Bach-Flower-Therapy  

This kind of therapy belong to Holistic medicine and is not checked and acknowledged by natural-science and traditional medicine.

„Illness is neither cruelty nor punishment but only a correction re establish the balance and harmony between body and soul“ Dr. Edward Bach

The Bach Flower Holistic Health principle of medicine is a complete health care system comprised of ”healing similar with similar. “ Every single flower has its own character and the character of this flower is geared to agree with the character of your dog ,. Normally the 38 different flowers are individually mixed together for one pet. Every animal has its own unique character and organization. It is  possible to mix as many as  6 flowers into one therapy-bottle.

The most well known Bach-flower is No. 39 called “Rescue-Remedy”. It is the only complete mixture in the system and contains the flowers „Star of Bethlehem, Rock Rose, Impatiens, Cherry Plum and Clematis“. 

The Rescue remedy medicine should  be used in any situation of stress, or shock, after an accident. This might be of particular interest to someone who has a Dog that tends to find itself in dog  fights.

Most important for interested users is to know that Bach-Flower-Remedies are uniquely suited for the purpose of balancing a disturbed psyche! 

The most important question before doing a holistic therapy is „why“.

 „Why does the dog itch, why does it feel sick...“  Sometimes a serious disease makes the dog feel powerless and fatigued , Also a bad mental situtation can favour or allow an organic illness to develop. You can use Bach-Flowers and homoeopathics best together if you want to treat the animal completely. This would indicate treating the „whole living being“ . Administer  homoeopathic medicine to balance the body and take Bach-Flowers for balancing the psyche/soul/mind  or the complete dog.

You  cannot heal organic diseases with the flowers – but you can help your dog to balance its psyche when a serious illness might have disturbed the equilibrium of the animal. For instance, : if your dog has got a skin- or hair-problem or other illnesses it can experience malaise be , without any power, apathetic as well as impatient, hectic, too active, jealous and so on. The administration of Bach Flowers would enable the dog to more adequatly fight the organic disease.

I have a friend who is a skeptic about the administration of Bach Flowers.  She asked me what to give her too active Briard.  I suggest that the hyper-activity was due to an imbalance which would indicate the use of Vervain (Lemon Verbena) Bach Flowers.  She didn’t pay much attention to my advice until she noticed that the only plant in her entire large yard that her dog had decided to nibble on was her four Verbein bushes which she used for tea.

Bach-flowers you should keep in your home-rescue-drugstore because having a dog sometimes means to get into a „rescue-situation“ : Rescue, Crab apple, Star of Bethlehem. Also the „Rescue-cream“ is helpful. If you need a solution for a local therapy take 50ml of water + 25 drops of the Rescue-remedie. 

© by Petra Stein