Bach Flower Essences
Flower essences or “remedies” were discovered and developed in the 1920s-1930s by Edward Bach, an English physician, bacteriologist and pathologist. Bach was dissatisfied with the traditional medicine of the day that concentrated only on disease. He believed that illness, including depression, anxiety and insomnia, were the result of disharmony between body and mind, and that the symptoms of an illness were actually the result a person’s negative emotional state.
That’s when Bach became interested in homeopathy and alternative therapies that would treat not just diseases, but the emotional and spiritual condition of patients as well. He believed that by relieving a patient’s unhappiness and physical distress, the natural healing potential in their bodies could be unblocked.
In 1928 he left his conventional medical practice in London and headed to the countryside, where he began his work on a set of flower essence remedies. What Bach seemed to know instinctively even 80 years ago, was that all things on Earth, whether human or plant, have their own “vibrational energy.” By harvesting the dew off of plants and capturing its vibrational energy, the Flower Essence Remedies are able to pass along a plant’s healing properties to the user.
The staff at Advanced Allergy Centers of your practice are highly educated in the use of Bach Flower Essence Remedies and would be pleased to answer your questions and discuss what benefits they can bring to you.
Bach Flower Essence Reference, Balance and Imbalance
Agrimony
Imbalance: For those who need emotional honesty, that hide from problems behind a cheerful face. Denial and avoidance of emotional pain using additive behavior such as food, drugs, alcohol or work excessively to anesthetize feelings.
Balance: Emotional honesty, acknowledging and working with emotional pain, obtaining true inner peace.
Aspen
Imbalance: For those who fear the unknown, vague anxiety and apprehension, hidden fears, nightmares, for children who fear the unseen, unknown.
Balance: Trust and confidence to meet the unknown, drawing inner strength from the spiritual world.
Beech
Imbalance: For those who are over critical, have judgmental attitudes, are intolerant of others, exhibit perfectionist behaviors and expect it of others.
Balance: Tolerance, acceptance of others differences and imperfections, seeing the good within each person and situation.
Centuary
Imbalance: For those who are weak willed, subservient and dominated by others, acts to please and finding it difficult to say, “no”.
Balance: Serving others from inner strength, with a healthy recognition of one’s own needs; acting from strength or purpose, saying “no” when appropriate.
Cerato
Imbalance: For those who doubt their own judgement, seeking confirmation and constant advice from others, invalidating what one knows
Balance: Trusting one’s inner knowing, intuition; self-confidence, and certainty
Cherry Plumb
Imbalance: Fear of loosing control of thoughts or actions, mental and emotional breakdown; desperate, destructive thoughts or impulses
Balance: Spiritual surrender and trust, feeling guided and protected by a High Power; balance and equanimity despite of extreme stress
Chestnut Bud
Imbalance: Poor observation of life, failure to learn from experience, repeating mistakes
Balance: Learning the lessons of life experience, understanding the laws of Karma and Wisdom
Chicory
Imbalance: Expressing love by being possessive, demanding and needy; getting attention through negative behavior; self -centeredness
Balance: Selfless love given freely, respecting the freedom and individuality of others
Clematis
Imbalance: Avoidance of the present by daydreaming; mind drifts away from the present into fantasies of the future or into alternative versions of the present
Balance: Awake, focused presence; manifesting inspiration in practical life
Crab Apple
Imbalance: Cleansing remedy for people who feel unclean or impure, self-disgusted, are obsessed with imperfection.
Balance: Cleansing, bringing a sense of inner purity
Elm
Imbalance: Overwhelmed by duties and responsibilities , feeling unequal to the task required
Balance: Joyous service, faith and confidence to complete one’s task
Gentian
Imbalance: Discouragement after a set back; doubt
Balance: Perseverance, confidence; faith to continue despite apparent setbacks
Gorse
Imbalance: Discouragement, darkness, hopelessness, resignation
Balance: Deep and abiding faith and hope; equanimity and light-filled optimism
Heather
Imbalance: Over-talkative, self absorbed, over-concerned with one’s own problems.
People who are obsessed with themselves but do not like to be alone.
Balance: Inner tranquility. emotional self-sufficiency
Holly
Imbalance: Feeling cut off from love, jealousy, envy, suspicion, anger
Balance: Feeling love and extending love to others; universal compassion, open heart
Honeysuckle
Imbalance: Nostalgia, emotional attachment to the past, longing for what was
Balance: Being fully present; learning from the past while releasing it
Hornbeam
Imbalance: Fatigue, weariness, exhaustion; daily tasks seen as an overwhelming burden
Balance: Energy, enthusiasm, involvement in life’s tasks
Impatiens
Imbalance: Impatience, irritation, tension, intolerance, frustration, irritability
Balance: Patience, acceptance; flowing with the pace of life and others
Mimulus
Imbalance: Used for known fears of everyday life’s challenges
Balance: Courage and confidence to face life’s challenges
Mustard
Imbalance: For gloom, depression and melancholy without obvious cause
Balance: Emotional equanimity, finding the joy in life
Oak
Imbalance: Iron-willed, inflexible; over-striving beyond one’s limits. People who never give up but are no longer able to struggle against adversity.
Balance: Balanced strength, accepting ones limits, knowing when to surrender
Olive
Imbalance: Tiredness and exhaustion after an effort of some kind such as hard physical or mental labour or a long struggle against an illness
Balance: Revitalization through connection with one’s inner source of energy
Pine
Imbalance: For those who blame themselves even when successful they think that they could have done better and are never content with their efforts of the results.
Balance: Self- acceptance , self forgiveness, freedom from inappropriate guilt and blame
Red Chestnut
Imbalance: For those who feel fear for the well-being of others; for example: husbands and wives, mothers and children, an aging parent
Balance: Caring for others with calm, inner peace, trust in the unfolding of life events.
Rock Rose
Imbalance: Deep fear, terror, panic; feeling alarmed, intensely scared, fear of death or annihilation
Balance: Self-transcending courage, inner peace and tranquility when facing great challenges
Rock Water
Imbalance: Self denial, rigid standards for oneself
Balance: Flexibility, spontaneity, and flowing receptivity; following the spirit rather than the rather than the letters of the law
Scleranthus
Imbalance: This flower is used for people who can’t make up their mind, hesitation, indecision, confusion, wavering between two choices.
Balance: Decisiveness, inner resolve, acting from the certainty of inner knowing and guidance
Star of Bethlehem
Imbalance: Shock or trauma from unexpected bad news or unwelcome events, recent or from a past experience; need for comfort and reassurance from the spiritual world
Sweet Chestnut
Imbalance: Strong despair, moments when anguish is unbearable, for those experiencing the, “Dark night of the soul”
Balance: Deep courage and faith which comes from knowing and trusting in the spiritual world
Vervain
Imbalance: Overbearing or intolerant behavior; for those who exhibit over-enthusiastic perfection, or that have nervous exhaustion from over-striving.
Balance: Ability to practice in moderation in all that you do, finding the balance in all of life, grounded idealism
Vine
Imbalance: For people that know their own minds, that dominate, forcing their will on others that they know what is best for them
Balance: Selfless service, tolerance for the individuality of others
Walnut
Imbalance: Influenced by beliefs of community and family, or by past experiences
Balance: Freedom from limiting influences, making healthy transitions in life and courage to follow one’s own journey.
Water Violet
Imbalance: Withdrawn, aloof with social relationships
Balance: Enjoying the company of others, sharing ones gifts, and able to balance their desire to be alone with time to socialize.
White Chestnut
Imbalance: Intense worrying, thoughts that are repetitive, mind chattering
Balance: Calm, clear mind, inner quiet
Wild Oat
Imbalance: Confused about life’s direction, attempting to try many activities but chronically dissatisfied with them, lack of focus and commitment.
Balance: Follow life’s path with a direction of calling, work that expresses one true goals and values, work experiences are motivated by an inner sense of life purpose.
Wild Rose
Imbalance: lack of hope, resignation, giving up on life with lingering illness
Balance: Finding the joy in life, will to live
Willow
Imbalance: for those who feel resentful and bitter about the way their life has gone, that things are unfair or that one is a victim
Balance: accepting life’s path, forgiveness, and taking responsibility for ones life situation, going with the flow of life
Rescue Remedy
This vibrations is made from 5 flower essences. This especially beneficial when you find yourself in traumatic situations such as stress, emergencies after getting bad news, before an exam or job interview and all other kinds of situations where we suddenly lose balance mentally. The remedies get us quickly back in our normal balance so that we can calmly deal with any situation.
The flower vibrations in this remedy are Cherry Plumb, Clematis, Impatience, Star of Bethlehem and Rock Rose.
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