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.