38 Flower Remedies
Bach Flower Therapy is based on 38 flower-based remedies, each of which can heal a particular negative emotional state. With these remedies, in the words of Edward Bach, “not only can we heal ourselves, but we have the great privilege of being able to help others to heal themselves, and the only qualifications necessary are love and sympathy.” The remedies used are completely free of side effects, are non-habit-forming and can also be used for stress relief and self improvement.
Rather than being based on medical research, using the scientific method, Bach’s flower remedies were intuitively derived and based on his perceived psychic connections to the plants. If he felt a negative emotion, he would hold his hand over different plants, and if one alleviated the emotion, he would ascribe the power to heal that emotional problem to that plant.
He believed that early morning sunlight passing through dew-drops on flower petals transferred the healing power of the flower onto the water, so he would collect the dew drops from the plants and preserve the dew with an equal amount of brandy to produce a mother tincture which would be further diluted before use. Later, he found that the amount of dew he could collect was not sufficient, so he would suspend flowers in spring water and allow the sun’s rays to pass through them.
Rather than recognizing the role of germ theory of disease, defective organs and/or tissue, and other known and demonstrable sources of disease, Bach thought that of illness as the result of “a contradiction between the purposes of the soul and the personality’s point of view.” This internal war, according to Bach, leads to negative moods and energy blocking, which causes a lack of “harmony,” thus leading to physical diseases.
All pages:
- Dr. Edward Bach
- Bach centre
- 38 Flower remedies
- What is “disease”?
- The journey to simple healing
- Rescue Remedy
- Bach Healing Herbs Flower Essences