During his training Edward Bach observed that people who were
physically ill often seemed to be over anxious, worrying fearful or
impatient and he began to suspect that these emotional states were linked
to there illness. His experience as a qualified physician bore out this
suspicion, and in 1930, after over 16 years of practice, he gave up his
carreer in order to devote his time to studying the various harmful
emotional or mental states that encouraged bodily sickness
and to find remedies for them.


Study Of Wild Flowers
Dr Bach went to live and work in the beautiful English countryside on
the borders of Berkshire and Oxfordshire,seeking safe remedies in wild
flowers.His aim was to separate out the negative mental states associated
with illness and to find a single flower remedy for each. In his search
he became attuned to a particular mental state and was then instinctively
guided to a wild plant that seemed to holdthe cure to it.He then tested
out his findings by using the plant on himself, studying the effects
it had on his nervous mind.

Remedies For The mental State

Dr. Bach eventually identified thirty-eight adverse mental states and a
special remedy for each.The remedies are simple flower essences and
although it posiible to make them yourself , it is simpler to obtain the
Bach remedies (as they are now called) ready prepared from chemists,
drug stores and health shops.This avoides the risks of causing damage to
wildlife and also of using contaminated plants.As they keep indefinately, it
also means that you can have the remedies handy for use when needed.

No medical claims are made for these remedies, but there are many
remarkable success stories recorded and it is said that they are effective
on animals as well as human beings.One thing is sure,
and that is that they are harmless.You can take them while being treated
by conventional medicine,as a further aid to recovery, or simply
to remedy a particular mental state that has been troublesome in itself.

HOW THE REMEDIES ARE MADE
TheBach remedies use the essence of the flower or plant.This can be
prepared in one of two ways-the sun method or the boiling method
depending on the plant or tree material used.In each case, the flowers
are picked from as many different plants of the recommended kind in the
same area as possible.This ensures a variety of sources,
ans also that no plant is depleted of its blossoms.
SUN METHOD
Use the sun method to extract the essence of late spring and summer
flowers. The flowers are picked in the morning when the sun is well up
but before mid-day, and are floated in a shallow glass bowl of spring water

YOU WILL NEED
Shallow, heatproof glass bowl..Small heatproof glas or china jug
30ml(1oz)bottle and new cork...Small quantity of brandy
Bottled spring water...Label for bottle

Steralize the glass bowl, bottle and jug by placing them in a pan of
cold water,bring the water to the boil and boil gently for 20 minutes.

Wrap the sterilized bowl and jug in a clean cloth.

Half fill the sterilized bottle with brandy. Cork it and label it with the
name of the essence to be prepared.

Take the equipement to the plants you intend to use and place
the bowl on level ground where it can remain in the sun for 3 hours
Fill the bowl with spring water.

Pick your flowers, holding them on a broad leaf in the palm of your
hand.Place the flowers one by one on the surface of the water in the
bowl, so that they overlap and the surface is completely covered.
make sure you do not touch the water or cast a shadow on it.

After 3 hours, carefully pick off the flowers, using a stalk of a flower of
the same kind,and transfer the flower water to the jug.

Top up the brandy with the flower water. cork, and store the bottle.

BOILING METHOD
The boiling method is used mostly on plant material from trees that ,
flower in early spring, freshly picked flowering sprays, leaves and twigs
are boiled gently in spring water for half an hour and allowed to cool. liquid is allowed to stand to separate out the sediment.it is then slowly the sun method.

WARNING
Although the Bach flower remedies are safe and harmless, you must
take precautions if preparing them your self.
be absolutely sure that you have correctly identified the plant
Never use plants growing near to areas where crops are sprayed
or where they could have absorbed lead from road traffic
Remember that many wild flowers are now protected by law so
that it is a legal offence to pick them. In Britain it is
against the law to uproot any wild plant.

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