Nicotiana—yes, it’s made from the tobacco flower. Nicotiana flower essence has a long track record of use around addictions, predominantly to cigarettes. It helps by supporting an addictive personality (those who need a substance to cope) and making it okay to feel the feelings. Being tough and cool is overrated. So is being the loner. Nicotiana is connecting and grounding, softening, and—even as Native Americans know—a peace maker.
This is a 1 oz bottle that should last about a month of daily dosing.
We recommend taking no more than one blend at a time. Here's why and some possible work arounds.
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For Animals
For the animal that uses a repetitive behavior to NUMB OUT and avoid feeling what is actually going on. This is the critical distinction between Nicotiana and the true compulsive behavior essences: the behavior is not purposeless looping (White Chestnut) or narrowed fixation (Filaree). It is a coping mechanism, a way of checking out. This is the horse who weaves or cribs with a glazed, faraway look, as if the behavior itself is a drug that takes the animal somewhere else. The dog who licks obsessively not because of fixation on the spot but because the rhythmic licking produces a trance state that lets the dog avoid its distress. The bird who plucks in slow, ritualistic patterns that seem almost meditative in their detachment. The key indicator is the GLAZED QUALITY, the sense that the animal is using the behavior to leave rather than being trapped in it. Nicotiana is also indicated for the "lone wolf" animal who projects toughness and independence as a mask, refusing to integrate with the group because vulnerability feels too dangerous. It is grounding and connecting, helping the animal come back into relationship and presence rather than retreating into self-soothing isolation. If the animal seems trapped in the behavior and distressed by it, consider Filaree or White Chestnut. If the animal seems to be using the behavior as an escape hatch, Nicotiana is the better choice. (Compare with White Chestnut for purposeless repetitive loops, Filaree for fixation on a single point, or Black Currant for generalized anxiety that the animal may be trying to escape.)
From the Freedom Flowers A-Z of flower essences for animals. See the full reference for related essences, pet blends, and situational guidance.
