Wild Rose relates to the soul quality inner motivation-an inner impulse which incites action. A person in the positive Wild Rose state goes along with life happily doing his job which he finds interesting. He lives in a feeling of complete inner freedom and flexibility and enjoys taking interest in all the happenings of his life and that of others. He is devoted to task within the greater whole—a part allotted to him for execution during his earthly life by the Supreme Being – guided and goaded by his Higher Self.

However, in the negative Wild Rose state, the personality has lost its contact with its Higher Self, and does not find support anywhere. His work does not interest him. The surroundings do not interest him. No body appears to be interested in his plight. He has also lost his self-confidence and he has lost any hope of seeing better days.

Whether it is illness, uncongenial work or monotonous life, pecuniary difficulties or social handicaps and the sorrowful state may be due to any cause, the person becomes resigned to his state. There is complete apathy and loss of interest in anything and everything, and in life itself. Yet he plods on in his uninteresting and monotonous life – he does not think of suicide even, to terminate his agony, an existence without purpose, without interest and without hope. In the inner heart he is convinced that the cause of his sorrowful state is his fate, and the fate cannot be changed, therefore he does not make any effort to improve his lot.

He is content to lead the existence of an animal (in human frame) who eats when hungry and defends himself when attacked. He does not complain of his troubles to anybody. He feels tired and weak always.

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Mr. Sethi was an employee of a motor garage in connaught Place. Once he was given the duty of delivering a new Cheverolet car to a prince in a small state in U.P. He was driving the car in a care-free manner on a highway at 60 m.p.h on an empty road, when suddenly 2 young boys sitting on the side of road dared cross the road before the speeding car. Both were knocked down and what happened to them is anybody’s guess, because Mr. Sethi did not look back. He speeded up the car lest he be lynched by the angry villagers left behind.

He resigned his post from the motor-garage on his return to Delhi, as he dared not sit behind the driving wheel. Whenever he tried to do so, the scene of the two boys being knocked down by him came before his eyes and he became nervous.

Any sudden accident whether physical or mental entails a mental shock whose adverse after-effects can be counter-manded by taking ‘Star of Bethelhem’ remedy.

If the origin of a disease can be traced back to some mental shock received earlier, Star of Bethelhem would be necessary to root out the origin of mental shock and its resultant consequences.

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Oestrogen also plays an important part in the development of the system’s secondary sexual characteristics. At puberty, as oestrogen production makes its first tentative faltering appearance, the typical features of the developing female gradually appear.

Oestrogen influences the development of the uterus and vagina, and external sexual characteristics. The vulval organs increase in size. The vagina becomes larger and develops its typical characteristics. Pubic, and later underarm hair develop. The breasts commence their development. Fat deposits of the body change and start to take on their typical feminine location—chest enlargement, more pronounced hips and bullocks, narrow waist.

The influence on the uterus is dramatic. Not only does this occur at puberty, when it is transformed from a juvenile organ into a fully developed adult one, but each month additional changes occur. Following ovulation, when there is a supercharge of oestrogen, the uterine internal lining, called the endometrium, becomes thick and prominent. Its blood supply increases dramatically. In short, it suddenly prepares to receive a fertilized egg. Would you believe it, but month in and month out, with unfailing regularity, in the average woman the uterus under hormonal stimulation prepares itself and waits for pregnancy. It never seems to tire, even though a pregnancy occurs in a very small number of cases. It offers an object lesson in patience and persistence.

Progesterone is the other female hormone. This also comes from the corpus luteum, which is fully productive about five days after ovulation has taken place.

Its main effect is on the uterus, but ii may also affect other organs to a lesser degree. It acts most forcibly on tissue (hat has been sensitized already by the influence of oestrogen. It aids and abets the oestrogen reaction, causing the endometrial lining of the uterus to become even thicker and more vascular (that is, the blood supply is greatly augmented). Once more, all this is in preparation for an expected pregnancy.

Incidentally, progesterone can have a few other effects, and these are often regarded with distaste by those concerned. Its presence in circulating blood can cause rapid overproduction of the sebaceous (fat-producing) glands in the skin. These are most plentiful in the face, scalp, chest and back regions. That is why many young women notice unattractive pimples, whiteheads and later blackheads appearing in the week preceding a normal menstrual period. The skin also tends to become more oily, particularly in those already burdened with greasy skin, his worth bearing this in mind, for it may be possible to schedule social engagements and other important functions at times when the progesterone levels are at their lowest ebb—and the risk of facial pimples likely to be less.

Another effect of progesterone is to raise the general body temperature by as much as 0.2 to 0.5° C. Although this is not really important in itself, it is often used when efforts are being made to pinpoint the date of ovulation. Carefully kept temperature graphs can indicate with considerable accuracy when ovulation has taken place, by the sudden increase in body basal temperature. Some women use the date system in trying to avoid pregnancy. Others use it if they are having difficulty in conceiving. For both reasons, it may be of practical importance, in any case, the system is available, for use in whichever way your doctor decides to use it in your own interest.

Progesterone also causes fluid retention, and in some women this can produce a series of symptoms that make life anything but enjoyable for many days each menstrual month. But we shall discuss this in more detail a little later.

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