Remedies for the emotive state of fear
Description of the Bach
Flower Remedies
Here is a list of the 38 remedies and their indications. Each of them is directed at a particular characteristic or emotional state. The key to choosing the most appropriate remedy lies in the way you are feeling at the moment. You only need to think about the sort of person you are and the way you are feeling at present and match it with the descriptions of the Bach Flower emotional states. Consider your attitude and feelings, fears and worries, and the reason why you have them, and determine the correct remedies. There may be more than one essence which would be most beneficial at the moment. It is suggested that you use no more than 5-7 different essences at a particular time and then reconsider other choices. Bach Flower remedies work best over a period of time. Take the remedies for a period of one month at least. Bach Remedies are 100% natural and a safe method of healing, they have no side-effects and can be taken by anyone.
To make a treatment bottle: Get a 30ml bottle. Place
two drops of each of the essences you have chosen combining up to 6 or 7
essences and fill it with mineral water, add one tsp of apple cider vinegar as a
preservative, and shake them very well. Take four drops in the mouth or in a
glass of water or juice four times daily and whenever you are feeling upset or
distressed, until relief is obtained.
Remedies for the emotive state of fear
Aspen
This is a remedy for fear of the unknown which fill the person with panic for no
apparent or known reason. It is for those who have fears and anxieties which
suddenly arise for no apparent reasons. They feel vulnerable as if they have no
protection, and have a feeling of impending danger with no rational basis.
Cherry Plum
For persons who fear losing control emotionally, financially and mentally. This
remedy is suggested when there is a lack of emotional control such as sudden
outbursts of irrational rage, violence or hysteria. It is for people who are
obsessed with control, control of children, partners, work colleagues, etc.
Those in this desperate frame of mind are often on the verge of a nervous
breakdown. Teaches trust in one's wisdom and courage to follow one's path.
Mimulus
This is the remedy for the fear of the known things: the
dark, heights, disease, death, poverty, illness, failure, being lonely,
accidents, etc. These are the fears of everyday living. Mimulus is for the
persons who tend to withdraw from any anxiety producing situation, and become
shy, feel uneasy with people they do not know.
Red Chestnut
This remedy is for persons who are always over-concerned for the welfare of
loved ones and are afraid of something happening to them. This
remedy helps reduce excessive anxiety and helps a person to step back and be of
objective help and radiate positivity.
Rock Rose
This is the remedy for situations in which one experiences extreme fear, terror
and panic. It is useful in alleviating terror experienced in reliving past
terrifying experiences such as war or acts of violence, and in situations in
which one experiences panic or terror, such as examinations, public
performances, retrenchment, etc. It also helps adults and children who suffer
from nightmares. It brings confidence and calm. It is also useful in
alleviating terror in anticipation of future events: examinations, public
performances, etc. Rock Rose is the
appropriate remedy if the fear leads to panic or terror.
Remedies for the emotive state of uncertainty
Cerato
This remedy is for those who lack trust in their own decisions and are
uncertain; they don't trust the wisdom of their own judgement and always need
external advice and opinions of others, even when such advice is misguided. They
are always in self doubt. They constantly seek guidance from external
authorities to provide their lives with direction. Cerato helps people to trust
their inner guidance and helps in releasing the restrictive habits.
Gentian
This is the remedy for despondency and discouragement after a setback, when the
person has become discouraged and disheartened by even small obstacles. The cause of
the depression is always known. Teaches confidence about the
ability to overcome problems and allows a positive attitude to return, to face
life’s challenges with courage and a light heart.
Gorse
For feelings of hopelessness and despair. For those who give up in the belief
that nothing more can be done, for instance in the case of chronic illness. Teaches
confidence in a solution or cure as one of the components of healing and
imparts such confidence. Gorse helps rekindle the flame of life, allows the
person to see ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ when all seems lost and in
despair.
Hornbeam
This remedy is for the feeling that one doesn't have the strength to get
through the normal activities of the day. It is a mental weariness at the
thought of what lies ahead, causing procrastination and lethargy so that work
which was once a pleasure has become a chore. There is a feeling that we cannot
cope because we just do not have the strength, but this is not due to exhaustion
or tiredness from overwork. Hornbeam remedy puts back freshness, strength and
enthusiasm, with energy to change and strength to approach the problem afresh.
it helps to develop mental liveliness and alertness, an enthusiasm for life.
Scleranthus
This remedy is for people who suffer from indecision, an inability to choose between alternatives
They are often torn between two choices and can't decide between them;
and are often subject to mood swings. Teaches concentration, inner balance, and
flexibility and helps create a healthy equilibrium between inner feeling and
outer reaction and thus brings balance to a persons life. Scleranthus helps
create a healthy equilibrium between inner feeling and outer reaction and thus
brings balance to a persons life.
Wild Oat
For people who feel they have come to a crossroad in life and do not know which
way to go in and are unable to choose a path. They want to accomplish something in their lives but have no
clear sense of purpose and feel dissatisfied and uncertain. Wild Oat teaches focus and
direction.
Remedies for the emotive state brought about by
insufficient interest
in present circumstances
Chestnut Bud
For those who fail to learn from their mistakes, they repeat the same mistakes
over and over again and never learn from past experience. Also for people
who continually fall back into old self-defending habits. Chestnut-Bud asserts
the person to gain wisdom from life experiences, to be a good learner and
to pay attention to the present.
Clematis
For persons who are inattentive, dreamy, absent minded and lost in a world of
their own. They find their lives unhappy and are constantly escaping into the
future and withdraw into fantasy worlds of their own. They are ungrounded and
indifferent to the details of everyday life and and tend never to put any energy
into day to day practicalities. They do not live their full potential. Clematis
gives stability to be grounded and establish a bridge between the physical world
and the world of ideas.. It helps a person begin to feel more comfortable in the
present and become productive and self-fulfilled and convert thoughts to action.
Honeysuckle
For persons who live in the past: the past was always better, it was the ‘good
old days'. They dwell too much on lost loved ones or on ambitions which were
never realized, and often never expect happiness again. Honeysuckle assists to
remember and reflect on past happiness and cherish memories without losing sight
of the importance of the present. It helps the mind to focus on the present and
teaches the ability to live joyfully in the present.
Mustard
For depression of unknown origin, this depression arrives suddenly and
disappears just as suddenly, for no apparent reason. Mustard remedy
brings about a more harmonious relationship between the conscious and
unconscious aspects of the self and teaches inner stability, cheerfulness, and
serenity.
Olive
For mental and physical exhaustion, when energy reserves are completely used up.
There is exhaustion on all levels: physically, emotionally, mentally and
spiritually. For exhaustion which results from prolonged periods of stress on
both mental and physical levels and from overwork. For instance those studying
for examinations, those involved in heavy material work or those physically
exhausted or for a person recuperating after a long illness and is weak and
tiered. The Olive remedy energizes and assists in giving strength and vitality,
restoring the person to a dynamic presence in the world.
White Chestnut
This remedy is for persons who are tormented by worrying and have repetitive
unwanted thoughts and worries which seem to endlessly recur and which can cause
insomnia. White Chestnut helps to restore stillness to the mind and brings new
calm and clarity and a balanced state of mind.
Wild Rose
For people who withdraw from participation in life, they become apathetic and
are resigned to whatever happens. They make no effort to find joy in their
lives. They do not like change because it requires effort. They resign to the
notion that things will never get better and easily surrender to the victim
mentality. For instance, if they become ill they give into their illness. They
are neither happy nor sad, neither excited nor depressed, they lack vital energy
and sparkle.
Wild Rose assists in putting back the passion for life, restoring inner joy,
vitality and enthusiasm and the ability to make life meaningful.
Remedies for the emotive state brought about by
loneliness
Heather
For people who have a need to constantly talk about themselves and their
problems, they hate being alone. They are totally self-obsessed with every
detail of their health, family, friends and their safety if they are alone.
People tend to avoid them and they become lonely.
Heather is the remedy when people become totally obsessed with their troubles,
ailments and problems. It teaches the
ability to listen sensitively to others.
Impatiens
For people who are constantly in a state of impatience and irritability. They do
everything in a hurry as if there is too little time. They tend to be short and
brusque with others who are not quite as quick and have no patience for
what they see as the slowness of others. They are restless, jumpy and
fretful, and act and think quickly. They cannot accept support from those around
them and their intolerance and impatience prevents them from developing good
cooperative working relationships. They often prefer to work alone. This remedy
is required whenever there is irritability or restlessness due to impatience, it
teaches empathy and understanding of and patience with others.
Water Violet
For people are aloof and cut off from others. They keep to themselves and are independent, loners, sometimes proud and aloof.
They suffer and bear their grief in silence keeping a distance between
themselves and others. This then leads to their loneliness. This remedy helps to
break down the barrier and bring about a comfortable connection with others. It
teaches them to interact and welcome others with friendliness without sacrificing their
independence.
Remedies for the emotive state of
over-sensitivity to ideas and influence
Agrimony
For people who hide their feelings, sadness and torments behind a social mask,
they hide their troubles from themselves and others, making light of inner
difficulties and rarely burdening others with them. All day long they are brave,
happy people carrying on with their live, they feel that if they reveal the true
nature of their feelings they will be rejected. They avoid arguments and
confrontations. The agony, inner suffering results in a restless and sleepless
night, and they may use alcohol, drugs, food, or work to escape their pain. This
remedy helps people to be able to be honest and express their feelings. It frees
them from emotional bondage, so they do not have to pretend to be happy when
they are not.
Centaury
For people who find it hard to stand up for themselves, they respond to the
demands of others and to save the peace, they always try to please others and
find it difficult to say no to them, even when they are being exploited.
Stronger personalities often take advantage of these kindhearted people. This
remedy assists people to remain gentle but firm, allowing them to respond to
their own needs as well as those of others. It teaches the strength to follow one's
own path in life.
Holly
For those who are troubled by feelings of jealousy, envy, hatred, revenge and
suspicion because they feel they don't get enough love. This would be the
appropriate remedy and would assist in transforming these negative feelings into
the positive opposite. It teaches one to be truly loving.
Walnut
This remedy is for the transition times in one's life, it is a remedy for
change. The transition can be a natural progression of life such as puberty,
menopause or it can be to cope with change during life, such as ending a
marriage, going through a divorce, moving house, taking on a new job, etc. This remedy eases
all transitions. It is for those who are easily influenced by outside circumstances and may be detoured
from the positive changes they want to make in their lives. It helps to adjust
to changes and helps to guide us through the events so that we do not lose our
way.
Remedies for the emotive state of despair or despondency
Crab Apple
For people who feel unclean in some way, it maybe physical or in the mind, also for self-hatred.
An example is people who feel that they must wash over and over again because
they feel they have been contaminated in some way. It is the cleansing
remedy for feelings of shame, uncleanliness or a poor self-image. This remedy
teaches acceptance of the body and the environment, and to be able to see small
problems in our existence exactly like they are.
Elm
For people who feel overwhelmed or overburdened by responsibilities, they
over-commit themselves and find that the pressures and responsibility of work
and family obligations so overwhelming that they feel inadequate and totally
worn out., and that a task is just too difficult to accomplish. This remedy
helps the mind to calm down and place the problem into perspective. It helps
restore the self-assurance and teaches composure and the ability to see problems
in an appropriate perspective. It develops the positive attitude that life is
also for living and not only for work.
Larch
Larch is to help those who lack self-confidence and anticipate failure. They
perceive themselves as less capable than other people and they lack self-esteem,
they doubt their own abilities and admire other people’s success. They feel
inferior to other people. Their fear of making a fool of themselves often make
them shy and inhibited and they make no
attempt to succeed. If one is experiencing self-doubt and lack of
confidence or fear failure in attempting something important, Larch remedy would
be appropriate. It teaches self-confidence and the determination to take on
challenges.
Oak
For people who never give up hope, who get the job done, regardless of difficulties.
They keep going past the point of exhaustion and are solid and reliable like an
Oak tree, other people often go to the those persons for guidance and comfort.
Irrespective of illness, these persons persevere and struggle on. This remedy
helps to restore physical strength and gives these persons joy in their
endeavors, and teaches them the ability to take it easy at times, as a human
being you need it.
Pine
This is the remedy for people who feel stuck in regret about past failure
especially if there are feelings of guilt. One cannot change the past, but can
change his attitude towards it. Holding on to the past will not be able to
change it. This remedy is for those who are never satisfied with themselves and blame themselves for not
doing better. They hope they can undo past imperfections and often develop a
perfectionist attitude. They suffer from guilt and frequently blame themselves
for the mistakes of others and are always apologizing. This remedy helps develop
a positive attitude towards the past and teaches self-acceptance and
self-forgiveness.
Star of Bethlehem
This remedy is for shock or whenever there has been a trauma to the system, for
example after bad news or an accident, after falling victim to physical or
emotional violence, whether experienced recently or in the past. Star of
Bethlehem will help to unblock the feeling and so relieve the deep-seated
sadness, paving the way for recovery. Very often shock is delayed and becomes
deep-seated to be manifested in a strange and unconnected way. If shock can be
established as the core reason for a condition, even if it is years later, Star
of Bethlehem remedy will be the appropriate remedy.
It helps in recovering from traumas and integrate them into the present life.
Sweet Chestnut
This remedy is for when life has taken the person to the limits of our endurance
and he cannot take any more. It is for desperate mental anguish, when everything has been tried and
there is no light left,
the feeling that one has reached the limits of one's
endurance. It is helpful at midlife crisis, or when long-term stress reaches a
crisis point, or crises brought about by illness and injuries. This remedy
helps to lift the utter despair so that faith can be restored, it teaches one to believe that change is possible
and to trust oneself and
the benevolence of the universe.
Willow
Willow is the remedy for those who fall into the ‘poor-me’, ‘the universe is
against me’ mentality. They have developed victim consciousness. It is for resentment
and the feeling that life is unfair; one may also resent the cheerfulness of
others. This remedy assists by helping us to create a positive outlook, it
is important to remember that a negative attitude can create a negative reality.
It turns a negative attitude into a positive one. It teaches us to take
responsibility for our lives and helps to lift us out of the hole of self-pity
and adapt a more optimistic and positive approach to life.
Remedies for the emotive state where over-concern
for the welfare of others prevail
Beech
For people who can be very critical of the behavior of others and have a
readiness to find fault. Lacking in tolerance and empathy, they find other
people annoying and irritating. This remedy makes us less judgmental of others
and develops a person’s sensitivity to the needs of others and the capacity to
accept and welcome differences in others. It also develops empathy so as to
adopt a more understanding and tolerant attitude. It teaches one to be
able to accept and look beyond differences.
Chicory
For people who impose selfish and possessive love, because they feel no one
cares about them, they are over-involved and possessive of family and close
friends and impose their own standards on those they love. This remedy helps
these persons to let go and to love and care for the family without demanding
love and attention in return. It teaches unconditional love and assists the
person to develop a sense of own capacities to love unconditionally and to trust
life.
Rock Water
For those who have a rigid obsession with ideals and therefore live by a strict
regime or set of standards. In trying to live up to their ideals they will
sacrifice and deny their feelings and desires. This often alienates them from
their family and friends They are excessively hard on themselves and adopt repressive, rigid
personal regimes. This remedy helps people to be less rigid and more lenient
with themselves and to let go of obsessive behavior thereby developing a more
flexible and more adaptable approach. In this way spontaneous needs and desires
can be accommodated and there is place for enjoyment and pleasure.
Vervain
For people who want to convert everybody else to their way of thinking and need to convince others of the rightness of their own beliefs.
They are enthusiastic about projects and aims, their over- enthusiasm may sabotage their good
intentions. They can often push themselves so hard that they are unable to relax
and enjoy life. This remedy helps people not to be narrow and insular, and helps
them to relax and give themselves a chance to rest. It teaches one the ability
to see other viewpoints and imparts a genuine enthusiasm which inspires others.
Vine
For for those who are self-assured, dominant and inflexible. They insist that
others do things their way, the "boss" or "dictator" personality, they can
become tyrannical. These people are strong, assertive, decisive and
self-sufficient. Because they are usually so successful they believe they can
impose their way of doing on everyone else. This remedy does not take
self-assurance or leadership away but the extreme side of the behaviour patterns
become less harsh, they become willing to co-operate and understand the views of
others. It teaches one that genuine leadership means encouraging the
leadership qualities in others.
Rescue Remedy: This is an emergency combination
of Essences called Rescue Remedy. It contains five different Essences: Rock
Rose, Cherry Plum, Clematis, Impatiens, and Star of Bethlehem. Rescue
Remedy is worth carrying with you in case of emergency situations, shock, and
stressful events. It helps you go through difficult situations, such as exams
and job interviews in a calm and relaxed state.
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