Lockdown, the health crisis, anxiety-inducing news… all of this stirs up a lot of emotions. That’s why it’s essential to take back control of your physical and mental health. And there are natural ways to do this that are accessible to everyone. Bach Flower Remedies are a great example: they help you gain emotional perspective, stay more calm, and feel at ease in your own skin!
Bach Flower Remedies: What Are They?
Bach Flower Remedies are a system for harmonizing emotions, discovered over a century ago by Dr. Bach, an English bacteriologist. Around the middle of his life, he turned his back on a brilliant academic career to follow his intuition and reconnect with nature. Inspired by research on homeopathy, he explored new, simpler, and more natural ways of healing. He sensed that nature provides everything we need to help us and discovered 38 wildflowers that cantransform negative and toxic emotions. Bach flower remedies thus help us let go and restore a state of harmony and inner peace.
The Quick Fix for Dealing with Anxiety and Fears
Natural remedies for serious ailments! Tobring balance to his patients’negative emotional states —which he believed were the root cause of their illnesses—Dr. Bach harnessed the power of flowers. He was convinced that dewdrops warmed by the sun on flower petals contained the plant’s healing properties. Following his intuition and drawing in part on the theory of signatures, he identified 38 flowers, each corresponding to an emotional state. From among them, he selected five to create Rescue, his famous emergency remedy suitable for all situations of emotional crisis and distress:
- Eleven O'Clock Lady, also known as the Star of Bethlehem: After a shock, a difficult experience, or a crisis, it soothes, calms, and brings comfort
- Rock Rose: Courage—helps you cope with feelings of anxiety and panic when your nerves are frayed. Restores courage and mental strength.
- Impatience – Impatiens: Patience – applies to states of tension and irritability that lead to excessive reactions. Restores patience and helps eliminate irritability and exhaustion.
- Prunus – Cherry Plum: Mastery – Helps overcome fears and combat the loss of self-control when you’re on the verge of losing it, restoring inner peace.
- Clematis – Clematis: Caution—Helps you avoid escaping the present through daydreams or an imaginary future. Brings a sense of grounding. This blend of flowers promotes daily serenity for the whole family, in all circumstances. It is available for adults, pregnant women, children, and pets. It helps harmonize emotions, overcome life’s challenges, and navigate crises by helping you refocus to regain calm and composure.
Where can you find it, and how do you use it? A look at how it works.
Depending on the brand, this elixir goes by various names: Rescue, Assistance, Crisis, First Aid, or Bach Remedy. It comes in the form of sun-infused tinctures available in bottles, drops with a dropper, sprays, and even creams, particularly for children. Bach flower remedies can be found in most organic stores, pharmacies, and drugstores.
In naturopathy, we recommend taking it as a preventive measure or at the time of an emotional shock : 4 drops (or 2 sprays if you’ve chosen the spray) directly into the mouth or diluted in a glass of water will suffice. Repeat every 15, 30, or 60 minutes until you feel calm and emotionally balanced again. This remedy is also effective for improving sleep! If you’d like to learn more about the benefits of naturopathy, feel free to visit Muriel Neveu’s website: http://murielneveu.com/naturopathie/ . You can also contact her at 06 82 46 15 49. Muriel Neveu, on behalf of the Kipli team