OCEAN Preparations

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Introduction
- Names and Numbers etc.
- OCEAN (The Big Five Personality Factors)
Personality Factors

Below are findings of remedies that could help many who otherwise might succumbed to giant narcissism and the like. Try them out to the degree they seem OK or helpful, if you can find out of it.
Have you recently checked your personality traits informally? There is a Big Five page on the site about the five personality factors that seem most stable, and otherwise known by the acronym OCEAN. Find a Big Five self-test online [Link]. After looking into it, maybe you will not back away from studying the proposed preparations that follow.
For each OCEAN linked category we present a list of homeopathic preparations, Bach flower remedies and a few selected Gem remedies, and some others. There is a site disclaimer too. Do not disregard it. The following information is educational, then. - Tormod Kinnes

Introduction

Thanks to much statistical research since the late 1930s and onward, several factors have emerged as probable indicators of personality. They are clustered and annexed to five dimensions known by the acronym OCEAN, where O stands for Openness, C Conscientiousness, E Extraversion, A Agreeableness, and N Neuroticism. Today's specialists agree that OCEAN's (the Big Five's) parameters furnish a better basis for understanding the evolving personality than any other similar test, for example the MBTI, which is the most used one anyway, due to its momentum.
The first standard counsel is: Stay out of harm's way. If not, there is hopefully some help to be found along many an alleyway. For example, we think well chosen homeopathic remedies, flower essence remedies and other such remedies could help against some mental disturbances. The deeper the disturbances go, the more they affect the lives and personalities involved. So there is "every" good reason to correct disorders and remedy disturbances before they get serious, or more serious. and better still, "Prevention is better than (attempts at) cure," the proverb says.
This is to say, try and see what helps, what helps best, in case, and refuse to succumb to diseases if you can. Self-help can be glorious enough.
On several previous pages there is information for studying the essence remedies in the light of such as OCEAN aspects of ourselves. Maybe it works best to read that page first, and then come back to read on from there, to ensure a better grasp of what are called charged impressions, potentised preparations, and remedies, and what they could do for people according to the faith -

OCEAN

OCEAN is a acronym gleaned from the first words on the five lines below:

O - Openness to new experiences (versus being close-minded)
C - Conscientiousness (versus being disorganised)
E - Extraverted (versus introverted)
A - Agreeable (versus disagreeable)
N - Nervous, high-strung (versus calm, relaxed).

Each of these five dimensions of human personality have poles in each end, then, and a cluster (group) of human qualities associated with each of these ten poles.

OPENNESS is related to being original, creative, curious and else. It is well worth noting that "curiosity killed the cat" - the proverb is from an old fable, and suggests that one may be open to one's loss. So as much openness as possible is not an ideal - and ot fit under all circumstances, such as under a despot.
Opposite is "close-minded" , which is associated with being conventional, having narrow interests, being uncreative, and so on. It would be a mistake to think that being "close-minded" would be wrong under all circumstances in this world. To be conventional may be very good, for example, where conventinality is good. Among head-hunters and cannibals and child-warriors, however, it may not be good to be conventional (as them).
So the terms are relative, and we can live with that. Circumstances often determine how much interest and openness can be worth while, or good enough.

In the list below, many categories from the OCEAN or Big Five parameters are found, and helpful remedies are listed under them again. If your health and vivacity suffers from 'openness', your deep need might be to get less open, less frivolous. And conversely, if your health and vivacity and children suffer from your closed mind, maybe you should make real efforts to loosen up somewhat. Thus, the key to determine whether a parameter such as being 'CONSERVATIVE' is good for you or not, or how good it seems to be, is determined by your health and vivacity, and maybe the health and vivacity of those very close to you, in your care. We donæt say in what ways persons may be too conservative than what is good for them. The remedies may bring to light a variety of angles, and some of those "angles" may seem more suited that others. If so, use them.
On other Gold Scales pages you can study remedies in detail - their said, prominent effects according to such as homeopathy and Dr. Edward Bach and so on - and what they may be good for. - [LINK].
There is in addition a page of problems and suggested remedies on yet another page - [LINK].
All this is to say we have to consider carefully in order to make effective use of the information here.
If you think you or your partner is too CARELESS, make no big shouts about it. Instead talk about the Puff-ball (Bovista), and how you might make a home remedy out if its flowers in the way of Dr. Edward Bach. And then stick to having or giving the regulated amount of drops as many times a day for as many weeks as seem profitable. That's how to do it. Or you may ask others close to you to help you. Such amateur detective work can be fun, and should not deteriorate into sulking.

WHERE TO GET SOME: Many of the remedies below can be bought or ordered at homeopathic pharmacies. Maybe you want to learn how to prepare your own remedies at home and save hundreds of dollars in time too. In case you make some yourself, make sure you don't use poisonous parts of anything. That is your responsibility - making sure.

Personality Factors

These factors or traits can be understood through their general meanings without refrence to the OCEAN. Still, we have furnished the acronym letters that seem appropriate for those who would like to follow up self-test findings some way or other. The numbers 1 and 2 refer to high scores and low scores on the self-test, respectively.
The list of remedies for each parameter is a meny to select from. Proficiency in homeopathy and flower remedies cannot be dispensed with to make fit and safe use of the findings.

Careless - C2

Alnus rubra 4
Ammonium nitricum 5
Arsenicum album 6
Bovista B 6+
Colchum autumnale 5
Frontal bone 6
Mancinella 3
Mercurius dulcis 6
Micrococcin 6+
Nosose struma adenom 6
Pulmonaria vulgaris 6
Salix vitellina B 6
Saxifraga nivalis 6
Tanzanite 6
Viburnum opulus B 6
Zoisite 5

Conservative - E2

Asclepias syriaca 6
Hydrocotyle B 6
Plumbum metallicum 5
Pyrus americana 6+

Conventional - O2

Adansonia digitata B 6
Aristolochia clematis 6
Carnelian 4
Dolichos pruriens 5
Erica arborea B 6
Falcon's Eye 6
Micrococcus neoformans 5
Prunus cerasifera B 5
Satureja acinos 4
Saxifraga nivalis 6

Goody-goody (agreeable) - O1

Carnelian 6
Crataegus oxyacantha 6
Jasper 6
Rosa 'Irene' 6+
Santolina neapolitana B 6
Viburnum opulus B 6+

Inhibited - E2

Arsenicum album 5
Asa foetida 6
Eleutherococcus senticosus B 6+
Juniperus communis Abhal 6+
Panax ginseng 6
Paeonia lactiflora 6
Tanzanite 5
Saxifraga nivalis 6
Thymus serphyllum 6

Insecure - N1

Apatite 5
Arundo mauritanica B 5
Calluna vulgaris B 5
Dolichos pruriens B 5
Fagus sylvatica heterophylla 6
Falcon's Eye 6
Hypericum perforatum B 5
Kalium muriaticum 6
Lathyrus sativus 5
Tourmaline 6

Negligent - C2

Aragallus lamberti 5
Asclepias curassavica 'aurea' 6
Bismuthum subnitricum 6
Eilate 5
Myrrhis odorata B 6
Myrrhis odorata V 5
Viburnum opulus B 6

Retiring (socially) - E2

Aluminium phosphoricum 5
Amethyst 5
Argentum iodatum 5
Hibiscus esculentus B 6+
Malus theifera 6+

Ruthless (too severe) - E2

Aloysia triphylla 5
Amethyst 6
Arundo mauritanica 6+
Bovista B 5
Cyclamen persicum 5
Dolichos pruriens 6
Fraxinus americana 5
Helichrysum bracteatum 6
Juglans cinerea 6
Mancinella 5
Panax ginseng 6
Polygonum viviparum 6
Rosa 'Curly Pink' 6
Saxifraga nivalis 6+

Selfish - A1

Acidum phenyl-aceticum 6
Baryta sulphide 6
Emerald 6
Ferraria densepunctulata 5
Kalium chloricum 4
Lilium maculatum B 6
Pulmonaria officinalis 6
Quartz, Rose quarts 6
Satureja thymbra B 6
Saxifraga nivalis 4
Sepia 4

Taciturn, very t. (= quiet) - E2

Arum triphyllum 6
Fucus vesiculosis B 6
Opium 4
Pentymalum 6
Saxifraga tridactylites 6+
Almandin 6

Talkative - E1

Aluminium sulphuricum 4
Arundo mauritanica B 6
Asclepias vincetoxicum 4
Juniperus horizontalis 'Wiltonii' 6
Linaria vulgaris 6 (p: somewhat cowardly)
Satureja thymbra B 4

Undependable - C2

Amanita phalloides 5
Aristolochia clematis 6
Clematis vitalba B 6
Dulcamara 4
Eleutherococcus senticosus B 6
Hepar sulphuris calcarea 5
Hydrobromic acid 6
Kalium bromatum 6+
Magnesium arsenicum 6+
Paeonia lactiflora 6
Pearls 6
Polygonum bistorta 6
Pothos foetida 6
Satureja acinos 6
Solidago virga B 6++
Vitamin K 6
Zoisite 6+

Vulnerable - O1 (or E2)

Foeniculum v dulce 6
Clematis integrifolia 'Hendersonii' B 6
Porphyra perforata 6
Santolina neapolitana B 5
Zoisite 6

Worrying, worrier - N1 (E2)

Aesculus hippocastanum bud B 6+
Aralia hispida 6+
Asclepias syriaca 6+
Arundo mauritanica B 6+
Bromelinum 6++
Calluna vulgaris B 6+
Cina 6+
Fragaria 'Alexandria' 6
Fumaria officinalis 6
Hura braziliensis 4
Lachnanthes tinctoria 6
Magnesium carbonicum 6+
Micrococcin 5
Oncidium varicosum B 6
Pothos foetida 6++
Salix vitellina B 6
Thymus serphyllum 6++
Zoisite 5

Literature
Hbf: Chancellor, Phillip: Handbook on the Bach Flower Remedies. Daniel. Rockford, 1971.
Hi: Smith, Carolyn D. (ed) et al. Hilgard's Introduction to Psychology. 14th ed. Belmont: Thomson Wadsworth, 2003.

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