Dr. Bach and his Flower Remedies: Dr Edward Bach discovered the healing properties of certain flowers during the 1930’s, having been a medical doctor Edward Bach was intrigued to find out why people with the same problem all reacted differently when given the same treatment. He made it his life’s work to discover a healing system that was pure and simple and could be used very easily by everybody. Dr Bach realized that it was important to treat the individual and not the disease or the symptoms of the disease from an early stage in his career he took an interest in his patients as individuals rather than cases, he realized that the patient’s personality would effect how they dealt with their illness and that it was just as important to treat their feelings and emotions as well as their physical symptoms. Instead of treating a physical complaint, such as headache or back pain, the remedies are used to heal emotional issues that can be the underlying cause of the physical illness. The Bach flower remedy range was developed by Dr. Edward Bach, an English physician who spent years of his life researching and developing a natural healing system. He created the Bach range over several years, collecting plants and flowers and producing remedies. He devised a system which would treat people’s emotions which in turn will create a balance in the physical body, people with the same physical condition will have varying emotions and will therefore require different remedies, therefore each remedy is individually mixed for every client. The remedies are an energy medicine which helps to balance the emotions this in turn creates balance within the physical body so promoting the end of physical symptoms. The remedies are also excellent for helping people deal with the emotional demands of everyday life, allowing people to take more control of their self-care. Dr Bach’s work has continued since his death and the remedies are still distilled in the original manner that Dr Bach used. Dr Bach’s Preparation: Dr Bach was a man of very simple tastes and very few materials needs, he was a quietly determined man whose soul aim in life was to discover and perfect a natural healing system that could be passed down through the generations, he had experienced acute illness during his life, and this gave him a great understanding of human suffering. Bach, during his discovery derived his solutions intuitively and based on his perceived psychic connections to the plants. If Bach felt a negative emotion, he would hold his hand over different plants, and if one alleviated the emotion, he would ascribe the power to heal that emotional problem to that plant. He imagined that early-morning sunlight passing through dew-drops on flower petals transferred the healing power of the flower onto the water, so he would collect the dew drops from the plants and preserve the dew with an equal amount of brandy to produce a mother tincture which would be further diluted before use. Later, he found that the amount of dew he could collect was not enough, so he would suspend flowers in spring water and allow the sun's rays to pass through them. If this was impractical because of lack of sunlight or other reasons, he wrote that the flowers may be boiled. The result of this process Bach termed the "mother tincture", which is then further diluted before sale or use. Bach was satisfied with the method, because of its simplicity, and because it involved a process of combination of the four elements: Preparation: The Bach flower remedy solutions, which contain a 50:50 mix of water and brandy, are called mother tincture. Stock remedies—the solutions sold in shops—are dilutions of mother tincture into other liquid. Most often the liquid used is alcohol, so that the alcohol level by volume in most stock Bach remedies is between 25 and 40% (50 to 80 proof). The solutions do not have a characteristic scent or taste of the plant because of dilution. The dilution process results in the statistical likelihood that little more than a single molecule may remain; it is claimed that the remedies contain energetic or vibrational nature of the flower and that this can be transmitted to the user. The solutions are described by some as vibrational medicines, which implies they rely on the pseudoscientific concept of water memory. They are often labeled as homeopathic because they are extremely diluted in water but are not homeopathy as they do not follow other homeopathic ideas such as the law of similars. How to use: Each solution is used alone or in conjunction with other solutions, and each flower is said by advocates to impart specific qualities. The solutions are also used on pets and domestic animals. Remedies are usually taken orally. The solutions may be recommended by a naturopath or by a trained Bach flower practitioner after an interview. Some vendors recommend dowsing to select a solution. You can add two drops of a remedy into a glass of water, juice, tea or any drink, and sip from it throughout the day. This is the recommended method for acute problems. For chronic problems the Bach Centre recommends that you get an empty 30 ml bottle (with a dropper in the lid), add two drops of each remedy (or four of Rescue Remedy) and top the bottle with still mineral water. Take four drops from the bottle at least four times every day. Bibliography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bach_flower_remedies http://untrainedhousewife.com/an-introduction-to-the-bach-flower-remedies https://www.bachcentre.com/centre/faq.htm https://www.maryholloway.co.uk/bach-flower-remedies/ Important Note: Online classes on Bach Flower Remedies and its uses now available. Contact for more details.
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