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The Bach Flower Remedies were developed by Dr Edward Bach, a Harley
Street doctor and well known Physician, Bacteriologist, Homeopath
and Researcher. He believed that attitude of mind plays a vital
role in maintaining health and recovering from illness.
He identified 38 basic negative states of mind and created a plant
or flower based remedy for each one. Dr. Bach sought to find a safe,
simple, and pure method of healing his patients which would take
into consideration the individual mental and emotional makeup of
their personalities. He found that specific flower essences stimulated
self-healing in his patients by clearing the negative emotional
factors that affected their state of health.
The remedies are derived from non-poisonous plants, shrubs and
trees, and are prepared through the heating of the flowers with
sunlight in spring water, or the boiling of twigs and flowers to
extract the healing essence.
These flower essences are completely safe, non-toxic, non-addictive,
and may be used in conjunction with any other medical or holistic
treatment.
The Bach flower remedies target the mental/emotional level of an
individual, helping to clear negative emotions, mindsets, attitudes,
and personality traits which can not only impede the body's ability
to heal itself, but can also create roadblocks to peace and happiness.
These remedies are useful in dealing with stress, fear and anxiety,
depression, anger and resentment, excessive worry, low self-esteem,
guilt, loneliness, etc.
The flower essences are not taken for physical symptoms, although
the body will often heal itself once emotional balance is restored.
After leaving London in 1930, Dr Bach explored the countryside
in search of the remedies for several years. In 1934 he decided
to settle down and create a centre for his work, and chose Mount
Vernon, a small cottage in Sotwell, Oxfordshire.
He spent the last years of his life at Mount Vernon and it was
here that he completed his research.
Nowadays, Mount Vernon is better known as The Bach Centre, and
the present custodians continue to prepare the mother tinctures
(first process in making the remedies), often using the same locations
that Dr Bach identified in the 1930's.
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