HEALTHY DIET
Our work is steadfastly to adhere to the simplicity and purity of this method of healing - Dr Edward Bach, 1936
Dr Edward Bach studied medicine at the University
College Hospital, London, and was a House Surgeon there. He worked in
general practice, having a set of consulting rooms in Harley Street, and
as a bacteriologist and later a pathologist he worked on vaccines and a
set of homoeopathic nosodes still known as the seven Bach nosodes.
Despite the success of his work with orthodox medicine he felt
dissatisfied with the way doctors were expected to concentrate on diseases
and ignore the people who were suffering them. He was inspired by his work
with homoeopathy but wanted to find remedies that would be purer and less
reliant on the products of disease. So in 1930 he gave up his lucrative
Harley Street practice and left London, determined to devote the rest of
his life to the new system of medicine that he was sure could be found in
nature.
Just as he had abandoned his old home, office and work, so now he
abandoned the scientific methods he had used up until now. Instead he
chose to rely on his natural gifts as a healer, and use his intuition to
guide him. One by one he found the remedies he wanted, each aimed at a
particular mental state or emotion. His life followed a seasonal pattern:
the spring and summer spent looking for and preparing the remedies, the
winter spent giving help and advice to all who came looking for them. He
found that when he treated the personalities and feelings of his patients
their unhappiness and physical distress would be alleviated as the natural
healing potential in their bodies was unblocked and allowed to work once
more.
In 1934 Dr Bach moved to Mount Vernon in Oxfordshire. It was in the lanes
and fields round about that he found the remaining 19 remedies that he
needed to complete the series. He would suffer the emotional state that he
needed to cure and then try various plants and flowers until he found the
one single plant that could help him. In this way, through great personal
suffering and sacrifice, he completed his life's work.
ESSENCE'S DEFINED
The Bach Flower Essences are homeopathically prepared plant and flower based essences. Each one is specially devised to treat a different emotion and help you to manage the demands of everyday life.
AGRIMONY is for those who hide worries behind a brave face, are distressed by arguments, quarrels and confrontation, and often turn to alcohol, drugs, or comfort eating to help cope.
ASPEN is for people who suffer from apprehension for no known reason. These people are seized by sudden fears and anxieties.
BEECH is for people who feel critical and intolerant of others, and are unable and unwilling to make advances. These people are convinced that they are right and everyone else is wrong. They are perfectionists in the extreme.
CENTAURY is for people who are weak willed, exploited or imposed upon. Usually timid, quiet and passive, these people act out of subservience rather than a spirit of willing co-operation.
CERATO is the remedy for people who doubt their own judgment and seek confirmation from others. These people may be wise, educated and intuitive, yet they constantly seek and follow the advice of others rather than trust themselves.
CHERRY PLUM is for people who have uncontrolled, irrational thoughts. These people feel they may explode and give way to violent impulses and fits of rage.
CHESTNUT BUD is for people who fail to learn the lessons of life and refuse to learn by experience. They continually repeat the same mistakes. These people do their best to forget past difficulties and thus have no solid basis on which to base future decisions.
CHICORY is for people who are full of love and care for their families and friends, but are over possessive (self centered), clingy and over-protective. They expect others to conform to their values and are critical and argumentative when opposed. They are meddling, talkative, self-pitying and easily offended.
CLEMATIS is for people who are inattentive, dreamy, absent-minded, and given to mental escapism. They like to be alone and avoid confrontation by withdrawing. They appear to have a lack of interest.
CRAB APPLE is known as the cleansing remedy. It is for those with a poor self-image, feelings of shame and a sense of uncleanliness.
ELM is for people suffering a temporary loss of self confidence due to overwhelming responsibility. When such people, even those with above average ability, take on too much work while neglecting themselves, the results are often temporary depression, exhaustion and loss of self-esteem.
GENTAIN is the remedy for relatively mild downheartedness and despondency. These people become easily depressed and discouraged when things go wrong or difficulties arise. They are easily disheartened by small set backs.
GORSE is the remedy for people who have given up believing that there is any hope for them.
HEATHER is for people who are talkative and obsessed with their own troubles and experiences. They need an audience and dislike being alone but fail to realize they are often avoided because they sap the vitality of other people.
HOLLY is often thought the remedy for anger, hatred, envy, jealousy and suspicion. Unconsciously, these people suffer from insecurity yet project aggression to the world at large. They lack the ability to feel love.
HONEYSUCKLE is for people who live in the past. They are nostalgic and often home sick. They lack the ability to change the present because they are constantly looking at the past, usually out of a sense of fear.
HORNBEAM is used against feelings of exhaustion and tiredness coupled with procrastination. People with these feelings find it difficult to face everyday problems and responsibilities in spite of the fact that they do manage to get things done.
IMPATIENS is the remedy for impatience, frustration and irritability. People with these characteristics may be capable and efficient, but are frustrated and irritated by slow co-workers and often wind up working alone.
LARCH is the remedy for people who lack self confidence or feel inferior. They may be secretly aware that they really do have the ability they admire (without envy) in others, yet these people simply won't try for fear of failing.
MIMULUS is the remedy for fear of known things, shyness and timidity. It is for people who fear accidents, pain, poverty, public speaking, unemployment, etc. Often artistic and talented, these people can be tongue-tied and unable to speak about their fears.
MUSTARD is the remedy for dark mental clouds that descend and make one sad, seemingly for no reason. Although this depression can often lift as suddenly as it descends, people who suffer from it are truly exposed to the deepest gloom.
OAK is the remedy for people who are normally strong and courageous, but are no longer able to struggle bravely against illness and/or adversity. These people are over achievers with a strong sense of duty. They hide their tiredness because they are afraid to appear weak in front of others.
OLIVE is the remedy for tiredness, exhaustion, fatigue, drained energy and struggles against long illness. It is for the type of exhaustion that sets in after prolonged periods of strain.
PINE is for people who blame themselves for something they feel they have done in the past. They are always apologizing. These people feel undeserving and unworthy.
RED CHESTNUT is for people who are obsessed by care and concern for others. These people constantly fear the worst, often living in dreaded anticipation of some nonspecific, but definitely unfortunate, horror befalling to their loved ones.
RESCUE REMEDY is a combination of Bach Flower Essences that are beneficial for dealing with traumatic situations. For use during emergencies, after getting bad news, before an exam or job interview and all other kinds of situations where we suddenly loose ground. The Essences quickly get us back in balance so that we can calmly deal with any situation.
ROCK ROSE is the remedy for terror, sudden alarm and panic. These emotions will often occur after being in an accident, or narrowly avoiding or witnessing an accident. Such acute feelings can cause people to feel frozen and helpless with fear.
ROCK WATER is the remedy for people who take self-repression and self-denial to extremes. They may be rigid minded and self-denying. They are opinionated and dogmatic and are much too self-concerned to interfere in or connect with other people's lives.
SCLERANTHUS is the remedy for people who suffer from uncertainty, indecision, vacillation and fluctuating moods. These people are often waste time and miss opportunities because their up and down mood swings make them unreliable.
STAR OF BETHLEHEM is the remedy for all who fear the effects of serious news or have an inordinate fright following an accident, etc. There are those who suffer serious distress and unhappiness under adverse conditions.
SWEET CHESTNUT is for those feeling a hopeless despair.
VERVAIN is for people who are perfectionists. These are strong willed people with strong views, especially about what they consider to be injustice. They are often so enthusiastic that they alienate potential allies.
VINE is for people who are dominating, inflexible, tyrannical, autocratic and arrogant. These are capable, gifted, ambitious people who use their abilities to bully others. They are proud and, usually, ruthlessly greedy for power.
WALNUT is the remedy that assists in adjustment to transition or change, e.g. puberty, menopause, divorce or new surroundings. It is also for those with definite ideas who are occasionally diverted by the strong opinions of others.
WATER VIOLET is the remedy for people who are talented, proud, reserved, and enjoy being alone. Often gentle and self-reliant, these people nevertheless can exude a sense of superiority that makes them appear aloof and condescending. Buy Now
WHITE CHESTNUT is for people who have persistent unwanted thoughts. There may be a preoccupation with some worry or episode. They may also have mental arguments that go around and around and lead to a troubled, depressed mind.
WILD OAT is the remedy that can help determine one's intended path in life. It is good for people who have ambition and talents but waste those gifts through a lack of direction. They are frustrated because they are aware that life is passing them by.
WILD ROSE is for people suffering from resignation and apathy. Whether it is illness, a monotonous life or poor working conditions, these people do not complain but simply plod unhappily on. Their apathetic behavior assures that their condition will not change and they themselves will not change and so they will miss even the simplest of life's pleasures.
WILLOW is for people who are embittered and resentful. These people begrudge other people's good fortune. Grumbling and irritable, they enjoy spreading gloom.
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