7 Flower Remedies for Depression

Everyone feels down sometimes. Perhaps you’re overwhelmed, exhausted from chronic illness, or dealing with life circumstances that feel hopeless. Of course, you should always consult a doctor if you experience depression, particularly if you have suicidal thoughts or tendencies, or can’t cope with life. But, if you just need a little support from a natural remedy to help you through one of the inevitable rough patches in life, Bach flower remedies can help.

Edward Bach was a medical doctor and one of the earliest homeopaths at the beginning of the twentieth century. Disillusioned by modern medicine, he believed that every physical, emotional, mental, or spiritual symptom offered clues as to what we need to restore balance. Over time, he discovered flower remedies.

Following are some of Bach’s flower remedies for depression. Select the remedy or remedies that best match how you are feeling. You can take one or more remedies. Simply add four drops of the remedy to a glass of water and sip throughout the day. Alternatively, take two drops under the tongue four times a day or as necessary.

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Michelle Schoffro Cook, PhD.

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Dale O.

8:03PM PDT on Apr 12, 2012

This is to add to my comment below--To add to the wikipedia article (Keep on forgetting there is a word limit--)

so he would collect the dew drops from the plants and preserve the dew with an equal amount of brandy to produce a mother tincture which would be further diluted before use.[11] Later, he found that the amount of dew he could collect was not sufficient, so he would suspend flowers in spring water and allow the sun's rays to pass through them.[10]

"Rather than recognizing the role of germ theory of disease, defective organs and/or tissue, and other known and demonstrable sources of disease, Bach thought of illness as the result of a conflict between the purposes of the soul and the personality's actions and outlooks. This internal war, according to Bach, leads to negative moods and energy blocking, which causes a lack of "harmony," thus leading to physical diseases.'

The doctor has passed away back in 1936.

A good idea is to discuss with a pharmacist if you are going to take herbals along with any of your regular medication as the two can have a bad effect such as St. John's wort and depression medication-even if you drink grapefruit juice that can also cause trouble with some prescribed medication!

Yes, it annoying when spammers use Care2 to drop in about dating and whatnot and beware anyone saying such and such a company is the ONLY solution.
Anyone contemplating suicide needs to consult a professional health care provider or hospital immediately.

send a green star

7:54PM PDT on Apr 12, 2012

According to someone here he is a charlatan-of course people need to do research online and from many sources that are not connected to business sites such as selling herbs or prescribed medications to come to your own conclusion.

According to Wikipedia:

"Edward Bach ; September 24, 1886 – November 27, 1936) was a British physician, homeopath and spiritual writer, best known for developing a range of remedies called the Bach flower remedies, a form of alternative medicine inspired by classical homeopathic traditions.

In 1930, at the age of 43, he decided to search for a new healing technique. He spent the spring and summer discovering and preparing new flower remedies - which include no part of the plant but simply what Bach claimed to be the pattern of energy of the flower. In the winter he treated patients free of charge.

Rather than being based on medical research, using the scientific method, Bach's flower remedies were intuitively derived[9] and based on his perceived psychic connections to the plants.[4]p. 185 If he felt a negative emotion, he would hold his hand over different plants, and if one alleviated the emotion, he would ascribe the power to heal that emotional problem to that plant. He believed that early morning sunlight passing through dew-drops on flower petals transferred the healing power of the flower onto the water,[10] so he would collect the dew drops from the plants and preserve the dew with an equal amount of brandy to produce a moth

Rebecca W.

7:51PM PST on Nov 6, 2011

Interesting article! So many of these plants grow right in my backyard! :)

Izis A.

4:38PM PST on Nov 6, 2011

thank you, i really need this.

JE M.

11:59AM PDT on Nov 5, 2011

thx

Nimue P.

8:32PM PDT on Nov 4, 2011

Thanks :)

Abbe A.

5:18PM PDT on Sep 7, 2011

beautiful

jane r.

11:38AM PDT on Jun 2, 2011

thanks

Nirmala J.

10:08AM PDT on Apr 14, 2011

Where would one purchase these flower remedies?

Cindy B.

10:43PM PDT on Apr 3, 2011

Very interesting! I'll try to put this info where I can easily get to it again (not easy these days when we are inundated with info coming from every direction!) Anyway, I do suffer from anxiety and depression from time to time -- just enough to sabotage me in sneaky little ways but not bad enough to warrant an Rx med, not that I'd want one... Thanks.