Bach Flower Remedies are a collection of 38 plant and flower-based remedies discovered in the 1930s by
Dr Edward Bach, a Harley Street physician.
Each Bach remedy deals with a specific negative emotion, so we can select and take one or more remedies to match our moods.
They work to address everyday emotional imbalances and so help maintain our emotional and physical well-being.
The good news is they can work in exactly the same way to help our animals get over their own emotional difficulties.
Agrimony: Put on a cheerful face to hide problems
Aspen: Have unexplained fear and worries, are nervous and anxious
Beech: Are critical and intolerant of others
Centaury: Have difficulty in saying no and are anxious to please
Cerato: Doubt your own ability to judge situations
Cherry plum: Fear losing control of your behaviour
Chestnut Bud: Fail to learn from experience, repeating the same mistakes
Chicory: Are overly possessive and expect others to conform to your values
Clematis: Day-dream and generally have a lack of interest in the present
Crab Apple: Have a poor self-image and are ashamed or embarrassed by unpleasant
physical symptoms, characteristics or features
Elm: Are overwhelmed or burdened by responsibility
Gentian: Are easily discouraged, hesitant and despondent
Gorse: Feel hopelessness and despair and are pessimistic
Heather: Feel self-absorbed, dislike being alone, and are excessively talkative
Holly: Have feelings of extreme jealousy, are envious and suspicious
Honeysuckle: Live in the past, feel homesick or nostalgic
Hornbeam: Get the 'Monday morning' feeling, doubting your ability to face the
day's work
Impatiens: Are impatient and easily irritated
Larch: Lack self-confidence and feel inferior
Mimulus: Have a fear rooted in known causes e.g. spiders, flying, death etc
Mustard: Experience unexplained deep gloom
Oak: Are driven by a strong sense of duty, and struggle on although exhausted
Olive: Feel exhausted in body and mind
Pine: Feel full of guilt and blame yourself for other people's mistakes
Red Chestnut: Are over-anxious or over-concerned for others
Rescue Remedy: Are in a demanding or stressful situation *
Rock Rose: Have experienced terror, have been frozen in fear and feel helpless
Rock Water: Are inflexible, setting yourself very high standards
Scleranthus: Suffer from indecision
Star of Bethlehem: Have experienced shock, grief or a fright
Sweet Chestnut: Are at the limits of endurance and in deep despair
Vervain: Are over-enthusiastic, argumentative with fixed principals and ideas
Vine: Are strong-willed with a tendency to be domineering or inflexible
Walnut: Face major life changes and are in need of protection from the
influences of others
Water Violet: Prefer to be alone or are proud and aloof
White Chestnut: Have unwanted thoughts, preoccupations and worries
Wild Oats: Are uncertain as to the correct path in life, dissatisfied with your current life style, and can't decide which path to follow
Wild Rose: Make little effort to improve situations
Willow: Are resentful and have feelings of self-pity, "poor me"
* Cherry Plum, Clematis, Impatiens, Rock Rose and Star of Bethlehem
are the five Flower Remedies that make up Rescue Remedy
'the emergency combination'
