LATIN NAME: Larrea tridentata (Chaparral)

GOOD FOR: Providing you do not have liver disease, this flower can flush and detoxify the liver and support the immune system. (NOTE: if you have liver disease do NOT take this flower essence).

DID YOU KNOW?

To say the least, you are a mental giant. You think a lot--maybe too much. Your mind is sharp, curious, quick to jump and make up your mind about something. You do very well in academic surroundings. And you're good at memorizing things. Able to learn in classroom situations, you are a "book learner" type. Verbal by nature, you can communicate well in speaking as well as writing. Your world consists of using logic and rationalization. A prove-it-to-me kind of person.

THE HEALTHY YOU

You're a gut-hunch kind of person whether you realize it or not. A lot of your decisions are based upon primal instinct which may or may not even tweak you consciously. However, you're a wonderful amalgam of rational mind (left brain) and right brain (instincts and intuition) IF you want to be. If you are truly in balance, you become very "whole-brained", utilizing both hemispheres of your brain to a very high degree. Not only can you know the answer to an Algebra problem before doing the math on it, you can also do the math to prove how you know the answer! That's a pretty neat trick!

THE UNHEALTHY YOU

Insomnia can dog your heels because you are the one that gets the "gerbil running on the wheel" at night, and you can't shut off your thoughts. They just keep rolling along even though you'd like some sleep! You can get dogged, stuck and very stiff-necked about your belief system. Worse, you will be arrogant about it and you're right and the rest of the world is wrong. It's "my way or no way...." kind of blinders-on attitude. The old saying: You are cut off from the neck down, implies that you allow your logic and rational to rule you and you suppress your emotions--not a good thing in the long run!

OTHER:

This is a cleanser and detoxifer. Excellent for liver function and the kidneys. It boosts the immune system. One of the most powerful detoxifiers known.

PROVING

Chaparral Proving Stage 2
with Level 1 students,
June, 1998 near La Casa de Madre Tierra,
Page Springs, Arizona

by Eileen Nauman, DHM(UK)

Copyright ©1998 - 2004 Eileen Nauman
All Rights Reserved

Chaparral is a tough bush out on the high and low plain deserts of the Southwest. After a rain (rare), the entire area fills with a medicine-like fragrance that is the signature of this incredibly healing plant. Such is the power of this indomitable plant spirit!

GS (female)

I noticed sounds a lot more. Birds fighting and being noisy were happening when I made this essence. Plant adamant abut being honored for male/female side--pick blossoms all around--help integrate ourselves. A worm dropped into the bowel. It can help parasites. Seeds are round and fuzzy--go getter, worker bee. Seeds will be carried far. Sensation of male-female energy. Repeated or repetition to get in touch with both sides of self 3 (leaves are 2 sided). Working on self and health is the focus of this plant.

It strongly affects the heart chakra and root chakra. Big root chakra essence. Helps you to know your tribe to ask internally and this will this grow "corn" symbolically. It's about allowing yourself to grow--naturally. Not honoring both sides of self. Parasites come into body due to weakness of one gender. This plant is powerful. I got cold chills--started on both shoulders and went down and out fingertips.

This plant can balance with our inner life or fighting will have to be done with sickness, job, etc. Helps us to honor both sides of ourselves. True self love. The sensation of the desire to enjoy life. (hairy round seeds) You don't have to be big to be important. 2 I saw butterflies landed on plant and it became adamant about helping us to ride the rough spots in life.

Taste in mouth/throat. Taste all over, roof of mouth and into nasal cavities--petrochemicals. Tasted like petrochemicals. Sinus drainage got viscous and cloying. Wanted my feet firmly and flat on the ground. Wanted to move and go sit some where to take care of my lower back. Essence was showing her to take care of herself--her lower back, to get a different position.

After the chills she got heat on forehead. No sweat. Heat. Hot flash?

Master number. It has such a mission and it knows it and is very willing to share its energy and wants to work with us.

5 petals and 5 beneath it--more cupped beneath it.

MF (male)

Had preconceived notions about it before he started that it was a good plant. Very disappointed because there wasn't many flowers. Reverse happened, of course. I was in wind and full sun. Plant was open and free flowing. Fragrance was slightly pungent, sticky/pungent--clean medicine smell.

Leaf: All in PAIRS. Stickiness to the leaves was part of blossom. Message he got was that this plant really wanted to help. He faced Raven Butt when he made the essence. He gave 5 blessings of cornmeal, he usually only gives one. The plant told him not to take stems or leaves from every part of it. Only flowers. "Take care of this. This is clean. this is something to cleanse with" was the message he received from the plant.

Happy feeling from plant, like it wanted to help, and a sense of clean, unseen things. Flowers hard to discern from a distance--hidden things. I was told it was for physical and mental clean up. Hit heart chakra and went straight to solar plexus and spread, real slow, like water, oozing through (all before he took the essence). Brain area started feeling like it was being scrubbed by a brush, it was accentuated, like a physical rubbing.

Message I got it was there to clean up thinking that would hurt or damage me if I wanted it too.

Chakra--Solar Plexus chakra, slow oozing way and cleaning as it went. Sucking up dirt as it went. Secondary: NC--it felt better and in tune/stable. Cleaner for cleansing action

Infinity symbol--like a constant flushing, going back and forth.

Pos. healing pattern---essence for blood and organs. It took like a bunch of blood vessels, the circulatory system.

Number 2 came to him. I was not supposed to have my legs crossed.

bitter taste, pungent, bitter after taste. Very yellow tint to the water. odor to water is medicine smell.

When I drew the plant it looks like a bunch of capillaries.

Like a great gift for healing. What ails the body and mind; mostly the body first and then the mental. Get a different cleaning and helping from the plant.

Each hit was a little less bad tasting. 6th hit I was swirling it around in my mouth-- liked the taste.

Cleaning sensation for the gums and teeth. I felt it going between the teeth (gingivitis) like a brush or pulsating. Felt slight swelling in throat--outer part of the throat was getting thicker or bigger. Front of throat and sides of it.

This is very slow moving and very thorough in cleansing. Can feel it going through my system. Tubes in my stomach; feel like its being scrubbed. I could feel it was getting bigger--not painful--like something was looking at it and pulling it apart. All the swelling goes down and shrinks (like a tumor). Cysts, tumors, pimples.

Feeling more physical than anything. Felt it move into bloodstream through the stomach. I felt it in the navel area; where it was pooling, like it was heavy feeling, and going into blood stream and my limbs started to tingle and spread in al directions at the same time.

Brain cavity can be felt like brain is being reduced ever so slightly--could feel brain shrinking and felt skull space --meningitis, encephalitis, skull fractures, concussions. Feeling in throat and tubes to stomach. Mononucleosis--lymph gland congestion.

3rd hit--wanted another drink to see if it would help the brain. Saw an image of a HALF MOON vibrant, iridescent green and clean and clear and gorgeous as you can imagine. Never seen a color with that intensity before--saw this with his eyes closed. Saw it for the next 3 hits.

made heart feel large and happy when looking at this still, green light. The more I looked at this, it made my heart feel swollen, like I was swelling inside. Joy. Confidence. The green of the leaves in bright sunlight, it was like that shade of green of what I saw, but more iridescent.

Symbol went away when the sun came out. I could only see the symbol when the clouds were there and sun was gone.

(Gail: petrochemicals when put on the water, looks iridescent too--like Mike's iridescent moon symbol).

Head was shrinking; aware of space between brain and skull. I could see energy swirling through the green--I could see movement of the iridescence. Where is this going?

4th hit: not near as bitter, just pungent smelling and intoxicating. Green light there, but smaller, and in shape of half moon. Am aware of energy moving into brow chakra/pineal gland. Season deprivation? I followed this light as it went through my body--green--I had an inverted cone coming out my root chakra. It was a muddy dark red and dissipating out--looked like bloody pus--the essence was cleaning out your root chakra. When it was done, it was a brilliant clean red after 5th hit. (5 flower petals)

Keep legs and feet straight, not crossed to let energy flow correctly. Almost nectar in taste 5th hit. Can deal with ADDICTIONS. When moon shape was shrinking as you didn't need cleansing as much. Moon is larger when you need the cleaning out.

Noticed his fingers and joints he could see brilliant, iridescent red. Energy going out hands.

6th hit--swirled it in my mouth. Like aroma, not bitter any more. Nothing but flowers left. This was like going through a sweat lodge--felt totally clean inside myself. refreshed.

I was very hungry after this essence--hunger.

SI (female)

Flower looked delicate; many parts and is complex. Like in crowded, congested family. Claustrophobia. Warm sensitive person who is trapped. It could cure kidney related problems--leaves look like kidneys--same shape.

Taste was bitter, back of throat. tongue felt swollen. Not dry. Cloying. Felt warm feeling in Solar Plexus chakra in BACK, none in the front. Open up hopes/dreams/wishes.

Crisper vision. Look in distance and see things with more detail. After 2nd heat heard hawk calling and ravens. Head felt weighty and heavy. Get edgy and agitated. I wanted every thing quiet. Frigidity. No position was comfortable. Wanted legs straight.

Odor like old Clorox smell. And tasted like. I kept getting anaphylactic shock was coming into my head.

MG (male)

I was an unhappy camper making the essence. Bees swarming--leave me alone and I just sat there rocking back and forth. Used for a person who is constantly under attack by people; can't find a safe place in themselves.

Fragrance of flower was sweet, sawdust scent to me.

When I cut the stem there was a sap--I loved the smell of it. antiseptic smell, a lot stronger, sweetness. Lymph gland drainage. Good for lymph diseases.

Plant seemed strong and sturdy and had a protective aura around. He was giving dive bombed.

first hit: HEART CHAKRA a warmth, started moving down to Solar Plexus chakra. Energy felt mostly male. Had a centering effect, everything in line, made me feel more powerful and dominant/not victim or weak.

Liver/gallbladder area, I felt like it was full of water and gurgle, kind of sloshy and image of blood going through and an image of it coming out clean. Liver/gallbladder cleanser.

Saw this red ball in front of RIGHT eye. macular degeneration. Seeing red--possibility of anger being stuck in the eye and causing eye diseases. Male sided right energy.

Felt connected to the earth. Felt more a part of things. Felt a calm, strong energy come up through the root chakra and extend to up RIGHT side of the body and over CS, left side and down to earth. INTEGRATION.

A silence and a calmness, bugs going at it, but he barely heard them anymore. Irritation level is lowered.

4th hit. I sensed a male saying "pssst" Heard it in right ear, but it was coming from the LEFT--it was another bush calling him. I asked: what message did you have? I got a vision of liver/gallbladder. Felt empowered and confident.

A strange scene came to me--grayish color, craters, 3 yellow balls floating ahead of me (alien planet) and he asked what are you here to do? Go guide and focus. The word "father" popped in as he was getting done. A strong, Indian image. And I didn't have that kind. The plant has the ability to help us integrate a positive MALE energy into ourselves regardless of our gender.

Symbol was root chakra

GR (female)

Step by step, there was an order to it and she had to go through it in getting the flower off the bush. It has the ability to give a person BOUNDARIES. She had a worm jump on her hand, gray worm. Same color of the bark. Parasites? Smell was astringent. Taste astringent. Gail has Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Candida and she drinks tee tree oil and it tastes better than this.

She wanted a big gulp; felt she needed it. Went to HEART CHAKRA and root chakra, had a throbbing in vagina, and tingling and very creative feeling. It came back up to Solar Plexus chakra--the tingle--and up through her back/spine but not the front of her. A backache between her shoulder blade and right upper q quadrant of spine.

2nd hit--gulped it again and drained the bowl. Cleansing. Bitter taste and a DRAWING and cleaning my teeth 2. Light tingling of my whole body. It started in my head and like a wave, downward, cleansing, opening up the capillaries creating with better flow root chakra circulation--had heat with it--hot flash remedy.

Feeling centralized in Solar Plexus chakra, tingling there. Turned into a warm, liquid feeling and went up to the HC.

3rd hit: down to root chakra and real feeling of rootedness. She was frigidity and she had to open legs to get comfortable. Rootedness felt like: felt solid, properly seated. It went up through my spine--sensation--tingling more energetic. Went to top of head, gently.

Tonic, blood cleanser, blood felt effervescent. head clear. Thinking cleared. Difference between skull and brain. My eyes became very clear--far sighted--more clarity more definition. When I take a liver cleanse my eyesight clears up (3). Tingling to the top of the head. They were warm tingles. From top of head to through sinuses/forehead and then dissipated.

Right ear started tingling (kidneys in Chinese medicine). 5 minutes later, forehead and right side of head tingled. Energy burst back to the Solar Plexus chakra. Felt super energized.

JS (female)

Repugnant. Taste butter and industrial cleaner. It was a beautiful golden amber color--the liquid. Almost a 'clustering effect'--grasping for something, root chakra but strong, shedding, always together and grouping. Fertility late in life. Late bloomer. Growing away from dependence. Felt lightness from vagina to Solar Plexus chakra (ROOT CHAKRA to Solar Plexus chakra). Effervescent, cooling feeling like an Alka Seltzer in water.

Head hurt (pain and pressure pushing out)--brow and front of eyes, sweeping coolness across eyes. Feeling lighter but from outside in. I was really angry and went through many moods with it. Focused on ant watching--I don't give a damn attitude. Feeling nasty inside, a purging? Nothing coming out. All of its in. I felt giving toward the shrub.

AFTERWARD: keeping the legs open, was crossed legged but I had to open it, needed it for the energy flow. Boundaries. The taste of it every time, repugnant-never got better, it got worse. Throat wanted to close it down. But I had to keep taking it again and again, anyway. obsessive-compulsive behavior.

I'm deathly afraid of snakes but as I cut the flowers, I WANTED to be bit, but I wanted to show my courage--NOTE: it gives the person the support to go through the fear and breakthrough it.

SYMBOL: The Menorah and her father--second confirmation on father image.

DL (female)

Had to go around the bush to collect the flowers--getting the whole picture, from all aspects and directions, from angle. Taking it in the balanced manner, not taking from just one limb.

NOTE: it physically manifested blossoms so we had enough to gather for our bowl.

Magical/physical manifestation to this plant. What you need will always be provided when you need it. It will automatically be there for you.

Bees were around and she was very aware of them. zoom around her. She's been afraid of bees/terrified of them--but not here. Dissolves your block of fear (fear of snakes, bees, etc.) and allows you to go through the process and be successful.

Aroma of bush, I couldn't get enough of it--very antiseptic smell of it--addictive. Reminds me of Lysol; astringent, peppery smell to it. Branches very dry and brittle. That combined with gnarled branching pattern it seems it would b good for older people with brittle bones--in thought processes as well. osteoporosis?

Helpful with people with dried up emotions. An alarm went off in my head; I noticed the birds. Water was clear. She took a big mouthful of it. Started to take sip but wanted more. Glug glug. Held it in mouth swished it around. Made my tongue feel numb. Very bitter on back of tongue. As soon as it hit my stomach, it started gurgling, like I was hungry. Tastes like medicine. medicine taste.

Behind my eyes I saw a yellow sunburst pattern with orange center and then orange consumed yellow. Gentle warmth. And her vision got clearer. Everything thing stood out more clearly--up close and distance. Much sharper.

2nd hit. Ant on her pant leg. RIGHT leg. A mouthful of it. Bitterness more pronounced in second one. I saw yellow plumes against a burnt orange background. Background then morphed into pink (soft rose quartz), and white rose and then it turned to a red rose with yellow edges. Good feeling about. Made me feel very peaceful and centered.

bees buzzing around her head a LOT. Feeling fearful? No, just a curiosity about them. Wind was blowing a lot, felt swayed by it. Felt very relaxed. Stomach still gurgling.

3rd hit. Liquid was beginning to taste like grain alcohol. Be a good remedy for alcoholics to break addiction (Sarah Ice, too).

May be good for Candida.

Feeling of slight pressure in spine, slightly to the right--thoracic vertebrae. Ant came back--same one.

I was very frigid; I couldn't get comfortable, I had to put my legs out and apart, too.

KG (female)

Petals are cups. Cups hold thing. Hold emotions. Tears. Leaf was sticky and oily like a glue--they stuck together. HC and she was reaching into my heart, like feather fluffing. Saw an aura of energy from center of plant and reminded me of a giant crystal.

Feet began to BURN.

Tailbone is sore--no position if comfortable.

Color of essence is blood and urine, but it wasn't red, it was orange-like. Good for urinary system, cystitis, nephritis.

Hands were swollen with edema--and I NEVER get this. May be good for edema (kidneys).

Sense of endurance--it has everything it needs.

I was restless around the plant and it effected me physically and was reassuring and calming.

vision: aqua upturn flow of water. Plant was like a crystal cluster. For way cross of crystal rods and darkness was in the center. It would draw it out from deep within and up to the surface to be healed.

To root out our negativity and to be aired.

UH (female)

Sky concert was incredible. 4 ravens flying in formation in a diamond shape. Then red tailed hawk came by; one separated out and turned into a triangle of ravens.

A feeling of hardiness and tough; a community plant for others. It nurtures others. Bending not yielding. Strong male influence but everything affected me on the left side (feminine).

Uses for: organ support system, urinary, intestinal and stomach. Clear in color, a pale yellow. Didn't like the taste--everything was getting COAT, sticky n the lips, pungent after taste, oil, unpleasant going.

EYE, left felt sticky. Just the sensation, like a sty was in it. Sensation of swelling.

Dull pain on LEFT side of head and on top of head. Started down to left side of face by my ear. My tongue felt larger.

Coating action going on inside my body. My LEFT arm started to be affected, tingling around my neck, pain down left side of body--prickling, with a tingling first. Started neck and to chest and I was getting HEARTBURN 3, the urge to eat something to get rid of heartburn. it didn't do it. Sternum area was region of heartburn.

I hate this taste, why are you doing it? Something told me to explore it more. And it did get (taste) a bit better. I closed my eyes and I had this light show: deep read, sparkling and flowing, dots throughout, changed to yellow, then orange and pink and then iridescent apple green. It was going up and out and came back again in red--going through the chakra--moving from ROOT CHAKRA to HC.

Bugs attacked her and she got agitated and restless. I felt I had to get away from here feeling. That's it. No more.

AR (female)

How it permeates everything, it's molecules. When it RAINS (emotions) you smell this bush all over. She has discernment and discrimination. Choosy about others. Couldn't find the right place to sit. I went to the right side of the tree, the masculine side.

Bush told her she was protected. She wanted SALT from Andrea. Firm opinion, morals, correct morals and ceremony (done step by step). Help person with their integrity. Won't tolerate anyone from her.

Felt tree energy in coccyx (tailbone) ROOT CHAKRA/opening it up from the rear. Waves coming off plant. Like steam or pulsating waves coming off it.

Felt my feet were grounded. Completely uncomfortable with it. I surrendered to it. energy went from Solar Plexus chakra to HC. Blasted open my heart area. It cleared my throat. Added pink to the green of the heart. Went to CS. Good for eyes. Ears? I was mesmerized by plant. I didn't want to leave it; I was restless and uncomfortable. I saw that it kills bugs with vapor like energy. Anti-viral. It might replicate DNA sequence. Good to draw stuff out.

Feels like an old person's fingers. Good for getting the big picture. Being able to condense it. Seed pod had divisions in it. Boundaries.

1st hit. Took too big of a swallow. This is horrible. She started to gargle with it and realized it was good for gums. Left film on my mouth. I felt like drip down, coating it, green light, thick viscous kind of feeling.

Feet and hands open up. I felt energy was coming out. Aware of my clitoris. There was a reminder, a focus. I could choose to contract to turn myself on but just a reminder I could turn myself on if I wanted. it went to my jaw next. My left side, a lot of energy there--TMJ--pressure and soreness--boring pain in left side. Affects muscle of jaws.

Felt my coccyx again like a scoop around to vaginal area. No turn on, no warmth. No emotional to this essence--all mental.

I wanted my back, I wanted to lean back on something. I wanted to be supported in my lower back. Good for joints.

Eye pain--both. Pain like pressure, pushing outward from my eyes-- GLAUCOMA.

I wanted my hat off, I wanted my CS open. Felt like something in my head pushing outward--saw yellow/white color. No pain.

3rd eye felt "heavy"--like something a band on forehead.

AFTERWARD: I saw this orange color, a picture of grand canyon with the full moon. (Moon--Mike F. had this). Rusty color orange--a gentle feeling.

RC (female)

I was obsessive/compulsive, mesmerized--I had to draw, I had to get the colors right--they were shimmering. Bugs weren't an issue for me at all. She saw branches were white and black and reminded her of death-- a very deep metaphysical healing with this--it was inward, not outward, very much dealing with your own ghosts, demons, walking through the fire.

Her color was a deep, amber/orange yellow. It was nasty tasting, very bitter. Gums being cleaned. Swallowed and burped immediately . Amenorrhea--brings on a late menses. Anger? Numbing,, analgesic effect. My sinuses and draining, and heavy snot production. Need to breathe in deeply through nostrils.

A retracing, deep right jaw, TMJ pain, retracing. Severed the nerve by dentist when wisdom teeth removed and 2 front teeth were aching--nerve regeneration possibility.

Stimulated appetite with a vengeance.

When I was drawing my vaginal area was numb and asleep.

Middle of back--mid thoracic back pain.

Orange color. 3rd hit: becomes more bitter and distasteful. Solid and unyielding, fire medicine, medicine wheel came to mind. Urination--had a desire to pee.

Warm sexual desire increased. A pervasive spreading warmth through the groin area--no moisture.

Hepatic cleanser/liver purifier.

Very jointed--joints, teeth and bones, brittle bones/osteoporosis.

The duality of ourselves

RIGHT ear and Eustachian tube pain.

Shamanic plant. Snot producer. Death mask came to me.

Al leaves on her bush faced east. branches faced west.

JK (female)

Masculine energy. Very nurturing. From the dark comes the light and beauty. She saw spirits. Saw colors: muddy red, purple, bright green and white.-- all sparkly. White was really bright.

Symbol: root chakra and pinwheel.

She thought taste was yuk but I kept coming back to it. Nothing happen. She took another hit. Went into sinuses and cleared them out. A lot of pressure in cheekbones. I started to have my hearing intensified. Saw raven and had big pressure in chest. Warm feeling.

I kept drinking it, the taste got worse. Felt this rush of energy on 2nd hit, down throat to feet, and it was tingling all the way down.

Saw red flowing lava, like a red river. Woman spirit came and told her "flower in blossom" and energy went into HC, into shoulders and down arms and out her hands.

Face with a mask--Hopi--dark green, red, white and brown on the sides. Saw red vortex. A parade of faces. all Native American faces. A white bear. She started to cry. It reminded her of a dog she had. Saw a vortex spinning out of her Brow chakra and pulling out brow chakra.

Has accentuated her clairvoyant abilities. 100% Never had visions like that.