Lonicera caprifolium

Honeysuckle

(bach flower remedy)

Honey-b.

Pharmacy

Honeysuckle. Lonisera caprifolium. The flowering heads are picked with a few
leaves and boiled for half an hour. The water is strained and used as medicine.

Historical dose: Take two drops from the stock bottle into a one ounce dropper
bottle, (add brandy or alcohol, if this bottle will be used for days or weeks). This is
the dosage bottle, take a few drops straight into the mouth or as needed in a little
water or juice.

Herbal

The remedy Honeysuckle belongs to Bach's group of Not Sufficient Interest in

Present Circumstances, along with the remedies Clematis, Wild Rose, Olive, White
Chestnut, Mustard and Chestnut Bud. These remedies are for those not fully
engaged in the here and now and consequently not living to the fullest. Planets:
Moon.

Homeopathic

Honeysuckle may apply to many different situations of life, whenever a lost

preferred state calls from the past and diverts from fully exploring the present.
Home-sickness, a lost love, even loss of beauty or position in life, can lead to the
Honeysuckle state.

In mental illness, when sentimental visions of the past grip the self repeatedly, or
when one experiences delusions, visions, or voices of lost loved ones in reaction to
unresolved trauma or severe grief (Star of Bethlehem). Lethargy, sleepiness and
diminished vitality can be concomitant symptoms.

Symptoms

Mind

In the Honeysuckle state, the mind dwells on past memories. Reminiscences and
nostalgia carry more fascination than the colorless present. In fact, in the
Honeysuckle state, one sadly believes that the happiness of the past can never be
repeated in the present or future and one hangs on to it.

Sadness is the predominant emotion, yet it is tinged with cherishing something

lost. Longing to relive former happiness. There is also hopelessness and resignation
in regard to present and future. These feelings are often in old age when the losses
cannot be replaced in this life. The children have moved on, one's health is fading,
the partner may be dying.

Sources

Bach.