The Bach Remedies: A Self Help Guide (A Good Health Guide)

36 Pages·1988·2.396 MB·English

by  Leslie J. Kaslof

“Flower power” is more than a dated slogan—it describes
the remarkable effect of the 38 remedies based on the
essences of flowers discovered and developed by Dr.
Edward Bach. Operating on homeopathic principles, the
Bach remedies have been employed by physicians and
other health practitioners for more than 50 years, with
consistent effectiveness in a variety of conditions. This
introduction to the Bach remedies details their properties,
gives accounts of their powers, lists sources, and contains
a special questionnaire to help the reader determine which
remedies may be specifically suited to his or her personality.
Leslie J. Kaslof is an internationally recognized researcher,
writer and educator in the field of holistic health and preven-
tive medicine. He is the author of Wholistic Dimensions in Heal-
ing, the internationally acclaimed Herb and Ailment Cross Reference
Chart and Healing: A Wholistic Approach. He has lectured exten-
sively, appeared on numerous radio and TV programs, and
contributed widely to many professional and popular publica-
tions. Mr. Kaslof is President of the Dr. Edward Bach Healing
Society of North America.
THE BACH
REMEDIES
A Self-Help Guide
THE FAMOUS DRUGLESS
THERAPEUTIC SYSTEM AND
HOW YOU CAN USE IT
by Leslie J. Kaslof, Ph.D.
Keats Publishing, Inc. ae New Canaan, Connecticut
The Bach Remedies a Self-Help Guide is not intended as medical advice.
Its intention is solely informational and educational. Please consult a
medical or health professional should the need for one be indicated.
THE BACH REMEDIES: A SELF-HELP GUIDE
Copyright © 1988 by Leslie J. Kaslof
All rights reserved
No part of this book may be copied or reproduced in any form
without the written consent of the publisher.
ISBN: 0-87983-463-3
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Good Health Guides are published by
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Contents
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In the early 1930s the noted British physician and scientist
Edward Bach discovered that many of his patients’ emotional
and psychological difficulties predisposed them to the onset
of physical disease. Additionally, these difficulties—such as
anxiety, fear, resentment, jealousy, even lack of self-confidence—
complicated physical disorder once manifested, making it more
difficult to treat. In his search for a safe and effective treatment
Bach eventually succeeded in discovering thirty-eight flowering
plants, trees, and special waters, preparations of which have
proved to assist in resolving a wide range of emotional and
psychological difficulties. His discoveries are known today as
the Bach Remedies. Used successfully for over half a century
by physicians and other health care professionals worldwide,
these preparations are among those on the leading edge of a
new direction in medicine. This direction is away from strong
pharmaceutical drugs, toward more natural, non-habit forming
preparations which gently assist the body in mobilizing its own
internal healing capabilities.
Janice Harper was devastated by the loss of her husband.
She could not let go of the idea that she had been unfairly
deprived of someone who meant the world to her. At first she
became angry and resentful; following this, she became weak
and withdrawn. Within six to eight months she developed
migraine headaches, digestive problems and, eventually, a dull,
aching pain in her lumbar region. She sought and received
treatment which brought only temporary relief. During this
time Mrs. Harper’s doctor became concerned with her deterio-
rating emotional health and lack of response to treatment,
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realizing that some deeper emotional factor was interfering
with the body’s ability to regain homeostasis.’
While this case is fictitious, the problem is not. Today many
physicians know that emotional and psychological stress can
predispose a person to physical disorder, at the same time
complicating that disorder and making it more difficult to treat.
Studies in the newly emerging field of psychoneuroimmunology
(PNI), conducted at major universities, research facilities and
medical centers throughout the country, reveal: that negative
emotions can disrupt nervous-system functions, hormone lev-
els and immunological responses, thereby reducing the body’s
resistance to disease.”
What, then, can be done to stabilize these negative emo-
tions, and ultimately reestablish a greater foundation for
wellness?
Dr. Bach, a pathologist, immunologist and bacteriologist,
noted that anxiety, worrisome thoughts, even lack of self-
confidence, so depleted an individual's vitality that the body
lost its natural resistance and became vulnerable to infection
and other illnesses.
“To bring oneself back into harmony, back into balance,
requires the development of a positive loving nature,” Dr.
Bach wrote. Thus, merely treating a disease does not deal with
the cause of the problem.
“We have so long blamed the germ, the weather, the food
we eat as the causes of disease,” continued Dr. Bach, “but
many of us are immune in an influenza epidemic, many love
the exhilaration of a cold wind and many can eat cheese and
drink black coffee late at night with no ill effects. . . . It is only
when we allow doubt and depression, indecision or fear to
creep in that we become sensitive to outside influences.’
Bach went further in his understanding and explanation of
the primary cause of disease by stating that all illness, whether
emotional, psychological or physical, ““grows out of a conflict
between our personality and our Soul.” That illness is no more
than ar eflection of this most primary conflict and manifests a8
a signal that we are out of harmony with ourselves.*
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