Bach's flowers

Then, Bach finalized a simple process to permit men to use the energetic strength of the plant. That very day he picked the flowers, he put them in spring water, right in the sun.

Thus he got 38 floral elixirs, which corresponded to the 38 negative and fondamental feelings of human nature he had identified, among which we have fear, ambition, resignation...

The choice of the floral elixirs:

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States of fear

	Rock rose helianthenum nummularium The flower of panic	Rock rose helps to regain bravery and mental strength. People keep quieter at a time of crisis, and control their nerves better.
	Mimulus mimulus guttatus The flower of bravery	Mimulus helps to carry on regardless our distress, and to cope with our sensitivity better. It leads actively to a victory on oneself.
	Cherry plum prunus cerasifera The flower of coolness	Cherry plum contribute to regain a certain quietness of mind, developping strength and mental energy. It furthers interior relaxation.
	Aspen populus tremula The flower of premonitions	Aspen furthers the inner confidence and it also leads to an intense feeling of security. It allows to manage our sensitivity more realisticly.
	Red chestnut aesculus carnea The flower of symbiosis	Red chestnut develops the ability to control oneself and to guid our relatives in a positive way. It enables one to assert oneself, gives the ability to lay down limits.

States of uncertainty
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	Cerato ceratostigma willmottiana The flower of intuition	Cerato aims at regaining self-confidence by managing better our knowledge. Thus we can follow our intuition, our inner voice.
	Gentian gentiana amarella The flower of sceptics	Gentian develops the ability to face obstacles, to live with conflicts; and develops self-confidence.
	Gorse ulex europaeus The flower of hope	Gorse aims to develop an inner strength which helps to regain hope and to consider the dead-end situations less negatively.
	Hornbeam carpinus betulus The flower of weariness	Thanks to a regained energy, hornbeam convinces us that we can face routine and everyday life. Thus we regain our natural rythm (tension-relaxation).
	Scleranthus scleranthus annuus The flower of balance	Scleranthus furthers the return of strong determination and inner balance increasing decision taking abilities.
	Wild oat bromus ramosus The flower of complexity	By taking wild oat, people stimulate the discovery of a precise objective in oneself. Thanks to this flower we gain a clear idea of our aims, anf exploit all of our abilities.

States of insufficient interest for the present
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	Chestnut bud aesculus hippocastanum gemmae The flower of the lessons to learn from experience	Chestnut bud develops a good life learning, so as not to make the same mistakes again, but to learn from them.
	Clématis clematis vitalba The flower of dreamy temperament	Thanks to clematis, individuasl see the reality as meaningful. They don't avoid it more to take refuge systematically in an imaginery world, and put their gifts into practice.
	Honeysuckle lonicera caprifolium The flower of the past	With honeysuckle we manage our past differently, as a constructive springboard for our future.
	Mustard sinapsis arvensis the flower of life-sickness	This flower enables people to regain inner joy, and to live cheerfully. Thus we cross the days, even the darkest ones, quietly and serenely.
	Olive olea europea The flower of exhaustion	Olive aims at revival by dipping into new resources. It strengthens and helps to rest.
	White chestnut aesculus hippocastanum The flower of thoughts	White chestnut furthers the return to a mental serenity. Our thoughts are clear and our mind peaceful.
	Wild rose rosa canina The flower of resignation	Wild rose aims at renewing the individual's interest for his life and for everything around him.

States of loneliness
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Heather
calluna vulgaris

The flower of egocentricity

Heather acts to help the individual to minimize his problems, to become more understanding and to be interested in others.

Impatiens
impatiens glandulifera

The flower of patience

Impatiens furthers the return of great delicacy, and of a greater understanding towards our family circle.
It increases our helpfulness.

Water violet
hottonia palustris

The flower of isolation

Water violet helps to become humbler and to appear more tolerant and open-minded.

States of hypersensitivity to influences or ideas
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	Agrimony agrimonia eupatoria The flower of aptitude to face the situations	Agrimony aims at developping the individual's real optimism ; it helps him to cope with problems and accept life's troubles.
	Centaury centaurium umbellatum The flower of will	With centaury, we learn to say "no", to develop our personality and to follow our will and our needs.
	Walnut juglans regia The flower of new starts	Walnut develops our ability to follow our inner voice. It helps to follow our decisions through, not taking exterior influences into account.
	Holly ilex aquifolium The flower of love	Holly helps to show magnanimity. It increases the feeling of love and understanding towards the others.

States of dejection and despair
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	Larch larix decidua The flower of self-confidence	Larch gives confidence in our own worth and also furthers the return of self-confidence. Thus the individual sees new perspectives arising.
	Pine pinus sylvestris The flower of forgiveness	Pine encourages self-forgiveness. Thus we can admit our faults or errors as long as they don't become obsessional, and also become aware of our responsibilities, and others'.
	Elm ulmus procera The flower of responsibility	Elm helps us to look at the responsibilities we have in a realistic light. By helping us to regain self-confidence, and by seeing our responsibilities as they are, we can then cope with them properly.
	Sweet chestnut castanea sativa The flower of relief	This flower helps to regain optimism. It furthers the return of hope, and the faith in better days. People regain the ability to transform themselves inwardly.
	Star of Bethlehem ornithogalum umbellatum The flower of traumas	This flower helps to regain inner strength, in particular after a trauma, and also accept what has just been endured.
	Willow salix vittelina The flower of destiny	The flower of willow helps the individual to take his life in hand, d'en devenir l'artisan. Thus we participate actively in our destiny, by inspiring us with a new strength.
	Oak quercus robur The flower of endurance	With oak, we are aware of the limits in the sense of duty and availability. It develops endurance and self-knowledge so that we know where to stop.
	Crab apple malus pumila The flower of purification	Crab apple enables us to minimize the importance of negative little details. Thanks to a more positive attitude, the individual gains a better perception of superior realities.

States of excessive worry towards others
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	Chicory cichorium intybus The flower of tactics	Chicory helps to have a more spontaneus attitude towards others. We then can show sincere and disinterested feelings; giving without expecting nothing in return.
	Vervain verbena officinalis The flower of intense excitement	Vervain enables us to channel our energy, to avoid wasting our strength. It encourages self-control and temperance.
	Vine vitis vinifera The flower of authority	With vine, people learn to delegate their powers, to discern healthy ambition or bad one. People become more understanding towards others.
	Beech fagus sylvatica The flower of tolerance	With beech, we can take the time to listen to the others, to think about our apriorisms. We become more understanding, and accept differencies, thanks to a new ability of constructive judgement
	Rock water aqua e saxo The flower of discipline	We recover our awareness of our vital needs. It helps to reduce our inner rigidity, to recover a certain intellectual adaptability.

To have more precise informations, we advise you a few books, that helped us to do this file.

Editions MEDICIS-ENTRELACS:
Le chemin de l'harmonie psychique
Les 38 quintessences florales du Dr Edward Bach.
Rescue Remedy, of Gregory Vlamis