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Remedy Picture- Complete Guide to Bach Remedies Practice by Dr. D.V. Krishnamoorty. ROCK ROSE [Rock Rose]
Extreme terror-panic-disaster-greater danger- calamities-cyclones-air-raid, bombings-were- floods-bites by snakes and equally poisonous animals. We can sometime know the states of a suffering patient of the ROCK ROSE type by merely looking at those around him. E.G. under the homoeopathic remedy Crotalus horridus (Kents LECTURES ON HOMOEOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA p.407) we read: ...Doctor, use anything in order to save the life, resort to anything in order to heal this sick one. The state of the patient is so grave that not only he but those around him too get panicky. Snake bite in which the patient has foam at his mouth, etc. We have other remedies for fear, e.g. ASPEN for unknown and MIMULUS for known fears. HORNBEAM is for fear of lack of strength, etc. (dread). CHICORY is for fear of being alone. But the state of ROCK ROSE IS extreme. Imagine the mental state of the person who has been trapped inside a burning house with no way of escape and burning legs feeling down; or the passengers in an aircraft in flight when the pilot declares that they have to force land on account of the engine having developed some trouble. Or, of those in a boat about to capsize. On such occasions, it is more or less a shock too. RESCUE REMEDY (which contains STAR OF BETHLEHEM and ROCK ROSE) may be equally helpful in all condition where ROCK ROSE is needed. (rescue remedy is nothing but a mixture of equal parts of the five Bach Remedies viz. CLEMATIS, CHERRY PLUM, IMPATIENS, STAR OF BETHLEHEM, and ROCK ROSE). Since one single remedy acts better than a combination of two or more, we are always in favour of one remedy at a time. But in cases where ROCK ROSE is indicated, it is difficult to say whether it is feel alone or shock that is to be treated. Therefore, in such states, we use RESCUE REMEDY as it contains ROCK ROSE. But, if a practitioner assure of the symptoms of the patient, then it is preferable that he gives the one indicated remedy. viz. ROCK ROSE or STAR OF BETH. In the case of crushed finger-tips caught between a door and a jamb,it is more a case of unbearable pain than of shock. So also with burns of small area of the skin. On such occasions though many practitioners use RESCUE REMEDY we prefer CHERRY PLUM because in burns the fore most symptom is unbearable pain and the patient mostly resorts to cold application (though he knows it will only aggravate the condition later.) But when a major portion of the body is burnt or scalded then STAR OF BETHELEHEM is also needed. It is not the state or circumstance but it is how the patient reacts to the situation that occurs more for prescribing a Bach Remedy to the affected person. In the case of an aircraft developing engine trouble in mid air the ROCK ROSE type of panic is felt. But, one passenger says: I am not concerned about myself; but if I die that will be the fate of my family who are dependent upon my support? Now RED CHESTNUT becomes his remedy. It is the mental state of the patient--how he reacts to a given condition--that is more important as the criterion for prescribing a flower remedy than the condition itself. Our object in describing the condition for ROCK ROSE, is to illustrate the conditions in which extreme fear is usually felt. If the reaction of a particular patient is something different, ROCK ROSE will not help. Hence the caution against routinism. While on RESCUE REMEDY (a combination of five remedies) which is recommended for all shocks and injuries, we may illustrate the value of prescribing a single remedy in place of combination. In the case of superficial burns of the hand (when unbearable burning will be the only symptom) if a person takes RESCUE REMEDY or applies the RESCUE REMEDY OINTMENT, he may get relief after thirty-minutes or so. But if he takes a dose of CHERRY PLUM alone, the relief will be felt within five minutes or almost instantaneously.

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6/4/2012