Bach Flower Remedies

BACH FLOWER REMEDIES were introduced in the 1930s by the English Physician and Homeopath Dr. Edward Bach and can be most easily defined as natural remedies for the emotions. Unlike conventional medicine, the flower remedies do not work to treat physical complaints, but instead work on balancing the emotions of the individual. They can be used to help the fight against illness by addressing the negative emotions which can impede our physical healing or alternatively they can be used at times of stress and anxiety to prevent physical illness. The link between mind and body has long been documented.  Balancing the mind and body is a vital step in maintaining our physical health. 

Dr Bach believed that disease was the result of imbalance between mind, body and soul and committed his life to developing a "medicine of the future" which could be used by everyone to treat themselves. During the course of his short career, Dr. Bach developed 38 remedies in total.  Each of these remedies is prepared from wild flowers and trees blossoms.  Each remedy works to treat a specific emotion and mental state. Through his life work, Dr. Bach established that there are 38 principal human emotions, most of which every one of us will feel at some stage during our life. Problems can occur when our emotions become out of balance and cause negative attitudes, often as a result of a specific event or trigger. Dr. Bach divided the flower remedies into seven groups of fundamental emotions: fear, uncertainty, insufficient interest in present circumstances, loneliness, over-sensitivity to influences and ideas, despondency or despair, over-care for the welfare of others. 
 

Some examples of different flower remedies are as follows:
Agrimony - mental torture behind a cheerful face
Aspen - fear of unknown things
Beech - intolerance
Centaury - the inability to say 'no'
Cerato - lack of trust in one's own decisions
Cherry Plum - fear of the mind giving way
Chestnut Bud - failure to learn from mistakes
There is also a combination remedy called Rescue Remedy for emergency stress situations.