Bach Flower Remedies
Bach Flower RemediesThe Bach Flower Remedies were developed by Dr Edward Bach in the 1920s and 30s. After a career in orthodox medicine and homeopathy, Dr Bach was inspired to turn to nature to find remedies which would treat emotional states and restore balance to mind and body. Like an increasing number of doctors today, he believed that the mind plays an important role in maintaining health and recovery from illness. By the time he died, in 1936, he had developed 38 remedies prepared from wild herbs, bushes and trees. He called them his “Healing Herbs”. These essences can be used alone or along with other methods of healing. They are still made where Dr Bach first created them in Oxfordshire as well as by a number of producers worldwide in accordance with Bach’s original instructions. There are two methods of preparing the flower remedies – sun potentising or boiling. Sun potentising method – Firstly, the flowers are picked, in a clean location in the early morning. They are then floated in a glass bowl filled with pure spring water. This is left in the same place as the flowers were picked, for about four hours. This infused water is then mixed with brandy to preserve it and is called the “mother tincture”. It will be diluted to produce the flower remedy. The boiling method is chiefly used to prepare the flowers of trees, which bloom early in the year, before the sun is hot. Flowering twigs are cut and placed in a pan. This is filled with fresh spring water until the twigs are completely covered. The pan is brought to the boil and the twigs are pushed down with another twig from the same tree. They are then simmered for thirty minutes. Once cold, the essence is strained, mixed with brandy and is then ready to dilute to form the remedy.
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| Agrimony | For those people who hide their troubles, making light of them and rarely talking to others about them. They avoid confrontations. This remedy helps foster the ability to express their troubles. |
| Aspen | For those who have fears or anxieties, which suddenly manifest themselves for no apparent reason. Aspen helps find courage to explore these fears. |
| Beech | For those who are intolerant of others and quick to find fault. Helps with acceptance and the vision to look beyond differences. |
| Centaury | For those who find it difficult to say no and are always trying to please others. Helps with finding the strength to follow one's own path. |
| Cerato | For people who don't trust their own judgment and always need to ask the advice and opinions of others. Helps one to trust in one's self. |
| Cherry Plum | For those who fear losing control of their thoughts and actions and being unable to stop themselves from doing things they know are wrong. Helps to find trust in their own wisdom and the courage to follow their own path. |
| Chestnut Bud | For those who keep making the same mistakes and are unable to learn from past experience. Helps one to focus on the present and move on. |
| Chicory | For those who are possessive of those they care about and have feelings of being unwanted and unloved. Helps promote unconditional love. |
| Clematis | For those who withdraw into fantasy worlds thinking that life will be better there. They may show lack of interest in the details of everyday life. Helps one come back to reality. |
| Crab Apple | For those with a poor self-image. This essence aids purification. Can be applied to the skin as a lotion as well as being ingested. |
| Elm | For those who feel overwhelmed or overburdened by responsibilities, that tasks are too difficult to accomplish. Helps promote the ability to see problems in perspective. |
| Gentian | For those who are discouraged by small setbacks ad find it difficult to see a positive solution. Helps foster confidence in their ability to overcome problems. |
| Gorse | For feelings of hopelessness and despair. For those who give up in the belief that nothing more can be done. Helps promote new hope for the future. |
| Heather | For those who have a compulsive need to constantly talk about themselves and their problems. Helps promote the ability to give as well as receive. |
| Holly | For those who are troubled by feelings of envy and hatred because they deprived of love. Helps one to become truly loving. |
| Honeysuckle | For those unable to let go of the past, and are filled with feelings of regret. Helps promote the ability to live happily in the present and have hope for the future. |
| Hornbeam | For the feeling that one doesn't have the strength to get through tasks of the day. Helps to promote mental vitality. |
| Impatiens | For those who are driven by a sense of urgency, and have no patience for what they see as the slowness of others. They often prefer to do things for themselves. Helps promote patience when working with others. |
| Larch | For lack of confidence in one’s own abilities. Often they make no attempt to try new things. Helps restore self-confidence and the determination to take on challenges. |
| Mimulus | For those who suffer fears - of the dentist, heights, flying, death, spiders, etc. Helps promote a more positive approach. |
| Mustard | For depression of unexplained cause, which descends for no apparent reason. Helps dispel the blackness and promote cheerfulness. |
| Oak | For those who never give up, and struggle on regardless of difficulties. This essence helps promote strength and endurance. |
| Olive | For mental and physical exhaustion, feelings of being completely washed out. This essence helps to restore physical vitality. |
| Pine | For those who are never satisfied with themselves and suffer from guilt and shame. Helps restore self value. |
| Red Chestnut | For those who worry constantly about the safety of others and often fear the worst. Helps restore optimism and trust. |
| Rock Rose | For those who experience panic or terror. Helps to promote fearlessness. |
| Rock Water | For those who are excessively hard on themselves and deny themselves pleasure. Helps restore the ability to be open minded and flexible. |
| Scleranthus | For those who are unable to make a choice between two things and are emotionally unstable. Helps restore balance. |
| Star of Bethlehem | For trauma and shock, whether experienced recently or in the past. Helps promote the ability to recover from traumas and to begin self-healing. |
| Sweet Chestnut | For extreme anguish and the feeling that one has reached the limits of one's endurance. Helps to bring light and happiness back into life. |
| Vervain | For those believe it is their responsibility to take care of everything around them. Helps one to take a more realistic attitude to responsibility. |
| Vine | For those who are overbearing and dominating. Helps to promote positive leadership. |
| Walnut | For those who find it difficult to be adaptable at times of change. This essence helps to ease transitions. |
| Water Violet | For those who are independent and sometimes aloof. They can find it hard to communicate with others. This essence helps them to socialise with others without sacrificing their independence. |
| White Chestnut | For unwanted thoughts and a constantly busy mind. Helps to promote a balanced state of mind clear thoughts. |
| Wild Oat | For people who are uncertain what they want to achieve in life. Helps promote focus and direction. |
| Wild Rose | For resignation and apathy, with feelings of boredom and tiredness. Helps promote enthusiasm for life. |
| Willow | For those who are bitter or resentful, and feel that life is unfair. Helps promote self responsibility and forgiveness. |