At any given time every person who comes to Dr. Bach Flower Therapy has his or her own unique situation, and only this specific situation should be addressed.
One case may present as a deep spiritual exhaustion, another as indecision about a course of action, a third as despair.
Although many people who turn to Dr. Bach Flower Therapy have experienced shock in their lives, there is still no absolute requirement for Feel5ive Remedy or Star of Bethlehem to be part of the first mixture taken; these experiences of shock may already have been digested and thus do not affect each person’s present situation.
In some cases the emotional equilibrium is so seriously disturbed that there is no clear experience of any particular state (for instance, a person reporting, "I can't say anything, I need all the Flowers"). It would then be beneficial to take Feel5ive Remedy for a few days before going any further.
]]>When all is balanced there is nothing to restore; Dr. Bach Flowers have nothing to affect.
Feel5ive Remedy is the one exception to this rule.
]]>Generally speaking, a mixture should not contain more than six Flowers. However, when putting together a mixture for initial treatment, there are frequently too many states present to hold to this limit and the number is often closer to ten.
If you cannot decide between two Flowers even after a thorough study, both Flowers should be included in the mixture.
Often it turns out that the Flower you felt was less important is the one that's needed more.
A large initial combination will result in a general clearing out or a basic clarification of the person's inner terrain.
In the following interviews the crucial reaction patterns will then be significantly more evident.
Despite the fact that "wrong choices" have no effect, it's still desirable to reduce the number of Flowers in subsequent mixtures so that you are able to focus on a few, specific reaction patterns and deal with them more effectively.
]]>However, positive effects, particularly in babies and small children, animals, and plants, speak for themselves—children, animals, and plants have no conscious expectations when taking the Flowers.
Of course, an open and positive embrace of Dr. Bach Flower Therapy is always beneficial during its course, but this is not necessary.
On the other hand, even a very optimistic attitude will not lead to improvements as long as an inappropriate combination of Flowers is chosen.
]]>It was his goal to make Flower Therapy available to as many people as possible in the shortest possible time. Our energy system is able to deal with only a limited number of impulses at any given time.
To take all thirty-eight Flowers at once would be like simultaneously playing thirty-eight keys on a piano, which would only result in a jumble of noise.
Experience shows that up to twelve Flowers will yield specific results.
]]>Dr. Bach Flowers have an effect only when they are needed.
Because their effect is to strengthen connection to Inner Guidance, those taking Essences are ultimately less subject to manipulation.
Even if Dr. Bach Flowers were to be used to transform a very lively child into one who is better adapted to a situation or environment, the treatment would not be successful because the child’s true nature is lively.
It isn't possible to create an entirely new character trait in a child.
]]>If you forget a dose, take it immediately upon remembering.
]]>When, for example, six specific Flowers are needed in a combination but only three of them are used and three "less correct" ones are also used, the results may still be positive but the progress will be slower.
In practice, each combination can be more or less precise in addressing a specific situation.
A problem can be approached from many different angles; one therapist may prescribe a slightly different combination than another does for the same person and the same reasons—and both may lead to positive results.
However, it is not advisable to take more than one combination at a time.
In Bach Flower Therapy it has proved to be more effective to work with one partner or therapist and one issue at a time.
]]>On the contrary, Dr. Bach Flowers help to regulate the use of these substances.
]]>The timing of this varies from person to person.
To understand your own tendencies, observe when your internal response to expected stress sets in.
Does it come days ahead of time, or only an hour before?
Taking Feel5ive Remedy immediately when you feel your response will help you to be more relaxed so that you can better deal with the situation.
However, beware of viewing Feel5ive Remedy as a miracle cure or a way to avoid all difficulties in life.
This kind of expectation is certain not to be fulfilled.
Bach Flowers are not meant to prevent experiences, but to support their healthy integration.
]]>First of all, it depends on the blend of essences in the compound.
Dr. Bach divided the essences into two types: Essences for constitution, and essences for situation. A situation essence is given to aid the user in coping with specific situations such as those that arouse in him or her stress, anxiety, or fatigue.
A condition essence has an immediate effect of 1-20 minutes.
A basic essence is given in order to create a basic change related to the user's habits and / or thought patterns. The basic essence has a slower effect of between three minutes and 2-3 weeks.
If it were possible to measure the timing of the effect precisely, we would see signs of the essence's effects taking place gradually even over this two- to three-week period.
Another factor that affects the speed of the reaction is naturally a function of the personality of the user, and regarding this, of course, I cannot give a time estimate.
I recommend to someone who is taking an essence to try the following exercise: Before taking the first dose, rank your level of what was bothering you on a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being the lowest level.
For example: "My stage fright is a 7". Then check back with yourself daily to estimate your level.
It is likely that after just a few days, you will find that the intensity of your ailment has already dropped at least one level.
]]>Everything happens at the proper moment.
People will be intuitively drawn to and also benefit from different kinds of therapy at various stages of their development.
In Dr. Bach Flower Therapy too, there are ideal times when the seeds will fall on fertile ground.
It is possible to cause someone to miss a healing opportunity by trying to talk him or her into Dr. Bach Flower Therapy at the wrong time.
Choosing the right moment should remain an individual's personal decision.
]]>Dear Ann, Here's a Bach compound for you that will give you energy and promote its efficient use:
1. Olive, which stimulates and strengthens the immune system and the body's other systems
2. Hornbeam, which helps us cope with mental fatigue, exhaustion, and burnout
3. Mustard, intended for use in situations of hidden depression, which is the impression I get from your description
4. Gentian for encouragement, optimism, hope, and joie de vivre
This compound should be taken often, as needed, by dissolving eight drops in a cup of mineral water and drinking it slowly.
Besides being a better pick-me-up than diet cola, it's "slightly" healthier! While it's reasonable to assume that this compound will encourage you and give you energy, it is not sufficient on its own, so you'll also need to deal with the causes of your condition.
You have three small children, never an easy situation.
The following essences can help you:
1. It's likely that you feel as you do due to emotional changes and other experiences (Star of Bethlehem).
2. It's also likely that the fatigue that you feel stems from a subconscious attempt to escape your situation (Clematis)...
3. ...and guilt feelings that go along with your situation (Pine).
4. I'm also guessing that you're undergoing some post-partum hormonal changes that weaken and tire you (Walnut).
5. At the same time, drinking diet cola can be an indicator of a tendency toward addictive behavior, and in order to overcome this tendency, Crab apple is recommended.
Hang in there! Ruth
]]>We preserve the essence in Brandy and spring water, wherein the alcohol level per volume is 25%. This compound lasts six months.
While we don't recommend it, if you wish, we can prepare these essences without alcohol. At the end of the order process, select "Alcohol-Free".
In addition, we sell ready-mixed essences (Bach flower formulas).
These essences are intended for common situations such as insomnia, tension, and smoking cessation. These essences are sold in 20 ml bottles.
We preserve these essences with Brandy at an alcohol level of 40% per volume, and they retain their potency for 10 years.
Lastly, we sell each of the 38 basic Bach essences in 20 ml bottles. These too are preserved in Brandy at an alcohol level of 40% per volume, and are also potent for 10 years.
Like most homeopathic medications, ours are preserved in alcohol, and there is nothing to be afraid of: When used as instructed, the quantity of alcohol consumed will always be less than one milliliter (1 ml/0.034 oz) per day, and in most cases, far less.
If it reassures you, certainly consult with your physician before purchasing our essences; s/he is certain to tell you that our essences cannot harm you.
Indeed, alcohol consumed at such low dosages can even be beneficial.
]]>Even those suffering from chronic illnesses, the elderly, and infants can use them.
In addition, Dr. Bach flowers have a wonderful effect on pets and plants.
]]>If neither develops, it becomes necessary to reevaluatee the combination of Flowers.
When treating chronic negative behavior patterns such as a lack of self-esteem rooted in childhood, it may take two to three weeks to observe an effect.
]]>The Essences do not contain any material substance deriving from the Flowers; thus they contain no allergens.
They carry only the energetic information of each Flower.
The treatment of allergies with the support of Dr. Bach Flowers has been clearly successful.
]]>Such a state cannot exist without a prior process of cleansing and removal of waste on the physical, emotional, or mental levels.
Bach flower remedies work on all of these levels, particularly the emotional and mental.
Old patterns, bad habits, fears, worries, difficult-to-manage feelings, and painful memories all act as poisons on our bodies.
A process of change is simply an accelerated process of detoxification. The detox period is a period of crisis.
As the toxins leave the body, the patient reports various reactions and discomforts.
The intensity of this healing crisis differs from person to person, and there is a direct relationship between the length of the healing crisis and the "age" of the problem and its severity.
The patient may feel worse during the healing crisis than s/he did before treatment, because beforehand, there existed a false state of balance in which feelings were familiar and known.
The patient undergoes a transition to a new, unfamiliar state that causes questioning of his or her confidence.
A person being treated with Bach flowers in a thorough manner may undergo a healing crisis, which is a positive sign that testifies to the fact that s/he is undergoing a deep change and is letting go of deep-rooted problems.
Remember that the various Bach essences do not themselves cause reactions or healing crises; rather, they provide immediate relief of symptoms, but do not treat the causes of a problem. Best, Ruth
]]>Three or four drops of Feel5ive can be added to plant water, particularly when the plant is being moved, transplanted, or is recuperating from a fall.
Indoor plants also profit from combinations that the owner is no longer taking.
To combat pests, it sometime helps to give Crab Apple.
]]>Additionally, the curators have been producing mother tinctures continuously from these same locations that Bach selected and in the same fashion as did Bach himself.
]]>In Dr. Bach Flower Therapy, it is not the material body of the plant but rather its energetic information that is used.
Environmental influences such as acid rain and pollution do not seem to have an effect on this energetic information or true character of the plant.
]]>Dear M, Dogs suffer terribly from noise, particularly from thunderstorms and fireworks.
Dogs' hearing is sensitive, and the level of such noises is unbearable to them.
I recommend a combination of:
1. Mimulus, which is good for this type of fear
2. Cherry Plum for panic
3. Agrimony to ease the pain caused by the noise
Wishing you peace and quiet, Ruth
]]>The positive potentials of the Flowers are ideal aspects of the divine nature of humanity.
This is a collective unity and contains all the potentials in an undifferentiated state. The negative behavior patterns are distortions that have become separated from the whole and can therefore be observed, described, and diagnosed precisely in their separate expressions.
]]>On the contrary, the energetic patterns in the Essences are broken up by homeopathic potentization.
]]>There can be no further reaction in the bio-energetic field after this point has been reached.
Children, for example, may suddenly say that they don't like the drops anymore once they have achieved this harmonization, or they may refuse to take them, or say that they taste bad.
Any unfinished drops can be used to water plants or can be added to your bath.
]]>Compared to the Dr. Bach Flowers, they affect a wider spectrum but are less specific.
A vapor lamp with ethereal oils will provide a supportive atmosphere in a Dr. Bach Flower session.
Evaporating Dr. Bach Flower Essences in such a lamp is of no benefit, however.
]]>Don't push yourself to read about all the Flowers at the beginning of your Bach Flower Therapy.
It might even be very confusing to study detailed descriptions when you're in a difficult situation. It may also be difficult to imagine how combinations of Flowers work synergistically to address certain states.
In this context many of us make the mistake of compiling the details in all the descriptions and looking for them in ourselves.
This can leave you feeling as though there's too much to deal with or, if you don't see the connections, can convince you that the Flowers don't apply to you.
Specialists have related that at the beginning of therapy in acute situations, many patients don't care about the content of the combination they are taking. However, as soon as they notice progress, they become more interested.
Thus step by step, more awareness and responsibility develops.
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