Directions For Use:

The Bach Flower Essences can be taken by placing two drops in a glass of water and sip at
intervals. If no water is available the Essences can be taken undiluted either in the mouth,
on the skin behind the ears or on the inside of the wrist. Alternatively the two drops can be
put into a clean empty 30ml dropper bottle which is then topped up with mineral water. From
this bottle - known as a treatment bottle - four drops are taken four times a day. Kept in the
fridge and used regularly a treatment bottle will last up to three weeks.
These formulas may be taken as often as needed, but at least 4 drops, 4 times per day,
under the tongue: upon waking, late morning, late afternoon and before sleep.
All genuine Bach Remedies come in concentrate form and will last indefinitely when stored
at normal room temperature, away from direct sunlight.

Rescue Remedy & Rescue Remedy Cream is a combination of Bach Flower Essences
that is specially beneficial when you find yourself in traumatic situations, such as, stress,
emergencies, after getting bad news, before an exam or job interview and all other kind of
situations where we suddenly loose ground. The Essences quickly get us back in our normal
balance so that we calmly can deal with any situation.

Rescue Remedy
Many people chooses to always carry a bottle of Rescue Remedy in their purse, in the car or
in the diaper bag, so it is handy any time if something unexpected should happen.
We do not expect to see or be involved an accident, but if it happens we all wish to help and
since an accident is pretty traumatic Rescue Remedy can help everybody involved.
Rescue.
Ingredients:
Star of Bethlehem: For trauma and shock.
Clematis: For the tendency to "pass out", and unconsciousness, being ‘far away.’
Cherry Plum: Fear of mind giving way, verge of breakdown, anger.
Impatiens: For irritability, tension and fidgety.
Rock Rose: For frozen terror and panic.

Agrimony helps those who appear carefree and humorous, but actually they hide behind a
mask to hide their anxieties, worries and inner pain and fears. They dislike being alone and
are very sociable, seeking company as a distraction.
Agrimony is given to help Agrimony people to accept and come to terms with the darker
side of life and their own personalities, so that they can become more rounded human
beings. They will not lose their sense of humour, but they will laugh at their troubles to dispel
them, rather than laughing to hide them. As a mood remedy, Agrimony helps anyone who is
trying not to face a trouble and using jokes and witticisms and smiles to avoid a painful
reality.
Aspen helps those who feel fears and worried of unknown origin. The fears or worries
comes suddenly without any specific reason. A typical need for Aspen is on waking in fear
from a bad dream, even if the dream itself is forgotten.
Aspen is the remedy for any fear where the cause of the fear cannot be named and helps
towards an inner peace, security and fearlessness.
Beech is for those who are constantly making criticism, intolerant of other people's
shortcoming and unable to make allowances. They are easily irritated by other people's
mannerisms or habits. They are convinced that they are always in the right and everyone
else in the wrong.
Beech helps to encourage tolerance and understanding, and as this happens so the
irritability also fades - it helps you to see the good in others despite their imperfections.
Centaury is for people who find it difficult to say 'no' to other people. They are kind, gentle
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advantage of this, and instead of willing service the Centaury ends up the slave of another's
wishes.
Centaury supports the development of courage and self-determination so that you can
better draw the line and make space where you can be yourself, free of the desires and
commands of others.
Cerato is the remedy for people who lack faith in their own judgement. Faced with the need
to make a decision they are not like the Scleranthus people who hesitate and cannot make
up their minds, because they can come to a decision without too much trouble. But having
done so the doubts creep in and they are no longer sure if what they have decided is right.
They then go around asking for the opinions and advice of others. They end up hopelessly
confused or doing something that they know in their hearts is not right for them.
Cerato is the remedy to give you more faith in your judgement so that you can listen to your
inner voices and trust your intuition - it helps you listen to your own wisdom and follow it.
Cherry Plum is one of the remedies that Dr Bach grouped together under the heading of
'Fear'. The Cherry Plum fear is very specific: it is the fear that one is going to lose control of
oneself and do something dreadful, which can include injuring others and suicide. Cherry
Plum is also the remedy for the loss of control when it has in fact already taken place, and
because because of the frantic fear and dread associated with loss of control. (Think of the
fear of a small child in a screaming, irrational rage.) Fears of going mad and of acting
irrationally are Cherry Plum fears.
Cherry Plum helps you to find an inner balance so that you can think and act rationally.
Cherry Plum is one of the ingredients of Rescue Remedy.
Chestnut Bud is for people who fail to learn the lessons of life. They may repeat the same
mistakes over and over - for example, taking a succession of identical office jobs and being
surprised to find each one unfulfilling. In other cases, they see others making a mistake and
the results that arise, but then fail to apply this lesson to their own lives and go right ahead
and make the same mistake themselves.
Chestnut Bud helps you to take full advantage of daily experiences and learn from them so
that you can move forward in life. It is the remedy to helps you learn from the past and then
move on to genuinely new experiences.
Chicory people are full of love and care for their families and friends. But they expect to
receive back all the love they give, with interest, and feel slighted and unnecessarily hurt if
they don't get what they expect. Also, their great love can lead them to hold onto their loved
ones and try to keep them dependent and close to hand. This can stifle the development of
other personalities, or simply drive them away.
Chicory helps you to be less selfish and be able to offer genuine love - love given
unconditionally and in freedom.
Clematis is for people whose minds drift away from the present into fantasies of the future,
or into alternative versions of the present. Often their dreams are of great future success,
creative endeavour and achievement, but the danger for people in this state is that their
dreams will remain fantasies because the Clematis person is not sufficiently anchored in
reality to make them happen.
Clematis helps you to come back to earth and back to yourself so that you can build castles
in life instead of in the air. It helps you gain a more lively interest in the world around you,
and in life. Clematis is one of the ingredients in Rescue Remedy, where it is used to help
the fuzzy, light-headed feeling that can come at times of emergency.
Crab Apple is known as the cleansing remedy, and as such is the added 'sixth ingredient' in
Rescue Cream. Its main use is to help people who feel that they have something unclean or
poisonous about them, or who dislike some aspect of their appearance or personality.
Sometimes there might be very real things wrong with someone in this state, but they will
disregard the big problems and concentrate obsessively on the one thing that they have
fixed on.
Crab Apple helps you look at yourself without unrealistic critique and helps you to cleanse
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unplugged, and so on. Being a cleanser, this remedy purifies wounds if you have reason to
believe that some poison has entered which must be drawn out.
Elm is the remedy for people suffering a temporary loss of self-confidence due to the
overwhelming amount of responsibility they have taken on. Genuine Elm types are people
who are successful and carrying out work that they believe in, but at times feel the weight of
the charge on them and become depressed and concerned that they will not be able to go
on.
Elm helps you to dispel these feelings so that you can resume your life without thought of
failure. It helps you approach life one step at a time.
Gentian is the remedy for the relatively mild downheartedness and despondency that
follows when something has gone wrong. As soon as things start to go right again this kind
of despondency tends to lift by itself, but the remedy can be used to lift it the sooner so that
the person is better able to make things go right, instead of just hoping they will do so.
Gentian helps lift your spirits so that you can see that there is no such thing as failure when
one is doing one's best.
Gorse is the remedy for people who have given up belief that there is any hope for them. It
is a far stronger kind of downheartedness than the Gentian state, because Gorse people
almost wilfully refuse to be encouraged, so certain are they that their case is hopeless. If ill,
they may think of themselves as incurable, or say that they inherited this or that from their
families so that nothing can be done for them.
Gorse helps you get a sense of faith and hope, a feeling that your life will be renewed and
helps you go forward with a surer step.
Heather is for people who are obsessed with themselves, but who do not like to be alone. Dr
Bach called them 'buttonholers' because they do anything to keep people with them, all the
time talking at exhaustive length about their problems and illnesses, great and small, until
people begin actively to avoid them. Thus the thing Heather people fear - loneliness - is
brought about because of their own behaviour.
Heather helps you see your own concerns in the context of other people's. You even may
become a good listener as a result and great support for others.
Holly is often thought of as the remedy for anger - but this isn't necessarily the case. Where
Holly is for anger, it will be because the anger is based specifically on hatred, suspicion,
envy or jealousy. But in other cases other remedies would be needed, such as Impatiens
when anger is due to impatience, Vervain where it is caused by a sense of injustice, or
Chicory where the angry person feels snubbed and hurt by ingratitude in others. Holly is for
very negative, aggressive feelings directed at others.
Holly helps overcome the feeling of an absence of love, and the remedy works to encourage
generosity of spirit and openness towards others feeling compassion, love and inner
harmony within yourself.
Honeysuckle is for people who live in the past instead of the present. They feel that their
best days are behind them and that there is little to look forward to, and as a consequence
they prefer to dwell on past happinesses (or past misfortunes). At a more minor key,
homesickness and nostalgia are also Honeysuckle states.
Honeysuckle helps you move forward and to live in the present without needing to relive the
past. It helps you take joy from today and tomorrow.
Hornbeam is used against feelings of exhaustion and tiredness that come before an effort
has been made. The person in this state feels that he or she is too tired to cope with the
demands of the day. It's easier to stay in bed or put off making a start - but if an effort can be
made to get started the weariness will fade, a sign that unlike the Olive state this is a mental
rather than a physical weariness.
Hornbeam helps you shake off that 'Monday morning feeling' and strengthen your mind and
body for the work ahead.
Impatiens is, as its name suggests, the remedy against impatience and against frustration
and irritability caused by impatience. Anyone can get into this state of mind, but there are
also genuine Impatiens types, who live life at a rush and hate being held back by more
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boss is the one who sends staff home early so she can get the job finished quicker!
Impatiens helps you feel and be less hasty and more relaxed and patient with others. It is
also an ingredient in the composite Rescue Remedy, where it is used to help calm agitated
thoughts and feelings.
Larch is the remedy for people who feel that they are not as good as others and that they
are bound to fail. They lack confidence in their ability to succeed and so often do not even
bother trying. (cf Elm people, where it is the desire to take on too much that causes the
temporary doubt.)
Larch helps you to go ahead regardless of thoughts of success and failure and helps you
regain a realistic sense of self esteem and confidence.
Mimulus is the remedy for known fears. In other words whenever you are frightened of
something or you are anxious about something, and you can say what that something is,
then Mimulus is the remedy to take. Mimulus fears are everyday fears - fear of public
speaking, of the dark, of aggressive dogs, or of illness or pain. Phobias such as the fear of
spiders or of birds are also Mimulus fears, since the cause of the fear can be named. Where
the phobia is very great so that the sight of a spider for example causes sheer terror, then
Rock Rose might be given as well as or instead of Mimulus. And where the fear is diffuse
and there is general anxiety and apprehension without a specific named cause then Aspen
is the remedy to consider.
Mimulus helps you find your own quiet courage and strength that lies hidden inside of you,
so that you can face the everyday trials of life with steadfastness.
Mustard is the remedy for deep gloom and depression that descends for no apparent
reason out of a clear blue sky. People in this state often list all the reasons they have to feel
happy and contented, but still everything looks black and hopeless to them
Mustard helps to dispel the clouds so that you can once again find joy and peace in life.
Oak is the remedy for strong, steady people who never give up under adversity. Instead they
plod on with determination, and never consider resting until they are past the point of
exhaustion. Because they are so steady they often have many people relying on them, and
their sense of duty is strong, so that they can feel frustrated and unhappy if illness or
exhaustion get in the way of discharging duties. So much is positive about the Oak person,
but the negative side is the stubborn refusal to rest or sit back when the need for rest is
obvious to all around.
Oak helps you remain strong in adversity and not crack under the strain, so that at the same
time a different wisdom is learned helping you learn when not to strive.
Olive is the remedy for tiredness and exhaustion after an effort of some kind, such as hard
physical or mental labour, or the long struggle against illness. It can be usefully contrasted
with Hornbeam, which is the remedy for tiredness felt even before an effort has been made.
Olive helps to restore feelings of strength and the faith needed to continue.
Pine is for people who blame themselves for something they feel they have done in the past,
some neglect of a parent, some fault in themselves, something they have left undone, and
for those who reproach themselves that, even though they may have been successful in
their work, they should have done better. They are never content with their own efforts or the
results. They also at times tend to claim responsibility for the mistakes made by others. They
are perfectionists and set themselves high standards, and this may cause them to over-work
and strain to do better, and when the strain becomes too much for the physical body, they
blame themselves for the ensuing illness as they feel they are failing in their duty to others,
to their work and the family responsibilities.
Pine helps you regain energy, vitality and pleasure in life. Helps you when you feel guilt and
self-reproach so you feel content with your effort and results.
Red Chestnut is for people who feel fear for the well-being of others: the husband afraid
when his wife goes out alone after dark, the mother fretting over what may happen to her
child at school. Red Chestnut fears are natural, normal concerns magnified to the point
where they may have a negative effect on the person who is the object of concern,
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Red Chestnut helps you to send out calm, unworried thoughts to your loved ones, so that
you become a rock of strength on whom others lean.
Rock Rose is the remedy against terror, and as such is an important ingredient in Rescue
Remedy. The Rock Rose state may start out as a Mimulus, Aspen or Red Chestnut state,
but it is further along the path from any of these, being a panicky, terrorstruck fear that
makes conscious thought and decision next to impossible.
Rock Roseprovides calm and courage. The self is forgotten and strength reappears.
Rock Water is the remedy for people who take self-repression and self-denial to extremes.
They are very wrapped up in themselves, seeking always to perfect themselves in some way
and setting themselves targets and being very unkind to themselves if they fail to live
according to their own rules. If they seek to influence others it is not directly but by example
only.Rock Water helps you show more flexibility when it is necessary, and be not so hard on
yourself.
Scleranthus is the remedy for people who find it difficult to make up their minds which
option of two or more they ought to choose. The Scleranthus indecision commonly affects
the small decisions of life as much as the big ones: 'should I marry Joe or Peter?' and
'should I buy a red notebook or a blue one?' are both Scleranthus states. Sometimes the
chronic uncertainty of the Scleranthus person manifests itself in other ways. There may be
mood swings and even motion sickness: although these symptoms are not in themselves
infallible guides to Scleranthus, but only signs that this is a remedy to consider.
Scleranthus helps you to act more decisively and know your own mind.
Star of Bethlehem is one of the remedies in the Rescue Remedy. It is the remedy for the
after-effects of any shock, such as unexpected bad news or an unexpected and unwelcome
event. And it can be used just as well for the effects of a shock received many years ago,
even very early in childhood. This is also the remedy for the sense of emptiness and loss
that sometimes occurs when a loved one dies or moves away, since this too can be a great
shock to the system.
Star of Bethlehem is a comforting remedy to give in such circumstances.
Sweet Chestnut is the remedy for people who have reached the limits of their endurance,
who have explored all avenues but see no way out of their difficulties, and who feel that
there is nothing left for them but annihilation and emptiness. Whereas people in a Gorse
state have fallen into a state of hopelessness when there are actually possible solutions all
around, the person in a Sweet Chestnut state is genuinely at the end of the line: theirs is
appalling, final despair.
Sweet Chestnut helps you to remain a master of their life and helps renew your hope and
strength. And sometimes a way out may open even at this stage of life.
Vervain people are perfectionists with a keen sense of justice and extreme mental energy
that they willingly throw behind those causes that they believe in. Their enthusiasm can be
infectious, and they feel a strong need to persuade others to their own point of view. At an
extreme Vervain people can become fanatics, unable to listen to alternative points of view,
and they may put themselves under a great deal of stress because they find it so hard to
switch off and relax.
Vervain helps you to pull back from time to time so that body and mind and be restored. It
encourages the wisdom to enjoy life and the passage of time instead of always feeling the
need to be active.
Vine is for people who know their own minds and think they know what is best for others.
They are mentally strong and enjoy the exercise of power, but in their negative states this
can lead them to dominate others by force alone. Tyrannical fathers and overbearing bosses
are typical negative Vines, in that they will expect absolute obedience from others and will
not be overly concerned with winning hearts and minds as long as their orders are followed.
In this respect they are very different from Vervain people, who will attempt to convert others
to their way of thinking: Vines are content with the simple imposition of discipline.
Vine helps make wise, gentle and loving guides who can inspire and lead others without
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Walnut is the remedy to help to protect against outside influences in general, and against
the effects of change in particular. Walnut types are people who are fulfilling their purpose in
life but who under the influence of the opinions, theories or beliefs of others, or of external
circumstances in general, may be led to doubt their path. They are not like Cerato people,
who actively seek out the opinions of others, but instead may be affected almost despite
themselves.
Walnut is useful at all the transitions of life, from being born to teething to going to school to
puberty to marriage to childbearing to retirement and beyond. It helps to break links with the
past so that the person can move forward with confidence and without undue suffering.
Water Violetis the remedy for those talented, capable people whose independence and self-
reliance can make them seem to be proud and disdainful of others. True Water Violet people
are quiet and dignified and prefer their own company or that of a few close friends, but
where their natural reserve has built a barrier between them and others they may actually
become lonely and be unable to make contact with others.
Water Violet helps bring you back into balance.
White Chestnut is the remedy for unwanted thoughts, worries and mental arguments, which
intrude into the mind and stop people from concentrating on things that they should be
doing. White Chestnut thoughts are repetitive and go nowhere, simply circling round and
round in the head like a stuck gramophone record.
White Chestnut is used to help people control their thoughts again so that they can deal
calmly and rationally with any underlying problems that might be causing the trouble.
Wild Oat is the remedy for people who feel that they want to do something worthwhile with
their lives but do not know in which direction they should move. So instead they drift from
occupation to occupation, but without finding their true path, which leads in turn to feelings of
frustration and consequent depression. This state of indecision is not like the Scleranthus
one, because in the case of Scleranthus the path itself isn't in doubt, but rather the different
ways of following it: the different options are known. Wild Oat people do not know what their
options are because their goals are not defined.
Wild Oat helps people to find their true role, putting them back in touch with their own basic
purpose in life so that the way ahead seems obvious.
Wild Rose is for people who have accepted all that life throws at them and have given up
the struggle for fulfilment. Instead they have resigned themselves to the way things are, to
the extent where they don't even complain or seem particularly unhappy. Instead they shrug
their shoulders - there's no point complaining or trying to change - and seem happy just to
drift through life.
Wild Rose is given to reawaken interest in life. The positive Wild Rose person will still be a
happy-go-lucky type, but instead of apathy will feel a sense of purpose that will bring
increased happiness and enjoyment.
Willow is for people who feel resentful and bitter about the way their lives have gone. They
begrudge others their successes and happiness, and are reluctant to admit when their own
lives go well, preferring to concentrate on what is going wrong. Willow people are grumblers,
and when ill make bad patients because they are never satisfied with what is done for them.
Willow can be compared to Holly in that it too is a negative state directed towards others. But
where Holly burns with hatred and suspicion, Willow smoulders with resentment and self-
pity.
Willow his given to encourage the rebirth of optimism and faith, and to help the person in
the negative Willow state to be more generous in praise of others and also more aware of
how his own negative thinking can attract the very ill-fortune that he blames on others.

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THE FLOWER REMEDIES were grouped by Dr Bach under seven headings:
for fright
for uncertainty
insufficient interest in present circumstances
for loneliness
over-sensitivity to ideas and influences
despondency and despair
overcare for the welfare of others
In the brief descriptions which follow:
the negative feelings are given first,
followed by the positive results which may be achieved by using the remedies.

FOR FRIGHT
ROCK ROSE: feelings of alarm, horror, dread and being intensely scared - the
courage to face an emergency.
MIMULUS: fright of specific known things, such as animals, heights, pain, and for
shy, nervous people - bravery.
CHERRY PLUM: feelings of losing control, of doing dreaded things - calmness and
sanity.
ASPEN: vague, unknown apprehension and haunting premonitions - trusting the
unknown.
RED CHESTNUT: worry for others, anticipating misfortune, projecting worry -
trusting to life.

FOR UNCERTAINTY
CERATO: distrust of self and intuition, being easily led and misguided - confidence
to seek individuality.
SCLERANTHUS: inability to resolve two choices, indecision, alternating - balance
and determination.
GENTIAN: discouragement, doubt and despondency - ability to take heart and have
faith.
GORSE: absence of hope, acceptance of difficulty, feeling pointless to try - the
sunshine of renewed hope.
HORNBEAM: feeling weary and unable to cope - strength and support.
WILD OAT: lack of direction or fulfilment, feeling of drifting in life - ability to become
definite and purposeful.

INSUFFICIENT INTEREST IN PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES

CLEMATIS: feeling dreamy, drowsy, absent-minded - ability to come down to earth.
HONEYSUCKLE: living in memories - involvement in the present.
WILD ROSE: Lacking interest, resigned, having no love or point in life - arousal of
the spirit of joy and adventure.
OLIVE: exhaustion, loss of strength, need for physical and mental renewal - feeling
rested and supported.
WHITE CHESTNUT: suffering unresolved, circling thoughts - resolution to a calm,
clear mind.
MUSTARD: feeling that gloom suddenly crowds in, for no apparent reason - clarity.
CHESTNUT BUD: failure to learn from life, make repeated mistakes, lack
observation - ability to learn from experience.

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FOR LONELINESS
WATER VIOLET: withdrawal, aloofness, pride, self-containment, quiet grief - peace
and calm, wisdom in service.
IMPATIENS: irritation with constraints, tension, impatience - gentleness and
forgiveness.
HEATHER: longing for company, talkativeness, over-concern with self - tranquillity
and kinship with all life.

OVER-SENSITIVITY TO IDEAS AND INFLUENCES

AGRIMONY: worry hidden behind a carefree mask, apparent joviality to hide
suffering - feelings of steadfast peace.
CENTAURY: being kind, gentle, quiet and anxious to serve, but weak and
dominated - ability to be active and positive.
WALNUT: for protection from outside influences, changes and developments - the
link breaker.
HOLLY: jealousy, envy, anger, suspicion and the urge for revenge - certainty that
the conquest of all will be through love.

DESPONDENCY AND DESPAIR

LARCH: expectation of failure, lack or confidence or the will to succeed - self-
confidence, willingness to try anything.
PINE: self-reproach, self-criticism, assumption of blame, readiness to apologise -
relief of the sense of guilt.
ELM: temporary overwhelming of capable people who falter in their responsibilities -
the strength to perform duty.
SWEET CHESTNUT: unendurable desolation - a light in the darkness.
STAR OF BETHLEHEM: need for consolation after a fright or sudden alarm -
comfort in grief.
WILLOW: dissatisfaction, bitterness, resentment and feeling that life is unfair -
acceptance without complaint.
OAK: patient, persevering strength, and never giving in - ability to admit one's
limitations.
CRAB APPLE: self-disgust, feeling of uncleanliness, getting small things out of
proportion - the cleansing remedy

OVER-CARE FOR THE WELFARE OF OTHERS

CHICORY: demand for attention, self-pity, possessiveness, self-love, feeling hurt
and tearful - development of love and care that gives freely to others.
VERVAIN: willfulness, stress, over-enthusiasm, fervour and insistence- quiet and
tranquillity.
VINE: tyrannical behaviour, bullying, demand for obedience, domination - ability to
become a loving leader and teacher, setting all at liberty.
BEECH: intolerance, fussiness, hyper-criticism - ability to see more good in the
world.
ROCKWATER: self-denial, rigidity, stricture, puritanism - development of a broad
outlook and understanding.

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