Flower essences were first discovered in England in the 1930's by Dr. Edward Bach. He took medical training in London and worked as a bacteriologist specializing in chronic diseases. He recognized clear personality types related to various patterns of ill health, regardless of physical symptoms. Working with vaccine therapy and homeopathic principles, he discovered the existence of flower essences for the harmonization of emotional imbalances which he saw as the real causes of physical illness. The primary purpose of flower essences is to help people improve and to bring them back to a genuinely happy experience of life.
HOW TO USE FLOWER ESSENCES The standard dose, taken orally, is four drops four times daily. Drops can be taken directly from the stock bottle, mix them in a glass of water or make a dosage bottle, by mixing 2 to 4 drops of selected essences in a one ounce dropper bottle of water with brandy or vinegar as a preservative.
1 AGRIMONY: KEY WORDS: MENTAL TORMENT BEHIND A BRAVE FACE. The attempt to hide tormenting thoughts behind a facade of cheerfulness and a care free attitude.
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3 BEECH: INTOLERANCE: Intolerance, arrogance, finding fault and condemning others without relating to them.
#904................................................................... 14.954 CENTUARY: KEY WORDS: WEAK WILLED AND SUBSERVIENT. Weakness of one's own will, overreaction to other's wishes; your good nature is being exploited; you can't say no.
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5 CERATO: KEY WORDS: SEEKS ADVICE AND CONFIRMATION FROM OTHERS. Lack of faith in your own opinion.
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6 CHERRY PLUM: KEY WORDS: FEAR OF MIND GIVING WAY. (If symptoms are very severe, help from a good therapist is recommended) Inner fear of letting go; fear of losing your mind; fear of emotional short-circuit; wild temperamental outbursts.
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7 CHESTNUT BUD: KEY WORDS: FAILURE TO LEARN FROM PAST MISTAKES. You make the same mistakes all the time, because experiences are not properly processed and lessons are not learned from them.
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8 CHICORY: KEY WORDS: SELFISHLY POSSESSIVE. Possessive personality, always critical and overly interfering; expecting your environment to cater to you.
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9 CLEMATIS: KEY WORDS: DREAMINESS, LACK OF INTEREST IN PRESENT. Day dreamer; thoughts always elsewhere; paying little attention to what goes on around you.
#913.................................................................... 14.9510 CRAB APPLE: KEY WORDS: SELF HATRED, SENSE OF UNCLEANLINESS. Feeling dirty inside and out, unclean, infected; detail oriented; the cleansing flower.
#914.................................................................. 14.9511 ELM: KEY WORDS: SUDDENLY OVERWHELMED BY RESPONSIBILITY. A passing feeling of not being up to the task of responsibility.
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12 GENTIAN: KEY WORDS: HOPELESSNESS, DESPAIR. Skeptical, doubting, pessimistic, easily discouraged.
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13 GORSE: KEY WORDS: DISCOURAGEMENT, DESPONDENCY. No hope, complete despair, extreme hopelessness and despair.
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14 HEATHER: KEY WORDS: SELF-CENTEREDNESS, SELF-CONCERN. Completely self-involved, always needing an audience, "the needy child"
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15 HOLLY: KEY WORDS: HATRED, ENVY, JEALOUSY. Jealousy, mistrust, hate and feelings of envy in all aspects.
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16 HONEYSUCKLE: KEY WORDS: LIVES IN THE PAST. Longing and regrets regarding the past; does not live in the present.
#924 ................................................................. 14.9517 HORNBEAM: KEY WORDS: MONDAY MORNING FEELING. You believe you're too weak to accomplish your daily tasks, but then you succeed nonetheless.
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18 IMPATIENS: KEY WORDS: IMPATIENCE (May be applied to skin in lotion -5drops in water or milk) Impatient, excitable, overreacting.
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19 LARCH: KEY WORDS: LACK OF CONFIDENCE. Expectation of failure resulting from a lack of confidence; inferiority complexes.
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20 MIMULUS: KEY WORDS: FEAR OF KNOWN THINGS. Specific fears that can be named; dread, "fear of the world"
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21 MUSTARD: KEYWORDS: DEEP GLOOM WITH NO ORIGIN (Black depression). Periods of great sadness come and go for no particular reason.
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22 OAK: KEY WORDS: EXHAUSTED BUT STRUGGLES ON. The beaten down and exhausted fighter who continues fighting bravely and never surrenders.
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23 OLIVE: KEY WORDS: COMPLETE EXHAUSTION (A good essence for convalescence) Total exhaustion; extreme physical and emotional fatigue.
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24 PINE: KEY WORDS: SELF REPROACH, GUILT (Not to be confused with self disgust - see Crab Apple) Self blame, feelings of guilt, hopelessness.
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25 RED CHESTNUT: KEY WORDS: ANXIETY FOR OTHERS. Exaggerated worry and fear for others.
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26 ROCK ROSE: KEY WORDS: TERROR. Highly acute feelings of fear, terror, and panic.
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27 ROCK WATER: KEY WORDS: SELF REPRESSION, SELF DENIAL (A few drops added to baths can be helpful) In the persistent pursuit of particular ideals and principles, other personal needs are repressed.
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28 SCLERANTHUS: KEY WORDS: UNCERTAINTY, INDECISION. Indecisive, jumpy; inwardly unbalanced; opinions and moods change from one moment to another.
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29 STAR OF BETHLEHEM: KEY WORDS: AFTER EFFECTS OF SHOCK (The comforter and soother of pains and sorrows) After effects from physical, emotional, or spiritual shocks, no matter whether they just occurred or lie far in the past.
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30 SWEET CHESTNUT: KEY WORDS: EXTREME MENTAL ANGUISH. Deepest despair. Feeling that one has reached the limit of what is bearable.
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31 VERVAIN: KEY WORDS: TENSION, OVER ENTHUSIASM. In your excessive zeal to perform a good deed, your powers get exploited; excessively fanatical and irritable.
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32 VINE: KEY WORDS: DOMINEERING, INFLEXIBLE. Domineering, inconsiderate, power-hungry; "the little tyrant"
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33 WALNUT: KEY WORDS: PROTECTION FROM CHANGE AND OUTSIDE INFLUENCES. Periods of uncertainty, fickleness, and being easily influenced during decisive new phases of life; "The flower that facilitates the breakthrough"
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34 WATER VIOLET: KEY WORDS: PROUD, Aloofness reservation, a proud holding back; isolated feelings of superiority.
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35 WHITE CHESTNUT: KEY WORDS: UNWANTED THOUGHTS, MENTAL ARGUMENTS. Certain thoughts run around in your head that you can't get rid of, sometimes including inner discussions and dialogue.
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36 WILD OAT: KEY WORDS: UNCERTAINTY ABOUT CORRECT PATH IN LIFE. Uncertainty regarding ambitions; dissatisfaction with not having found one's mission in life.
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37 WILD ROSE: KEY WORDS: RESIGNATION, APATHY. Indifference, apathy, resignation, inner capitulation.
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38 WILLOW: KEY WORDS: RESENTMENT. Inner resentment and bitterness; the "victim of fate"
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39 RESCUE REMEDY (Five Flower Formula) THE FIRST AID REMEDY FOR EMERGENCIES AND ASSOCIATED STRESS. First Aid drops. a mixture of Cherry Plum, Clematis, Impatiens, Rock Rose, and Star of Bethlehem. Use after frightful, excitable, or stressful situations.
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