Bach Remedies and short, meaningful reads as gentle reminders that meaning, beauty and joy are within us.

The Bach Flower Remedies revitalize, restore the inner well being, help us in bringing to light the positive qualities we possess and in overcoming fears, depressions and states alike.


Let your soul grow

Tuesday 27 July 2010

using the remedies daily or for the 3 weeks treatment

The BFR Practitioner prescribes the remedies for recovery, revitalizing or improving personality traits and also for the improvement of daily transitory moods. Thus through balanced mind and emotions general health of the body is achieved and maintained.

For the 3 weeks treatment:
In a 30 ml mixing bottle we add still water from a fresh bottle and 2 drops from the selected remedy/s. For a bottle are used up to 7 remedies.

For the transitory moods:
Two drops form the selected remedy/s are added in a glass of water. Sip from it during the day.
For example for a jumpy morning, with the feeling of getting up on the wrong side of the bed, Impatiens can work really well and calm you down.

Friday 16 July 2010

selecting the remedies

It’s true that we take BACH FLOWER REMEDIES for the moods and states of mind we have. Still we have to pay attention to the underlying nuances because many times what we feel has a cause.

Let’s have an example:
Anger is quite a common feeling experienced by many people. Behind it however can lie many states of mind that trigger it. For instance: resentment, jealousy, fear, frustration, intolerance, injustice, shame, disappointment, etc.

If you experience feelings of anger take a closer look at them and try to find the underlying cause. Is it fear or disappointment? Loneliness perhaps? Take a few moments for yourself and try to feel it.
The appropriate remedies are selected according to the answer.

Here are a few suggestions as to which remedies might help according to the cause of anger:

Anger out of:
Fear – MIMULULS
Terror – ROCK ROSE
Intolerance - BEECH
Haste and frustration – IMPATIENS
Shame and self-blame – PINE
Feeling unclean and imperfect – CRAB APPLE
Injustice and mental strain – VERVAIN
Intolerance and loss of control – VINE
Disappointment and discouragement – GENTIAN
Loneliness expressed through talkativeness – HEATHER

Sunday 11 July 2010

easy to use

The 38 remedies treat basic human emotions. They remove the negative emotions or states of mind by enhancing the opposite positive quality.

So, how do they actually work?
Let's have an example: someone experiences a state of fear every time confronted with a certain situation, like fear of the dark, of illness, of poverty. For this negative emotion the remedy called Mimulus brings courage sweeping anxiety away.
So it is essential to take a good look at your feelings, reactions to the situations you are in.

There's a quick guide to the remedies' main indications:

1. Agrimony: worries kept hidden from others, inner torture
2. Aspen: fears of unknown origin
3. Beech: criticism, intolerance
4. Centaury: can't say no, weak will and appearance
5. Cerato: self-doubt, constantly seek the advice of others
6. Cherry Plum: mental tension leading to loosing control
7. Chestnut Bud: can't learn from experience, hence repetitive situations
8. Chicory: possessive feelings towards close ones, self-pity
9. Clematis: dreamy, out of focus
10.Crab Apple: obsessed with cleanliness, the purifying remedy
11.Elm: despondency, over-worked by accumulation of tasks and responsibility
12.Gentian: discouragement after setbacks
13.Gorse: loss of hope, despair
14.Heather: self-concern, over-talkative
15.Holly: jealousy, hurt feelings, suspicion, envy
16.Honeysuckle: nostalgia, living in the past, homesickness
17.Hornbeam: fatigue more in the mind than in the body, exhaustion
18.Impatiens: irritability caused by lack of patience
19.Larch: no confidence in oneself, anticipation of failure
20.Mimulus: anxieties of known origin
21.Mustard: melancholy, deep depression
22.Oak: intense efforts, despair
23.Olive: physical exhaustion
24.Pine: guilt, self-blame
25.Red Chestnut: fear for others
26.Rock Rose: terror, panic
27.Rock Water: self-repression, inflexibility
28.Scleranthus: unable to decide between two options, hesitancy, unbalance
29.Star of Bethlehem: in case of mental or physical shock
30.Sweet Chestnut: extreme despair
31.Vervain: strain, over-enthusiasm
32.Vine: dominating, inflexible
33.Walnut: oversensitive to influences, for new beginnings
34.Water Violet: pride, loneliness
35.White Chestnut: repetitive thoughts
36.Wild Oat: dissatisfaction, uncertainty about one's direction in life
37.Wild Rose: resignation
38.Willow: resentment, bitterness