Bach Flower Remedies Part 1

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Bach Flower Remedies Part 1

By Blossom

Bach was an amazing healer who developed the Bach Flower Remedies. He

was born in 1886 near Birmingham, England and even in his early years his

compassion for the suffering and his love of nature were of his most striking

qualities and these led him on to his career in medicine. At an early age he

imagined healing energies flowing from his hands and this power to heal proved

itself in his adult life when many sick people were cured by his touch. At the age

of 20 he commenced his studies in medicine at the Birmingham University and

after graduating worked as a Medical Officer and Surgeon at various hospitals.

He became dissatisfied with the results of orthodox treatment as he felt

modern medicine failed in many ways and only treated the physical body and ignored

the personality of the patient. This led him to study bacteriology and he

developed vaccine's prepared from intestinal bacteria which were used in

the

treatment of chronic disease with excellent results by the medical professions.

Bach went on to working in the field of homoeopathy in which he had a

great interest as he shared the Homoeopathic principle of the true healing to

'treat the patient not the disease'. He discovered a group of bacilli which were

used as oral vaccines and helped many vut there were still others he could not

cure. He felt that in nature he might find a greater number of remedies which

might be used to treat all conditions.

One of the many observations he made during his research work with patients

was that those of one personality type would react very differently to those of

another to the same disease. He found that treating the personality of a

patient was far more effective than treating the disease or illness. He gave

lectures on his discoveries and presented papers on his work, never keeping back

any knowledge that he felt might have been useful to humanity in healing

their

disease or suffering. His work showed that life was meant to be in harmony, a

state of being in tune and that disease was a condition when part of the

whole

was not vibrating in unison.

In 1928 he spent much of his spare time doing research work with plants and

herbs and discovered the first three flower remedies he was to work with

---impatience, Mimulus, Celmatis.. He found that by prescribing them to the

personality of the patient he had remarkable results and was so impressed he stopped

the other methods of treatment. He felt very guided by his intuition and

divine

inspiration and knew he was on the verge of discovering a new system of

medicine and in 1930 gave up his very successful Hartley Street practice

to do more

research work with herbs and plants. His friends and colleagues were very

surprised by his decision as the scientific discoveries he made and the vaccines

he prepared were being used all over the world and brought relief to many

sufferers. Fame and fortune meant little to Bach, his major concerning

driving force was the cure of the suffering and the sick.

In 1930 at the age of 43 he left London to work in Wales and the English

countryside so he could find the flowers, herbs, plants and the healiing

remedies

he felt so strongly were there. During this time his senses developed more

fully and he was able to feel the vibrations and power emitted by the plant. By

placing it on his tongue he would feel the healing effects the plant was

able

to give. He worked very closely with nature and discovered a way to make

a

medical remedy with clear stream water, the blooms of the plant and using the sun

to potentise it. He devoted the rest of his life to discovering the remedies

that would heal. He worked out in the fields and countryside in the warm

months

of the year, during spring and summer, searching for the plants and herbs to

use for healing remedies.

The winter months were usually spent treating patients who were charged no

fees, by 1932 he had discovered the first of his 12 remedies and these he used

very successfully on the many patients who came to him for treatment.

Bach always made his discoveries available to the medical professions but they

were slow in accepting his different methods of healing and using remedies of

such simplicity.

Bach decided to spread his knowledge among the people. He advertised his

herbal remedies in two of the daily newspapers and this brought him numerous

enquiries from the public and also a letter from the General Medical Council who

disapproved strongly with this advertiseing and would hold him answerable to

charges if it continued. Bach proceeded with his work continuing to have

great

success with the remedies he used. Instead of treating the disease he would

treat their state of mind or mood present during the illness. If a patient came to

him with an irritating rash over their body and suffered from lack of

confidence and exhaustion he would treat the lack of confidence and exhaustion and

find the rash disappear and good health would return to the patient.

By 1934 Bach had discovered the first 19 of the herbal remedies. He

had published the second edition of the twelve healers which described the 19

remedies and their usage. Earlier in the 1930s he had written and had published

the book " Heal Thyself " which helped explain the cause of disease and ways and

principles of healing. it is still in print today. It was in Berkshire where

he settled and found the remaining 19 remedies. This happened over a six

month

period and these remedies were mostly prepared by boiling the leaf sprays and

straining off the water when cold. During this period he went through much

physical and emotional suffering which would lead him to the appropriate

remedy

for his cure and it was in this way the remaining remedies were discovered.

During the summer of 1936 he wrote the 3rd edition of his book which was

named " The Twelve Healers and Other Remedies " which is still being published

today. He felt the best way to let the knowledge of the healing herbs be

spread was

by lecturing and he gave his first lecture on his 50th birthday in 1936.

Shortly after this his health failed and he died in his sleep on the 27th

November, 1936. During the least few years his workload became tremendous and then he

trained three assistants to help him and they continued with his work when he

passed over. His remedies were being used all over England and in many parts

of the world with much success, and he always had much correspondence as

well

as many patients wishing to be healed.

Bach's life had been one of service and giving and his one aim was to

find a pure and simple way to heal the sick. He accomplished all that was

possible on the earthly plane and left the knowledge gained for the use of

mankind. The Bach Flower Remedies are still produced and used world wide

today.

Reprinted with the kind permission of Inner Star magazine.

The Bach Flower Remedies

By Blossom

There are 38 Bach Flower remedies and they are classified in seven groups to

make diagnosing easier. Each category covers a range of the mental and

emotional states that generate disease (dis-ease) within the psyche.

The seven groups are:

1 Fear

2 Uncertainty

3 Insufficient interest in present circumstances

4 Loneliness

5 Over sensitivity to influence and ideas

6 Despondency and despair

7 Overcare for the welfare of others