Bach Flower Remedies are named after Edward Bach, a highly respected English doctor, homeopath, pathologist and bacteriologist. He became dissatisfied with orthodox medicine and its concentration on isolated symptoms.
Dr. Bach came to believe that unhappiness and fear led to ill-health, and that true healing meant arresting disease at its emotional source, before the physical symptoms appeared. With this in mind he sought a direct way of treating the whole person by way of the emotions.
Put simply, Bach Flower Remedies are medicines used to balance negative mental states and emotions. Each remedy treats a specific negative emotional state by encouraging the corresponding positive quality that lies dormant within us.
Dr. Bach came up with 38 remedies (between 1928 and 1935) which come from the flowering parts of plants, bushes and trees. They are liquid so that you can mix them together, which gives a 293 million possible combination, enough to treat every possible negative mental state.
These remedies are intended for home self-help, and they are meant to treat the whole person. Stock solutions are diluted in water and a few drops are taken.
They work very gently and they do no harm. They do not cause dramatic healing crises but instead slowly unpeel the emotional layers one at a time. This process is called "peeling the onion". They are considered safe for pregnant women and small babies.
Using properly, the bach remedies can give us an insight into who we really are.
As with other remedies and healing methods, Reiki improves the effectiveness of Bach flower remedies.
