What are Bach Flower Essences?

In the 1930's Edward Bach, a British, physician, bacteriologist and homeopath who developed a line of plant essences that he claimed would remedy negative emotional states, along with a system of matching a specific essence to a specific problem. Perhaps the most famous among these is a formulations is called Rescue Remedy.

Flower essences do not contain any of the actual molecular structure of the original plant but rather embody the very "essence" of the healing qualities of the plant. Flower essences are very safe and can be given to children, the elderly and the sick as well as general populations.