I see the flower essence of Rabbitbrush as being a sort of godsend for our modern age.  Rabbitbrush helps us to keep our focus on the task at hand while being able stay aware of the details going on in the periphery. This is useful because influence of technology and media on life today can often act as a distraction with the ability to take our focus and vision in many different directions within seconds.  Part of being a functional human being requires that we focus on a goal and follow it through to completion, which demands that we focus our attention in a chosen direction.

Society today almost demands that we have our focus on more than one thing at time, which can be disorienting and stressful.  As the pace of society and life seems to get faster and faster these demands show no signs of slowing down.  Yet thankfully we have a useful tool, Rabbitbrush flower essence, to help us keep our center and focus as we navigate the maze of the demands of our daily life.

Vision and focus are two words that immediately come to mind when I think of this remedy, because it is such a valuable aid to bringing cohesion  to where the power of sight and mind intersect.  It aids in the ability of the mind to ’stick together’ so that we are less influenced and pulled off course by all that is going on around us.  And it helps to bring a togetherness to different useful pieces that lie at the edge of what we are focused on.   Use this essence for maintaining focus and attention when working on a project with many details that all require your attention.  This essence supports a ‘flexibility of the mind and helps one to gain a wide focus over the big picture so that we are aware of the many details of the issue, task or project.

Rabbitbrush flower essence is also helpful for times when we feel overwhelmed by all the details we need to address whether it be in a personal or professional setting.   This essence helps one to hold the details in perspective so that one may proceed forward with more clarity thus helping to dispel confusion and feelings of being overwhelmed.  This essence is useful for in a wide range of situations and can be used in acute situations or on a ongoing basis.   Many blessings to you in finding the remedies to best suit your needs.

The mallow family of plants is quite large and graces the springtime with soft colored blooms.  Their flowers have been explored as flower essences by a few companies mainly FES and Delta Gardens.  There is a softness to the plant which translates to its healing qualities as a flower essence.  The softness is also evident in the marshmallow candy, originally made from the root of the marshmallow plant.

David Dalton of Delta Gardens offers a flower essence of marshmallow which encapsulates the softness,  it is indicated for a hardening of the emotional body.  A marsh is a watery place and the element of water is associated with the emotions.  The delicate looking flower is white with a purple center.  Its main indication is for helping us to soften our feeling around other people particularly those that we do not like.  The essence also helps us to get in touch with the love vibration when feeling hurt or angry.

The mallow essence FES offers has some interesting cross pollination in terms of effects on the personality as the Delta Gardens essence.  The FES mallow (sidalcea glauscens) is indicated for those that feel socially insecure, they create boundaries and fear reaching out to others.  This dovetails nicely with Delta Gardens mallow which helps to soften to those that we do not like.

They both work at clearing the harder feelings around socializing and relationships with other.  They are both working with the second chakra in its relationship to the heart chakra helping to unite the two in greater harmony.  This is a powerful and important function that can assist soul growth on many levels, bringing the gentleness and warmth of the heart into our social sphere.

Blueberry cactus (Myrtillocactus geometrizans) flower essence, this is one of my favorite essences that I have co-created. I prepared this remedy in March of 2006 shortly before leaving San Diego, I feel like it is a treasure I got to take with me. The cactus I prepared the essence from is about 80+ years old, it has a towering yet gentle presence. The cactus gets its name from the small fruits that resemble and taste similar to blueberries.

The flowers are a soft white with a sweet fragrance, they open to the sun and close at night, protecting the delicateness within. The day I set out to make this essence I intended to only make one essence that of echinopsis, which I also prepared. But I could hear this plant calling to me so I obliged and I am ever so happy I did.

This essence carries such a wonderful relaxing and joyful energy to the user. My initial provings were such a joy to watch. Literally I could see the shift in people immediately. The first time I shared this essence with a friend was on a curb outside of the Farmer’s Market in Hollywood. I handed her the bottle and told her to take 3 drops. I just sat there and watched as she gazed into the distance commenting how she never noticed how lovely everything looked. I said to her “who do you think could benefit from this essence?” Then a friend of hers ran up to us, clearly in hurry, we asked him to sit with us but he had to run . . .

Two other provings revealed this essence’s ability to bring relaxation to the body. The first involves a female friend. A very well put together woman who maintains perfect posture and is seemingly relaxed. I went to her house with a bunch of essences and tested her for which ones she might need, Blueberry cactus came up. We were sitting and talking she took 3 drops and within minutes she was literally draped over the chair in a relaxing reclined position.

The third proving involved a male friend who always struck me as rather laid back, looking back I think this was a front. I was at his house, were he could always be found moving around from one room to the next laptop in hand, checking emails, sending emails, generally keeping busy. I gave him 3 drops and he immediately sunk into the couch and fell asleep shortly afterwards.

What I have found over the years with this essence is that it relaxes the mental body, this in turn brings relaxation to the physical body. It has proven useful for folks dealing with isomnia and disrupted sleeping patterns as well as general stress related to living in a type A society.

This essence brings lightness, joy and more uprightness to the body, enhanceing the vertical flow of energy in the body. It helps us slow down and take a more compassionate approach, helping us feel a joyful sense of presence. Gentle knowing and trusting develops, the ability to handle stress increase thus leading to greater sense of vitality and energy.

Mimulus  also known as Monkey Flower is family of plants common in the Western United States. During spring and summer months it can be found growing near rivers and streams as well as deserts and mountain enviroments. It is a large family that covers much ground in terms of habitat range and its flowers offer a variety of color.  Monkey flowers can be yellow, red, pink, purple, orange, beige, brick as well as a combination of these colors.  It is such a color diverse family that offers a wide range of benefits for treating a variety of fear related issues.

The species of Mimulus that Bach prepared an essence of prefers clear moving water. This species grows upright with leaves growing from the stem and flowers at the end of the stem. The flowers are striking bright yellow with many red spots on the throat of the flower which guide bees to the nectar inside.  Over the years FES has been making essences from other varieties of Monkey flower most notably pink monkey flower, scarlet monkey flower, purple monkey flower and sticky monkey flower.

Mimulus was one of the first three remedies that Dr. Bach prepared. It is used for fear, timidity and shyness. Bach noted that the mimulus type are sensitive to their environment. They prefer quite, avoid challenges and shy away from life as they are often plagued by many small worries. This type of withdraw from challenges and giving into fears and worry stymies the growth of the soul on many levels. When using mimulus the soul and personality develop courage by facing fears and moving beyond them helping us to build the internal resources for overcoming challenges we may face in the future.

The following is a group of Monkey flowers prepared by FES out of Nevada City California.
Pink Monkey flower: This essence is for fears related to emotions and closeness. Pink Monkey flower helps one to achieve a state of emotional honesty; it is useful when feelings of guilt, unworthiness and shame lead one to hide themselves from others. It encourages emotional honesty and emotional risk taking helping one to remain emotionally open.

Purple Monkey flower: This essence treats fears related to spiritual experiences; it helps to build trust in ones spiritual experience.  It helps one to learn to trust spiritual guidance and fosters clarity during spiritual or psychic experiences.

Scarlet Monkey flower: This essence is for those who repress deep strong emotions for fear that the power of these emotions will over take them and they will be consumed by the ’shadow’.  Scarlet Monkey flower helps one come to grips with their shadow side, helping to integrate the trans-formative power of deep feelings.

Sticky Monkey flower: This essence treats fears around sexuality and intimacy.  Sticky Monkey flower helps with repressed sexual feelings as well as bringing warmth to the experience of human sexuality.  This essence helps one to integrate warmth in relationships and sexual expression.

Coming across Monkey flowers in the wild is such a fun feeling because they are so distinct in their coloration and there is such a variety of them.  On June 6th 2008, I came upon a variety of yellow mimulus with a large red spot on the front lip of the yellow flower.  On  March 9th 2009 I came upon Bigelow Monkey flower a striking pink, purple, yellow variety that grows in the desert regions of Southern California.

I have prepared an essence of each of these varieties and look forward to doing more research with them over the coming years.  So far they show promise with 1.) coming into healthy contact with anger and expressing it and 2.) treating fear of rejection.  As I discover more about these two essences I will be sharing them with you on this blog.  If you are interested in trying them as research essences please e-mail me and I will be happy to send them to you.

Late winter and early spring often brings blankets of wildflowers across the deserts of the Southwest; rain permitting of course.  This winter we have had a good amount of rain spread throughout the months of December, January and February.  This steady amount of rain has brought much green to many areas of Southern California and this green has led to yellow, orange, blue, purple and white flowers blanketing the the landscape.  These blankets of flowers fill the air with ‘The fragrance of the desert’; the sweet smell of nectar from all the blooming flowers.

I always try to make it out to the desert during this time of year to catch the spectacle of color before it fades.  This past week I headed out to the Chuckwalla Mountains; which are about 200 miles east of Los Angeles.   Last year I made it to Joshua Tree and Anza Borrego a desert east of San Diego near the border with Mexico.  Anza Borrego is a low desert with Joshua tree being more of high desert; Anza Borrego is part of the Colorado desert where as Joshua Tree is part Mojave desert in the upper areas and Colorado desert in the lower areas.   The famed Joshua Tree favors the Mojave as it is cooler and moister than the Colorado.

While out in the Chuckwalla Mountains I saw many common desert wildflowers including gold cup, apricot mallow, California poppy, creosote, brittlebush,  phacelias and many others.  There were a few flowers I saw but not many of these definitely peeked my interested.  I saw two families of Bigelow Monkey flower, three ghost flower plants and one yellow/tarnished gold colored nightshade; I was drawn to these less populous wildflowers.  I prepared three remedies from these flowers and will be researching them over the next year; at which time I hope to have a definition of their actions and make them available.

During my visit to the deserts in 2008 I prepared essences from Desert Canterbury Bells, Desert 4 O’clock, Arizona Lupine and Desert Dandelion.  I have preliminary definitions for 3 these essences and hope to make them widely available by 2010.  Now I know it is not right to pick favorites but my favorite out of the four mentioned is Desert Canterbury Bells; it is an eye catching deep blue flower and grow in communities amongst rock out crops.

Preliminary Definitions:

Desert Canterbury Bells- enhances vertical alignment; relaxes the upper and lower chest, shoulders and throat; lightens a tense heart and throat; good for those who are burnt out unhappy and destitute.

Arizona Lupine- this essence helps us harmonize with community; helps heal divisions with others in community by fostering feelings of allowing others to be themselves and helping us feel comfortable being ourselves in groups. Helpful for group unity and acceptance.

Desert Dandelion- relaxing to overly tense musculature; helps us take a more relaxed approach to life; good for those who are tense and high strung.

Desert Alchemy is another producer of flower remedies from the desert region of the Southwest; they are based in Tucson, Arizona and many of their remedies come from the Sonoran Desert.

Deserts are magical places it has been a place of solitude, mystery and spirituality for many cultures around the world.  It is a vast place that challenges the ego to quite the feeling of solitude and quite is enveloping making it a great place for spiritual retreat.  It is a place that is seemingly inhospitable and lifeless but with a touch of water the desert comes to life reminding us of the potential for life and growth of the organism and soul.

Please contact me through this website if you are interested in any of our desert flower essences.

The other day I awoke feeling under the weather, I usually do not get sick so this feeling was a surprise.  My first thought was what essences can I now use to get my immune system back on track?  I gravitated towards the Perelandra Garden flower essences, knowing some in this kit directly address the immune system.  There are four in particular, two for immune support and two for lifting the spirits during illness.

1. Celery- This essence is indicated for an immune system that is severely challenged due to stress and overwork, it is helpful when addressing a long standing illness with viral or bacterial origin.
2. Cucumber- This essence helps to lift the spirits and gain a vital re-attachment to life, I have found this useful to overcome the hazy and spacey feelings that come on when feeling sick.
3. Tomato- This is a potent essence that works with the first chakra speeding up its velocity helping it to shatter and throw  off illness.  It has a stabilizing and cleansing effect, which was immediately noticeable, soon after taking it I felt lifted and stronger.
4. Zucchini- This essence helps to restore strength to the body when in convalescence, I found it to be helpful with restoring my physical energy helping me to overcome that weak feeling of being sick.

When I tested for these essences (using a pendulum) only cucumber, tomato and zucchini tested positive leading me to believe this was something recent and not a long standing illness my body was dealing with. I used these essences along with some echinacea tea and medicinal mushrooms and within 3 days I was feeling much better;  well enough to want to venture outside and interact with the society.

I drank many cups of Traditional Medicinals Echinacea Tea along with taking many capsules of New Chapter’s Host Defense Medicinal Mushroom formula, which I purchased from iherb.com.  I highly recommend these products, they are well researched and worth the investment.

All the best and know you can speed up your healing with the power of nature.

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Recently FES has introduced a line of 12 combination remedies in spray bottles.  These combination essences address a broad spectrum of conditions and are beneficial for temporary use.  We will now look at the Active 8 combination.

The Active 8 combo contains the following flower essences:

Blazing Star- This a new essence to released by FES as part of The Range of Light collection. This essence carries a fiery quality into the will helping to boost overly listless ‘watered down’ will forces. This essence helps us connect with  fiery solar masculine emotional energy.

Blackberry-The tenacity of this plant lends this quality to its flower essence,  empowering the will to overcome lethargy and inertia.  Blackberry flower essence is also used in the assistance of translating goals and ideas into to concrete action

Cayenne-The fiery essence of this hot pepper plant lends its self to overcoming sluggish phlegmatic attitudes and states of being.  Cayenne imparts fire to the personality helping us break through and move forward past resistance.

Dandelion- This bright yellow ubiquitous springtime flower adds the qualities of relaxation and ease in the pursuit of goals.  It is indicate for the overstriving tense personality, helping one take a more relaxed approach to the work at hand.

Madia- The addition of this flower essence aids in the quality of focus, helping one to contract in a clear and direct manner.  Madia helps center scattered energy and is helpful for dull and listless states of mind.

Red Penstemon- The addition of this essence assists with the qualities of tenacity, completing projects and tasks it boosts determination to overcome challenges and obstacles.

Red Larkspur- The addition of this essence brings a quality of radiance to the personality helping with catalyzing a magnetic quality which aids in leadership and inspires others,

Sunflower- A member of the daisy family, Sunflowers are known to turn their heads and follow the sun as it crosses the sky.  This sun seeking signature , translates to us following our own sunny nature, turning towards the positive life empowering feelings necessary when aiming to create and work on new projects.  Sunflower is used to help get us in touch with our positive masculine solar forces of manifestation.
Active 8 also contains the essential oils of cinnamon and cardamon.

Cinnamon Essential Oil- Has a potent and powerful warm, sweet, spicy aroma used in small amounts it is great for enhancing physical energy. This oil increases bioelectrical forces in the body.

Cardamon Essential Oil- Has a rich spicy scent with notes of citrus, camphor, it also has a slightly floral, woody tone.  Cardamon is stimulating to the conscious mind.

An interesting note about this combo is all the flowers are either red or yellow and a few are from the Asteraceae family, Sunflower, Dandelion and Madia.  Three of the essences in this combo are from the new Range of Light kit, Blazing Star, Red Penstemon and Red Larkspur.

This dynamic collection of flower essences is great to use at the outset of a project or goal or anywhere along the process of task complete and goal achievement.  I find this combo to be useful when feeling dull at work and need a boost to my overall physical, emotional and mental energies.

Its now the Holiday Season and time to honor two plants of the season, Pine and Holly.  Both Pine and Holly keep their green all winter long, which has made them popular for winter celebrations.  Their green presence throughout the winter make them symbols for eternal, they  are  also two key Bach flower essences.  According to Mechthild Scheffer* they treat “one of the most profound and deeply human negative archetypal states.”  The negative states that Pine and Holly address are Guilt and Envy.

Pine Flower Essence works to shine a light on guilt and guilt complexes whether self imposed or institutionally inherited.  Pine helps us to shed feelings of guilt related to the past, these feelings may arise  from failures of  judgement or from actions taken or not taken.   Pine fosters a feeling of  love and acceptance for self and others, it also helps us with personally accepting gifts, compliments and praise.

Pine flower essence lessens guilt complexes, bad conscience and the unrelenting drive for perfectionism. It assists in our ability to enjoy life without guilt.  This is important because enjoying life without feeling guilty is a self affirmation.  Being that guilt implies a form of punishment and a fear of punishment, living free of guilt complexes and fear of punishment offers us emotional freedom.  Guilt and fear play upon our lower emotional nature and by freeing ourselves from these shackles we can express more life affirming emotions which inevitably brings us closer to the Divine.

Holly  flower essence treats a condition of hard heartedness exemplified by Ebenezer Scrooge.  This essence is a wonderful heart opening gift, it helps to show us that we live in a stream of love.  This is what helps to sustain life and is a gift from the Divine.  According to Dr. Bach “Holly opens the heart and unites us with Divine love.”

Holly Flower Essence is a great softener of the heart, helping to ease feelings of jealousy, anger and discontent.  There are times when our discontent gives us the feeling that our emotions are poisoned.  Holly can help us to get back in touch with the warmth in our hearts and express this as good will towards others.

These two flower essences are remarkable for fostering Acceptance and Love.  Love and Acceptance are emotional gifts to  be embraced. Because it is not about what we get its about what we give. By learning to love and accept ourselves gives a gift to the world, for these qualities make us better people.  The gifts we truly have and can infinitely give is ourselves and our ability to spread good will.

Happy Holidays to You and Yours and may the Gift of Flowers blossom in your Heart.

*Mechthild Sheffer “The Encyclopedia of Bach Flower Therapy”

Bach had been working with the 12 Healers and 7 Helpers for years when he began developing his second generation of flower essences known as the second 19.  These remedies were developed over an arduous 6 month period during which Bach would suffer the mental and physical symptoms the remedies addressed before discovering the new remedy.  Dr. Bach’s life long goal was to alleviate the suffering of man and his persistence in finding the most natural way to do so along with his deep faith in the creator guided his life and work.

In 1934 Bach settled in a village in the Thames valley called Sotwell, this is where he would develop the last 19 of his remedies and eventually pass on.  Life in this quite village allowed him the time to complete the writing of The 12 Helpers and 7 Healers a pamphlet he had published and distributed  for a small sum of money. And, all the profit from this publication went towards the next publishing.  His goal was to get the information out there very inexpensively for the betterment of his fellow humans.

Prior to the discovery of each of the new 19 remedies, Bach would experience the corresponding mental, emotional and physical states of disharmony that the remedy he was about to discover would treat.  With the making of the second 19 Bach also discovered a new way of preparing remedies known as the boiling method.  The first of the 19 new remedies he developed was cherry plum, Bach had been suffering from such physical pain in sinuses, face and head that he though to go on with such pain he might lose his mind.   One morning in March of 1935 he was out walking and saw a hedge of cherry plum rich with white blossoms.  The early spring sun was not yet strong enough to make a remedy so he took a sprigs to his cottage and boiled them over a fire for an hour.  Once cooled he strained the preparation and took a few drop of the new remedy and experienced a relief to the mental and physical anguish he had been suffering with.

This process of suffering and discovering went on until all 19 of the remedies listed below had been discovered, the Second 19 represented a completion to Bach’s work and ultimately his life.  These remedies are wonderful tools for many stages of transformation of the personality.

Aspen- Use for unknown fears, anxiety and nightmares, this essence helps one feel secure, fearless and protected

Beech-This essence is for when you are feeling overly critical of yourself, others or situations. Use this essence when these feelings originate from a sense of high ideals and perfectionism, judgemental attitudes and intolerance.

Cherry Plum- Use this essence when feeling like you are losing control and at a breaking point, this essence carries a lot of light and cheerful energy. It will help with feeling calm, progressive inner growth.

Chestnut Bud- Are you making the same mistakes and failing to learn from them? This essence helps you to become more receptive to learning from your mistakes. This essence is great for learning with this be from the past or present situation, it helps one to learn the lesson of the mistake and move on.

Crab Apple- Cleanliness, inner and outer, use this essence when you feel unclean in any way, this is also helpful for people who tend towards obsessive compulsive behavior.  It restores a sense of order, cleanliness and purity, also great to use during fasting, for food poisoning or apply it topicaly to any skin disorders.

Elm- This essence is indicated for times when we feel utterly overwhelmed, we may be capable of the task at hand but feel like we are reaching a breaking point in our ability to deal with the responsibilities in our life.  Elm helps us during times of temporary overload and loss of strength, showing us we have the strength and capabilities to face the challenge.

Holly- Feelings of bitterness, jealousy, anger and hatred, when these become dominate in our emotional expression they block the flow of love.  Use holly to regain and enhance feelings of compassion, caring and love and to help manage intense feelings in a more harmonious way, like channeling hatred into passion.

Honeysuckle- Do you long for the good old days? Feeling sentimental and attached to the past?  Are these feelings hindering you from the present?  Honeysuckle helps us to get more in touch with the present, complete the past and accept the past so we can move forward feeling ready for life.

Hornbeam- Procrastination got you down?  Feeling unmotivated and mentally lethargic when looking at what you need to do?  Hornbeam helps one feel more inner vitality so we move past procrastination with a sense of freshness, encouraging us to take action and move forward.

Larch- Is a lack of confidence giving you feelings of inferiority? Larch is helpful when confronting inner feelings of inferiority, larch aids confidence and perseverence, helping us to overcome patterns of self sabotage.

Mustard- Do you feel like a dark cloud has settled over you?  Mustard fosters feelings of lightness, its uplifting and cheerful energy is helpful for getting past gloom and feelings of oppression.  Also good for seasonal affective disorder.

Pine- Has a sense of guilt led to feelings of inadequacy and self reproach?  Pine is an essential essence for transcending guilt, it is the essence of self forgiveness.

Red Chestnut- Troubled by feelings of worry and over concern for the ones you love?  This essence brings ease to worry fostering deeper humanitarian love while building kindness.

Star of Bethlehem- Feeling off kilter from recent or past shock and trauma?  Star of Bethlehem helps to bring peace to the soul be aiding in the gentle release of traumas from the system.

Sweet Chestnut- Feeling like you are going a period of ‘The Dark Night of Soul’, despair, sorrow or heartbreak?  This essence helps bring serenity with the release of despair and sorrow.  This is powerful remedy in assisting with completing the healing process.

Walnut- Going through a big life change, feeling oversensitive and vulnerable?  Walnut is the key essence for all cycles of change helping us make a clean break from the past, so we can move forward unencumbered by what was and make a clear fresh new start.  This essence is great for moving, breaking up or embarking on a new direction.

Wild Rose- Feeling listless, like giving up the inertia and boredom of life got you down? Wild Rose is a tremendous essence for freshening your mental attitude fostering positive motivation.  This essence helps you to re-engage with life with greater enthusiasm and excitement

Willow- Feeling bitter, holding onto a grudge, resentful of someone or something?  Wilow allows a letting go a yielding to the flow.  This essence helps us overcome grudges and old hurts that now are only hurting us and hindering our ability to forgive and move on.  This essence is about letting go of the old hurts, enhancing feelings of self responsibility, no longer being victim to the old wound.

White Chestnut-  You lie down for bed and your mind is awash in thoughts, circling, scattered, relentless . . . White chestnut brings a quality of clarity to the mind helping it be more focused and tranquil. This essence also eases obsessive repetitive thought patterns.

After Bach developed the original 12 remedies he went on to creating a second set collectively known as ‘The Seven Helpers’. The Seven Helpers differ from the 12 Healers in that they are used for issues related to life responses and resonance with life. They treat states of mind that have become more persistent almost to the point where the negative states become seemingly inseparable from personal expression.

Some correlations can be made between some of the 12 Healers and 7 Helpers, such as gorse/gentian. Both deal with areas of despair and hopelessness. Vine/vervain both deal with strong energy in the personality such as dominance and dogmatism. While these two pairs of essences share similar signatures, the other 5 remedies function separately and offer unique energies for balancing the personality.

Wild Oat-(bromus ramosus)

This essence deals with purposeful directed action, in regards to vocation and life direction. It helps us to find our true calling by showing us how we can serve the world. It works to align the will with spiritual purpose, it is about finding the thing that comes natural to us, what we do effortlessly. Wild oat is useful when we feel unfulfilled and dissatisfied by our job. It helps us shift frustration in a way that frees up the energy tied within it making this energy available for change.

Rock Water (solarized spring water)

Rock water is the essence of all essences it is solarized spring water from the spring that all the Bach essences are made with. ‘Rock Water’ is a Celtic term for the water flowing from the earth, they recognized that fresh living spring water has potent healing qualities. Dr. Bach also recognized the healing properties of living spring water and felt it was the ideal base for flower essences. To prepare Rock Water a bowl of freshly drawn spring water is set to charge in the sun. This solarization of naked water, water that has been swimming in the womb of the earth and is birthed to the light carries the qualities of flexibility and greater ease.

Vine (vitis vinifera)

Vine is one of the two essences that was made outside of England, vine was prepared in Italy by a friend of Dr. Bach’s. Dr. Bach gave full instructions for the preparation and it was sent to him for research and testing. Upon testing Bach noted that Vine helps the strong/dominant leader access their Higher Self. This access with higher self serves to temper the ego and selfish tendencies. This fosters more self less service helping the leader to go beyond ego identification.

Olive (Olea Europaea)

Olive is the other remedy that was prepared outside of England, it was also prepared in Italy by a friend of Dr. Bach. Those needing olive essence have gone through a period of physical struggle and now are experiencing a period deep exhaustion. This period of exhaustion allows the person to access their soul and realize there are forces beyond the body that serve to support the energy and health of the person. Olive essence helps to build the vital forces of the body and aid in rest and recuperation.

Heather (Calluna Vulgaris)

This remedy supports tranquility of the mind and emotions. The delicate pink flowers help one to access inner quite and use this space as food for the emotions. The person needing this remedy may not even know it, as one main characteristic is self absorbtion. Being so self absorbed they feel a need to always talk about their problems and when in conversation they turn the conversation back to themselves. This essence helps such people access the space within themselves where they can find the inner quite which fosters more balanced emotional self sufficiency.

Gorse (Ulex Europaeus)

Gorse has some similarities with Gentian, as they both work to treat discouragement doubt. Gorse deals with a more persistent doubt one that sets in when a person has been dealing with an illness for a long period of time and resigns themselves giving up hope. This essence fosters greater optimism and trust in a positive outcome and is of great benefit to those suffering from debilitating conditions or diseases.