Bach Original Flower Remedies

Mind is what your brain does consciously. Our minds perform a series of information processing in order to form strategies needed to live our daily lives. This process is known as decision making.

Decisions are at the heart of success, and at times there are critical moments when they can be difficult, perplexing, and nerve racking. This article provides help and guidance by utilising the Bach Flower Remedies, specifically formulated for “uncertainty”.

Decision-making is about facing a question, such as, "Do I want to move or don’t I?", or “Do I want a boy or a girl?” That is a decision. Humanity has always lived in the shadow of fears. Yet almost nothing was known about fear until Freud began the study of unusual phobias. A little later, some psychologists suggested that one dread is common to all mankind: the dread of death.

Decisions, decisions and more decisions! The fear of making serious decisions is a new kind of fear, called decidophobia, proclaimed by Walter Kaufmann at Princeton University in 1973. The fear of making the wrong decisions is well known to any responsible manager. As Eleanor Roosevelt said, "You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face." Wherever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision. There has never yet been a person in the history of mankind who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering. The difficulty in life is the choice.

THE BACH REMEDIES FOR UNDERTAINTY
When developing the 38 Bach Flower Remedies, Dr Edward Bach grouped them under seven heading, of which one of them was for uncertainty.

Cerato – For those who do not have sufficient confidence in themselves to make their own decisions. They constantly seek advice from others, and are often misguided.

Scleranthus – For those who suffer much from being unable to decide between two things, for one seeming right then the other. They are usually quiet people, and bear their difficulty alone, as they are not inclined to discuss it with others.

Gentian – For those who are easily discouraged. They may be progressing well in illness or in the affairs of their daily life, but any small delay or hindrance to progress causes doubt and soon disheartens them.

Gorse – For very great hopelessness. They have given up belief that more can be done for them. Under persuasion or to please others they may try different treatments, at the same time assuring those around that there is so little hope or relief.

Hornbeam – For those who feel that they have no sufficient strength, mentally or physically, to carry the burden of life placed upon them; the affairs of everyday seem too much for them to accomplish, though they generally succeed in fulfilling their task. It is for those who believe that some part, of mind or body, needs to be strengthened before that can easily fulfil their work.

Wild Oat – For those who have ambitions to do something of prominence in life, who wish to have much experience, and to enjoy all that which is possible for them, to take life to the full. Their difficulty is to determine what occupation to follow; as although their ambitions are strong, they have no calling, which appeals to them above all others.  This may cause delay and dissatisfaction.

DIRECTIONS FOR USE
Put 2 drops of each chosen remedy into a 30ml bottle of Natural Still Spring Water, and take 4 drops directly on the tongue or in a glass of water, at least 4 times daily, for 6 weeks, or as long as required.
Such a prepared dosage bottle will remain fresh for about 3 weeks if stored in a cool place. Once can also use boiled water, which has been cooled.
(Note: If during the course of taking the treatment a new condition arises, the appropriate remedy can be added and when it is time to make up a fresh bottle, discard those that have done their work and continue with the fresh prescription.

To find out more about the Bach Flower Remedies, please contact Vital Health Foods.

The Latin word Decido has two meanings. It can mean to decide and also to fall off. Hence plants are called deciduous if their leaves fall off in the fall. The word fall started as "leaf fall" for autumn in the 15th century. The expression "take the plunge" suggests the relevance of both meanings. Making a wrong decision provokes the fear of falling.

"Somewhere along the line of development we discover what we really are, and then we make our real decision for which we are responsible. Make that decision primarily for yourself because you can never really live anyone else's life." -- Eleanor Roosevelt