Dr. Edward Bach was born in 1886 in Moseley, a village close to Birmingham, England. As a child, he was friendly and caring with a great sense of humor. He loved nature and playing outdoors. His dream was to find a cure for every disease and heal people like Jesus had.

When Bach was 20 years old, he decided to become a doctor. In 1912, he graduated from Birmingham University College Hospital, and two years later he received another degree in health in Cambridge.

During his medical training, Bach started noticing the relationship between disease and the emotional state of the person. He observed that people with the same disease and similar personality responded well to a certain remedy while people with the same illness but a different personality, did not. He thought conventional medicine was mistaken in trying to treat the disease. He believed that the patient should be treated, not the disease.

Dr. Bach believed that some flowers were able to change negative feelings such as fear and hatred into courage and love. By accomplishing this, the flowers can correct the cause of the disease.

Bach Flower Remedies

There are 38 healing flowers, one for each negative state of mind. These remedies are prepared from non-poisonous flowers and unpolluted water. They are safe for adults, children, the elderly, and infants.

The flower remedies may be obtained from health shops. Also, in the Internet there are many websites that sell them.

Methods of potentization

There are 2 methods by which Bach thought he could capture the flowers energies, the Sun Method and the Boiling Method. In the Sun Method, the best flowers are picked and put in a glass bowl. The bowl is then filled with spring water, placed on the ground making sure it is exposed to strong sunlight, and left there for a few hours. Then, the flowers are removed with a twig and the essence is poured in a bottle filled with an equal amount of brandy.

In the Boiling Method, the buds, cones, and flowers are placed in an enamel pan with spring water and simmered for 30 minutes. Then the pan is covered until the essence cools. Then it is filtered and poured in a bottle with an equal part of brandy.