Bach Flower Remedy

Agrimony

I hide my feelings behind a facade of cheerfulness

I dislike arguments and often give in to avoid conflict
I turn to food, work, alcohol, drugs, etc. when down
Aspen

I feel anxious without knowing why

I have a secret fear that something bad will happen
I wake up feeling anxious
Beech

I get annoyed by the habits of others

I focus on others mistakes
I am critical and intolerant
Centaury

I often neglect my own needs to please

I find it difficult to say no
I tend to be easily influenced
Cerato

I constantly second-guess myself

I seek advice, mistrusting my own intuition
I often change my mind out of confusion
Cherry Plum

Im afraid I might lose control of myself

I have sudden fits of rage
I feel like Im going crazy
Chestnut Bud

I make the same mistakes over and over

I dont learn from my experience
I keep repeating the same patterns
Chicory

I need to be needed and want my loved ones close

I feel unloved and unappreciated by my family
I easily feel slighted and hurt
Clematis

I often feel spacey and absent minded

I find myself unable to concentrate for long
I get drowsy and sleep more than necessary
Crab Apple

I am overly concerned with cleanliness

I feel unclean or physically unattractive
I tend to obsess over little things
Elm

I feel overwhelmed by my responsibilities

I dont cope well under pressure
I have temporarily lost my self-confidence
Gentian

I become discouraged with small setbacks

I am easily disheartened when faced with difficulties

I am often skeptical and pessimistic
Gorse

I feel hopeless, and cant see a way out

I lack faith that things could get better in my life
I feel sullen and depressed
Heather

I am obsessed with my own troubles

I dislike being alone and I like to talk
I usually bring conversations back to myself
Holly

I am suspicious of others
I feel discontented and unhappy
I am full of jealousy, mistrust, or hate
Honeysuckle

Im often homesick for the way it was

I think more about the past than the present
I often think about what might have been
Hornbeam

I often feel too tired to face the day ahead

I feel mentally exhausted
I tend to put things off
Impatiens

I find it hard to wait for things

I am impatient and irritable
I prefer to work alone
Larch

I lack self-confidence
I feel inferior and often become discouraged
I never expect anything but failure
Mimulus

I am afraid of things such as spiders, illness, etc.

I am shy, overly sensitive, and modest
I get nervous and embarrassed
Mustard

I get depressed without any reason

I feel my moods swinging back and forth
I get gloomy feelings that come and go
Oak

I tend to overwork and keep on in spite of exhaustion

I have a strong sense of duty and never give up
I neglect my own needs in order to complete a task
Olive

I feel completely exhausted, physically and/or mentally

I am totally drained of all energy with no reserves left
I have just been through a long period of illness or stress
Pine

I feel unworthy and inferior

I often feel guilty
I blame myself for everything that goes wrong
Red Chestnut

I am overly concerned and worried about my loved ones

I am distressed and disturbed by other peoples problems

I worry that harm may come to those I love
Rock Rose

I sometimes feel terror and panic

I become helpless and frozen when afraid
I suffer from nightmares
Rock Water

I set high standards for myself

I am strict with my health, work &/or spiritual discipline
I am very self-disciplined, always striving for perfection
Scleranthus

I find it difficult to make decisions

I often change my opinions
I have intense mood swings
Star of Bethlehem

I feel devastated due to a recent shock

I am withdrawn due to traumatic events in my life
I have never recovered from loss or fright
Sweet Chestnut

I feel extreme mental or emotional heartache

I have reached the limits of my endurance
I am in complete despair, all hope gone
Vervain

I get high-strung and very intense

I try to convince others of my way of thinking
I am sensitive to injustice, almost fanatical
Vine

I tend to take charge of projects, situations, etc.

I consider myself a natural leader
I am strong-willed, ambitious and often bossy
Walnut

I am experiencing change in my lifea move, new job, etc.

I get drained by people or situations
I want to be free to follow my own ambitions
Water Violet

I give the impression that Im aloof

I prefer to be alone when overwhelmed
I often dont connect with people
White Chestnut

I am constantly thinking unwanted thoughts

I relive unhappy events or arguments over and over again
I am unable to sleep at times because I cant stop thinking
Wild Oat

I cant find my path in life

I am drifting in life and lack direction
I am ambitious but dont know what to do
Wild Rose

I am apathetic and resigned to whatever happens

I have the attitude, It doesnt matter anyhow
I feel no joy in life
Willow

I feel resentful and bitter

I have difficulty forgiving and forgetting

I think life is unfair and have a Poor me attitude

Cure Negative Emotions with Bach Flower

Remedies
The Bach Flower Remedies is a system of 38 Flower Remedies discovered by Dr. Edward
Bach in England more than 80 years ago.
The Bach Flower Remedies remove negative emotions by flooding them with the
positive energies from flowers. In combination the 38 Bach Flower Remedies can
restore happiness and joy in humans and animals.
Below is a list of some of the negative emotions with the suggestions of remedies that
can help you get back to normal
Sadness
Stress
Fear & Anxiety
Self Concern
Interfering with other people.
Panic Attacks.
Jet Lag.
Stuttering
Separation Anxiety
Unable to fall a sleep
Emotional Eating
Anger, Hate, Resentment (Sibling rivalry, Children of divorced parents, unhappy
children/people.)
The effect of trauma
Inattention, Lack of Focus, Daydreaming
Weight

Every single person has a life to live, a work to do, a glorious personality, a wonderful
individuality. Dr. Edward Bach The Original Writings

Sadness.

Mustard: Helps you when you feel suddenly depressed or sad without reason. It feels
like a cold dark cloud has destroyed all happiness and cheerfulness. The depression can
lift just as sudden for no reason.
Elm: You feel overwhelmed by your work load and matters of life and you feel
depressed and exhausted.
Sweet Chestnut: For those moments which happen to some people when the anguish
is so great as to seem to be unbearable. When the mind or body feels as if it has
tolerated the uttermost limit of its endurance. When it seems there is nothing but
destruction and annihilation left to face.
Willow: Helps you when you have suffered adversity or misfortune and find it difficult
to accept. You feel sorry for yourself and and have poor me attitude.
Gorse: When you feel a great hopelessness, you have given up the belief that more can
be done for you. Under persuasion or to please others you may try different
treatments, at the same time, assuring those around you that there is so little hope of
relief.
Gentian: When you are easily discouraged after a small set back. You are easily
disheartened when faced with difficulties and often skeptical or pessimistic.
Larch: When you lack self -confidence and self-esteem and feel depressed.

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Stress
Rescue Remedy: Help any stressful situation where you need to be able to collect
yourself and be in charge of your emotions.
Oak: Helps you when your inner strength wanes. Usually because you are an overachiever and will overwork and ignore your tiredness.
Elm: You feel overwhelmed by your work load and matters of life and you feel
depressed and exhausted.
Sweet Chestnut: For those moments which happen to some people when the anguish
is so great as to seem to be unbearable. When the mind or body feels as if it has
tolerated the uttermost limit of its endurance. When it seems there is nothing but
destruction and annihilation left to face.
Cherry Plum: When you feel like exploding and fear that you may lose control of your
emotions and actions.
White Chestnut: Helps you when your mind is cluttered with thoughts, usually
arguments, ideas, thoughts which you do not wish to keep repeating in your
mind. These thoughts might prevent you from sleeping.

Impatiens: Those who are quick in thought and action and who wish all things to be
done without hesitation or delay. When ill they are anxious for a hasty recovery. They
find it very difficult to be patient with people who are slow as they consider it wrong and
a waste of time, and they will endeavor to make such people quicker in all ways. They
often prefer to work and think alone, so that they can do everything at their own speed
Oak: When you struggle on without taking care of yourself, workaholic, wont take a
break no matter how much it is needed
Larch: When you lost self-esteem and confidence

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Fear, worries and Anxiety

Rock Rose: Helps you when you experience terror or fright and you feel frozen and
unable to move or think clear.
Mimulus: Helps you when you feel fear, the type of fear that you can identify such as
fear of spiders, being alone, losing a job, illness etc. You are overly sensitive, get
embarrassed and nervous.
Cherry Plum: Helps you when you fear that your mind is being over-strained, you feel
like you are going to explode or do irrational things. You are afraid of losing control.
Aspen: Helps you when you feel fearful without knowing why. You feel that something
bad is going to happen, but nothing happens and you cannot tell what you are afraid
about.
Red Chestnut: Helps you when you are overly concerned and worried about loved
ones. You are distressed and disturbed by other peoples problems.
White Chestnut: Helps you when your mind is cluttered with thoughts, usually
arguments, ideas, thoughts which you do not wish to keep repeating in your
mind. These thoughts might prevent you from sleeping.

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Self Concern
Crab Apple: Helps you when you are overly concerned with cleanliness You feel
unclean or physically unattractive and obsess over little things.
Heather: Helps you when you get unhappy being alone for any length of time, you are
always seeking the companionship and find it necessary to discuss your affairs with

others no matter whom it may be.

Rock Water: Helps you when you expect too much of yourself and always striving for
perfection.
Larch: Helps you to regain self-esteem and confidence in yourself.
Willow: Helps you when you have suffered adversity or misfortune and find it difficult
to accept. You feel sorry for yourself and and have poor me attitude.

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Interfering with other people.
Chicory: Helps you to be less critical, opinionated and argumentative. You always find
something about others that you believe should be put right.
Vervain: Helps you to not be so high strung and intense. You try to convince others of
my way of thinking and are sensitive to injustice.
Vine: Helps you respect other peoples views and ideas. You are strong-willed and
ambitious, often bossy and tend to take charge of situations.
Beech: Helps you be less critical toward other people and accept them as they are.
Red Chestnut:Helps you when you are overly concerned and worried about loved ones.
You are distressed and disturbed by other peoples problems.
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Panic Attacks.
Rescue Remedy: Helps at any stressful situation where you need to be able to collect
yourself and be in charge of your emotions.
Aspen: Panic, nightmares, pounding heart, sweating for no reason, anxious but dont
know why.
Rock Rose: When you feel that the fear is so great that you are unable to move or react,
a frozen fear.
Mimulus Helps you when you feel fear, the type of fear that you can identify such as
fear of spiders, being alone, losing a job, illness etc. You are overly sensitive, get
embarrassed and nervous.
Cherry Plum: Helps you when you feel that your mind is being over-strained, you feel
like you are going to explode or do irrational things.

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Jet Lag.
This combination helps you adjust to the time change and with the physical tiredness
and impatience that comes from sitting in a plane for hours. Start taking this
combination a couple of days before the flight and continue while flying and afterward
until all symptoms are gone.
Olive: Helps you over the physical exhaustion of traveling and being on the road for
several hours.
Walnut: Helps you adjust to a new time zone and place.
Impatiens: Helps you from getting impatient while sitting in a plane for several hours
without much to do.
Rescue Sleep: A wonderful combination of Rescue Remedy and White Chestnut which
helps when you feel restless and have cluttered unwanted thoughts.
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Stuttering
Mimulus: This Essence helps you when you have fear known things such as; fear of
spiders, fear of not being good enough, fear of being old, fear of not succeeding, fear of
heights, fear of public speaking etc. You might also be shy, tongue-tied in company, you
might even be blushing and stuttering.
Larch: Helps you regain courage to face difficulties with humor and confidence. You will
be able to stand up for yourself, and with the emotions under control can enjoy life
without fear.
Impatiens: Helps you from getting impatient with yourself trying to speak as fast as you
think.

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Separation Anxiety
Mimulus: This Essence helps when a child suffer from separation anxiety. Separation
anxiety is fear, fear of being left alone, fear of mommy not coming back, fear of all scary
things a child may think about.
Walnut: Helps the child or adult adjust to a new schedule or situation.

Larch: For self-esteem

White Chestnut: For those who worry what if?
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Being unable to fall a sleep
Rescue Sleep: Calms our mind and body to allow us to fall asleep.
White Chestnut: When your mind is to cluttered with thoughts that you are unable to
fall asleep.
Impatient: When you get irritated and impatient with yourself you start counting hours
until the alarm clock will wake you up.
Vervain: When your mind is to wound up with plans.
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Emotional Eating
Crab Apple: Helps you when you feel that there is something not quite clean about
yourself. You may need to wash hands often, find things dirty without any reason. You
may find yourself ugly although others find you very attractive.
Chestnut Bud: Helps you when you keep repeating the same mistake.
Cherry Plum: Helps you when you loose of self-control.
Gentian: Easily get discouraged by small set back.
Olive: When you eat as a way to get more energy.

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Anger, Hate, Resentment.
Cherry Plum: Helps you when you feel that your mind is being over-strained, you feel
like you are going to explode or do irrational things.
Holly: Helps for the feeling of jealousy.
Willow: Helps you when you have suffered adversity or misfortune and find it difficult
to accept. You feel sorry for yourself and have a poor me attitude.
Heather: Helps you when you are unhappy about being alone for any length of time.
You are always seeking the companionship and find it necessary to discuss your affairs
with others no matter whom it may be.
Beech: For those who are critical of others and are only able to focus on their faults.

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The aftereffect of trauma
The Bach Flower Remedies can be very helpful in releasing the negative emotions that
the person is experiencing after very stressful and traumatic events..
When selecting the Bach Flower Remedies, look at each negative emotion and select the
Bach Flower Remedy that removes it such as but not limited to:
Aspen: Panic and fear which can not be explained, nightmares, feeling that something
bad is going to happen, uneasy fear.
Cherry Plum: Fear of losing self-control, hurt yourself or others.
Star of Bethlehem: Whenever you have experienced trauma, current or in the past.
Rock Rose: Frozen fear, terror.
Mimulus: When you have fears that can be described as shyness, phobias.
Gorse: When you have lost hope and are ready to give up.
Sweet Chestnut: For those moments which happen to some people when the anguish
is so great as to seem to be unbearable. When the mind or body feels as if it has
tolerated the uttermost limit of its endurance. When it seems there is nothing but
destruction and annihilation left to face.
Oak: When you struggle on without taking care of yourself, workaholic, wont take a
break no matter how much it is needed.
Pine: When you take responsibility for things that happened that you had no control
over, feeling guilt for what other people did.
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Inattention, Lack of Focus, Daydreaming
Lack of focus, inattention and daydreaming can be balanced with the help of the Bach
Flower Remedies. Parents have had great success with the Bach Flower Remedies when
their children have a hard time focusing in school and teachers often are commenting
that the child has become much calmer and focused after using the Bach Flower
Remedies for only a short time.
When selecting the Bach Flower Remedies, look at each negative emotion and select the
Bach Flower Remedy that removes it such as but not limited to:
Clematis: Helps when you daydream and have a hard time focusing on the task in front
of you.
Chestnut Bud: Helps when you keep forgetting what you have learned, it helps you

remember.
Walnut: Helps when you get easily distracted by noises, movements and commotion.
Gentian: Helps when you get easily discouraged by small set backs.
Vervain: Helps when you are overly excited and hyper, from over involvement in a
subject or idea.
Impatiens: Helps when you easily become impatient with the slowness of others.
Elm: Helps when you easily get overwhelmed by homework, things you need to do and
responsibilities.
Larch: Helps you regain self-esteem.
Please also note that some children have adverse reactions to artificial food colorings,
milk, chocolate and over processed foods. Healthy diet of whole grains, vegetables and
fruits is important for healthy brain functions.

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Weight
The Bach Flower Remedies can help you change unhealthy eating habits and replace
them with healthy options. The following remedies can help you active your goals.
Cherry Plum: Helps you have self-control when you are presented by unhealthy
choices.
Chestnut Bud: Helps you learn from past mistakes.
Crab Apple: Helps you accept who you are and how you look.
Gentian: Helps you not to get discouraged with small set backs.
Impatiens: Helps you have patience with yourself.

Guide to the remedies

Each of the 38 remedies discovered by Dr Bach is directed at a particular characteristic or emotional
state. To select the remedies you need, think about the sort of person you are and the way you are
feeling.

1. Agrimony - mental torture behind a cheerful face

2. Aspen - fear of unknown things

3. Beech - intolerance
4. Centaury - the inability to say 'no'
5. Cerato - lack of trust in one's own decisions
6. Cherry Plum - fear of the mind giving way
7. Chestnut Bud - failure to learn from mistakes
8. ChicoryChicory - selfish, possessive love
9. Clematis - dreaming of the future without working in the present
10.Crab Apple - the cleansing remedy, also for self-hatred
11.Elm - overwhelmed by responsibility
12.Gentian - discouragement after a setback
13.Gorse - hopelessness and despair
14.Heather - self-centredness and self-concern
15.HollyHolly - hatred, envy and jealousy
16.Honeysuckle - living in the past
17.Hornbeam - tiredness at the thought of doing something
18.Impatiens - impatience
19.Larch - lack of confidence
20.Mimulus - fear of known things
21.Mustard - deep gloom for no reason
22.OakOak - the plodder who keeps going past the point of exhaustion
23.Olive - exhaustion following mental or physical effort
24.Pine - guilt
25.Red Chestnut - over-concern for the welfare of loved ones
26.Rock Rose - terror and fright
27.Rock Water - self-denial, rigidity and self-repression
28.Scleranthus - inability to choose between alternatives
29.Star of BethlehemStar of Bethlehem - shock
30.Sweet Chestnut - Extreme mental anguish, when everything has been
tried and there is no light left
31.Vervain - over-enthusiasm
32.Vine - dominance and inflexibility
33.Walnut - protection from change and unwanted influences
34.Water Violet - quiet self-reliance leading to isolation
35.White Chestnut - unwanted thoughts and mental arguments
36.Wild OatWild Oat - uncertainty over one's direction in life
37.Wild Rose - drifting, resignation, apathy
38.Willow - self-pity and resentment