Positive qualities: Ability to love others unconditionally; an openheart; emotional freedom

Patterns of imbalance: Entangled in relationships based on fear,

possessiveness or neediness; emotional co-dependence

Bleeding Heart, Dicentra formosa

“Betty is heart broken. She and her husband have just separated. Her husband said she was too dependent on himand he needed to find his freedom. Betty knows she is codependent. She longs to have the ability to love others

unconditionally, but she doesn’t know how. Right now she feels overwhelmed, like she is drowning in the sorrow ofher broken heart.

Betty truly wants to release her codependency and to experience love and emotional freedom with an open heart.”

Bleeding heart is a very good example of the Doctrine of Signatures, where the shape of the flower reflects themedicine of the plant. Bleeding Heart is shaped like a heart, with a tear-drop dripping out the bottom, looking verymuch like the tears of a broken heart. Looking a little closer and we can see that the flowers are hanging like littlehearts on pendants made from the stem, giving us a strong visual of codependant relationships. Bleeding heart is a well tested flower essence and has been shown to release painful emotional attachments andheartaches from ended relationships. This might be the result of a breakup, a death, someone moving away, orgetting a new job, or a tragedy with a pet. All of these incidents separate the person from their heart’s desire.Bleeding Heart flower essence helps mend the heart almost immediately, as if the person that was involved in theheart ache genteelly released their hold on it. Bleeding Heart helps bring peace, harmony and balance to one’s heart, allowing a person to perceive love on manylevels: of self, others, city, country, environment and beyond. Bleeding Heart flower will help a person to live fromtheir Heart, with unconditional love for self and others. It is especially useful for children who are sensitive and havean over active heart chakra. It can be used by those that are clingy, possessive and codependent. Bleeding Heart isthe key remedy for a person who has suffered from any heart wound. Bleeding heart is also useful when a personfeels sorrowful because they have lost their old way of life.

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Sometimes people go through an emotional catharsis when taking Bleeding Heart. This is caused when thebacklog of emotional blocks begins to dissolve, and the emotions surface in order to be released. Duringthese times it is helpful to add other remedies such as Borage, Dandelion, Evening Primrose or Wild Rose.Some people deal with an emotional catharsis by spending a day crying. Remember crying is one of the bestemotional releases, and will most often lead to the ultimate healing of the situation. Many people who are codependent, will blame others for their situation. These people want to be seen asthe victim, instead of taking responsibility for their own situation. Bleeding Heart helps you to step out of thesituation that you feel you are drowning in, while comforting the emotional pain and creating an objective,supportive environment where you can be self-affirming in your actions. Bleeding Heart can help with some forms of sexual dysfunction, such as frigidity and impotence, if thedysfunction is related to deeper heart issues. Chakra: Heart Affirmation: With an open heart, I have emotional freedom through unconditional Love. Symptoms Which Indicate: Abandonment, Acceptance, Adolescence, Aging, Animals and Animal Care,Attachment, Brokenhearted, Co-Dependence, Compassion