{"title":"Flower Essences","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrowse our Flower Essences collection. Free Shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"scleranthus","title":"Scleranthus","description":"\u003ch3\u003eScleranthus details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"info\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLatin Name: \u003cspan\u003eScleranthus annuus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGroup: \u003cspan\u003eThe first Twelve Essences \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmotional Group: \u003cspan\u003eUncertainty\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFailing: \u003cspan\u003eFull of indecision\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePersonality: \u003cspan\u003eIndecision\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVirtue: \u003cspan\u003eSteadfastness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMethod: \u003cspan\u003eSun\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eIndication\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThose who suffer much from being unable to decide between two things, first one seeming right then the other. [Bach: Twelve Healers and Other Remedies 1936]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAffirmation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInstability can be eradicated by the development of self-determination, by making up the mind and doing things with a definiteness instead of wavering and hovering. Even if at first we may sometimes make errors, it were better to act than to let opportunities pass for want of a decision. Determination will soon grow; fear of plunging into life will disappear, and the experiences gained will guide our mind to better judgement. [Bach]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eState of Being\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThose who are unable to make up their minds as to what they want, first one thing seems right and then another. Their wishes, like their bodily symptoms, seem to come and go. If they have temperatures these swing up and down. They are undetermined and unable to decide quickly or definitely, and their decisions quickly change. Uncertainty of bodily actions, giddiness, shaking, jerky uncontrolled movements, unsteady walking. Their moods change quickly, first cheery then depressed. Their conversation may rapidly jump from one subject to another. [Bach]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHabitat\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeneral\u003cbr\u003eScleranthus grows on sandy soil (not calcareous), in dry, or well drained conditions. Bach and the authors of some early Floras list it as common, notably in cornfields. But with modern agricultural practices it has become quite scarce and being small it is difficult to find in any case. It will be found growing on uncultivated land where natural grazing has broken the surface of the ground. This may be done by rabbits, who also like sandy soil for their burrows!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBritain\u003cbr\u003eScleranthus is rare in Britain, found mostly in England on loam and sand soils.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eScleranthus - Form and Function\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the smallest of the Bach flowers, Scleranthus hugs the ground, a tangle of green stems, leaves and flowers that is of so little significance and stature that we might easily overlook it. To those of us who know what we want, what we want for breakfast or what we want to do with our lives, this soul condition of indecision may seem of little significance as well. But there are those who suffer, silently according to Bach’s observation, ‘unable to decide between two things, first one seeming right then the other’. This alternating energy leaves them powerless to act, trapped in an oscillation between left and right, up and down, good and bad, between any polarity of choice. This state of mind paralyses the will and prevents the individual from moving, from acting in life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLooking back at some of the earlier remedies we might draw a contrast with Impatiens, or Vervain. Here the gesture, of both the plant and the person, speaks of an active will driven by a soul who knows what it wants to do in life. It is portrayed in the upright stature of the plant, its main stem vertical and strong, growing in a clear direction, like a tall tree. This is in contrast to the languid, clambering gesture of the Clematis and the loose, shrubby form of Cerato. These two lack the definition of the ‘I’ form, the upright stance of the fully incarnated self. The same is true of Scleranthus which grows higgledy-piggledy, tumbling over itself, without main stem, direction or apparent purpose. Mimulus, too, lacks this upright form, draping itself across the rocks, falling out over the water.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e £4.25\/10ml\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Totally Natural Skincare","offers":[{"title":"10ml","offer_id":43802090143807,"sku":"snu1787851872709","price":5.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/7187\/6415\/files\/scleranthus_1.jpg?v=1787851880"},{"product_id":"olive","title":"Olive","description":"\u003ch3\u003eOlive details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"info\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLatin Name: \u003cspan\u003eOlea europaea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGroup: Seven helpers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmotional Group: \u003cspan\u003eInsufficient interest in present circumstances\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChronic condition: \u003cspan\u003eExhaustion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMethod: \u003cspan\u003eSun\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eIndication\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThose who have suffered much mentally or physically and are so exhausted and weary that they feel that they have no more strength to make any effort. Daily life is hard work for them, without pleasure. [Bach: Twelve Healers and Other Remedies 1936]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAffirmation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe each have a Divine mission in this world, and so our souls use our minds and bodies as instruments to do this work, so that when all three are working in unison the result is perfect health and perfect happiness. [Bach]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eChronic Conditions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor those who are pale, worn-out and exhausted, perhaps after much worry, illness, grief, or some long struggle. In every way they are very tired and feel as if they had no more strength to fight on, and at times hardly know how to keep going. They may depend very much upon others for help. In some, the skin is very dry and may be wrinkled. [Bach]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHabitat\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeneral\u003cbr\u003eOlive trees are native to the Mediterranean. Any country where wild olive trees are found can serve as a place to make the remedy essence– Bach mentioned Italy. Commercial olive groves, which overwork the land, are not suitable. It is better to go into the mountains. Where there is a great variety of wild flowers you have the assurance of healthy and strong land.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBritain\u003cbr\u003eThe remedy essence is not made in Britain. Here it will grow in a sunny position but in mild areas only.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eOlive - Form and Function\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the Mediterranean, wild vines grow in the cooler shade of any small valley or seasonal water-course but olives grow on the open hillside. Here they are exposed to the full force of the sun. It is this burning dryness that the olive trees can withstand, indeed they love the intensity of the light and crave the warm of the sun. To obtain moisture in a dry land the olive tree has an enormous and wide-spreading root structure that can extend far beyond the canopy of the tree: the reason that they are set well apart within a grove. Wide spacing also allows the maximum light to reach all parts of the tree. The leaf is narrow, a slender ovate form, dark above and pale grey beneath: the dark absorbs light and heat whilst the white-grey reflects. The two-tones allow for the regulation of absorbed light as the curved stalk rotates the leaf to moderate the effects of temperature so that in high summer some of the leaves move to face into the stem. This gives a shimmering effect of light and dark. As the leaves alternately absorb and reflect light there is a dynamo effect of building energy within the tree. Stand or sit beneath an olive tree on a hot summer day and you will feel the refreshing coolness of the shade but you may also enjoy the benefits of the stored energy that pulses with vitality within the tree.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOlive trees have provided useful products for mankind since the beginning of recorded history: as food, as oil for cooking, preserving, for lights, as cosmetics, medicine and as useful wood in building and ornamentation. All this has given them a central place within society. Consequently there are strong traditions that surround the olive and its cultivation…. Job may have had the olive in mind when he lamented the short life for ‘man that is born of woman’ and compared it to a tree:\u003cbr\u003eFor there is hope for a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots will not cease. Though its roots grow old in the earth and its stump die in the ground, yet at the scent of water it will bud and put forth branches like a young plant.\u003cbr\u003eThere is also the reference in Psalm 128 which calls for a blessing from the Lord:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYour wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth quotations allude to the capacity of the olive for regeneration, sending up young shoots (children) from the table of the cut stump. The olive tree links the experiences of exhaustion, life, apparent death and regeneration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e£4.25\/10ml\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Totally Natural Skincare","offers":[{"title":"10ml","offer_id":43802090176575,"sku":"mbp1787851872781","price":4.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/7187\/6415\/files\/olive_1.jpg?v=1787851880"},{"product_id":"gentian","title":"Gentian","description":"\u003ch3\u003eGentian details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"info\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLatin Name: \u003cspan\u003eGentiana amarella\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGroup: The First Twelve\u003cspan mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmotional Group: \u003cspan\u003eUncertainty\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFailing: \u003cspan\u003eDiscontented\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePersonality: \u003cspan\u003eDispirited\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVirtue: \u003cspan\u003eUnderstanding\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMethod: \u003cspan\u003eSun\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eIndication\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThose who are easily discouraged. They may be progressing well in illness or in the affairs of their daily life, but any small delay or hindrance to progress causes doubt and soon disheartens them. [Bach: Twelve Healers and Other Remedies 1936]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAffirmation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe little Gentian of our hilly pastures will help you to keep your firmness of purpose, and a happier and more hopeful outlook even when the sky is over-cast. It will bring you encouragement at all times, and the understanding that there is no failure when you are doing your utmost, whatever the apparent result. [Bach]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eState of Being\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor those who are faltering or are despondent. Look on the dark side and are pessimistic. In convalescence when they think they have come to a standstill; really doing well but tend to be discouraged and doubt that they are making progress. This is for those who feel as if the difficulties before them are too big to be overcome and temporarily lose heart. In this state they only want a little encouragement which this remedy will give them and they will do well. [Bach]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCombinations\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGentian is in Exam combination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHabitat\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeneral\u003cbr\u003eGentian grows on predominantly calcareous (lime) soils on dry, hilly pastures where grass is short, in many parts of Europe. It will not tolerate farm chemicals and like so many plants, it is, consequently, in retreat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBritain\u003cbr\u003eG. amarella is one of only a few species of Gentian that occur in Britain. G. amarella (felwort) is a small biannual species growing on chalky or calcareous hills.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eGentian - Form and Function\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis new remedy, Gentian, was given the qualities of Doubt and Understanding. These people doubt their abilities, doubt that they will ever succeed and yet come to the understanding that everything in life is gain, even if we cannot always directly perceive the benefits:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The understanding that there is no failure when you are doing\u003cbr\u003eyour utmost, whatever the apparent result'. [Edward Bach]\u003cbr\u003eThe key phrase there, perhaps, is ‘doing your utmost’, with the inference that these are souls who know what they are to do in life, who find it easy to apply themselves but subsequently become discouraged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGentian is Gentiana amarella, the autumn felwort. It flowers, as the common name suggests, in August and September. Centaury is also in the same Gentian family and they hold in common certain aspects in the pattern of growth. As biennials they have been delayed, as it were, in the journey to flowering. But the Gentian delays for longer and chooses conditions that are more difficult. It is altogether a smaller plant and more vulnerable, less able to assert itself in the face of competition. That is why it keeps to the downland where dry, thin calcareous soils (chalk and limestone) make for short grass. On germination the seedling puts most of its effort into growing a root; during the first year it forms a few pairs of leaves that die back in the autumn. The small, swollen, yellow root cannot be seen but it will produce new leaves in the spring. The root contains a mildly bitter principle used in herbal medicine (more usually taken from the related species Gentiana lutea). The accumulation of life experience may be stored in the root this bitterness suggests the disappointment of being let down by life. We find the same bitterness with Chicory which feels let down by others and with Willow.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003e£4.25\/10ml\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Totally Natural Skincare","offers":[{"title":"10ml","offer_id":43802090209343,"sku":"vjr1787851872909","price":4.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/7187\/6415\/files\/gentian_1.jpg?v=1787851881"},{"product_id":"rock-rose","title":"Rock Rose","description":"\u003ch3\u003eRock Rose details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"info\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLatin Name: \u003cspan\u003eHelianthemum nummularium\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGroup: The first twelve essences\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmotional Group: \u003cspan\u003eFear\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFailing: \u003cspan\u003eTerrified\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePersonality: \u003cspan\u003eTerrified\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVirtue: \u003cspan\u003eCourage\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMethod: \u003cspan\u003eSun\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eIndication\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rescue remedy. The remedy of emergency for cases where there even appears no hope. In accidents or sudden illness, or when the patient is very frightened or terrified, or if the condition is serious enough to cause great fear to those around. If the patient is not conscious the lips may be moistened with the remedy. Other remedies in addition may also be required, as, if there is unconsciousness, which is a deep, sleepy state, Clematis; if there is torture, Agrimony, and so on. [Bach: Twelve Healers and Other Remedies 1936]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAffirmation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll fear must be cast out; it should never exist in the human mind, and is only possible when we lose sight of our Divinity. It is foreign to us because as Sons of the Creator, Sparks of the Divine Life, we are invincible, indestructible and unconquerable. [Bach]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eState of Being\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the rescue remedy. In cases of urgency and danger. Whenever things are desperate. In all cases of danger of life. When the patient is terrified or in a panic. In cases when all hope is lost. When there is danger to the mind, of threatened suicide or insanity, or nervous breakdown, fear of death or hopeless depression. [Bach]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCombinations\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRock Rose is in Five Flower and Five Flower Natural Cream combination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHabitat\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeneral\u003cbr\u003eThe Rock Rose is uncommon, native to the Mediterranean area. It can grow up to an altitude of 500m.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBritain\u003cbr\u003eRock Rose is found in southern England in upland pastures on dry, rocky soils, generally on chalk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eRock Rose - Form and Function\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe might wonder how terror can be one of the ‘twelve primary types of personality’. Indeed, among the majority of people using Bach’s remedies today Rock Rose is seen as only a treatment for acute fear, panic or distress (he called it ‘the rescue remedy’). While it does work in that way it also has a deeper resonance with a certain type of person: one who lives life mutely under the intense pressure of fear. It is a particular kind of fear, however, not the nervous fear of Mimulus but rather a deeply hidden fear of life itself. Being hidden it is perhaps hard for others to recognise. Like the secrets of the twelfth house in astrology the Rock Rose secret is not apparent to the outer world. Only those who resonate with the blind panic of the Rock Rose soul will recognise its quality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRock Rose has had a variety of Latin names but is now generally called Helianthemum nummularium, the flower of the sun, like gold coins. The golden-yellow flowers are round and flat, lying on the ground like scattered gold pieces that have fallen among the grass. The five-petalled flowers are notably frail with an appearance like that of creased silk or crumpled tissue paper. They last only for a day and the petals quickly fall. It is the extreme delicacy of the petals that shows the tenuous, febrile nature of the type who have such a loose grip upon life – Bach says that this is the remedy to use when there is an accident, emergency or intense fear in both the patient and the people around. The soul type lives with such a fear throughout the life. The strength and hope comes from the golden light of the sun, which is reflected in the golden light of the flowers, they brings courage, fortitude and the brave will to win.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e£4.25\/10ml\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Totally Natural Skincare","offers":[{"title":"10ml","offer_id":43802090242111,"sku":"jjk1787851873315","price":5.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/7187\/6415\/files\/rock-rose_1.jpg?v=1787851881"},{"product_id":"larch","title":"Larch","description":"\u003ch3\u003eLarch details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"info\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLatin Name: \u003cspan\u003eLarix decidua\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGroup: Second nineteen\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmotional Group: \u003cspan\u003eDespondency or despair\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmotional response: \u003cspan\u003eLoss of confidence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMethod: \u003cspan\u003eBoiling\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eIndication\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor those who do not consider themselves as good or capable as those around them, who expect failure, who feel they will never be a success, and so do not venture or make a strong enough attempt to succeed. [Bach: Twelve Healers and Other Remedies 1936]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAffirmation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe chose the earthly occupation, and the external circumstances that will give us the best opportunities of testing us to the full: we come with the full realization of our particular work: we come with the unthinkable privilege of knowing that all our battles are won before they are fought, that victory is certain before ever the test arrives, because we know that we are children of the Creator, and as such are Divine, unconquerable and invincible. [Bach: Collected Writings]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eEmotional State\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor those who lack confidence in themselves, they expect failure and feel they will never succeed and so do not try hard enough, they are hesitant and procrastinate, succumb easily and feel inferior. Their sense of failure makes them despondent though in fact they are perfectly capable if they could persevere. Symptoms may include general depression and this is often associated with impotence.\u003cbr\u003e[Barnard: Guide to the Bach Flower Remedies]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCombinations\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLarch is in Exam combination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHabitat\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeneral\u003cbr\u003eLarch was brought to England in the early seventeenth century from the mountain regions of central Europe. There it was adapted to a brief summer growing period and harsh winters. It is a native of the tundra where winter temperatures freeze the ground so no water can be taken up into the trees; they must shed their leaves to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBritain\u003cbr\u003eLarch is not a native of Britain but has been widely planted, especially as a plantation tree for commercial purposes. It is a native of the mountains of Europe, introduced to Britain about 1620.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eLarch - Form and Function\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Larch condition is not something that we are born with. It is not integral to the soul. Rather it grows up as a response to trauma of some kind, a response to a particular setback. We have an accident and subsequently lose confidence in ourselves and what we want to do. Larch is there for those who have engaged with life, taken a knock and subsequently feel defeated. Larch calls for us to make the attempt, even if we feel that we are likely to fail. Bach describes this situation by saying that these are people who ‘do not venture or make a strong enough attempt to succeed’….\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLarch is a pioneer species, it grows on the frontier where conditions are hostile: cold, wet, poor soils. Only a tree with great determination can make it. The tree has developed a strategy that allows it to wait for favourable conditions. But it is not just self-propagation that is planned for. Because Larch is deciduous, dropping its leaves each year, it slowly builds a nourishing loam on the ground. It is a tree that helps to build soil; this is said to be because it puts in calcium. Most conifers poison the earth with acidity. Larch has leaves that rot more quickly and is ‘by far the best improver of heath or moor pasturage known in this country’. This is success for the tree and then success for the land use thereafter. When we overcome a tendency to expect failure and act with determination and success we contribute strongly to the evolving consciousness of life on earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e£4.25\/10ml\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Totally Natural Skincare","offers":[{"title":"10ml","offer_id":43802090274879,"sku":"yjb1787851873400","price":5.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/7187\/6415\/files\/larch_1.jpg?v=1787851881"},{"product_id":"mimulis","title":"Mimulis","description":"\u003ch3\u003eMimulus details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"info\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLatin Name: \u003cspan\u003eMimulus guttatus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGroup: The first twelve essences\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmotional Group: \u003cspan\u003eFear\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFailing: \u003cspan\u003eFearful\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePersonality: \u003cspan\u003eNervous fear\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVirtue: \u003cspan\u003eSympathy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMethod: \u003cspan\u003eSun\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eIndication\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFear of worldly things, illness, pain, accidents, poverty, of dark, of being alone, of misfortune. The fears of everyday life. These people quietly and secretly bear their dread, they do not speak freely of it to others. [Bach: Twelve Healers and Other Remedies 1936]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAffirmation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFear in reality holds no place in the natural human kingdom, since the Divinity within us, which is ourself, is unconquerable and immortal, and if we could but realise it we, as Children of God, have nothing of which to be afraid. [Bach]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eState of Being\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo combat all fear. Fear of disease, of accidents, of unknown things. Fear of people, of relatives, of strangers, of crowds, of noise, of talking or of being questioned, of being alone. Fear of damp, of cold, of heat, of the dark. Fear of complications in illness, or of being incurable. [Bach]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHabitat\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeneral\u003cbr\u003eMimulus grows on wet ground. Found naturally in the west of North America in damp places from sea level to over 3000m in the Rockies and other mountains. It is very variable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBritain\u003cbr\u003eMimulus is now naturalised and grows on watercourses throughout Britain. But it is becoming more local as it will not tolerate the chemical pollution that washes into most streams and rivers from farmland. Where Bach found Mimulus ‘growing to perfection’ along the River Usk it is now little in evidence. He spoke of ‘crystal streams where the water is clear’- they are now a rarity in lowland Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eMimulus - Form and Function\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn his earliest description, Bach spoke of Mimulus types as having ‘a marked desire for quietness, aversion to talking and to being questioned’. Later he mentioned ‘fear of…crowds, of noise, of talking of being alone’. This has been extended to indicate a generally nervous disposition and a desire for tranquillity. Mimulus people are hypersensitive to their environment, and avoid conflict. Their delicacy and sensitivity lead them to shy away from the rough and tumble of life. We might picture a child covering its ears and running away from fireworks, seeking protection.They are delicate flowers we might say. Yet here we have a plant which lives in mountain streams, often overhanging the water, on the edge of rocks, or tumbling down a rock face. Perhaps it is driven to the edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs much as anything it is this fact that Mimulus lives dangerously which speaks of the inner nature of the plant. Other plants, with less of a firm hold on life, might be swept away by the flooding stream in winter. Other plants choose to live securely in the hedge or shelter safely at the edge of a wood; not Mimulus. It can be found clinging, precariously to a ledge in the water-shoot of a mill wheel, where the driving force of the millstream pours constantly across its roots, splashing the stems and flowers. The roaring of the cascade ever present. Or it grows next to a limestone swallow-hole, where the water plunges into the ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuffeted by such a flood, then by wind and rain, the stems can be broken and bruised.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e£4.25\/10ml\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Totally Natural Skincare","offers":[{"title":"10ml","offer_id":43802090307647,"sku":"gdr1787851874364","price":4.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/7187\/6415\/files\/mimulis_1.jpg?v=1787851883"},{"product_id":"honeysuckle","title":"Honeysuckle","description":"\u003ch3\u003eHoneysuckle details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"info\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLatin Name: \u003cspan\u003eLonicera caprifolium\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGroup: Second nineteen\u003cspan mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmotional Group: \u003cspan\u003eInsufficient interest in present circumstances\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmotional response: \u003cspan\u003eLiving in the past\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMethod: \u003cspan\u003eBoiling\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eIndication\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThose who live much in the past, perhaps in a time of great happiness, or memories of a lost friend, or ambitions which have not come true. They do not expect further happiness such as they have had. [Bach: Twelve Healers and Other Remedies 1936]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAffirmation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinally, let us not fear to plunge into life; we are here to gain experience and knowledge, and we shall learn but little unless we face realities and seek to our utmost. [Bach: Collected Writings]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eEmotional State\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor nostalgia, homesickness, those who live much in the past, past loves, happiness, regrets, success or failures, those who live on their memories, desiring to escape the present in a romanticised view of the past. [Barnard: Guide to the Bach Flower Remedies]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHabitat\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeneral\u003cbr\u003eRed Honeysuckles are either wild hybrids or garden escapes. They are native to the Mediterranean. Because it is the redness allied to the pattern of growth that gives its quality, a garden plant will embody the nature of this remedy state. It often grows strongly in an old cottage garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBritain\u003cbr\u003eWild red honeysuckles, though uncommon, can be found in woodlands and hedges in south-east England.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eHoneysuckle - Form and Function\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNora quoted Dr Bach as saying of Honeysuckle:\u003cbr\u003eThis is the remedy to remove from the mind the regrets and sorrows of the past, to counteract all influences, all wishes and desires of the past and to bring us back to the present….\u003cbr\u003eIt is rather as if Pine had pushed Bach back towards childhood to re-evaluate family involvements and mentally, he had become stuck there – and so needed Honeysuckle to get back to the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHoneysuckle also links to Clematis. This is the way of it: Clematis looks to the future, dreaming of better times to come, Honeysuckle dreams of the past and does not expect such happiness again. In a letter, written July 1st 1935, about the time that Honeysuckle was found, Edward Bach wrote:\u003cbr\u003eThe prescription of these new remedies is going to be much more simple than at first appeared, because each of them corresponds to one of the Twelve Healers or the Seven Helpers.\u003cbr\u003eFor example: supposing a case is definitely Clematis and does fairly well but not a complete cure, give the corresponding new remedy further to help the cure.\u003cbr\u003eCrucially, he did not leave us with the full information as to which of the new remedies corresponded with which of the old. ‘Enclosed a list of those already worked out’, he wrote in the same letter, ‘the rest we shall receive in due time’….\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe remedies Clematis and Honeysuckle are like the two faces of the god Janus – one looking forward to the New Year, the other looking to the old – after whom January is named. Significantly, Lonicera caprifolium, which is Bach’s Honeysuckle, begins to break into leaf in December-January, when the sun is in the constellation of Capricorn. True, caprifolium is derived from the Latin capri, ‘of goats’, and this is followed in French by ‘Chevre-feuille’, the German ‘Geisblatt’ and in Italian ‘Capri-foglio’. But apart from goats having an appetite for young leaves at any time of year, caper the goat, takes us nowhere. However, the astrological sign Capricorn, ruled by Saturn, slow planet of memories and old age, does have a mythology and symbolism which speaks of Honeysuckle’s link to the past. Yet, caprifolium is only a name after all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e£4.25\/10ml\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Totally Natural Skincare","offers":[{"title":"10ml","offer_id":43802090537023,"sku":"cgb1787851880581","price":5.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/7187\/6415\/files\/honeysuckle_1.jpg?v=1787851888"},{"product_id":"rock-water","title":"Rock Water","description":"\u003ch3\u003eRock Water details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"info\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLatin Name: \u003cspan\u003eAqua\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGroup: \u003cspan mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003eSeven helpers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmotional Group: \u003cspan\u003eOver-care for the welfare of others\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChronic condition: \u003cspan\u003eStrict idealist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMethod: \u003cspan\u003eSun\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eIndication\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThose who are very strict in their way of living; they deny themselves many of the joys and pleasures of life because they consider it might interfere with their work. They are hard masters to themselves. They wish to be well strong and active, and will do anything which they believe will keep them so. They hope to examples which will appeal to others who may then follow their ideas and be better as a result. [Bach: Twelve Healers and Other Remedies 1936] \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAffirmation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis remedy brings great peace and understanding, broadens the outlook that all people must find perfection in their own individual way, and brings the realisation of ‘being’ and not ‘doing’; of being in ourselves a reflection of Great Things and not attempting to put forward our own ideas. [Bach]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eChronic Conditions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese people are people of ideals. They have very strong opinions about religion or politics, or reform. Well-meaning enough and wishing to see the world different and better, they tend to confine their efforts of help to criticism instead of example. They allow their minds and largely their lives to be ruled by their theories. Any failure to make others follow their ideas brings them much unhappiness. They want to plan the world according to their own outlook, instead of quietly and gently doing a little in the Great Plan. [Bach]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHabitat\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSource\u003cbr\u003eAny well or spring which has been known to be a healing centre and which is still left free in its natural state, unhampered by the shrines of man, may be used. Sites where the water has been channelled or controlled should be avoided. The source should be protected by natural forces but unfettered by man.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eRock Water - Form and Function\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRock Water is not a flower remedy in the strict sense of the phrase: it is not made from flowers. Rock Water, said Bach, should be taken from any well or spring ‘which has been known to be a healing centre and which is still left free in its natural state, unhampered by the shrines of man’. Later he modifies ‘healing centre’ to having had ‘healing power’. Water from the spring is taken in a thin glass bowl and set down nearby so that it may receive clear, uninterrupted sunshine. That’s it, that’s all. The water is cold and condensation immediately forms on the outside glass. After some time the condensation clears as the water in the bowl warms and later the familiar bubbles appear and the winking, spectral colours grow stronger until the essence is made. Bach said this remedy only needed about half an hour although Nora Weeks speaks of three hours: she erred on the side of caution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRockwater is for idealists who ‘have very strong opinions about religion, or politics, or reform’. They are ruled by theories, are disapproving, critical and strict ‘and so lose much of the joy of life’. They want to lead by example but end up giving themselves and everybody else a hard time. Was this Bach’s perception of himself at this time? Certainly much of his writing has a kind of passionate idealism and we might suppose that he found the Rockwater remedy by the same process of sympathetic resonance that applied to Impatiens; significantly he mentions the severity of ‘the inquisitor’ in relation to both.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e£4.25\/10ml\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Totally Natural Skincare","offers":[{"title":"10ml","offer_id":43802090700863,"sku":"hxt1787851885672","price":5.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/7187\/6415\/files\/rock-water_1.jpg?v=1787851893"},{"product_id":"heather","title":"Heather","description":"\u003ch3\u003eHeather details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"info\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLatin Name: \u003cspan\u003eCalluna vulgaris\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGroup: \u003cspan\u003eSeven helpers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmotional Group: \u003cspan\u003eLoneliness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChronic condition: \u003cspan\u003eTalkative\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMethod: \u003cspan\u003eSun\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eIndication\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThose who are always seeking the companionship of anyone who may be available, as they find it necessary to discuss their own affairs with others, no matter who it may be. They are very unhappy if they have to be alone for any length of time. [Bach: Twelve Healers and Other Remedies 1936]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAffirmation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe must steadfastly practice peace, imagining our minds as a lake ever to be kept calm, without waves, or even ripples, to disturb its tranquillity and gradually develop this state of peace until no event of life, no circumstance, no other personality is able under any circumstances to ruffle the surface of that lake. [Bach]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eChronic Conditions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe characteristic of the Heather people is that they worry over the troubles of others, not the big things of life, but the affairs of everyday. They try all means in their power to persuade or even compel others to do what they think right. Their diseases are often not very severe until towards old age, but they may suffer a considerable amount of inconvenience and interference with their daily life for years at a time through minor maladies. They are inclined also to be a little afraid for themselves if they get even slight trouble. They like people to be dependent upon them, and they take pleasure in feeling that they are being of use and help to any in difficulty. Heather people are often well-built and of high colour, full-blooded, strong in body and full of energy and activity, and are unsparing of themselves in exertions for others. [Bach]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHabitat\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeneral\u003cbr\u003eHeathers like acidity and tolerate wet, boggy ground and dry sandy heaths. They are most obviously found in mountains and moorland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBritain\u003cbr\u003eHeathers grow on many infertile soils throughout Britain. Bach mentions the mountains of Scotland and Wales although Devon or Yorkshire would do equally well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eHeather - Form and Function\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese people have become lonely and they react by talking obsessively about themselves to anyone who will listen. From the earliest commentary upon this remedy, written by Victor Bullen in 1956, we learn that any one of us may suffer from this at times. We feel that we must talk about ourselves, becoming unduly self-concerned, despite knowing that we are boring to others. If we think about it for a moment we see that it is another of the ways to react to our chronic life problems. We may talk obsessively about our divorce, about our bereavement, about our illness, leg operation, whatever. Just as with Oak and Gorse, this happens, said Bach, because we have lost hope, although we may not be conscious of that as the cause. When anxiety begins to replace our normal healthy optimism then some of us may find ourselves in the Heather state.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis thought is implicit in Bach’s own written account of how he found the Heather remedy for a woman he knew. She was ‘self-centred and utterly worldly’ and he said ‘what do you think is the most beautiful sight in the world? Have you ever seen anything that makes you think it possible that there is a God?’ Her reply was ‘yes, the mountains covered with heather’. She associated the wilderness landscape and the flowering Heather with the immanent Godhead. Bringing God into this may not simplify the matter! Or perhaps for some people it does. The sense of isolation that drives us towards the Heather state is based upon an anxiety about meaning in life; we become insecure, we are secretly worried about life and death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e£4.25\/10ml\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Totally Natural Skincare","offers":[{"title":"10ml","offer_id":43802090733631,"sku":"zsd1787851886014","price":5.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/7187\/6415\/files\/heather_1.jpg?v=1787851894"},{"product_id":"oak","title":"Oak","description":"\u003ch3\u003eOak details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"info\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLatin Name: \u003cspan\u003eQuercus robur\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGroup: Seven Helpers\u003cspan mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmotional Group: \u003cspan\u003eDespondency or despair\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChronic condition: \u003cspan\u003ePersevering\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMethod: \u003cspan\u003eSun\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eIndication\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor those who are struggling and fighting strongly to get well, or in connection with the affairs of their daily life. They will go on trying one thing after another, though their case may seem hopeless. They will fight on. They are discontented with themselves if illness interferes with their duties or helping others. They are brave people, fighting against great difficulties, without loss of hope or effort. [Bach: Twelve Healers and Other Remedies 1936]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAffirmation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur whole object is to realise our faults, and endeavour so to develop the opposing virtue that the faults will disappear from us like snow melts in the sunshine. Don’t fight your worries: don’t struggle with your disease: don’t grapple with your infirmities: rather forget them in concentrating on the development of the virtue you require. [Bach]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eChronic Conditions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOak is for the type of people who, although they feel hopeless of any cure, still struggle and are irritated that they are ill. These people have physical diseases which tend to go on for years and, although they feel quite hopeless about themselves, they still go on trying and struggling. The illnesses of this type are where much balance is lost, mental and physical. Mental, such as severe nervous breakdowns, or such types of insanity which can be described as completely unbalanced (where there is great loss of control); and the same in the bodily state, where the patient loses control over parts of the body or its functions. [Bach]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e Habitat\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeneral\u003cbr\u003eThe oak grows on neutral or lime-rich heavy clays and loams.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBritain\u003cbr\u003eOaks are native to Britain and grow throughout the country. Sessile Oaks predominate in the north and west on the poorer soils while Q. robur is more common in the south- east of the country. It is one of the most common native woodland trees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eOak - Form and Function\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is fashionable to look upon the pattern of growth as an expression of the selfish gene, to see any characteristic as being evolved to further the selfish prospects of the individual species. With Oaks such an idea does not square with reality; functionalism is given the lie by this tree which adapts its behaviour to help others rather than oppose them. True the jays bury the acorns, just as do the squirrels and mice and in that they do a service to the Oak but this illustrates cooperation and not a selfish cunning. The same is true of other relationships throughout nature. The blue tit builds its nest in a hole in the Oak tree and then gathers the nearby insects to feed its young. The relationship between bird, food and nest is clear enough but the advantage does not accrue to the Oak, rather to life at large.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e….At the end of it all we can look at the Oak tree and ask ourselves what was it that Bach saw and felt in you that gave a clue to this remedy state? These are people, he said, ‘who are struggling and fighting to get well…they will fight on…they are brave people, fighting against great difficulties.’ That is the Oak. It is the Oak tree and the Oak person: the gesture of the tree corresponds to the gesture of the emotional state. The emotional state corresponds to the tree. Those who take the remedy do not gain in strength and determination. They gain in understanding and that allows them to look afresh at the chronic life difficulty that they face. They begin to see a new way to grow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e£4.25\/10ml\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Totally Natural Skincare","offers":[{"title":"10ml","offer_id":43802090766399,"sku":"mzj1787851886089","price":5.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/7187\/6415\/files\/oak_1.jpg?v=1787851894"},{"product_id":"agrimony","title":"Agrimony","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAgrimony details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"info\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLatin Name: \u003cspan\u003eAgrimonia eupatoria\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGroup: \u003cspan\u003eThe First Twelve Essences\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmotional Group: \u003cspan\u003eOver-sensitive to influences and ideas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePersonality: \u003cspan\u003eTorment\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVirtue: \u003cspan\u003eStillness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFailing: \u003cspan\u003eTorture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMethod: \u003cspan\u003eSun\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eIndication\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe jovial, cheerful, humorous people who love peace and are distressed by argument or quarrel, to avoid which they will agree to give up much. Though generally they have troubles and are tormented and restless and worried in mind or in body, they hide their cares behind their humour and jesting and are considered very good friends to know. They often take alcohol or drugs to excess, to stimulate themselves and help themselves bear their trials with cheerfulness. [Bach: Twelve Healers and Other Remedies 1936]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAffirmation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe lesson of this plant is to enable you to hold your peace in the presence of all the trials and difficulties until no one has the power to cause you irritation. [Bach]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eState of Being\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e To soothe all those tormented in body or mind and bring them peace. The restless, the worried, the anxious, the tortured. Those who can find no peace of mind, no rest. There is such a vast army of these sufferers who so often hide their torment under smiles and joviality. They are often the cheeriest of people, and frequently humorists. A great number of these seek refuge in alcohol or even drugs as stimulants to help them to keep going. They will do anything rather than depress others with their trials. Even in severe illness they will jest and make light of their trials. They are brave people and Agrimony will help them so much. [Bach]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCombinations\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAgrimony is in the Rest combination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHabitat\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e General\u003cbr\u003eAgrimony is a perennial found on hedgebanks and roadside verges, in grassland and waste places; it often grows on chalk where the thin soil makes for shorter grass and so less competition. It will not tolerate strongly acid soils or more than slight shade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBritain\u003cbr\u003eIt is common throughout the whole of southern England wherever mowing, grazing or spraying has left plants an opportunity to grow. It becomes increasingly scarce going north.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAgrimony - Form and Function\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAgrimony, as a remedy state definitely belongs to town: these people are sociable, they seek contact and the stimulus of company. It follows that the plant is one that reaches out to touch you, growing in places where it will find company, on the roadside, the field edge, by the paths and tracks where people pass. Yet Agrimony is strangely solitary in that even when it grows across a field each plant is distinctly separate, in its own space, interspersed with many other grassland flowers. This is not a plant that builds a mass population of its own kind – it does not grow in a group like Impatiens – Agrimony is dotted among the grasses. Because of its isolated habit it is not even listed as a weed of arable land. Its hold among the population of grassland plants is not strong.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBach described the Agrimony types as tormented, suffering from restlessness in the soul. The virtue that they seek is peace. Looking back to the words of R. L. Stevenson, it seems to be the same peace which he found in solitary walking: the peace that passes all understanding. Bach referred to this peace of the soul on many occasions and regarded peace as the first great quality which ‘the treatment of tomorrow’ will bring to the patient. Quite specifically peace will come from an acceptance and understanding of our individual soul’s purpose within life on earth: it is this which the Agrimony type finds hard to accept. To the Agrimony person realities do not stack up. They see and experience the pain of the world (that is their torment) but they feel themselves inadequate for the task of reconciling that pain with faith in life. Rather than face the problem they turn the matter aside with a play of humour. Or they seek to forget themselves with drink or drugs; there is a desire to escape from life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e£4.25\/ 10ml\u003c\/h2\u003e","brand":"Totally Natural Skincare","offers":[{"title":"10ml","offer_id":43802090799167,"sku":"xyj1787851885901","price":5.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/7187\/6415\/files\/agrimony_1.jpg?v=1787851894"},{"product_id":"hornbeam","title":"Hornbeam","description":"\u003ch3\u003eHornbeam details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"info\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLatin Name: \u003cspan\u003eCarpinus betulus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGroup: \u003cspan\u003eSecond nineteen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmotional Group: \u003cspan\u003eUncertainty\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmotional response: \u003cspan\u003eMental or physical tiredness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMethod: \u003cspan\u003eBoiling\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eIndication\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tab-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"home\" class=\"tab-pane active\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"essenceInfoLanding\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor those who feel that they have not sufficient strength, mentally or physically, to carry the burden of life placed upon them; the affairs of everyday seem too much for them to accomplish, though they generally succeed in fulfilling their task. For those who believe that some part, of mind or body, needs to be strengthened before they can easily fulfil their work. [Bach: Twelve Healers and Other Remedies 1936]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAffirmation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThus every moment of our work and play will bring with it a zeal for learning, a desire to experience real things, real adventures and deeds worth-while…[Bach: Collected Writings]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eEmotional State\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor a temporary state of mental\/physical tiredness when a lack of energy causes loss of interest, weariness and inability to cope with mundane affairs. Good for convalescents who feel unable to return to work though perfectly fit. Symptoms are predominant fatigue, lassitude, inclination to lie in bed in mornings, feel they cannot face the burden of the day. [Barnard: Guide to the Bach Flower Remedies]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHabitat\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeneral\u003cbr\u003eHornbeam grows in woods and hedges, and is often coppiced or pollarded.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBritain\u003cbr\u003eHornbeam grows wild only in south-east England; elsewhere in Britain it is planted. It is found throughout the Home Counties (around London) especially in Hertfordshire and in Epping and Hainault Forest. Bach found it growing in the Thames Valley.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eHornbeam - Form and Function\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMale and female flowers are found on the same tree. The male catkin is showy and appears a little before the leaves are fully open. The females are very inconspicuous, looking like unfolding leaf-buds at the end of the twigs. But when pollinated two small red styles protrude. The seed is a nut that is carried by a three-winged bract that acts as a sail. It flies like a helicopter and may be blown up to 100 yards (92 ms) from the tree before coming to rest. Like Clematis the fruits stay on the tree well into the winter. There is a parallel here in the need for the Hornbeam person to get down into life, to get deeply involved with the world around them. The wing of the seed is emblematic of the tendency to remain detached from the earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHornbeam is one of those remedies that needs to be taken if we are to fully appreciate the quality of the emotional state. Then we can feel the difference. People can become so habituated to the Hornbeam feeling that ‘the affairs of everyday seem too much for them to accomplish…’. Lethargy creeps up upon us. The sudden flowering of the Hornbeam, like the remedy, brings a sudden access of strength and determination. We feel the gears engage (like the cogs of the mill of the mind) and become active and purposeful once more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e£4.25\/10ml\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Totally Natural Skincare","offers":[{"title":"10ml","offer_id":43802090831935,"sku":"fku1787851887887","price":5.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/7187\/6415\/files\/hornbeam_1.jpg?v=1787851895"},{"product_id":"holly","title":"Holly","description":"\u003ch3\u003eHolly details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"info\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLatin Name: \u003cspan\u003eIlex aquifolium\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGroup: \u003cspan mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003eSecond Nineteen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmotional Group: \u003cspan\u003eOver-sensitive to influences and ideas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmotional response: \u003cspan\u003eHatred and anger\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMethod: \u003cspan\u003eBoiling\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eIndication\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor those who are sometimes attacked by thoughts of such kind as jealousy, envy, revenge, suspicion. For the different forms of vexation. Within themselves they may suffer much, often when there is no real cause for their unhappiness. [Bach: Twelve Healers and Other Remedies 1936]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAffirmation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe ultimate conquest of all will be through love and gentleness, and when we have sufficiently developed these two qualities nothing will be able to assail us, since we shall ever have compassion and not offer resistance. [Bach: Collected Writings]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eEmotional State\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor any kind of strongly negative state: anger, jealousy, bitterness, rage, envy, suspicion, revenge, hatred, violence, bad temper, contempt, vexation, selfishness, frustration – all states antipathetic to love.\u003cbr\u003e[Barnard: Guide to the Bach Flower Remedies]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHabitat\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeneral\u003cbr\u003eHolly grows in thickets and woodland, being seeded by birds. It is found in woods, scrub, hedges and rocky ravines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBritain\u003cbr\u003eHolly grows throughout Britain but is rather less common in the eastern counties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eHolly - Form and Function\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Holly state is really very serious for it describes all kinds of strongly negative emotions that not only burn within a person but express themselves in destructive, even violent behaviour. It is for ‘jealousy, envy, revenge, suspicion, the different forms of vexation’. Now vexation is a nicely old-fashioned word but here it does not mean a trifling ill humour but a kind of agitation, intensely malicious and more particularly the experience of being shaken by violent feelings (Latin vexare, to shake). Of course, we all know what it feels like, both to be shaken by our own anger and to be shaken by the anger of others. It has been suggested that this is the most important of the 38 Bach remedies since it is for hatred and rage. But Bach put it another way, saying that it was a protection ‘from everything that is not Universal Love’. In this he was attempting to avoid the usual negative characterisation of emotions which only grow larger the more we concentrate upon them. Anger is not wrong of itself, but the lack of love can cause us problems. We only feel hatred when we cannot feel love; the two are mutually exclusive. Holly is for any strongly negative emotion that violates the sanctity of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo understand why Dr Bach chose holly we must understand what it is that happens when a person gets jealous or in a rage. Contemporary neuroscience takes the view that ‘emotions are complicated collections of chemical and neural responses’ leading to ‘circumstances advantageous to the organism’. Yet while there may be occasions when anger is useful and appropriate it is essentially a negative reaction to life circumstances not a ‘part of homeostatic regulation’, or ‘survival-oriented behaviour’, at least as far as Bach remedies are concerned. Anger is a reaction to the invasion of an individual’s sense of self; this may mean a breach of integrity, of standards of behaviour, an awareness of something far stronger, a loss of what makes me feel what I am. Having been invaded (by physical or non-physical interference) I may react with outrage. To that extent it is a natural and appropriate response. But the problem arises when this becomes habitual. If I am habitually angry then there must be an habitual stimulus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat is to say that the invasion or attack that breached my sense of self has so broken down the natural integrity and defences that a part of me is taken over, occupied territory. Anger then is the reaction to a foreign pattern of activity within the boundaries of my being. So far from being an indication that homeostasis is at work it indicates that homeostasis has failed. This is an important concept since invasive diseases like cancer may be related to anger and the Holly condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e£4.25\/10ml\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Totally Natural Skincare","offers":[{"title":"10ml","offer_id":43802090864703,"sku":"zkf1787851889866","price":5.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/7187\/6415\/files\/holly_1.jpg?v=1787851897"},{"product_id":"gorse","title":"Gorse","description":"\u003ch3\u003eGorse details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"info\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLatin Name: \u003cspan\u003eUlex europaeus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGroup:Seven helpers\u003cspan mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmotional Group: \u003cspan\u003eUncertainty\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChronic condition: \u003cspan\u003eHopelessness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMethod: \u003cspan\u003eSun\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eIndication\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery great hopelessness, they have given up belief that more can be done for them. Under persuasion or to please others they may try different treatments, at the same time assuring those around that there is so little hope of relief. [Bach: Twelve Healers and Other Remedies 1936]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAffirmation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow let us think about those who have been ill for some time, or even a long time. There is again every reason to be hopeful of benefit, either improvement or recovery. Never let anyone give up hope of getting well. [Bach]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eChronic Conditions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGorse is for those who have suffered much and whose courage, as it were, has failed; who have lost the heart to try any more. They say they have been told that nothing can be done, that they are past all medical help, and even if they do start treatment they say that they have been ill for so many months or years as the case may be, that they will not expect improvement for a long time. People who need Gorse are generally sallow and rather darkish in complexion, often with dark lines beneath the eyes. They look as though they needed more sunshine in their lives to drive away the clouds. [Bach]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHabitat\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeneral\u003cbr\u003eGorse grows on most soils but will avoid chalk and lime, preferring the slight acidity of moorlands and dry sandy commons. In summer the ripe seeds explode and so a thick clump of Gorse will slowly spread and dominate an area. It grows mainly on the western fringe of Europe and can be killed by severe frosts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBritain\u003cbr\u003eGorse can be found throughout Britain. It is frequently planted in western Britain and in Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eGorse - Form and Function\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn his description for Gorse Bach says nothing of the plant and looks only at the state of mind, adding some notes on the physical appearance of such people (sallow complexion, dark rings around their eyes). Nevertheless, the plant succinctly describes the remedy, reflecting exactly the gesture. To raise the energy of the Gorse state, to prick the person back towards life, we need a powerful plant with a ferocious will to live; something brilliant, resilient, tough and tenacious, a flower that is sensitive and delicate yet strong and ablaze with light. Bach left no clue as to how he made his choice (except the ‘message’ received on the bank of the river Thames at Marlow). But if we examine the Gorse plant and its conditions for living we can see a precise correspondence to the message of hopelessness and renewal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGorse grows on the open hillside, on wasteland, on heaths and commons. We may see the occasional single plant but it generally grows in massed clumps, often covering acres of neglected pasture. It is the collective strength of the species that is needed to lift the energy of the Gorse state; it lacks the individuality of the earlier type remedies. Look at a bank of Gorse and you will find it hard to see individuals either in the stems and branches or among the flowers. As one writer observed, it is a landscape plant. Its golden-yellow flowers, offset by the vivid green stems, blaze with colour, painting the hillside. As with Heather, another of the Helpers, there is a sense that the Gorse bushes draw down the light and burn like flames upon the land.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBach’s Gorse is Ulex europaeus, a woody shrub grows to about 2 metres. It flowers over a long period from November to June. It has a smaller counterpart, Ulex gallii (which is not Bach’s Gorse), that flowers in the second part of the year. Together they form an annual cycle for this type of plant that flowers throughout the year. Hence the oft quoted ‘when Gorse is out of flower, then kissing’s out of fashion’. It points up an interesting link between the Gorse state of desolation and the life-affirming act of making love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e£4.25\/10ml\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Totally Natural Skincare","offers":[{"title":"10ml","offer_id":43802090897471,"sku":"wrx1787851894278","price":4.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/7187\/6415\/files\/gorse_1.jpg?v=1787851902"},{"product_id":"mustard","title":"Mustard","description":"\u003ch3\u003eMustard details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"info\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLatin Name: \u003cspan\u003eSinapis arvensis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGroup: Second Nineteen\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmotional Group: \u003cspan\u003eInsufficient interest in present circumstances\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmotional response: \u003cspan\u003eDepression\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMethod: \u003cspan\u003eBoiling\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tab-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tab-pane active\" id=\"home\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"essenceInfoLanding\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eIndication\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThose who are liable to times of gloom, or even despair, as though a cold dark cloud overshadowed them and hid the light and the joy of life. It may not be possible to give any reason or explanation for such attacks. Under these conditions it is almost impossible to appear happy or cheerful. [Bach: Twelve Healers and Other Remedies 1936]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAffirmation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn all things cheerfulness should be encouraged, and we should refuse to be oppressed by doubt and depression, but remember that such are not of ourselves, for our Souls know only joy and happiness. [Bach: Collected Writings]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eEmotional State\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor depression that comes for no apparent reason from an unknown cause, gloom, deep sadness, melancholy, usually serious people who feel that they suffer periodic affliction from a malefic star. Depression is intense and cannot be alleviated until it lifts as unexpectedly as it came. All joy and peace is driven out of life for the duration. [Barnard: Guide to the Bach Flower Remedies]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHabitat\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeneral\u003cbr\u003eMustard is most commonly found on the verges of new roads. It avoids acid soils.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBritain\u003cbr\u003eMustard is a common weed on arable land throughout Britain causing considerable problems for farmers; consequently it is being cut, sprayed and generally attacked. But since it reappears every time the soil is disturbed it is not too difficult to find.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eMustard - Form and Function\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs an emotional state Mustard is a kind of depression which waits, unseen, for an opportunity to surface. Its origins will have been in the past, buried deeply, even beyond memory. By looking at the natural history of the plant we can conclude two things about this. One, that the darkness which clouds the ‘light and joy of life’ comes from within the earth; it is born of past experiences, karma if you will, which the individual carries as unresolved material, the un-germinated seeds. To use another analogy, it is like the psychological baggage many of us carry, filled with we know not what. The second point is this: the Mustard plants only develop at a time when the field is left empty, the soil bare. The Mustard state follows disturbance of the settled pattern of life (ploughing) and only takes root in the mind because there is some inactivity in the will (an empty field). It is for this reason that Mustard is alongside Honeysuckle and Wild Rose in the sequence of discovery – Nora Weeks puts Mustard there and so did Bach, in the group for Not Sufficient Interest in Present Circumstances.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMustard, then, is an opportunist pattern of interference, a form of possession, which takes up residence only because of the weakness of the host. This idea is hinted at by some writers who speak of dark forces overshadowing the soul, of separation and a fall from grace. The image of an empty, ploughed field or even upturned earth, invites such thoughts. There is something unnatural about land devoid of all plants and today, when farmers spray fields with weed-killer, before planting and ploughing, we must wonder as to the effect on the psyche of the planet. Eradicate all plants from a field and what will then enter? The psyche of the planet may be too abstruse a concept but the complex relationships of plant to earth, of biodiversity and subtlety in thought are the very things forced under by the bulldozer of materialism. The farmer increases his yield at harvest by removing unwanted competition from weeds: charlock hardly grows in arable land today. But does its extinction as a species leave us less protected from the ‘cold, dark clouds’ of depression?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e£4.25\/10ml\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Totally Natural Skincare","offers":[{"title":"10ml","offer_id":43802091094079,"sku":"kkn1787851899015","price":5.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/7187\/6415\/files\/mustard_1.jpg?v=1787851907"},{"product_id":"impatiens","title":"Impatiens","description":"\u003ch3\u003eImpatiens details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"info\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLatin Name: \u003cspan\u003eImpatiens glandulifera\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGroup: The first twelve essences\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmotional Group: \u003cspan\u003eLoneliness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFailing: \u003cspan\u003eImpatient\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePersonality: \u003cspan\u003eIrritable\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVirtue: \u003cspan\u003eForgiveness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMethod: \u003cspan\u003eSun\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eIndication\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThose who are quick in thought and action and wish all things to be done without hesitation or delay. When ill they are anxious for a hasty recovery. [Bach: Twelve Healers and Other Remedies 1936]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAffirmation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou are striving for exquisite gentleness and forgiveness, and that beautiful mauve flower, Impatiens, which grows along the sides of some Welsh streams, will, with its blessing, help you along the road. [Bach]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eState of Being\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt all times when there is impatience. Impatient with themselves, wanting to hurry things, wanting to do things quickly, wanting to get well at once, to be out and about again. Impatient with others, irritable over little things, difficult to keep their temper. Cannot wait. This state is common and often a good sign during convalescence, and the restfulness this remedy brings hastens recovery. There is often impatience in severe pain and so Impatiens is of great value at those times to relieve the pain and calm the patient.\u003cbr\u003e[Bach]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCombinations\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImpatiens is in Five Flower and Five Flower Natural Cream and also Rest combination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHabitat\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeneral\u003cbr\u003eImpatiens grows along the banks of streams and rivers, the seeds travelling in the water. It will grow in full light or shade and accepts varying soils, unless markedly acid. It prefers damp ground. Frost sensitivity may be a limiting factor in its distribution outside of its native land.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBritain\u003cbr\u003eImpatiens is found throughout Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eImpatiens - Form and Function\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow, a strange thing happens with the Impatiens plant. When the pods are ripe the seeds are shot away from the plant with an explosive force, like bullets from a gun. You can experience this if you touch the pods or if any movement nearby triggers them. The sides of the pod break open, drawing back like a coiled spring, and all with such force (action and reaction being equal and opposite) that the seeds can be fired several yards. You hear them splattering like lead shot on to the leaves nearby.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis explosive tension is very illustrative of the Impatiens type. Remember Victor Bullen’s comment on Dr Bach - ‘quick to anger, but quickly over’? This is the sparky irritability of the Impatiens which shows itself in unexpected outbursts of energy. Clairvoyants who see auras, the colourful energy fields that surround the physical body, speak of the constant sparky explosions of irritation and tension that we see in such people: small bursts of fire which accompany the irritation of ‘…tschk! Oh for goodness sake! 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Even when successful they think they could have done better, and are never content with their efforts or the results. They are hard-working and suffer much from the faults they attach to themselves. Sometimes if there is any mistake it is due to another, but they will claim responsibility even for that. [Bach: Twelve Healers and Other Remedies 1936]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAffirmation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHealth is, therefore, the true realisation of what we are: we are perfect: we are the children of God. There is no striving to gain what we have already attained. We are merely here to manifest in material form the perfection with which we have been endowed from the beginning of all time. [Bach: Collected Writings]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eEmotional State\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor self-reproach, guilt, those who blame themselves, self-condemnation, often assuming responsibility for a situation that is not their fault. They are discontented and critical of themselves, over-conscientious, apologetic and over-humble. The constant effort they make to improve themselves may lead to tiredness and depression. Helps to alleviate any feelings of guilt. [Barnard: Guide to the Bach Flower Remedies]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHabitat\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeneral\u003cbr\u003eScots Pine is a native of woodlands on acid soils in the Scottish Highlands, but is widely planted and regenerates from self-sown seed elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBritain\u003cbr\u003ePines grow throughout Britain, often on the poorer thin soils, on gravel and greensand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003ePine Form and Function\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePine is an emotional condition which develops over time. Like a mole it burrows out of sight, reappearing unexpectedly. Or, as with certain traumatic events, it remains buried in memory only to surface years later. This time delay can be seen in the process of pollination and growth of the seed. While the flowers of Red and White Chestnut change colour almost immediately, to signal fertilisation, Pine has a prolonged period of incubation during which the seed embryo develops. The process is complex. It takes nearly a year for the male pollen grain and the female ovule to fully mature inside a cone and for fertilisation to occur. During this time cones remain outwardly unchanged; in January or February they are still the small brown knobs, seen last summer, bending over at the end of the shoots. When spring arrives a new shoot will grow upwards and produce flowers. Meanwhile the cone, now sitting under the branch, swells and begins to form seeds, internally. These will not be ready until the following spring, however, when the cone is two years old. It is for this reason that we can see three stages of cone growth on a branch, together: the female flower, the immature cone of last year and the ripe cone of the year before. It is a picture of successive generations: grandparent, parent and child….\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClearly Pine is a complex remedy state. It involves more than guilt and self-blame. It contains a personal life story for the individual, parts of which may be hidden or suppressed. Pine helps to establish way-markers in the biography or life journey, like the hilltop clumps of trees which are prominent in a landscape. Acting within the detail of our feelings Pine also helps to straighten out tangled and confused emotions – just as Pine’s needle-leaves are narrow and straight. The leaves are similar to those of Larch and offer the same thought of needing to clarify and reassess self-worth. But Pine, being an evergreen, keeps its leaves through the winter, hanging on to the past. Each year some new leaves appear with the new shoots which also bear flowers – the older leaves fall after three or four years. The dark red female flowers, so strong and upright at first, bend around through 90° during the summer. Later they continue to turn and face downwards towards the ground as the cone develops. 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Often they have ceased to worry about themselves, but for those of whom they are fond they may suffer much, frequently anticipating some unfortunate thing may to happen to them. [Bach: Twelve Healers and Other Remedies 1936]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAffirmation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEveryone of us also has sympathy with those in distress, and naturally so, because we have all been in distress ourselves at some time in our lives. So that not only can we heal ourselves, but we have the great privilege of being able to help others to heal themselves, and the only qualifications necessary are love and sympathy. [Bach: Collected Writings]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eEmotional State\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor those who find it difficult not to be anxious for other people, anticipate trouble, imagine the worst, worry over other’s troubles, over-concern for problems of the world, fear that a small complaint of another will become a serious problem, project anxiety. [Barnard: Guide to the Bach Flower Remedies]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHabitat\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeneral\u003cbr\u003eRed Chestnut trees were created as a hybrid. They are found in gardens worldwide and are often planted in avenues and groups where they may show off their colour to advantage. They grow in medium shade, rarely wild.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBritain\u003cbr\u003eRed Chestnut trees are generally found throughout Britain in parks and avenues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eRed Chestnut - Form and Function\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBach described the Red Chestnut state as ‘for those who find it difficult not to be anxious for other people’. The story goes that he was doing some work in the garden at Mount Vernon, when he cut himself. According to Nora Weeks’ account he was chopping wood – though we might wonder what he was doing chopping wood at the end of May – when the axe slipped and he ‘gashed his wrist’. He was in shock and given first aid but, although ‘pale and shaky and almost fainting from loss of blood’, it was the reaction of Nora and friends which claimed Bach’s attention. He felt that their fear and anxiety at his condition made matters worse. Nora noted that at this time, so acute was his sensitivity, Bach experienced any worry, depression or fear in other people as an ‘actual physical hurt’. Feeling the worry of his friends, he declared that he had just experienced the emotional state for his next remedy: Red Chestnut’s fear for the safety of others. A day or two later he found the flowers and made a mother tincture by the boiling method.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story of Red Chestnut led Nora Weeks to conclude that we are all susceptible to the influence of other people’s thoughts, for good or ill. Negative thoughts, even if unexpressed, have a powerful impact. Thoughts for safety, health and success, likewise. So the connection between Red and White Chestnut is here in the process of thinking: how to break or change the pattern of thought. Not surprisingly, therefore, the gesture of the two types of tree is similar. They have the same structure of trunk and branches, the same flaky bark, similar buds, similar leaves. But there are distinct differences. In all respects a Red Chestnut tree is less robust, more liable to disease and damage. The seeds are much smaller, the casing smooth and often empty – no valuable conkers here! 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