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Skin
Coach Marjo Horn's advice:
Work on yourself with flower remedies! Change negative
emotions into positive emotions in order to become a balanced
human being. This will not only give you better health
but also your skin will be radiant.
Gorse
is the remedy for people who have given up belief that
there is any hope for them. It is a far stronger kind
of downheartedness than the Gentian state, because Gorse
people almost wilfully refuse to be encouraged, so certain
are they that their case is hopeless. If ill, they may
think of themselves as incurable, or say that they inherited
this or that from their families so that nothing can be
done for them.
Gorse
is however classed by Dr Bach as a remedy for uncertainty,
and not as a remedy for despair like for example Sweet
Chestnut. This demonstrates that the main problem with
Gorse people is a loss of certainty: if they can be persuaded
to see things in a different light their faith in their
lives would be renewed and they could go forward with
a surer step. This is what the Gorse remedy helps to achieve.
negative:
despair, depressed, chronic illness, waiting for miracles
positive:
persistant
recovery, innovative, new faith
How to use the Bach flower remedies:
Only one remedy can be taken, but if necessary you can
choose to take six to seven remedies. See below for other
remedies.
You can take the remedies in several ways. For the treatment
of a short-term mood or problem the easiest way is to
put two drops of each selected remedy in a glass of water
and sip as required, but at least four times a day, until
relief is obtained. If using Rescue Remedy, put in four
drops instead of two. For the treatment of more chronic
problems you should make up a treatment bottle, as this
is more economical and will make the precious stock remedies
go a bit further. Simply get a 30ml bottle with a dropper
in the lid (try the local pharmacy), and then add two
drops of each selected remedy (four drops of Rescue Remedy)
to the bottle. Top this up with still mineral water and
from this bottle take four drops four times a day. If
you keep them in the fridge, treatment bottles will last
two or three weeks. If you can't keep your bottle in the
fridge but have to keep it in your pocket or handbag then
you can add a teaspoon of brandy to the treatment bottle
- this will help to keep the water from going off. If
you don't want to use brandy, cider vinegar is an alternative,
although it isn't quite so effective.
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Links:
Agrimony
- mental torture behind cheerful face
Aspen
- fear of unknown things
Beech
- intolerance
Centaury
- the inability to say 'no'
Cerato
- lack of trust in one's own decisions
Cherry
Plum - fear of the mind giving way
Chestnut
Bud - failure to learn from mistakes
Chicory
- selfish, possessive love
Clematis
- dreaming of the future without working in the present
Crab
Apple - the cleansing remedy, also for self-hatred
Elm
- overwhelmed by responsibility
Gentian
- discouragement after a setback
Gorse
- hopelessness and despair
Heather
- self-centredness and self-concern
Holly
- hatred, envy and jealousy
Honeysuckle
- living in the past
Hornbeam
- procrastination, tiredness at the thought of doing something
Impatiens
- impatience
Larch
- lack of self confidence
Mimulus
- fear of known things
Mustard
- deep gloom for no reason, dark cloud
Oak
- the plodder who keeps going past the point of exhaustion
Olive
- exhaustion following mental or physical effort
Pine
- guilt feelings most of the time for no reasons
Red
Chestnut - over-concern for the welfare of loved ones
Rock
Rose - terror and fright
Rock
Water - self-denial, rigidity and self-repression
Scleranthus
- inability to choose between alternatives
Star
of Bethlehem - shock - trauma
Sweet
Chestnut - Extreme mental anguish, when everything
has been tried and there is no light left
Vervain
- over-enthusiasm
Vine
- dominance and inflexibility
Walnut
- protection from change and unwanted influences
Water
Violet - pride and aloofness
White
Chestnut - unwanted thoughts and mental arguments
Wild
Oat - uncertainty over one's direction in life
Wild
Rose - drifting, resignation, apathy
Willow
- self-pity and resentment
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