Keyword - Unattached Love Chicory helps to restore the principles of unattached and selfless love. Those in need of Chicory tend to be possessive of those they care about, wanting to keep them nearby to cling onto and to love. They can appear to be emotionally needy, manipulative, excessively interfering or easily fall into self-pity and resentment if their efforts at ‘helping’ others are not appreciated. Behind the negative chicory state lays an inner emptiness and feeling of being unwanted or unloved that unconsciously drives the personality to use these rather selfish and manipulative ways to get its needs met. Chicory helps to dissolve these personality traits and to promote the more balanced energy of the ‘universal mother’ who gives her love unconditionally, knowing that love is everlastingly abundant. Bach Group - Overcare & Concern Dosage instructions: a dosage of 4 drops on the tongue 8x a day for chronic states and every 30-60 minutes for acute states, reverting to the normal dosage when more balance has returned. Take your chosen Bach Flower Remedies for two - four weeks before reviewing how you feel. After this time you may find that you need to change some of your original choices or that you need to continue with the same ones for longer. Working in this way over a period of six months or so you will find that there has been a subtle but definite shift in the way you perceive your world.

Keyword - Rationality & calmness Cherry Plum restores the qualities of balance, calmness and positive control of the mind. The negative Cherry Plum state can be a very extreme and uncomfortable one in which the personality experiences powerful and irrational fears. Those in need of this remedy often feel that they are loosing control of their mind, going insane, or perhaps having a breakdown. They can be snappy, on edge, want to scream or fear that they could be uncharacteristically violent, either to themselves or others. In a very extreme state they may have wide staring eyes and be unable to stop themselves from saying or doing things that are completely out of their normal character. Many women experience variations of these irrational feelings related to their monthly cycle. In all these situations Cherry Plum brings calmness, rationality and peace. Bach Group - Fear Dosage instructions: a dosage of 4 drops on the tongue 8x a day for chronic states and every 30-60 minutes for acute states, reverting to the normal dosage when more balance has returned. Take your chosen Bach Flower Remedies for two - four weeks before reviewing how you feel. After this time you may find that you need to change some of your original choices or that you need to continue with the same ones for longer. Working in this way over a period of six months or so you will find that there has been a subtle but definite shift in the way you perceive your world.

Keyword - Purity Crab Apple aids purification at all levels. Those in need of Crab Apple have temporarily lost sight of their own innate purity and carry underlying feelings of uncleanness, dirtiness or lack of purity, which in extreme states can manifest as obsessions related to housework or bodily cleanliness. They can be fussy, easily upset and have a tendency to make mountains out of molehills when in the negative state. Other indications for this remedy are skin eruptions or compulsive, obsessional behaviour of any sort. Crab Apple can usefully be applied to the skin as a lotion in a little water or added to a bath (10-12 drops), in addition to being ingested. Bach Group - Despair & Despondency Dosage instructions: a dosage of 4 drops on the tongue 8x a day for chronic states and every 30-60 minutes for acute states, reverting to the normal dosage when more balance has returned. Take your chosen Bach Flower Remedies for two - four weeks before reviewing how you feel. After this time you may find that you need to change some of your original choices or that you need to continue with the same ones for longer. Working in this way over a period of six months or so you will find that there has been a subtle but definite shift in the way you perceive your world.

Keyword - Unconditional Love Dr Bach says of Holly that it; ‘opens the heart and unites us with Divine Love’. Unconditional, Divine Love is the highest form of love and one that is present within the heart chakra of every human being. However when this love is not recognised and nurtured the heart chakra gradually closes down and defence patterns of the personality such as anger, revenge, jealousy & hatred take root. Those in this state can also appear to be suspicious, distrustful or supersensitive to real or imagined slights. The powerful energy of the Holly remedy floods the heart chakra with the vibrations of Divine, unconditional love helping to transmute and transform these negative states. Bach Group - Oversensitivity Dosage instructions: a dosage of 4 drops on the tongue 8x a day for chronic states and every 30-60 minutes for acute states, reverting to the normal dosage when more balance has returned. Take your chosen Bach Flower Remedies for two - four weeks before reviewing how you feel. After this time you may find that you need to change some of your original choices or that you need to continue with the same ones for longer. Working in this way over a period of six months or so you will find that there has been a subtle but definite shift in the way you perceive your world.

Keyword - Empathy for others Heather is the remedy for those whose inner sense of isolation and loneliness manifests as a compulsive need to talk about themselves to anyone and everyone - even a complete stranger. When in an acute state, those in need of this remedy appear to have their thoughts entirely focussed on themselves and can cause unsuspecting listeners to feel as though they are unable to escape by the very force of their conversation. They make very poor listeners and sadly can drive people away by the very strength of their own neediness. Heather will help to relieve this state so that they are more in touch with the need to give as well as receive. Bach Group - Loneliness Dosage instructions: a dosage of 4 drops on the tongue 8x a day for chronic states and every 30-60 minutes for acute states, reverting to the normal dosage when more balance has returned. Take your chosen Bach Flower Remedies for two - four weeks before reviewing how you feel. After this time you may find that you need to change some of your original choices or that you need to continue with the same ones for longer. Working in this way over a period of six months or so you will find that there has been a subtle but definite shift in the way you perceive your world.

Keyword - Courage Mimulus helps those who feel they need greater courage to face up to the everyday events of life. Those in need of Mimulus suffer unnecessary fear and worry about everyday situations, such as visiting the dentist, flying, swimming, spiders or perhaps taking their driving test. They can appear nervous, shy or timid and may hesitate or blush easily when in situations where they feel vulnerable. Sensitivity to crowds, loud noises, or bright lights are other examples of states for which Mimulus would be beneficial. As Mimulus dissolves their fears and worries those with this personality trait find themselves able to create a more positive mental approach to life. Bach Group - Fear Dosage instructions: a dosage of 4 drops on the tongue 8x a day for chronic states and every 30-60 minutes for acute states, reverting to the normal dosage when more balance has returned. Take your chosen Bach Flower Remedies for two - four weeks before reviewing how you feel. After this time you may find that you need to change some of your original choices or that you need to continue with the same ones for longer. Working in this way over a period of six months or so you will find that there has been a subtle but definite shift in the way you perceive your world.