While at Heathrow
trying to use up my small change without adding greatly to the burden of my
shoulderbags, I was intrigued to find at Boots a bottle (much smaller than my
favorite Isle of Islay single malt!) of Bach’s Flower Essences, “prepared
according to the original written instructions of Edward Bach in the
1930s. Wild flowers are hand
picked in the English and Welsh countryside.”
As I recalled
vaguely from hearsay, “Edward Bach believed his essences captured the positive
mood of each flower as he personally perceived it to be.”
In my own bottle—Calmdown!
(which I would find much more calming without the excalamation mark)—they are
- White Chestnut: calm mood
- Elm: joyful mood
- Beech: tolerant mood
- Vervain: gentle, patient, unassertive mood
- Willow: cheerful mood (not the weeping willow, surely)
- Holly: loving, gentle, not taking offence mood
- Rock Rose, Impatiens, Clematis, Star of Bethelehem, and Cherry Plum, in combination: comfortable, reassured mood;
the flower essences diluted in Wenlock spring water and brandy (!)
I also like that
his belief was that the healing powers of his remedies were due both to the
flowers and to water memory, early morning sunlight passing through dew drops
on various petals, and the drops receiving into them the spirit of the
flower. Light-gathering on a grand
scale!
image: Provence Mon Amour
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