What I'm interested in knowing, is how Bak Flower is used to help with irritability, anxiety, mood lifting, and also about essences you add to it, what kind and what different essences do for you. Do you purchase Bak Flower in large quantities, or what would be a typical dosage?
Janet S
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Bach flower remedies come in several different flower essences, each for a particular emotional state. You purchase the essence you need and a 30ml (about 1 ounce)mixing bottle. You add just two drops of each remedy to the bottle then fill with bottled mineral water and take four drops of the mixture four times daily. Most health food stores sell the Bach remedies, or you can buy them on-line. They are shelf-stable until you dilute them for use.
Here is a link to the Bach site, where you'll find links to each emotional state and the flower essence they recommend. It is a very thorough site.
http://www.bachcentre.com/centre/remedies.htm
For depression, it could be Agrimony or Crab Apple or Gentian or Elm or most likely Gorse you need. You might even decide that you need several. You will just have to interpret your feelings with the help of Dr. Bach's guide. Take your time and explore your feelings.
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It is known as Bach Flower Essences.
Bach Flower Remedies are a subtle way of using plants to heal our “emotional maladies”. Bach flowers are gentle, effective, and completely free of harmful side effects.
You can get all the info at :
http://www.bachcentre.com/
Each of the 38 remedies discovered by Dr Bach is directed at a particular characteristic or emotional state. To select the remedies you need you only need to think about the sort of person you are and the way you are feeling. Then you take the remedies you need.
Here is a list of the 38 remedies and their indications. For more information on the remedies and what they are for - and a colour painting of the remedy plant - click on the remedy you are interested in. Alternatively, you can read some case studies first to see how they work.
Agrimony - mental torture behind a cheerful face
Aspen - fear of unknown things
Beech - intolerance
Centaury - the inability to say 'no'
Cerato - lack of trust in one's own decisions
Cherry Plum - fear of the mind giving way
Chestnut Bud - failure to learn from mistakes
Chicory - selfish, possessive love
Clematis - dreaming of the future without working in the present
Crab Apple - the cleansing remedy, also for self-hatred
Elm - overwhelmed by responsibility
Gentian - discouragement after a setback
Gorse - hopelessness and despair
Heather - self-centredness and self-concern
Holly - hatred, envy and jealousy
Honeysuckle - living in the past
Hornbeam - procrastination, tiredness at the thought of doing something
Impatiens - impatience
Larch - lack of confidence
Mimulus - fear of known things
Mustard - deep gloom for no reason
Oak - the plodder who keeps going past the point of exhaustion
Olive - exhaustion following mental or physical effort
Pine - guilt
Red Chestnut - over-concern for the welfare of loved ones
Rock Rose - terror and fright
Rock Water - self-denial, rigidity and self-repression
Scleranthus - inability to choose between alternatives
Star of Bethlehem - shock
Sweet Chestnut - Extreme mental anguish, when everything has been tried and there is no light left
Vervain - over-enthusiasm
Vine - dominance and inflexibility
Walnut - protection from change and unwanted influences
Water Violet - pride and aloofness
White Chestnut - unwanted thoughts and mental arguments
Wild Oat - uncertainty over one's direction in life
Wild Rose - drifting, resignation, apathy
Willow - self-pity and resentment
There is also a combination remedy called Rescue Remedy.
Rescue Remedy is the most famous of the remedies, but in fact is not a remedy at all, but rather a mix of five different remedies (Cherry Plum, Clematis, Impatiens, Rock Rose and Star of Bethlehem) which together help deal with any emergency or stressful event. Taking a driving test, exam nerves, speaking in public, after an accident or an argument - there are countless uses for Rescue Remedy.
In an emergency Rescue Remedy can be taken neat from the bottle, four drops at a time, and as frequently as required. Otherwise put four drops in a glass of water and take frequent sips until the emotions have calmed.