I can't decide which dress to wear today mum', the indecisive child whines to her mother. The clock is ticking and its not long before school starts. Her mother  delicately tries to negotiate with her child to please choose either the blue or red dress as quickly as possible. Eventually after a long teary scene and raised voices, the child puts on the  blue dress. The mother is absolutely exhausted.

Decisions do not come easily for child and life is so full of decisions she is so confused by the choices and decisions that it makes her head spin. As if that was not bad enough, she feels happy one minute and sad the next.

After taking some Scleranthus, the 'knots' of confusion and indecision gradually untangle. Clear sudden decisive thoughts enter the child's mind from nowhere. Why hadn't I thought of that before? Life is so much more balanced and straightforward now.   Much to the relief of her mother, the young child decides in a flash, which dress to wear.

The Scleranthus plant is comparable to a tangled piece of wool. At random, the tangled stems produce spiked, waxy green flowers, which grow in all directions.