Oak   -   Quercus robur

September 1936: The Twelve Healers & Other Remedies (Collected Writings, pg 44/69)

For those who are struggling and fighting strongly to get well, or in connection with the affairs of their daily life. They will go on trying one thing after another, though their case may seem hopeless.
They will fight on. They are discontented with themselves if illness interferes with their duties or helping others.
They are brave people, fighting against great difficulties, without loss of hope or effort.

Juli 1934: The Twelve Healers & Seven Helpers (Collected Writings, pg 54/80)

OAK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quercus pedunculata

For those who want to prepare their own stock remedies, the method is given below and, following, the English and botanical names of the plants and the situations where they may be found.
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Oak ... Quercus pedanculata
These plants are in flower in May
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Oak. The small slender flower-stems of the Oak should be gathered in full bloom.

1934: The Story of the Oak Tree (Collected Writings, pg 19/49; Original Writings, pg 84)

This old oak tree, and it was a very old oak tree, was saying to itself, "How I envy those cows in the meadow that can walk about the field, and her I am; and everything around so beautiful, so wonderful, the sunshine and the breezes and the rain, and yet I am rooted to the spot."

1934: The Story of the Travellers (Collected Writings, pg 75/99)

Oak, on the other hand, though feeling all was lost and they would never again see the sunshine said, ” I shall struggle on to the very last,” and he did in a wild way.

Oak stands steadfast in the strongest gale;

Augustus 1933: The Twelve Healers & Four Helpers (Collected Writings, pg 71/95)

The botanical name of each remedy is as follows:

These plants are in flower mostly during the months of July, August and September. Water Violet is a little earlier, being at its prime in June and July.

The following will give an idea of the places where they may be found, and some counties have local botanical books which will be a clear guide for particular districts, as these books often give exact localities.

Oak is for the type of people who, although they feel hopeless of any cure, still struggle and are irritated that they are ill.

These people have physical diseases which tend to go on for years and, although they feel quite hopeless about themselves, they still go on trying and struggling.

They are irritated that they cannot get well, and annoyed that they are ill because they are a trouble to others and not able to do their share in their daily duty.

They are not being able to play their part in the game of life, and they think of themselves as failures.

These patients never blame others, they put all the responsibility upon themselves.

The illnesses of this type are where much balance is lost, mental and physical. Mental, such as severe nervous breakdowns, or such types of insanity which can be described as completely unbalanced (where there is great loss of control); and the same in the bodily state, where the patient loses control over parts of the body or its functions.

The small, slender flower-stems of the Oak should be gathered in full bloom, again depending on the weather, but somewhere early or middle May.