Flowers for Moments Of Extreme Terror (And Other Emotions Too!) (Bach Flower Remedies)

Member Name: Machair1

Product:	Bach Flower Remedies
Date:	26/02/09 (686 review reads)
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Advantages: They actually work

Disadvantages: None

There are some things people are frightened of and everyone is different. Some hardy souls have no fears at all, and some things can be faced head on and can be dealt with as they come without resorting to any kind of back up.

I have two things which I'm not too keen on- one is snakes, luckily I don't come across them too often, but we do have a few adders locally. This fear is long standing because an adder killed my pet dog I loved so much when I was a child. However, I don't go looking for them. This will change for me soon as my son lives on the edge of the Arizona desert and Southern Arizona has the largest number of rattle snakes in the world, so visiting him soon will I am sure afford me lots of occasions to conquer this irrational fear.

The other thing I'm not too keen on are dentists, I find the experience rather terrifying, but thankfully have managed to keep control of my fears and attend regularly for check ups. Other than that I am pretty ok with life but other things do crop up like when my mum had a stroke, and it really was touch and go for 4 months, and having ME myself I found visiting her exhausting and I did get very stressed then.

For these sorts of situations I find Bach Flower remedies absolutely essential. These are not new in fact their creator lived from 1886-1936. He was named Edward Bach and was a fully trained medical doctor. He was in his lifetime concerned about the mental and emotional wellbeing of his patients, and the way these feelings were interlinked with the pathology of the conditions they were suffering from, and so he created many remedies based on the extracts from plants specifically designed to treat emotions. To me it all sounded very weird, and for many years I dismissed it, but one day I decided to purchase some Bach Flower Recue Remedy prior to a rather scary dental visit I had looming.

Now all together there are 38 individual remedies and it is possible to acquire some knowledge about all of these and to put together combinations to help yourself, and I will briefly touch on this in the review. The most popular is however the Rescue Remedy because it is the one most people go for when faced with something they are worried about. It may be a one off like an exam or a driving test, or maybe a more prolonged period of stress. This remedy is available as drops, pastilles or spray, but I prefer the drops. 10mls costs £5.08 in Boots.

It consists of Impatiens which controls feelings of anxiety and stress and it is very fast acting. This is especially good in the dentist waiting room as I often get panicky just waiting for my name to be called out. Then the mixture has Star of Bethlehem which is excellent for shocks and for trauma so really good for stressful situations. Then Cherry Plum is added to calm thoughts and nerves as well as Rock Rose which alleviates panic and fear, and finally Clematis which helps you to focus on the moment and to keep calm.

I find a few drops on the tongue taken in close succession works very well and you can also dilute in water. On the tongue they taste like a drop of sherry so very pleasant!

What I have also found is that if you supplement this remedy with Mimulus, Aspen and Rock Rose it enhances the effect. Mimulus is fantastic to calm fears, and Aspen also calms down any sort of trepidation which arises with situations and extra Rock rose is fantastic in moments of extreme terror, which I have to say hits me when someone comes at me with any kind of dental implement.

I have used these remedies for many years and other members of the family have too, which is encouraging as some were more than the least bit sceptical when I told them what they were.My daughter was advised to use this prior to her driving test and it worked!

They are so mild you can even use them on animals and if you visit www.bachflower.com you can read all about the ways in which they can help with issues such as barking and vet visits. This is actually an American site but it is really well laid out, and I prefer it for information to the UK one.

There is also a Bach Flower Sleep Spray available which is brilliant if you have difficulty getting to sleep, especially if this is due to stress. This is £7.92 in Boots.

Some important points. The essences are in a very small amount of alcohol so if you are allergic to this then you will have to avoid them, and also I feel their effectiveness decreases after the bottle has been open for a month so don't buy large quantities.

A really good place to buy these remedies is from www.bachfloweressences.co.uk. They will even mix up different ones for you depending on your answers to some simple questions using their expertise.

I hope this will help anyone who feels they could do with a little help sometimes for certain situations. They have certainly got me into the dentist chair many times, and I know people who depend on them to get onto planes, which for me has never been a problem as planes are my passion, but as I said before everyone has different fears and these really can take the edge of it. I was sceptical but something works, and I certainly found them invaluable when my mum was in intensive care, especially for that dreadful moment when you have to face seeing them for the first time after a devastating event like a stroke.

The time I really needed them was when I had to let my 20 year old cat go as she was in the final stages of so many diseases. My husband was away on business, and I had to take her for her final journey and bring her home afterwards. I think they helped me cope with that heart breaking day.

Go for the drops rather than the pastilles if you are buying them for the first time, I think they are much more effective. I think the beauty of these remedies is that they actually work, and they don't sedate you so that you can't function and end up like a zombie. They really are perfect for moments of extreme terror!

Summary: Something we can reach for in trying times.