Bach Flower Reflections - how these remedies can help you
By Marilyn Zink
The Bach Flower Reflections book by Sarah Brune is an interesting little book that explains the remedies from a unique practitioner`s perspective.
For those unfamiliar with the Bach flowers, these are 38 remedies taken from flowers that affect a person`s emotions, though the remedies can also be used for animals. The most popular remedy is Rescue Remedy, which consists of 5 different flowers; Cherry Plum, Clematis, Impatiens, Rock Rose and Star of Bethlehem.
Rescue Remedy, as its`name suggests, is typically used to rescue people or animals from situations of stress or trauma.
Brune uses a question and answer format in her book to explain how Rescue Remedy is used.
She also uses a question and answer format to explain how the flower remedies are used in general and an introduction to Dr. Edward Bach, who discovered and developed the remedies in 1936.
Brune uses case histories to show how different remedies have helped people to cope in life. These case histories are taken from Brune`s experience as a Bach Foundation Registered Practitioner.
Another section of Bach Flower Reflections also gives a reference chart on how to use each of the 38 remedies followed by a more detailed description of each remedy.
What makes these descriptions different (and interesting) from a standard plant description is that they are written as if the plant was a personality. Brune describes these reflections by saying the flower remedies are `set out with the negative indication followed by the positive indication, and then the description of the remedy plant.`
As a example, we`ll look at Impatiens, which, as its name suggests, is for the impatient person.
`Hurry up. I can`t wait all day, you know. We all have families to go home to. You don`t seem to realize, but this has to be done right away.“
Then, from a person`s perspective after using the Impatiens remedy; `From now on, I will get less stressed about deadlines, as it is not doing my blood pressure any good. It is not the `be all and end all. I will sit back and enjoy my coffee while reading the paper.`
This perspective helps show people how the remedies will affect them. In the last section of the book on Life`s Reflections, Brune looks at several scenarios on how the flower remedies can help people cope with changes in life to a threat like cancer.