Bach Flower Therapy

Bach Flower Therapy is a form of energy-based medicine that treats stress, mood swings, emotional problems, fears, and anxieties, and is an alternative to psychotropic medicine. It treats with pure energy and attempts to generate changes in the energetic field of the patient. Psychotropic medication, on the other hand, uses narcotics, anti-depressants, and anti-psychotics to control pain, and neurological and psychiatric illnesses. Bach Flower Therapy could be considered to be an extension of herbal medicine, using natural ingredients to restore emotional  imbalances.

Bach Flower Remedy

A Bach Flower remedy consists of water that has been patterned with the energetic vibrations of one of 38 different flowers. The flowers are steeped in water under sunlight for a period of time, or if no sunlight is available, the solution may be boiled. The remedy or “mother tincture” is then is added to a cup of water (or other beverage) four times a day. It is combined with alcohol, for preservative purposes, and dispensed as liquid or in the form of pills.

Bach Flower Therapy treats Shades of emotion

Bach Flower Therapy treats specific shades of emotion. Each emotional disturbance is treated with a particular flower essence remedy. For instance, Aspen is used to treat the fear of unknown things; Beech to treat intolerance; Cherry Plum to treat the fear of the mind giving way; Gorse to treat hopelessness and despair; Heather to treat self-centeredness and self-despair; Mustard to treat deep gloom for no reason; Pine to treat guilt; and so on. The most well know flower remedy is the Rescue Remedy combination, which contains an equal amount each of Rock Rose, Impatiens, Clematis, Star of Bethlehem, and Cherry Plum remedies. This combination is used to treat stress, anxiety, and panic attacks, especially in mergencies.
There is also Rescue Cream, which contains the same remedies with the addition of Crab Apple. It is prepared in paste form, to be applied externally to treat minor skin problems such as itches and burns.

After Edward Bach

After Edward Bach’s time, makers of flower remedies all over the world have created thousands of additional remedies based on Bach principles. Currently over 400 small to medium flower essence makers are active all over the world.