Bach Flower Remedies® for Women

Agrimony: This Essence helps those who appear carefree and humorous, but actually they hide behind a mask to hide their anxieties, worries and inner pain and fears. They dislike being alone and are very sociable, seeking company as a distraction. Agrimony helps them express their pain, fears and worries, moreover their cheerfulness will come from within, instead of covering up pain and worries.

Aspen: This Essence helps those who feel fears and worried of unknown origin. The fears or worries comes suddenly without any specific reason. A typical need for Aspen is on waking in fear from a bad dream, even if the dream itself is forgotten. Aspen helps us to a inner peace, security and fearlessness.

Beech: This Essence is for those who are constantly making criticism, intolerant of other people's shortcoming and unable to make allowances. They are easily irritated by other people's mannerisms or habits. They are convinced that they are always in the right and everyone else in the wrong. Beech helps you to be more tolerant and to get a sense of compassion for unity with others, such as co-workers, mother-in-law and your noisy neighbor. Beech helps you to see the good in others despite their imperfections.

Centaury: This Essence is for those who can't say "no." They let themselves be imposed on and even bullied by others. For example, your boss knows that you have to leave early on Wednesdays, to pick up your son from soccer, but every Wednesday you boss have something you need to have done before you leave and you always end up staying longer and therefore always shows up late after your daughter's soccer is over over. Centaury helps you say "not today, I need to pick up my daughter. Any other day is okay but not on Wednesdays." Centaury will help you stay in touch with your own wishes and you will be able to express and defend your own opinions.

Cerato: This Essence helps when you have a hard time making decisions. When you have to make a decision; such as, where to live, what to wear or where to go. You tend to seek advise and confirmations from others, not listening to your own intuition. You might often follow others advises and later regret is, since you actually knew that it wouldn't be what you wanted. Cerato helps you listening to your own wisdom and follow it.

Cherry Plum: This helps when you are on the verge of breakdown, possible suicide. You feel in such despair that you feel that you are loosing your sanity.

Chestnut Bud: This Essence helps when you keep doing the same mistake over and over again, you just don't seem to learn. You keep repeat the same mistakes, such as falling over and over again for the same partner, or continuing to work in an unsuitable job. Instead of learning from past mistakes you tend to forget them. Chestnut Bud helps you to take full advantage of daily experiences and learn from them so that you can move forward in life.

Chicory helps you at times where you get too selfishly possessive, you tend to manipulate your loved ones and expect others to conform to your values. You may be too critical, interfering and nagging. Chicory helps you care for others unselfishly and give without expecting anything and allow loved ones to be themselves and live their own lives. 

Clematis: This Essence helps when you lose interest in the present. You have difficulty in concentrating, due to a tendency to daydream rather than lack of innate ability. Clematis helps you get a lively interest in the world around you and in life.

Crab Apple: This Essence helps when you feel self-disgust or believe that something about yourself or partner is unclean. Crab Apple it the cleansing essence for mind and body. This Essence is needed when you can not look in the mirror and say "Whow... I am beautiful." Crab Apple helps you look at yourself without critique.

Elm: This Essence helps when you feel overwhelmed by responsibilities. It can be at work, at home, when you think about responsibilities as a mother. You just feel that thing are over your head. Elm helps you calm down and think rationally. Elm will help you take one step at the time and before you know it you will feel that you have everything under control again.

Gentian: This Essence helps when you feel discouraged and despondent. You get easily discouraged and depressed when things go wrong or faced with difficulties. Gentian helps you realize that there is no such thing as failure when one is doing one's best, no matter what the result. No obstacle seems too great, and no task too daunting to undertake.

Gorse: This Essence helps when you feel hopelessness and despair, you may suffer from a chronically illness and been told that nothing can be done. Gorse helps you get a sense of faith and hope, despite current physical or mental problems.

Heather: This Essence helps at times where you are too self-preoccupied, you may talk to others about your problem without realizing that you have buttonholed everyone of them. Heather helps you put your own suffering to good use by empathize with others.

Holly: This Essence helps when you feel jealousy, envy, suspicion and hatred. These feelings often come from insecurity and mental suffering and lack of ability to love. Holly helps you feel compassion, love and inner harmony.

Honeysuckle: This Essence helps you move forward when over-attached to past memories, you may feel regrets over things that happened in the past. Honeysuckle helps you move forward and to live in the present. Aging is accepted as a natural process.

Hornbeam: This Essence helps when you have the "Monday morning feeling" all week. The weariness is rather mental than physical and it is difficult to face the day's work.

Impatiens: This Essence helps when you get impatient and irritated. Other people feels slow and insufficient and you get nervy, frustrated and impatient. Impatiens helps you relax and feel sympathetic to those who are slow. You will cope calmly and diplomatically with irritating problems.

Larch: This Essence helps you when you lack self-confidence and self esteem. You doubt your abilities and therefore do not even try. Although, you are aware, secretly, that you have potential abilities you refuse to acknowledge it and thereby avoiding the risk of failure. Therefore, you tend to become discouraged and depressed. Larch helps you regain a realistic sense of self esteem and confidence, unworried about failure or success.

Mimulus: This Essence helps when you have fear known things, such as, fear of spiders, fear of not being good enough, fear of being old, fear of not succeeding, fear of heights, fear of public speaking etc. You might also be shy, tongue-tied in company, you might even be blushing and stammering. Mimulus helps you regain courage to face trails and difficulties with humor and confidence. You will be able to stand up for yourself, and with the emotions under control can enjoy life without fear.

Mustard: This Essence helps when you get depressed without any reason. You feel like a black cloud suddenly appear without reason. It destroys your normal cheerfulness and everything suddenly feels utterly hopeless. Suddenly for no reason the cloud disappear and you feel cheerful again and life suddenly feels full of hope again. Mustard helps you lift the cloud so that you can enjoy life in all aspects.

Oak: This Essence helps you when are exhausted but you keep to struggle on. You are normally strong and brave, because of your sense of duty you ignore your tiredness and do not allow yourself rest. You feel tired, frustrated, stressed and depressed. Oak helps you restore your energy and makes you recognize the need to take time off to relax and look after yourself.

Olive: This Essence helps when you feel utterly tired both mentally and physically. Olive restore strength, vitality and

Pine: This Essence helps when you feel guilt and self-reproach. You may blame yourself for other people's mistakes and everything that goes wrong. Pine helps you regain energy, vitality and pleasure.

Red Chestnut: This Essence helps when you worry about the health of your loved ones. The worry is usually blown out of proportions and un-necessary.

Rock Rose: This Essence helps when you feel terror, such as after being in an accident or having a near escape, or from witnessing an accident. The fear gives you a sense of frozen fear and helplessness.

Rock Water: This Essence helps when you are over-conscientious and set too high standards for yourself. 

Scleranthus: This Essence helps when you feel uncertain and can not decide between two possibilities, the red dress or the blue.......

Star of Bethlehem: This Essence helps when you have been through an traumatic experience both during and after, even an experience that have happened when you were a child.

Sweet Chestnut: This Essence helps when you hopeless despair. You feel a intense sorrow and feel almost destroyed by it. You may feel on the point of nervous breakdown.

Vervain: This Essence helps at times that you get over-enthusiasm, you put too much effort into everything and pushes yourself beyond your physical limit. You may feel that you are burning the candle in both ends. Vervain helps you to relax both mentally and physically.

Vine: This Essence helps when you get too dominating and inflexible. You are most likely in a position where you are the boss, but you use your power to put others down. Vine helps you see the good in others and encourage and guide without controlling them.

Walnut: This Essence helps go through changes, such as, moving, change job or through a separation. Walnut helps you go through transitions calmly and remain steadfast in your own path. It's a great protection against negative energy from other people.

Water Violet: This Essence helps those who are private and sedate, they are mostly knowledgeable, calm and capable. They are often lonely, because they keep a distance to others and seem un-reachable.

White Chestnut: This Essence helps when your mind is full of unwanted thoughts and mental arguments. These mental arguments can often keep you from sleeping at night. White Chestnut helps you clear your mind and get the thinking under control and can be put to positive use in problem-solving. Worry is replaces by trust in a positive outcome.

Wild Oat: This Essence helps when you feel uncertain as to which direction to take in life, such as, choosing an career, you have reached a cross-road in life and are completely undecided as to what way to go. Wild Oat helps you get a clear picture of what to do in life, with positive idea and ambitions, and the ability to decide upon one's true path.

Wild Rose: This Essence helps when you are resigned to an unpleasant situation, but feel to apathetic to do anything. Wild Rose helps you to regain a lively interest in life and therefore helps you find your purpose in life.

Willow: This Essence helps at times where you feel bitterness and self-pity. You ask yourself "Why does this happen to me?" "I don't deserve this." You feel grumble and critical. Willow helps you regain faith and optimism. You will be able to forgive and forget past injustices and enjoy life. You are in control of your own destiny.