Dr Edward Bach (1886-1936), a highly regarded homoeopath and Harley Street bacteriologist physician, researched the therapeutic effects of 38 flower essences.
Bach observed seven personality types that showed tendencies to express a particular set of characteristic physical symptoms. Seven different intestinal floras were also identified, each also correlating to specific physical symptoms and personality types.
In this system of healing, you are the focal point of healing, and whatever name is given to your physical disease is secondary. As your mind is the most delicate, the most subtle, the most interior part of your body, it shows the earliest onset and hint at the probable course of disease.
Fear, anxiety, gloom, repetitive thinking and so on, all pave the way for the disease to be expressed. The experience of any bodily symptom is merely a metaphoric voice of something that has originated on a more subtle level.
Hence, the outlook of your mind is the guiding measure to the flower essence that will attune you to a higher harmonious energy, dissolving dis-ease ‘as snow melts away in the sunshine'.
For those who have FEAR
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Aspen : Vague fears and foreboding
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Cherry Plum : Fear of losing mental balance
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Mimulus : Fear of known things; shy
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Red Chestnut : Fear for other's welfare
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Rock Rose : Frozen with terror
For those who suffer UNCERTAINTY
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Cerato : Always asking others for advice
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Gentian : Doubting and discouraged
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Gorse : Hopeless; ‘given up'; uncertainty; solutions around
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Hornbeam : Mental fatigue; ‘Mondayitis'
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Scleranthus : Vacillation; indecision
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Wild Oat : Lack motivation and incentive
For those who LACK INTEREST in the herenow:
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Chestnut Bud : Fail to learn from mistakes
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Clematis : Spaced out, dreamy or bored
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Honeysuckle : Nostalgic, longs for the good old days
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Mustard : Depressed and gloomy, like a black cloud
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Olive : Mental-emotional-physical fatigue
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White Chestnut : Repetitive thoughts, arguments with self
For those who feel LONELY:
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Heather : Only talk about themself
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Impatiens : Impatient, rushing
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Water violet : Proud and aloof
For those OVERSENSITIVE to influences and ideas:
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Agrimony : Inner pain but puts on a happy face
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Centaury : Unable to say ‘no'
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Holly : Vexed, jealous, suspicious, hatred
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Walnut : Easy impressionability; any change in life
For those who are DESPONDENT or DESPAIRING:
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Crab Apple : Perfectionist; shame or feeling unclean
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Elm : Overwhelmed; take on too much ; unable to go on
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Larch : Low confidence; don't even try
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Oak : Strong; ongoing struggle; ‘never give up'
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Pine : Guilt and blames self
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Sweet Chestnut : Despair, faithless; ‘at the end of rope'; empty
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Star of Bethlehem : Shock, sadness, grief; empty
For those who OVERCARE:
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Beech : Intolerant and critical
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Chicory : Overconcern for others; bonds strongly
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Rockwater : Hard task master; urge to inspire
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Vervain : Overenthusiastic; leaders
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Vine : Enjoy power and dominating others
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Olive : Mental-emotional-physical fatigue
