃走，即使我告訴自己那老早過去了，但還是忘不了

* I still think about conversations that I had a long time ago. It always makes me angry when I think about what I forgot to say.

我會記得很久之前與人的對話，當記起來自己忘了說些什麼，會讓我感到生氣

* Often I continue with discussion in my mind and think about what I should have said. 通常我會在腦海中繼續先前的想說的對話

* For hours I can't get it out of my mine when someone has made me angry. Sometimes this goes on in my head for days, and I think about how I could have defended myself better. 若有人惹我生氣，我會好幾個小時都忘不了，有時候我會想要怎麼反擊然後思緒轉了好幾天

* I'm always noticing another thing in our house that we could have done differently when we built it. Becasue of that, I can't enjoy the house the way it is now. In my head I constantly plan how it could be better, although the house was finished a long time ago.

我總是注意到已經裝潢好的家可以再怎麼樣改變，但也因如此，我無法享受現在這個家的當下，而這個家老早就已經蓋好了

* I wish I could just switch off these constant thoughts and find peace inside myslef. 我希望我可以就關掉思緒的開關，讓自己內在能夠找到平靜

* I don't sleep well becasue I can't turn off my thoughts. 我睡不好因為想太多了

* I 'm constantly tired. 我總是感覺到很累

資料來源

• T.W. Hyne Jones (1995) Dictionary Of The Bach Flower Remedie. Bach center
• Edward Bach (1941) The Twelve Healers and Other Remedies. Bach center 
  (http://bachcentre.com/centre/download/healers.htm)
• Dietmar Karmer (1995) New bach Flower Therapies. Healing Arts Press
• Julian Barnard (2010) The Bach Flower Remedies - The Essence within. Winter Press