Bach's Flower Remedies.
Doctor Edward Bach studied medicine in London, England. However, he became disenchanted with orthodox medicine and although he felt inspired by his work with Homoeopathy he wanted to find a remedy that would not only look at the physical characteristics of the patient but also assist in the healing of the emotional side. He was sure that nature had the answers. In 1930 he set about finding a solution to this by using his healing powers to hunt out each remedy. In the beginning Bach found twelve remedies and named them the Twelve Healers. These were the essences of chicory, mimulus, agrimony, scleranthus, clematis, centaury, gentian, vervain, cerato, impatiens, rock rose, and water violet. He then found seven more that he named the Seven Helpers. These were gorse, heather, oak, olive, rock water, vine, and wild oat. In 1934, when he moved house to Mount Vernon in Oxfordshire, he discovered a further nineteen essences. He simply called them the New Nineteen Essences. They were aspen, beech, cherry plum, chestnut bud, crab apple, elm, holly, honey suckle, hornbeam, larch, mustard, pine, red chestnut, star of bethlehem, sweet chestnut, walnut, white chestnut, wild rose, and willow.
This gave a total of 38 remedies. The first 19 essences are prepared using sun potentizing. The 12 healers moods can be applicable to everyone at one time or another. The 7 helpers are particularly useful for chronic states. Emotional states can be reflected in the complexion, so try vine, heather or rock water if you have a high colour, or olive, gorse, or oak if you are pale. If none of these six seem right, try wild oat.
With the exception of white chestnut the 19 new essences are prepared by the boiling method. These are designed to develop spiritual or soul qualities and give protection from the influences or others. Brandy should have an alcohol content of 40% and is used as a preservative of the remedy. Water should come from fresh pure water drawn from a spring. When making mother tinctures, stock bottle, or treatment bottle labels should contain the date, contents, and location. The treatment bottle should have the name of the person being treated too.
When prescribing select remedies by what you see, even if there is limited information. Do not guess or rely upon memories of the way you felt when a similar thing happened to you. The illness of yesterday is of yesterday and of no interest or importance now. What we have to treat is the present state of a person.