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Bach Flower Remedies

Edward Bach was a Physician in the early part of the 20th century. He believed, like many of today’s doctors, that the attitude of the mind plays a significant role in recovering from illness or trauma and maintaining health. He believed health to be “the complete and full union between soul, mind and body.” His book “Heal Thyself” gives the message that “physical disease is the result of being at odds with one’s spiritual purpose”. He developed 38 remedies to support the patient’s fight against illness, by addressing the emotional factors. They have no interactions with other treatments. They can be safely used by people of all ages and can also assist animals and plants. They work specifically on the emotional condition of the person concerned. Therefore, remedies cannot be chosen on physical symptoms , but on the emotions stirred in the individual. They work by stimulating the individual’s potential for self-healing, transforming negative attitudes into positive ones, allowing the physical system to be fully engaged in fighting the disease and stress. 

There are seven groups of remedies. These groups represent fundamental conflicts that prevent us from being true to ourselves.; 

• • • Fear 
    • Uncertainty 
    • Insufficient interest in the present circumstances 
    • Loneliness 
    • Over-sensitivity to influences and ideas 
    • Despondency or despair 
    • Over-care for the welfare of others. 

Within each group, there is a number of remedies. When initially trying to choose remedies, it can appear that a great number of the remedies apply. Try to concentrate on your feelings at this moment in time. This should help narrow the choice. Note the negative states the remedy is recommended for AS WELL AS the positive potential for each remedy. You may also be drawn to a remedy that indicates your personality type eg agrimony for cheerful person. You may be in a cheerful state of mind as well as a cheerful person. Then look deeper, to what is behind that front. If you pick a wrong remedy, it will, simply, not have any effect. As you move through the states of healing, you may need a different combination, or you may not need to take the remedies any longer. 

Rescue Remedy is a special remedy, developed to treat trauma, shock, strong fear, terror or for a stressful event eg exam etc It is an emergency remedy. It is a combination of five remedies (Impatiens, Star of Bethlehem, Cherry Plum, Rock Rose and Clematis). It is not sold in combination with any other remedies, only as a remedy on it’s own. 

The other remedies can be purchased in groups of EIGHT or less. These can be combined into one treatment bottle.

OVER-SENSITIVITY 

Agrimony: Agrimony can be indicated for people who appear carefree and fun-loving, but behind the façade are anxieties and worries. They dislike being alone and ignore the darker side of life, preferring to make light of issues and seek company as distractions. 

Keywords: Present a cheerful face to hide problems 

Positive Potential: A genuine cheerfulness with the ability to communicate their real feelings openly and accept life has it’s less pleasant side. 

Centaury: Centaury can be indicated for people who find it hard to say no, they become heavily imposed upon. They are anxious to please and do the “right thing”. 

Keywords: Weak-willed, easily led, difficulty saying no, anxious to please. 

Positive Potential: Being in touch with their own wants/needs and follow their path with determination and energy, without the need of the opinions of others. An ability to express and defend their own opinions and mixing well with others. 

Holly: Holly can be indicated for people who find it difficult to open their hearts to love, possibly from insecurity, envy, jealousy and hatred. They often feel anger in general. 

Keywords: Envy, jealousy, suspicion. Hatred 

Positive Potential: A generous-hearted, loving, compassionate, loveable person who is willing to share and to celebrate the success of others. 

Walnut: Walnut can be indicted for people with definite ideals and ambitions, who are held back the influence of a stronger personality or restrictive circumstances. It is the remedy to assist in navigating major life changes. It provides constancy and protection from the influence of others. 

Keywords: Protection from the influence of others, major changes. 

Positive Potential: The ability to move forward steadfastly, to make the necessary changes in life and to see through plans despite the opinions of others. 

DESPONDENCY and DESPAIR 

Crab Apple: Crab Apple can be indicated as a “cleanser” for the mind and body for those who feel unclean or suffer from a poor body image. 

Keywords: Poor self-image, embarrassment of physical features, sense of uncleanliness 

Positive Potential: As they accept themselves and their imperfections, they develop a positive self-image and are relaxed about their looks and their environment. 

Elm: Elm can be indicated when people who are usually competent and capable, feel overwhelmed by their workload/responsibilities and become despondent. They can doubt their abilities and feel depressed and exhausted. 

Keywords: Overwhelmed and burdened by responsibility 

Positive Potential: The restoration of one’s normal, capable personality and the return of efficiency and self-esteem. 

Larch: Larch can be indicated for those who lack confidence, especially to the extent they won’t try because they are sure they will fail. Also good for those lacking confidence before an exam, interview etc 

Keywords: Lack self-confidence, inferiority 

Positive Potential: Ability to take the initiative, take risks, and use their critical facilities sensibly. A realistic sense of self-esteem, unworried about success or failure and determination develop.

Oak: Oak can be indicated for people who, despite the waning of their inner strength, continue to keep going , driven by a strong sense of duty. They plod on obstinately, despite their fatigue. 

Keywords; Driven by strong sense of duty, struggles on despite exhaustion 

Pine: Pine can be indicated for people who blame themselves for other’s mistakes and anything that goes wrong. They feel undeserving and unworthy. 

Keywords: Guilt, self-reproach, blame yourself for other’s mistakes. 

Positive Potential: A sense of acceptance and respect of self with realistically sound judgements. 

Star Of Bethlehem: Star of Bethlehem can be indicated for the effects of shock, even for the delayed effects which may manifest years later. Good for mother and baby, immediately after birth. 

Keywords: Effects of shock, grief, or fright 

Positive Potential: Neutralisation of the effects of shock, allowing the sufferer to recuperate. 

Sweet Chestnut: Sweet Chestnut can be indicated for the agonising mental anguish and despair of those who have reached the limit of their endurance, eg in deep sorrow. May feel on the point of a nervous breakdown. 

Keywords: At the limits of endurance, extreme mental anguish, despair 

Positive Potential: Optimism, peace of mind, recovery of faith. 

Willow: Willow can be indicated for people who are resentful or bitter. They may suffer self-pity. They may feel as though they are always short-changed in life. 

Keywords: resentment, self-pity (“poor me”) 

Positive Potential: By being able to forgive and forget seeming injustices and enjoy life they move from being victims to being in control of their own destiny. 

OVER-CARE FOR OTHER’S WELFARE 

Beech: Beech can be indicated for people who have a strong sense of their superiority, are judgemental, are intolerant of other’s shortcomings and unable to make allowances. 

Keywords: Critical, intolerant of others 

Positive Potential: A sense of tolerance and compassion develops, allowing the person to see the good in others, despite their imperfections. 

Chicory: Chicory can be indicated for strong-willed people who expect others to conform to their values. It can be used for overly-possessive people and those, whose care for others, is self-centred and manipulative. 

Keywords: Possessive, expect others to conform to your values, over-protective 

Positive Potential: A genuine maternal love develops with a feeling of fulfilment and self-worth, that no longer needs the assurance of other people that they are worthy. They can be kind, warm, sensitive and caring while still allowing the other person to live their own lives. 

Rock Water: The only remedy, not from a flower, but a healing spring, Rock Water can be indicated for people who set very high standards and stick rigidly to them 

Keywords: Infexible, setting yourself very high standards, self-denial. 

Positive Potential: To have the ability to maintain high ideals with a flexible mind. Willingness to change their minds when convinced of a greater truth. 

Vervain: Vervain can be indicated for those with fixed principles and ideas they believe to be right. They put everything into everything they undertake. Usually determined and over-achieving, their minds race ahead, causing them to push beyond their physical limits. 

Keywords: Over-enthusiastic, fixed ideas and principles. 

Positive Potential: A person who is calm, tolerant, able to relax and has a broad view of life. They can still have strong views but can change them when appropriate, and no longer feel the need to impose them on others. 

Vine: Vine can be indicated for people who know better than everyone else, put people down, override the wishes and opinions of others, bully and dominate. 

Keywords: Strong-willed with a tendency to be domineering, inflexible. 

Positive Potential: Determination without domination. An ability to see the good in others. Guide and encourage without controlling them.