There is a remedy for everyone! Sometimes I have a client who seems to be suffering emotionally rather than physically and I have used these remedies very successfully to help rebalance and smooth any rough edges. They are the most lovely, gentle way to treat an uneasy vibration in someone.
Dr Bach discovered these 38 plant and flower remedies that he believed would help us rebalance our emotions and help us with fear, anxiety and depression. When you read through the list of remedies and the symptoms that they are associated with you tend to get to one and say “yes, that is me at the moment” or there are a few that you are drawn too in which case you can make up your own unique recipe
I know that my basic remedy is clematis, which means that I am always thinking of the future and not really grounded in the present, so if I am daydreaming a lot then it is time for me to make up some drops! I also add in other remedies depending on where I am in life.
Here is the list of remedies and their uses from The Bach Centre website http://www.bachcentre.com/centre/remedies.htm
Which one are you?
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
Chicory – selfish, possessive love
Clematis – dreaming of the future without working in the present
Crab Apple – the cleansing remedy, also for self-hatred
Elm – overwhelmed by responsibility
Gentian – discouragement after a setback
Gorse – hopelessness and despair
Heather – self-centredness and self-concern
Holly – hatred, envy and jealousy
Honeysuckle – living in the past
Hornbeam – tiredness at the thought of doing something
Impatiens – impatience
Larch – lack of confidence
Mimulus – fear of known things
Mustard – deep gloom for no reason
Oak – the plodder who keeps going past the point of exhaustion
Olive – exhaustion following mental or physical effort
Pine – guilt
Red Chestnut – over-concern for the welfare of loved ones
Rock Rose – terror and fright
Rock Water – self-denial, rigidity and self-repression
Scleranthus – inability to choose between alternatives
Star of Bethlehem – shock
Sweet Chestnut – Extreme mental anguish, when everything has been tried and there is no light left
Vervain – over-enthusiasm
Vine – dominance and inflexibility
Walnut – protection from change and unwanted influences
Water Violet – quiet self-reliance leading to isolation
White Chestnut – unwanted thoughts and mental arguments
Wild Oat – uncertainty over one’s direction in life
