The main keynote symptoms for this flower remedy are indecision, uncertainty and mood swings. The person needing scleranthus has a grasshopper type mind and finds themselves swayed back and forth between two possibilities.
The scleranthus person suffers a great deal of emotional distress due to indecision. It is not only a problem when making decisions of great importance but can affect them in everyday mundane decision making. They are constantly in turmoil over making a decision. If they go shopping they will often return with several items for the same thing because they simply could not choose.
They don’t confide this uncertainty with others but carry it alone. The flower remedy helps these people become more focused and mentally equipped to deal with decision. It gives them clarity and the ability to know their own mind.
Other signs and symptoms that this remedy is required include mood swings between happiness and sadness and peacefulness and anger for example. The remedy is indicated wherever there is a rapid, sudden change of mood. Physically it can be used to treat motion sickness. The symptoms come and go and seem to move about.