Bach flower remedies

Bach flower remedies are highly diluted preparations made from flowers and other plant parts, developed by Edward Bach to address emotional states. Clinical evidence has not established that they treat health conditions beyond placebo effects.

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Edward Bach: An English physician who developed the Bach flower remedy system in the 1930s. His ideas about emotion and illness shaped the remedies and their classification.
Bach's theory of disease: Edward Bach’s view that emotional and spiritual disharmony underlies physical illness. It supplied the rationale for matching remedies to states of mind.
Complementary and alternative medicine: Health practices used alongside or instead of conventional medical care. Bach remedies are commonly marketed and used within this broad category.
Bacteriology: The scientific study of bacteria, including their classification and role in disease. Bach’s early medical work included research on bacteria and intestinal microbes.
Bach flower remedy categories: The 38 named remedies grouped by Edward Bach according to emotional states. Each preparation is assigned to a particular feeling or disposition.
Flower essence preparation: The process of transferring a plant’s purported properties into water through sunlight or boiling. Bach’s system depends on this process, though no active transfer is established.
Self-medication: Using medicines or health products without direct professional supervision. People commonly select remedies themselves for perceived emotional concerns.
Bach nosodes: Seven bacterial preparations Edward Bach developed before creating his flower remedies. They preceded the flower system and influenced Bach’s early therapeutic thinking.
Bach flower remedy preparation: The sun method and boiling method used to produce Bach flower essences. These methods define how the source plants are turned into remedies.
Pharmacology: The study of how drugs interact with living systems and produce effects. It offers a contrast to remedies lacking demonstrated pharmacological active ingredients.