Dr. Edward Bach

Dr. Edward Bach
(1886 - 1936)

Flower essence therapy is the art of healing with flowers, and Dr. Edward Bach is considered to be the father of this practice. He was a pioneer in understanding the connection between the emotional self and physical health, and believed in healing physical and mental ailments through oils extracted from flowers.

The diseased more valuable than the disease:

Dr. Bach (1886–1936) was a British bacteriologist and pathologist, working on vaccines and homeopathic remedies. He operated a successful practice, but was increasingly dissatisfied with orthodox medicine—more so because of its concentration on the disease rather than on the person suffering the disease. He observed the close connection between a person’s disease and some form of stress or trauma in the person’s life. A woman suffering from acute asthma, for instance, was extremely concerned about her son who had moved away from her and lost touch. However, when he reappeared in her life, she recovered almost instantly.

Emotional Healing:

One fine day, Edward Bach quit his practice and decided to devote his studies to a system of curing that was more nature based and less science based. He wandered the countryside, tasting dewdrops on the petals of wildflowers, and found that he experienced great emotional healing this way.

With dedicated, patient, and systematic practice, he studied different species of flowers and found 38 species with unique curative powers. He developed new and innovative methods to produce large amounts of extract for his patients.

He would spend spring and summer looking for and preparing remedies, he would spend winter helping and advising all who came looking for hem. He would actually put himself through the emotional state that he needed to cure, study various flowers, and then come up with a remedy to cure that emotional state. Needless to say, the process was extremely painful and took a lot of energy and sacrifice on his part.