Bach Flowers           

"Health is our heritage, our right. It's the complete and total union between soul, mind and body and this isn't an far ideal and difficult to reach but so simple and natural that much of us neglect it."

Dr. Edward Bach  (1886 - 1936 )       

GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS :

Dr. Edward Bach, an english physician, developed a natural medicine, to treat the spiritual and emotional health, discovering the 38 Bach Flower Remedies that are plant and flower based essences, each one specially devised to treat a different feeling, and a combination of 5 Bach Flowers designated to difficult situations that demand to much from people that he called Rescue Remedy®.

37 of the 38 Bach Flowers are flowers from wild shrubs and trees, with exception of Rock Water that is prepared with pure natural water of a fountain with healing properties.

The Bach Flowers help you to manage the emotional demands of everyday life, the kind of feelings that affect everyday life in the present days.

The Bach Flowers, as well as other natural medicines, as an effect treating the person and not the disease or it's synthoms. They act specifically in the emotional condition of the affected person, so, two persons with the same complaint could benefit from different Bach Flowers. For example, both could suffer from arthritis, one could be resigned to the disease, while the other maybe impatient with it, so different Bach Flowers will be fitted to each case.

The effect, as taking Bach Flower Remedies, it's not to suppress the negative attitudes but to transform them in positive attitudes, stimulating the body's own capacity to heal itself, releasing the physic system to engage completely in the fight against sickness and stress.

People doesn't need to be physically ill to benefit from taking Bach Flowers. It's normal for people to pass through  periods of difficulties and fatigue, that could conduct to a negativism state. In these moments, the Bach Flowers are fundamental, restoring the equilibrium before physic synthoms appear.

The Bach Flower Remedies are unique, simple to use by any person, without necessity of specific medical attendance, suitable for all the family, don't origin any dependence for any period of utilization and are available from major naturalist shops.

It's important to put in relief that this therapy do not dispense the medic treatment to cure the physical illness. The Bach Flowers begin to actuate in the more subtle body, cross the several layers till the physic body (more heavy), not healing directly the physical sickness, but helping to fight it or to live together with it in a way that it don't represent an important aspect of life so the person could live in a better way.

The present flowers can be used in conjunction with any conventional or complementary medicines, including other allopathic or homeopathic remedies, without any negative interference. They are complementary of other therapies, raise it's power and reduce their negative effects.

Warn should be made for the necessity of using exclusively the Original Bach Flower Remedies, which mother tinctures are produced by Dr. Edward Bach Centre in England,  according to the exact traditions of Dr. Edward Bach. The original remedies bottles have the Bach Centre stamp and the label is cream-coloured with green writings like the figure below.

USING BACH FLOWER ESSENCES :

To choose the Bach Flower Essence to apply, first you need to identify the feeling for which each remedy is suitable. It could be used up to 6 remedies in a treatment bottle, counting Rescue Remedy® (that combines 5 remedies) as one remedy.

Once one or combination of remedies is chosen, the procedure will be the following:

• Dilute 2 drops of each remedy, with exception of Rescue Remedy® remedy which quantity is 4 drops, in a bottle of non gasified natural water that should be taken during the day. Each day a new misture (water + drops of essences) should be prepared;

• Alternatively, the misture could be prepared in a 30 ml sterilized dark coloured (for example amber) glass bottle with non gasified natural water and take 4 drops of the solution at least 4 times daily, till a relieve of the emotional state / synthoms is reached.

Although both methods are possible, the first coul bring better results, since the postive incentive is taken more times (it is assumed that the misture will be taken several times during the day).

Please find next a presentation of the 38 Bach Flower Remedies and Rescue Remedy® and it's emotional states indications, divided by their traditional groups (Pressing the Bach Flower name, a link to more detailed explanations from the Bach Center in England Web Site is found):

FEAR :

UNCERTAINTY :

INSUFFICIENT INTEREST IN PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES :

LONELINESS :

OVER-SENSITIVITY TO INFLUENCES AND IDEAS :

DESPAIR :

OVER-CARE FOR THE WELFARE OF OTHERS :

Rescue Remedy® :

For emergency situations, Dr. Bach created a combination of Bach Flower that called Rescue Remedy®, which is composed by the 5 remedies: Impatiens, Star of Bethlehem, Cherry Plum, Rock Rose and Clematis. The Rescue Remedy® Cream is also available, with Crab Apple joined, for external used as a ointment.

The base indications for Rescue Remedy® are:

• Acute and emergency cases;

• Anticipatory suffering situations (before exams, interviews, dentist, surgery, etc.);

• It also could be used after acute situations, such as post surgery, etc..

PRACTICE AND FORMATION IN BACH FLOWERS :

For the practice of Bach Flower therapy it's recommended to attend the courses of the Official International Bach Education Program, taught by accredited Bach trainers.  There are the following 3 levels of courses:

• Level I (Introductory Seminar) which provides a solid grounding in the Bach Flower Remedies. Even if you already have some knowledge of the remedies it is strongly recommended that you take this course as a foundation before progressing to other levels;

• Level II (Advanced Seminar) is a advanced workshop for participants who have considerable experience of the Bach Flower Remedies. In this seminar it will be acquired a confidence and practice in choosing the right remedies for yourself and others;

• Level III (Practitioner Training Course) that offers a deepen training in the practice use of Bach Flowers in a context of professional practice. It consist of a 4 days intensive training followed by a home study program of 6 or more months. On successful completion of this course you will have an opportunity to be included in the International Register of Practitioners maintained at Mount Vernon, England, by Dr. Edward Bach Foundation. It's essential that you have a good knowledge of the remedies and of Dr. Bach's approach to healing before applying for this course.

ADVICE BY ELECTRONIC MAIL

If you have any problem, namely in terms of physical, mental, emotional or spiritual health, and you need advice in using Bach Flowers in that specific case, you can request, gratuitously, for it by e-mail, exposing your situation. For that purpose, press the following figure.

BACH FLOWERS LINKS IN THE INTERNET :

• The Dr. Edward Bach Centre (Mount Vernon-England)

• Instituto Dr. Edward Bach do Brasil

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