Bach Flower Remedies

Bach flower remedies are a system of 38 homeopathic-like natural liquids that are known to relieve unwanted states of mind by improving your positive attitude and outlook. Popular for restoring harmony to thoughts, feelings, attitudes and personality patterns, Bach remedies help you manage stress more effectively and with greater ease, improving your ability to cope in difficult situations. They do this without interacting or interfering with your body’s physiology or biochemistry.

Unlike essential oils (Aromatherapy), Bach Remedies are odorless, and each remedy helps shift specific states of mind such as impatience, fear, overwhelm, hopelessness, guilt, anger and sadness. (See keyword remedy indications below.) Take them either orally or topically (on pulse points) alongside medical treatments, drugs and other adjunct support like psychotherapy safely with no interference, interactions or side effects.
The remedies were discovered and created in the 1930’s by Edward Bach, British physician, scientist and pioneer in mind-body medicine and are taken only to improve how you feel, not to treat physical conditions or symptoms.

Below are the individual remedies with keywords for their indications. At the Sirkin Creative Living Center during your coaching sessions we are able to teach you to create specific blends and learn how to dose for your individual situation and needs.

Agrimony – mental torture behind a cheerful face
Aspen – fear of unknown things
Beech – intolerance
Centaury – the inability to say ‘no’
Cerato – lack of trust in one’s own decisions
Cherry Plum – fear of the mind giving way
Chestnut Bud – failure to learn from mistakes
Chicory – selfish, possessive love
Clematis – dreaming of the future without working in the present
Crab Apple – the cleansing remedy, also for self-hatred
Elm – overwhelmed by responsibility
Gentian – discouragement after a setback
Gorse – hopelessness and despair
Heather – self-centredness and self-concern
Holly – hatred, envy and jealousy
Honeysuckle – living in the past
Hornbeam – tiredness at the thought of doing something
Impatiens – impatience
Larch – lack of confidence
Mimulus – fear of known things
Mustard – deep gloom for no reason
Oak – the plodder who keeps going past the point of exhaustion
Olive – exhaustion following mental or physical effort
Pine – guilt
Red Chestnut – over-concern for the welfare of loved ones
Rock Rose – terror and fright
Rock Water – self-denial, rigidity and self-repression
Scleranthus – inability to choose between alternatives
Star of Bethlehem – shock
Sweet Chestnut – Extreme mental anguish, when everything has been tried and there is no light left
Vervain – over-enthusiasm
Vine – dominance and inflexibility
Walnut – protection from changes and unwanted influences
Water Violet – quiet self-reliance leading to isolation
White Chestnut – unwanted thoughts and mental arguments
Wild Oat – uncertainty over one’s direction in life
Wild Rose – drifting, resignation, apathy
Willow – self-pity and resentment