Bachs Rescue Remedy An Amazing Way to Ease Stress

Bachs Rescue Remedy is an anxiety homeopathic remedy that will relieve stress and leave you feeling calm with no harmful side effects. This remedy definitely belongs in every self-reliant homesteader's medicine cabinet. If you're looking for a safe, gentle way to ease momentary stress in your life, this remedy is for you.

What is Rescue Remedy?

Dr. Edward Bach was a homeopath and physician who was convinced that emotional trauma, if left untreated, could result in physical diseases. He spent years studying how to use the essences drawn from plants, especially flowers, to improve emotional well-being.

Dr. Bach used the essences from the flowers that grew at his home in Mount Vernon, Oxfordshire, England, to create his unique remedy. When he realized how effective his remedy was at easing anxiety and other stress, he wanted to make his remedy available to the general public. He enlisted Nelsons Homeopathic Pharmacy in London to make and sell his unique formula.

Rescue Remedy is made from the essences of the same five different flowers that Dr. Bach used:

Rock Rose, which will help alleviate terror and panic;

Impatiens, which eases impatience (the name makes it easy to remember) and irritability;

Clematis to help make you more attentive;

Star of Bethlehem to help ease shock;

and Cherry Plum, which helps to calm irrational thoughts.

Does it Really Work?

The short answer to that question is yes. Rescue Remedy is no placebo. It has an amazing effect not only on adults, but also on children and pets. Plus, there are no harmful side effects to taking it, and it isn't addictive.

Some people have taken the remedy regularly for years and claim it helped them heal from long-term traumas and stress.

My personal feeling on this is that I would rather start with something safe, such as Bachs Rescue Remedy, than take pharmaceuticals, which can sometimes have devastating side effects.

What are Flower Essences?

Flower essences aren't like herbal tinctures, which are concentrated extracts of different plant parts. It's far more complex. Homeopaths long ago discovered that water molecules take on a mirror image of whatever they are exposed to. Practitioners who use flower essences are convinced that flowers placed in water transmit a vibrational message to their surrounding water, especially when exposed to the sun for a length of time. Eventually, the flower's imprint is left on the water.

And while herbal tinctures help with physical ailments (many drugs are actually synthetic versions of herbal tinctures), flower essences help your mind recognize, resolve, or release not only emotions, but also destructive patterns of behavior.

I'm all in for anything that can ease suppressed negative emotions in a low-cost and safe way.

Why Flower Essences?

Ancient peoples used flower essences to help elevate mood and ease emotional distress. The Aboriginals still use flower essences for healing.

After researching these matters extensively, Dr. Bach became convinced that flowers were a natural and powerful form of healing. He carefully documented how flowers affect people and animals. He eventually chose 38 different flowers and infused them in water before giving them to his patients to help ease different forms of emotional distress. More and more people wanted his flower remedies.

Unfortunately, flowers infused in water only last a week before they develop bacteria and mold, so Dr. Bach began using brandy in his infusions to preserve the flower essences. Thus, this popular form of anxiety homeopathic remedy was born.

The 38 remedies that Dr. Bach created are still being made today. Each different remedy can help with different types of emotional distress.

How Flower Essences are Made

You can also make flower essences by placing the flowers in boiling water. Then you mix the essence with brandy to preserve it.

How to Use Bachs Rescue Remedy

Rescue Remedy comes in a slender bottler with a dropper. Four drops of Rescue Remedy is generally all you need. You can take them either orally under your tongue or add it to water or juice and sip it.

If you're concerned about the alcohol, you can put the drops in hot water. The alcohol will evaporate in a few minutes and you can then drink it. Or you can rub Rescue Remedy into the pulse points of your skin.

Can I Make It Myself?

You can, indeed, make your own remedy. Buy a glass bowl that you plan to use only to make your flower remedies and fill the bowl with spring water. Use fresh spring water. Do not use tap water, as it will likely have fluoride or other contaminants. 

Drop the flowers onto the water's surface until the water is completely covered. Leave the bowl in full sunlight for at least two hours. After at least two hours, use a couple of twigs to remove the flowers from the water, but don't touch the water with your hands.

Using a funnel, pour the water into an amber bottle until the bottle is half full. Then add brandy until the bottle is full. This is your mother tincture.

Then use a glass dropper to add seven drops into a 20 ml bottle. Then fill the bottle with alcohol. This is your own, homemade Bachs rescue remedy.

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About the Author

My name is Sue Merriam, and I began the journey of self-reliant living more than three decades ago, which enabled me to stay home with my children. Fifteen years ago, I founded Joyful Homesteading to help others save money and face the future without fear. My goal is to give you practical, honest advice so you can save money and experience the joy of simple living. I hope you join me.

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