Bach Flower Remedies
How do the Bach Flower Remedies work?
Each remedy treats a specific type of emotional imbalance, and used in combination they can be beneficial to a wide range of clients.
Each flower remedy can help you to deal constructively with the negative behaviour patterns of human nature such as jealousy, impatience, the inability to say no, timidity, and inappropriate guilt that are viewed by Bach practitioners as the underlying cause of physical illness.
Can they help me?
The Bach treatments aim to combat emotional imbalance before it results in any physical imbalance. Bach Flower Remedies are ideal for helping you cope with emotional turmoil.
Three groups of people benefit from Bach flower remedies:
- SPECIFIC PROBLEMS - People suffering from specific medical or emotional problems. Bach remedies heal emotions directly, and help us feel more positive, even when in the grip of physical illness.
- IN CRISIS - People under stress or going through a crisis. Bach remedies are ideal for treating feelings of irritability, anxiety and gloom. They help us cope with the stresses and strains so prevalent in everyday life - everything from a visit to the dentist to taking an exam, or following a bereavement.
- SPIRITUAL GROWTH - People who are on a journey of personal and spiritual growth. Selecting remedies gives us an insight into our feelings, and taking them helps us to realise our full potential.
Below are just some examples when the Bach Flower Remedies may benefit you:
- Bereavement
- Life changing events, such as during pregnancy, child-birth, divorce, the menopause etc
- Phobias
- Job interviews
- Moving house
- Relationship breakdowns
- Adapting to new circumstances
- During illness
- Negative emotions
Why work with a practitioner?
Despite the simplicity of the system, many people coming to Bach remedies for the first time, find it useful to work with a practitioner initially, who can advise them about the most suitable remedies and help you to gain a better understanding of them. As you become more familiar with the Bach Flower Remedies, it is possible to choose your own.
What happens during a consultation?
An initial consultation usually lasts up to an hour, and follow-up consultations may be needed, which tend to be shorter.
You will be encouraged to talk about the issues and problems which you are currently facing in your life, which will help you to explore your deepest feelings, concerns and fears. This will determine the underlying cause(s) of the problem(s). A remedy bottle will then be prepared for you, selecting a combination of anything up to six Bach flower essences. This is usually topped up with mineral water and alcohol to preserve the contents. You will be advised how to take the remedy, which should last up to three weeks.
About the Bach Flower Remedies
Bach Flower Remedies are a subtle way of using plants to heal "emotional maladies". The Bach Original Flower Remedies can be used to overcome everyday bad feelings. Bach Flower Remedies are gentle, effective, and completely free of harmful side effects.
Bach Remedies were developed by Dr. Edward Bach (1886-1936), a Harley Street Clinic physician and prominent bacteriologist, homeopath, and researcher. His years in practice convinced him that emotions are key to health and well-being. He saw that the fear of disease was as destructive as disease itself. He reasoned that if he could remove that fear, the health of his patients might improve.
Bach started researching the healing properties of flowers in 1928. In 1930 he left London and his medical posts to dedicate himself full-time to this work. He discovered 38 flower remedies before announcing that his system was complete.
