Bach Original Flower Essences

Crab Apple

For feelings of shame, sense of uncleanliness, also for self-hatred.

Elm

Burdened, overwhelmed by responsibility. Successful work types who believe in what their doing, through lack of self-confidence become overwhelmed by responsibility and depressed with feelings that they can not move forward. If this describes you then this remedy is for you.

Larch

Lack of self confidence, feeling inferior.

Oak

The plodder who keeps going past the point of exhaustion because of the positive results. Never learning that all work and no play does have a profound effect on health regardless of the positive outcome. While strength and determination are true assests this flower essence will allow a balance between over-striving and rest. Which is most important in the hard hitting world of today.

Pine

Self reproach, guilt. Blaming ones-self for something you have done in the past. Treatment of others, something left undone, guilt complex. Reproach of self, I should have done better. The individual for this remedy may often claim responsibility for the mistakes made by other individuals.

Star of Bethlehem

Grief, shock.

Sweet Chestnut

Limits of your endurance, extreme mental anguish, when everything has been tried and failed.

Willow

Self-pity and resentment.

Clematis

Dreaming of the future without working in the present. Lack of interest in the present.

Chestnut Bud

Failure to learn from mistakes. Repeating the same mistakes over and over again.

Honeysuckle

Feeling homesick, living in the past.

Mustard

Deep gloom for no apparent reason

Olive

for exhaustion following mental or physical effort, burnout. Circumstance may have you greatly fatiqued from excessive worry, illness or grief. The olive essence will help you regain energy and move you toward that light at the end of the tunnel senario regaining your vitality and interest in life. rejuvenation of the spirit.

White Chestnut

unwanted thoughts and mental arguments, preoccupation.

Wild Rose

Making little effort to improve ones situation, drifting, resignation, apathy.

Aspen

Fear and worry of unknown things. Nervous and anxious.

Cherry Plum

Losing control of irrational thoughts, actions you are aware of that are wrong for you or impulses. Fear of the mind giving way.

Mimulus

For Shyness, the fear of known things such as: fear of mice, cats, spiders, being alone, What if. or maybe you live in constant fear of losing your job.

Red Chestnut

Over anxious, over-concern for the welfare of others.

Rock Rose

Nightmares, sudden alarm, terror and fright, an inability to think clearly.

Cerato

Lack of trust in one’s own decision making. Always looking to others for advice and guidance (as a crutch) unable to trust in your own heart and instincts. This flower essence helps you to be guided by your own inner voice more often and not to use well meaning advice as a crutch.

Gentian

Hesitant, despondent, discouragement after a setback.

Gorse

Hopelessness, despair, discouragement and pessimism. Being resigned to your present conditions, giving far to much attention to negative possibilities, being resigned to ones fate, being unable to move forward. Maybe lost the will to continue.

Hornbeam

For emotional exhaustion, procrastination, tiredness at the thought of doing something.

Scleranthus

Indecisive, confused. The inability to choose between to options (alternatives) for one’s self can be both physically and emotionally draining. Continually going over and over choices in your mind never happily deciding on one or the other. This flower essence will help give you inner resolve.

Wild Oat

Uncertainty over one’s direction in life, unable to choose a path in life.

Agrimony

The ability to laugh off/make light of your own mental torture, whilst hiding behind a cheerful face. Not wishing to burden others with your worries. individuals who suffer in silence may have been raised in strict environments.

Centaury

Holly

For revenge, hatred, envy and jealousy

Walnut

This remedy will help toward how we handle the effects of change, allowing the person to face major changes and unwanted influences in their life. Helping to break links with the past allowing the individual to move forward in the pursuit of happiness.

Dr. Bach’s description: For those who have definite ideals and ambitions in life and are fulfilling them, but on rare occasions are tempted to be led away from their own ideas, aims and work by the enthusiasm, convictions or strong opinions of others. The remedy gives constancy and protection from outside influences.

Beech

Critical of others. Intolerance, lack of compassion, dissatisfied always finding fault, seeing only the negative side of things and people. Are you intolerant of others just like you. Do you fail to see that others too work for best results and achieve them via. a different path than yourself. This remedy helps to bring tolerance and understanding of others.

Beech was described by Dr. Bach as: The Flower Essence remedy for people who ‘feel the need to see more good and beauty in all that surrounds them./p>

Chicory

Selfish, possessive love manipulating others toward your own selfish needs. Self pity / “nobody appreciates me” attitude.

Rock Water

Self-denial, rigidity and self-repression, overly strict with oneself, (being too hard on yourself). If you are that rigid with yourself you deny yourself joy and happiness which are essential in healing of both the mind and the body.

Vervain

Over-enthusiasm and argumentative. So set in your ways, over-bearing and inflexible. The end result is reached regardless of the health issues.

Vine

Domineering insisting others follow your lead. and inflexible. This flower essence softens a selfish nature and will allow you to take on-board the view points of others and the ability to accept an idea that has more validity than your own.

Heather

Difficulty in being alone, self-centredness, obsessed with the self and self-concern. Never allowing others to enter their thinking process with concerns, always talking of their own problems and situations.

Impatiens

For those who are so far ahead in their thinking they miss life going on around them in the present, never seeing the beauty that is life. May be irritable, impatient lonely people.

Water Violet

Pride and aloofness. Can break down walls you have erected between you, your family and the world around you.