How to Choose a Flower Essence
Flower essences are potentized flower extracts, which address the mental and emotional aspects of wellness. For over 20 years, Flower Essence Services has enjoyed a reputation for professional quality and service. FES has pioneered the development of the FES Quintessentials™ North American flower essences, whose qualities are corroborated by extensive clinical feedback from health practitioners throughout the world. We also represent the Healing Herbs™ English Flower Essences, prepared by Julian Barnard of England, according to the original indications of Dr. Edward Bach.
"Flower essences are tremendously effective at balancing the emotional and physical aspects associated with disease imbalances. They are key in getting many medical conditions resolved. They promote the ultimate healing of the person, not just the physical body. Where there is no dissonance between the spirit inside and the physical manifestation outside the person, a condition is created where disease is not possible … Flower essences are also effective when used as a preventative measure, catching problems before they manifest as diseases. "I have been using flower essences in my practice for eleven years. Flower Essence Services products work on aspects different from traditional flower remedies, and I have found them to be highly effective -- there hasn't been one that hasn't done what it's supposed to do when following an evolving situation as a client grows and changes. I wholeheartedly recommend FES essences for professional therapeutic use, and invite other practitioners to use them personally to experience their healing qualities firsthand."Dr. Thomas Worden, Chiropractor, Connecticut
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Agrimony Agrimonia eupatoria (yellow)
Positive qualities: Emotional honesty, acknowledging and working with
emotional pain, obtaining true inner peace.
Patterns of imbalance: Anxiety hidden by a mask of cheerfulness; denial and
avoidance of emotional pain, addictive behavior to anesthetize feelings.
Aloe Vera Aloe vera (yellow)
Positive qualities: Creative activity balanced and centered in vital
life-energy.
Patterns of imbalance: Overuse or misuse of fiery, creative forces;
"burned-out" feeling.
Alpine Lily Lilium parvum (red-orange)
Positive qualities: For women, acceptance of one's femininity grounded in a
deepened
experience of the female body.
Patterns of imbalance: Overly abstract sense of femininity; disembodied,
alienation from or rejection of female organs as "lower".
Angel’s Trumpet Datura candida (white)
Positive qualities: Spiritual surrender at death or at times of deep
transformation; opening the heart to the spiritual world.
Patterns of imbalance: Fear of death, resistance to letting go of life or to
crossing the spiritual threshold; denial of the reality of the spiritual
world.
Angelica Angelica archangelica (white)
Positive qualities: Feeling protection and guidance from spiritual beings,
especially at threshold experiences such as birth and death.
Patterns of imbalance: Feeling cut off, bereft of spiritual guidance and
protection.
Arnica Arnica mollis (yellow)
Positive qualities: Conscious embodiment, especially during shock or trauma;
recovery from deep-seated shock or trauma.
Patterns of imbalance: Disconnection of Higher Self from body during shock
or trauma; disassociation, unconsciousness.
Aspen Populus tremula (green/gray)
Positive qualities: Trust and confidence to meet the unknown, drawing inner
strength from the spiritual world.
Patterns of imbalance: Fear of the unknown, vague anxiety and apprehension,
hidden fears, nightmares.
Baby Blue Eyes Nemophilo menziesii (light blue)
Positive qualities: Childlike innocence and trust; feeling at home in the
world, at ease with oneself, supported and loved; connected with the
spiritual world.
Patterns of imbalance: Defensiveness, insecurity, mistrust of others;
estrangement from the spiritual world; lack of support from the father in
childhood.
Basil Ocimum basilicum (white)
Positive qualities: Integration of sexuality and spirituality into a sacred
wholeness.
Patterns of imbalance: Polarization of sexuality and spirituality, often
leading to clandestine behavior or marital stress.
Beech Fagus sylvatica (red)
Positive qualities: Tolerance, acceptance of others' differences and
imperfections, seeing the good within each person and situation.
Patterns of imbalance: Criticalness, judgmental attitudes, intolerance;
perfectionist expectations of others; oversensitivity to one's social and
physical environment.
Black Cohosh Cimicifuga racemosa (white)
Positive qualities: Courage to confront rather than retreat from abusive or
threatening situations.
Patterns of imbalance: Being caught in relationships or lifestyle which are
abusive, addictive, violent; dark, brooding emotions.
Black-Eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta (yellow/black center)
Positive qualities: Awake consciousness capable of acknowledging all aspects
of the Self; penetrating insight.
Patterns of imbalance: Avoidance or repression of traumatic or painful
aspects of the personality.
Blackberry Rubus ursinus (white/pink)
Positive qualities: Exuberant manifestation in the world; clearly directed
forces of will, decisive action.
Patterns of imbalance: Inability to translate goals and ideals into concrete
action or viable activities.
Bleeding Heart Dicentra formosa (pink)
Positive qualities: Loving others unconditionally, with an open heart;
emotional freedom.
Patterns of imbalance: Forming relationships based on fear or
possessiveness; emotional co-dependence.
Borage Borago officinalis (blue)
Positive qualities: Ebullient heart forces, buoyant courage and optimism.
Patterns of imbalance: Heavy-heartedness, lack of confidence in facing
difficult circumstances.
Buttercup Ranunculus occidentalis (yellow)
Positive qualities: Radiant inner light, unattached to outer recognition or
fame.
Patterns of imbalance: Feelings of low self-worth, inability to acknowledge
or experience one's inner light and uniqueness.
Calendula Calendula officinalis (orange)
Positive qualities: Healing warmth and receptivity, especially in the use of
the spoken word and in dialogue with others.
Patterns of imbalance: Using cutting or sharp words; argumentative, lack of
receptivity in communication with others.
California Pitcher Plant Darlingtonia californica (green/purple)
Positive qualities: Earthy vitality, especially integration of the more
instinctual and bodily aspects of oneself.
Patterns of imbalance: Feeling listless, anemic; disassociated from or even
fearful of the instinctual aspects of the Self.
California Poppy Eschscholzia californica (gold)
Positive qualities: Finding spirituality within one's heart; balancing light
and love; developing an inner center of knowing.
Patterns of imbalance: Seeking outside oneself for false forms of light or
higher consciousness, especially through escapism or addiction.
California Wild Rose Rosa californica (pink)
Positive qualities: Love for the Earth and for human life, enthusiasm for
doing and serving.
Patterns of imbalance: Apathy or resignation, inability to catalyze will
forces through the heart.
Calla Lily Zantedeschia aethiopica (white/yellow)
Positive qualities: Clarity about sexual identity, sexual self-acceptance;
balance of masculine and feminine qualities.
Patterns of imbalance: Confusion, ambivalence about sexual identity or
gender.
Canyon Dudleya Dudleya cymosa (orange)
Positive qualities: Healthy spiritual opening, balanced psychic and physical
energies; grounded presence in everyday life; positive charisma.
Patterns of imbalance: Distorted psychic experiences; preoccupied with
mediumism; overinflated involvement in psychic or charismatic experiences.
Cayenne Capsicum annuum (white)
Positive qualities: Fiery and energetic, inwardly mobile, capable of change
and transformation.
Patterns of imbalance: Stagnation, inability to move forward toward change.
Centaury Centaurium erythraea (or Centaurium umbellatum) (pink)
Positive qualities: Serving others from inner strength, with a healthy
recognition of one’s own needs; acting from strength of inner purpose,
saying "No" when appropriate.
Patterns of imbalance: Weak-willed, dominated by others, servile, acting to
please; difficulty saying "No," neglecting one’s own needs.
Cerato Ceratostigma willmottiana (blue)
Positive qualities: Trusting one’s inner knowing, intuition;
self-confidence, certainty.
Patterns of imbalance: Uncertainty or doubt of oneself; invalidating what
one knows, over-dependent on advice from others.
Chamomile Matricaria recutita (white/yellow center)
Positive qualities: Serene, sun-like disposition, emotional balance.
Patterns of imbalance: Easily upset, moody and irritable, inability to
release emotional tension.
Chaparral Larrea tridentata (yellow)
Positive qualities: Balanced psychic awareness, deep penetration and
understanding of the transpersonal aspects of oneself.
Patterns of imbalance: Psychic and physical toxicity, disturbed dreams;
chaotic inner life, drug addiction.
Cherry Plum Prunus cerasifera (white)
Positive qualities: Spiritual surrender and trust, feeling guided and
protected by a Higher Power; balance and equanimity despite extreme stress.
Patterns of imbalance: Fear of losing control, or of mental and emotional
breakdown; desperate, destructive impulses.
Chestnut Bud Prunus cerasifera (white)
Positive qualities: Spiritual surrender and trust, feeling guided and
protected by a Higher Power; balance and equanimity despite extreme stress.
Patterns of imbalance: Fear of losing control, or of mental and emotional
breakdown; desperate, destructive impulses.
Chicory Cichorium intybus (blue)
Positive qualities: Selfless love given freely, respecting the freedom and
individuality of others.
Patterns of imbalance: Expressing love by being possessive, demanding, and
needy; getting attention through negative behavior; self-centeredness.
Chrysanthemum Chrysanthemum morifolium (red-brown)
Positive qualities: Shifting the ego identification from one's personality
to a higher spiritual identity; feeling oneself as transpersonal and
transcendent.
Patterns of imbalance: Fear of aging and mortality, identification with
youth and lower personality; mid-life crisis.
Clematis Clematis vitalba (white)
Positive qualities: Awake, focused presence; manifesting inspiration in
practical life; embodiment.
Patterns of imbalance: Avoidance of the present by daydreaming;
other-worldly and impractical ideals.
Corn Zea mays (yellow-white)
Positive qualities: Alignment with the Earth, especially through the body
and feet; grounded presence.
Patterns of imbalance: Inability to stay centered in the body;
disorientation and stress, particularly in urban environments.
Cosmos Cosmos bipinnatus (red-purple/yellow)
Positive qualities: Integration of ideas and speech; ability to express
thoughts with coherence and clarity.
Patterns of imbalance: Unfocused, disorganized communication; overexcited
speech, overwhelmed by too many ideas.
Crab Apple Malus Sylvestris (white tinged with pink)
Positive qualities: Cleansing, bringing a sense of inner purity.
Patterns of imbalance: Feeling unclean, impure, guilty, obsessed with
perfection.
Dandelion Taraxacum officinale (yellow)
Positive qualities: Dynamic, effortless energy; lively activity balanced
with inner ease.
Patterns of imbalance: Overly tense, especially in the musculature of the
body, over-striving and hard-driving.
Deerbrush Ceanothus integerrimus (white)
Positive qualities: Gentle purity, clarity of purpose; sincerity of motive.
Patterns of imbalance: Mixed or conflicting motives; subconscious feelings
which propel outer actions.
Dill Anethum graveolens (yellow)
Positive qualities: Experiencing and absorbing the fullness of life,
especially its sensory aspects.
Patterns of imbalance: Overwhelm due to overstimulation, hypersensitivity to
environment or to outer activity, sensory congestion.
Dogwood Cornus nuttallii (yellow/white bracts)
Positive qualities: Grace-filled movement, physical and etheric harmony.
Patterns of imbalance: Awkward and painful awareness of the body; emotional
trauma stored deep within the body.
Easter Lily Lilium longiflorum (white)
Positive qualities: Inner purity of soul, especially the ability to
integrate sexuality and spirituality.
Patterns of imbalance: Feeling that sexuality is impure, unclean; inner
conflicts about sexuality.
Echinacea Echinacea purpurea (pink/purple)
Positive qualities: Core integrity, contacting and maintaining an integrated
sense of Self, especially when severely challenged.
Patterns of imbalance: Feeling shattered by severe trauma or abuse which has
destroyed one's sense of Self; threatened by physical or emotional
disintegration.
Elm Ulmus procera (reddish brown)
Positive qualities: Joyous service, faith and confidence to complete one's
task.
Patterns of imbalance: Overwhelmed by duties and responsibilities, feeling
unequal to the task required.
Evening Primrose Oenothera hookeri (yellow)
Positive qualities: Awareness and healing of painful early emotions absorbed
from the mother; ability to open emotionally and form deep, committed
relationships.
Patterns of imbalance: Feeling rejected, unwanted; avoidance of commitment
in relationships, fear of parenthood; sexual and emotional repression.
Fairy Lantern Calochortus albus (white)
Positive qualities: Healthy maturation; acceptance of adult
responsibilities.
Patterns of imbalance: Immaturity, helplessness, neediness, childish
dependency; unable to take responsibility.
Fawn Lily Erythronium purpurascens (yellow with purple)
Positive qualities: Accepting and becoming involved with the world; sharing
one's spiritual gifts with others.
Patterns of imbalance: Withdrawal, isolation, self-protection; overly
delicate, lacking the inner strength to face the world.
Filaree Erodium cicutarium (violet)
Positive qualities: Star-like vision, a cosmic overview which holds the
events of ordinary life in perspective.
Patterns of imbalance: Disproportionate and obsessive worry; unable to gain
a wider perspective on daily events.
Five Flower Formula Combination Remedy
Positive qualities: Calmness and stability in any emergency or time of
stress.
Patterns of imbalance: Panic, disorientation, loss of consciousness.
More about this essence combination: Five-Flower Formula is a highly
effective, synergistic blend of five different flower essences in the
repertory of English flower essences. This remarkable combination was first
developed by Dr. Edward Bach in the 1930's through his own practice and
observation. It may be used in any kind of emergency, trauma, or in
circumstances when one needs immediate help, before and after moments of
difficulty, for accidents and upsets. It has a calming influence, helping to
restore peace and emotional balance. It is especially effective with
children. It is also good for plants and animals, with the addition of other
single essences as appropriate.
Rock Rose Helianthemum nummularium
Rock Rose is used for extreme conditions of terror or fear. Its role within
the Five-Flower Formula is to bring stabilization and calm, particularly by
helping to anchor light, or an inner force of sun-radiance, which typically
darkens during extreme states of fear or panic.
Clematis Clematis vitalba
This plant exudes a quality of dreamy, floaty "other-worldliness", and is
indicated for amorphous states of awareness which are lacking in clarity and
fully awake consciousness. In the Five-Flower Formula, Clematis helps to
draw one's consciousness back into the body and into present time during
episodes of extreme stress, when one tends to lose connection with the
physical body.
Impatiens Impatiens glandulifera
As its old folk name of Impatiens suggests, this flower essence is used to
balance and soothe those who suffer from intense irritability, impulsivity,
or hastiness. The Impatiens flower helps us to "breathe with" time, rather
than to fight it. Thus we can understand its important role in the
Five-Flower Formula, when extreme crisis or emergency often distorts our
ability to remain calm and to flow with outer events.
Cherry Plum Prunus cerasifera
Cherry Plum is beneficial for states of extreme tension and fear of losing
control. This over-straining and tightening of one's "psychic grip" on
reality creates incredible stress. Like the pure white flowers themselves,
the Cherry Plum brings a sense of inner peace and stillness to the Five
Flower Formula, allowing us to ease the contraction felt in body and mind
during times of panic and emergency.
Star Of Bethlehem Ornithogalum umbellatum
This is a significant remedy for various states of shock or trauma, which
have distorted or diminished one's more radiant inner forces. In the
Five-Flower Formula, the Star of Bethlehem helps us to regain deep
composure, allowing us to learn from and master the situation at hand.
Beyond the immediate recovery from shock and trauma, the Star of Bethlehem
also points us to a deeper sense of acceptance and understanding of our
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Forget-Me-Not Myosotis sylvatica (blue)
Positive qualities: Awareness of karmic connections in one's personal
relationships and with those in the spiritual world; deep mindfulness of
subtle realms; soul-based relationships.
Patterns of imbalance: Loneliness, isolation; lack of awareness of spiritual
connection with others.
Fuchsia Fuchsia hybrida (red/purple)
Positive qualities: Genuine emotional vitality, ability to express deep
feelings.
Patterns of imbalance: False states of emotionality which cover more
deeply-seated pain and trauma; psychosomatic symptoms.
Garlic Allium sativum (violet)
Positive qualities: Unitive consciousness, sense of wholeness which imparts
strength andactive resistance.
Patterns of imbalance: Fearful, weak or easily influenced, prone to low
vitality.
Gentian Gentiana amarella (purple)
Positive qualities: Perseverance, confidence; faith to continue despite
apparent setbacks.
Patterns of imbalance: Discouragement after a setback; doubt.
Golden Eardrops Dicentra chrysantha (yellow)
Positive qualities: Contacting one's childhood experience as a source of
emotional well-being; releasing painful memories from the past.
Patterns of imbalance: Suppressed toxic memories of childhood; feelings of
pain and trauma about past events which affect present emotional balance.
Golden Yarrow Achillea filipendulina (yellow)
Positive qualities: Remaining open to others while still feeling inner
protection; active social involvement which preserves the integrity of the
Self.
Patterns of imbalance: For outgoing people who are overly influenced by
their environment and by other people; protecting oneself from vulnerability
to others by withdrawal and social isolation.
Goldenrod Solidago californica (yellow)
Positive qualities: Well-developed individuality, inner sense of Self
balanced with group or social consciousness.
Patterns of imbalance: Easily influenced by group or family ties; inability
to be true to oneself, subject to peer pressure or social expectations.
Gorse Ulex europaeus (golden yellow)
Positive qualities: Deep and abiding faith and hope; equanimity and
light-filled optimism.
Patterns of imbalance: Discouragement, darkness, hopelessness, resignation.
Heather Calluna vulgaris (pink, purple)
Positive qualities: Inner tranquillity; emotional self-sufficiency.
Patterns of imbalance: Over-talkative, self-absorbed; over-concerned with
one's own problems.
Hibiscus Hibiscus rosa-sinensis (red)
Positive qualities: Warmth and responsiveness in female sexuality;
integration of soul warmth and bodily passion.
Patterns of imbalance: Inability to connect with one's female sexuality;
lack of warmth and vitality, often due to prior exploitation or abuse.
Holly Ilex aquifolium (white, tinged with pink)
Positive qualities: Feeling love and extending love to others; universal
compassion, open heart.
Patterns of imbalance: Feeling cut off from love; jealousy, envy, suspicion,
anger.
Honeysuckle Lonicera caprifolium (red/white)
Positive qualities: Being fully in the present; learning from the past while
releasing it.
Patterns of imbalance: Nostalgia; emotional attachment to the past, longing
for what was.
Hornbeam Carpinus betulus (yellow/green)
Positive qualities: Energy, enthusiasm, involvement in life's tasks.
Patterns of imbalance: Fatigue, weariness; daily tasks seen as an
overwhelming burden.
Hound’s tongue Cynoglossum grande (blue/white)
Positive qualities: Holistic thinking; perceiving the physical world and
physical life with spiritually clear thoughts.
Patterns of imbalance: Seeing the world in materialistic terms, weighed down
or dulled by a mundane or overly scientific viewpoint.
Impatience Impatiens glandulifera (pink/mauve)
Positive qualities: Patience, acceptance; flowing with the pace of life and
others.
Patterns of imbalance: Impatience, irritation, tension, intolerance.
Indian Paintbrush Castilleja miniata (red)
Positive qualities: Lively, energetic creativity, exuberant artistic
activity.
Patterns of imbalance: Low vitality and exhaustion, difficulty rousing
physical forces to sustain the intensity of creative work; inability to
bring creative forces into physical expression.
Indian Pink Silene californica (red)
Positive qualities: Remaining centered and focused, even under stress;
managing and coordinating diverse forms of activity.
Patterns of imbalance: Psychic forces which are easily torn or shattered by
too much activity; inability to stay centered during intense activity.
Iris Iris douglasiana (blue-violet)
Positive qualities: Inspired artistry, deep soulfulness which is in touch
with higher realms; radiant, iridescent vision and perspective.
Patterns of imbalance: Lacking inspiration or creativity; feeling weighed
down by the ordinariness of the world; dullness.
Lady’s Slipper Yellow Cypripedium parviflorum (yellow)
Positive qualities: Integration of spiritual purpose with daily work,
bringing spiritual power into the root chakra; spiritualized sexuality and
grounded spirituality.
Patterns of imbalance: Estranged from one's inner authority, inability to
integrate higher spiritual purpose with real life and work; nervous
exhaustion, sexual depletion.
Larch Larix decidua (red f./yellow m.)
Positive qualities: Self-confidence, creative expression, spontaneity.
Patterns of imbalance: Lack of confidence, expectation of failure,
self-censorship.
Larkspur Delphinium nuttallianum (blue-violet)
Positive qualities: Charismatic leadership, contagious enthusiasm, joyful
service.
Patterns of imbalance: Leadership distorted by self-aggrandizement or
burdensome dutifulness.
Lavender Lavandula officinalis (violet)
Positive qualities: Spiritual sensitivity, highly refined awareness.
Patterns of imbalance: Nervousness, overstimulation of spiritual forces
which depletes the physical body.
Lotus Nelumbo nucifera (pink)
Positive qualities: Open and expansive spirituality, meditative insight and
synthesis.
Patterns of imbalance: Spiritual pride, inflated spirituality.
Love-Lies-Bleeding Amaranthus caudatus (red)
Positive qualities: Transcendent consciousness, the ability to move beyond
personal pain, suffering or mental anguish by finding larger, transpersonal
meaning in such suffering; compassionate awareness of and attention to the
meaning of pain or suffering.
Patterns of imbalance: Intensification of pain and suffering due to
isolation; profound melancholia due to the over-personalization of one's
pain.
Madia Madia elegans (yellow/red spots)
Positive qualities: Precise thinking, disciplined focus and concentration.
Patterns of imbalance: Becoming easily distracted, inability to concentrate,
dull or listless.
Mallow Sidalcea glauscens (pink-violet)
Positive qualities: Warm and personable, open-hearted sharing and
friendliness.
Patterns of imbalance: Socially insecure, fear of reaching out to others;
creating barriers.
Manzanita Arctostaphylos viscida (white-pink)
Positive qualities: Embodiment, integration of spiritual Self with the
physical world.
Patterns of imbalance: Estranged from the earthly world; aversion, disgust
or revulsion toward the bodily Self and physical world.
Mariposa Lily Calochortus leichtlinii (white/yellow center/purple spots)
Positive qualities: Maternal consciousness, warm, feminine and nurturing;
mother-child bonding, healing of the inner child.
Patterns of imbalance: Alienated from mother or from mothering, feelings of
childhood abandonment or abuse.
Milkweed Asclepias cordifolia (red-purple)
Positive qualities: Healthy ego strength; independence and self-reliance.
Patterns of imbalance: Extreme dependency and emotional regression, dulling
the consciousness through drugs, alcohol, overeating; desire to escape from
self-awareness.
Mimulus Mimulus guttatus (yellow, red spots)
Positive qualities: Courage and confidence to face life's challenges.
Patterns of imbalance: Known fears of everyday life; shyness.
Morning Glory Ipomoea purpurea (blue)
Positive qualities: Sparkling vital force, feeling awake and refreshed, in
touch with Life.
Patterns of imbalance: Dull, toxic, or "hung over," inability to fully enter
the body, especially in the morning; addictive habits.
Mountain Penneyroyal Monardella odoratissima (violet)
Positive qualities: Strength and clarity of thought, mental integrity and
positivity.
Patterns of imbalance: Absorbing negative thoughts of others, psychic
contamination or possession.
Mountain Pride Penstemon newberryi (magenta)
Positive qualities: Forthright masculine energy; warrior-like spirituality
which confronts and transforms.
Patterns of imbalance: Vacillation and withdrawal in the face of challenge;
lack of assertiveness, inability to take a stand for one's convictions.
Mugwort Artemisia douglasiana (yellow)
Positive qualities: Integrating psychic and dream experiences with daily
life; multi-dimensional consciousness.
Patterns of imbalance: Inability to harmonize psychic forces, tendency to
hysteria or emotionality, overactive psychic life out of touch with the
physical world .
Mullein Verbascum thapsus (yellow)
Positive qualities: Strong sense of inner conscience, truthfulness,
uprightness.
Patterns of imbalance: Inability to hear one's inner voice; weakness and
confusion, indecisiveness; lying or deceiving oneself or others.
Mustared Sinapis arvensis (yellow)
Positive qualities: Emotional equanimity, finding joy in life.
Patterns of imbalance: Melancholy, gloom, despair; generalized depression
without obvious cause.
Nasturtium majus (orange-red)
Positive qualities: Glowing vitality, flaming, radiant energy and warmth.
Patterns of imbalance: Feeling overly "dry" or intellectual; depletion of
life-force and emotional verve.
Nicotina alata (white)
Positive qualities: Peace which is deeply centered in the heart; integration
of physical and emotional well-being through harmonious connection with the
Earth.
Patterns of imbalance: Numbing of the emotions accompanied by mechanization
or hardening of the body; inability to cope with deep feelings and finer
sensibilities.
Oak Quercus robur (red)
Positive qualities: Balanced strength, accepting limits, knowing when to
surrender.
Patterns of imbalance: Iron-willed, inflexible; overstriving beyond one's
limits.
Olive Olea europaea (white)
Positive qualities: Revitalization through connection with one's inner
source of energy.
Patterns of imbalance: Complete exhaustion after a long struggle.
Oregon Grape Berberis aquifolium (yellow)
Positive qualities: Loving inclusion of others, positive expectation of good
will from others, ability to trust.
Patterns of imbalance: Feeling paranoid or self-protective; unfair
projection or expectation of hostility from others.
Penstemon Penstemon davidsonii (violet-blue)
Positive qualities: Great inner fortitude despite outer hardships;
perseverance.
Patterns of imbalance: Feeling persecuted or sorry for oneself; inability to
bear life's difficult circumstances.
Peppermint Mentha piperita (violet)
Positive qualities: Mindfulness, wakeful clarity, mental alertness.
Patterns of imbalance: Dull or sluggish, especially mental lethargy;
unbalanced metabolism which depletes mental forces.
Pine Pinus sylvestris (red f./yellow m.)
Positive qualities: Self-acceptance, self-forgiveness; freedom from
inappropriate guilt and blame.
Patterns of imbalance: Guilt, self-blame, self-criticism, inability to
accept oneself.
Pink Monkeyflower Mimulus lewisii (pink)
Positive qualities: Emotional openness and honesty; courage to take
emotional risks with others.
Patterns of imbalance: Feelings of shame, guilt, unworthiness; fear of
exposure and rejection, hiding essential Self from others, masking one's
feelings.
Pink Yarrow Achillea millefolium var. rubra (pink-purple)
Positive qualities: Loving awareness of others from a self-contained
consciousness; appropriate emotional boundaries.
Patterns of imbalance: Unbalanced sympathetic forces, overly absorbent auric
field, lack of emotional clarity, dysfunctional merging with others.
Poison Oak Rhus diversiloba (greenish-white)
Positive qualities: Emotional openness and vulnerability, ability to be
close and make contact with others.
Patterns of imbalance: Fear of intimate contact, protective of personal
boundaries; fear of being violated; hostile or distant.
Pomegranate Punica granatum (red)
Positive qualities: Warm-hearted feminine creativity, actively productive
and nurturing at home or in the world.
Patterns of imbalance: Ambivalent or confused about the focus of feminine
creativity, especially between values of career and home, creative and
procreative, personal and global.
Pretty Face Triteleia ixioides (yellow, brown stripes)
Positive qualities: Beauty that radiates from within; self-acceptance in
relation to personal appearance.
Patterns of imbalance: Feeling ugly or rejected because of personal
appearance; over-identified with physical appearance.
Purple Monkeyflower Mimulus kelloggii (purple)
Positive qualities: Inner calm and clarity when experiencing any spiritual
or psychic phenomenon; the courage to trust in one's own spiritual
experience or guidance; love-based rather than fear-based spirituality.
Patterns of imbalance: Fear of the occult, or of any spiritual experience;
fear of retribution or censure if one departs from religious conventions of
family or community.
Quaking Grass Briza maxima (green)
Positive qualities: Harmonious social consciousness, finding higher identity
in group work, flexibility.
Patterns of imbalance: Dysfunctional in group settings, inability to balance
individual sense of Self and higher needs of group.
Queen Ann’s Lace Daucus carota (white)
Positive qualities: Spiritual insight and vision; integration of psychic
faculties with sexual and emotional aspects of Self .
Patterns of imbalance: Projection and lack of objectivity in psychic
awareness; distortion of psychic perception or physical eyesight due to
sexual or emotional imbalances.
Quince Chaenomeles speciosa (red)
Positive qualities: Loving strength, balance of masculine initiating power
and feminine nurturing power.
Patterns of imbalance: Inability to catalyze or reconcile feelings of
strength and power with essential qualities of the feminine; distorted
connection with the masculine Self or animus.
Rabbitbrush Chrysothamnus nauseosus (yellow)
Positive qualities: Active and lively consciousness; alert, flexible and
mobile state of mind.
Patterns of imbalance: Easily overwhelmed by details; unable to cope with
simultaneous events or demanding situations.
Red Chestnut Aesculus carnea (red)
Positive qualities: Caring for others with calm, inner peace, trust in the
unfolding of life events.
Patterns of imbalance: Obsessive fear and worry for well-being of others,
fearful anticipation of problems for others.
Red Clover Trifolium pratense (pink-red)
Positive qualities: Self-aware behavior, calm and steady presence,
especially in emergency situations.
Patterns of imbalance: Susceptible to mass hysteria and anxiety, easily
influenced by panic or other forms of group thought.
Rock Rose Helianthemum nummularium (yellow)
Positive qualities: Self-transcending courage, inner peace and tranquillity
when facing great challenges.
Patterns of imbalance: Deep fear, terror, panic; fear of death or
annihilation.
Rock Water solarized spring water
Positive qualities: Flexibility, spontaneity, and flowing receptivity;
following the spirit rather than the letter of the law.
Patterns of imbalance: Rigid standards for oneself, asceticism, self-denial.
Rosemary Rosmarinus officinalis (violet-blue)
Positive qualities: Warm physical presence; embodiment; vibrantly
incarnated.
Patterns of imbalance: Forgetfulness, poorly incarnated in body, lacking
physical/etheric warmth; higher ego forces which are not integrated with the
physical body.
Sage Salvia officinalis (violet)
Positive qualities: Drawing wisdom from life experience; reviewing and
surveying one's life process from a higher perspective.
Patterns of imbalance: Seeing life as ill-fated or undeserved; inability to
perceive higher purpose and meaning in life events.
Sagebrush Artemisia tridentata (yellow)
Positive qualities: Essential or "empty" consciousness, deep awareness of
the inner Self, capable of transformation and change.
Patterns of imbalance: Over-identification with the illusory parts of
oneself; purifying and cleansing the Self to release dysfunctional aspects
of one's personality or surroundings.
Saguaro Carnegiea giganteus (white, yellow center)
Positive qualities: Awareness of what is ancient and sacred, a sense of
tradition or lineage; ability to learn from elders.
Patterns of imbalance: Conflict with images of authority, sense of
separateness or alienation from the past.
Saint John’s Wort Hypericum perforatum (yellow)
Positive qualities: Illumined consciousness, light-filled awareness and
strength .
Patterns of imbalance: Overly expanded state leading to psychic and physical
vulnerability; deep fears, disturbed dreams.
Scarlet Monkeyflower Mimulus cardinalis (red)
Positive qualities: Emotional honesty, direct and clear communication of
deep feelings, integration of the emotional "shadow".
Patterns of imbalance: Fear of intense feelings, repression of strong
emotions; inability to resolve issues of anger and powerlessness.
Scleranthus Scleranthus annuus (green)
Positive qualities: Decisiveness, inner resolve, acting from the certainty
of inner knowing.
Patterns of imbalance: Hesitation, indecision, confusion, wavering between
two choices.
Scotch Broom Cytisus scoparius (yellow)
Positive qualities: Positive and optimistic feelings about the world and
about future events; sun-like forces of caring, encouragement, and purpose.
Patterns of imbalance: Feeling weighed down and depressed; overcome with
pessimism and despair, especially regarding one's personal relationship to
world events.
Self-Heal Prunella vulgaris (violet)
Positive qualities: Healthy, vital sense of Self; healing and beneficent
forces arising from within oneself, deep sense of wellness and wholeness.
Patterns of imbalance: Inability to take inner responsibility for one's
healing, lacking in spiritual motivation for wellness, overly dependent on
external help.
More about this essence: Self-Heal is an excellent choice for beginning your
personal wellness program. It enhances other flower essences and therapeutic
programs, acting as a catalyst in the journey to mind-body health. Self-Heal
Flower Essence is especially indicated for those who have lost belief in
their own capacity to be well, or who have abdicated this inherent
responsibility to healers or others. It is a very beneficial remedy for
those who face great healing challenges, whether physical, mental, or
spiritual.
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Shasta Daisy Chrysanthemum maximum (white/yellow center)
Positive qualities: Mandalic or holistic consciousness, synthesizing ideas
into a living wholeness.
Patterns of imbalance: Over-intellectualization of reality, especially
seeing information as bits and pieces rather than parts of a whole.
Shooting Star Dodecatheon hendersonii (violet/pink)
Positive qualities: Humanized spirituality, cosmic consciousness warmed with
caring for all that is human and earthly.
Patterns of imbalance: Profound feeling of alienation, especially not
feeling at home on Earth, nor a part of the human family.
Snapdragon Antirrhinum majus (yellow)
Positive qualities: Lively, dynamic energy; healthy libido; verbal
communication which is emotionally balanced.
Patterns of imbalance: Verbal aggression and hostility; repressed or
misdirected libido; tension around jaw.
Star of Bethlehem Ornithogalum umbellatum (white)
Positive qualities: Bringing soothing, healing qualities, a sense of inner
divinity.
Patterns of imbalance: Shock or trauma, either recent or from a past
experience; need for comfort and reassurance from the spiritual world.
Star Thistle Centaurea solstitialis (yellow)
Positive qualities: Generous and inclusive, a giving and sharing nature,
feeling an inner sense of abundance.
Patterns of imbalance: Basing actions on a fear of lack, inability to give
freely and openly, or to trust a higher providence.
Star Tulip Calochortus tolmiei (white/purple)
Positive qualities: Sensitive and receptive attunement; serene, inner
listening to others and to higher worlds, especially in dreams and
meditation.
Patterns of imbalance: Feelings of being hardened or cut-off, inability to
feel quiet inner presence or attunement, unable to meditate or pray.
Sticky Monkeyflower Mimulus aurantiacus (orange)
Positive qualities: Balanced integration of human warmth and sexual
intimacy; ability to express deep feelings of love and connectedness,
especially in sexual relationships.
Patterns of imbalance: Repressed sexual feelings, or acting out
inappropriate sexual behavior; inability to experience human warmth in
sexual experiences; deep fear of sexuality and intimacy.
Sunflower Helianthus annuus (yellow)
Positive qualities: Balanced sense of individuality, spiritualized ego
forces, sun-radiant personality.
Patterns of imbalance: Distorted sense of Self; inflation or
self-effacement, low self-esteem or arrogance; poor relation to father or
masculine aspect of Self.
Sweet Chestnut Castanea sativa (green f./yellow m.)
Positive qualities: Deep courage and faith which comes from knowing and
trusting the spiritual world.
Patterns of imbalance: Strong despair and anguish; experiencing the "dark
night of the soul.
Sweet Pea Lathyrus latifolius (red-purple)
Positive qualities: Commitment to community, social connectedness, a sense
of one's place on Earth.
Patterns of imbalance: Wandering, seeking, inability to form bonds with
social community or to find one's place on Earth.
Tansy Tanacetum vulgare (yellow)
Positive qualities: Decisive and goal-oriented, deliberate and purposeful in
action, self-directed.
Patterns of imbalance: Lethargy, procrastination, inability to take
straightforward action; habits which undermine or subvert real intention of
Self.
Tiger Lily Lilium humboldtii (orange/brown spots)
Positive qualities: Cooperative service with others, extending feminine
forces into social situations; inner peace and harmony as a foundation for
outer relationships.
Patterns of imbalance: Overly aggressive, competitive, hostile attitude;
excessive "yang" forces, separatist tendencies.
Trillium Trillium chloropetalum (purple)
Positive qualities: Selfless service, altruistic sacrifice of personal
desires for the common good, inner purity.
Patterns of imbalance: Greed and lust for possessions and power; excessive
ambition, overcome with personal needs and desires; materialism and
congestion.
Trumpet Vine Campsis tagliabuana (red-orange)
Positive qualities: Articulate and colorful in verbal expression; active,
dynamic projection of oneself in social situations.
Patterns of imbalance: Lack of vitality or soul force in expression;
inability to be assertive or to speak clearly, impediments in speech.
Vervain Verbena officinalis (pink/mauve)
Positive qualities: Ability to practice moderation, tolerance, and balance;
"the middle way"; grounded idealism.
Patterns of imbalance: Overbearing or intolerant behavior; overenthusiasm or
extreme fanaticism; nervous exhaustion from overstriving.
Vine Vitis vinifera (green)
Positive qualities: Selfless service, tolerance for the individuality of
others.
Patterns of imbalance: Domineering, tyrannical, forcing one's will on
others.
Violet Viola odorata (violet-blue)
Positive qualities: Delicate, highly perceptive sensitivity, elevated
spiritual perspective; sharing with others while remaining true to oneself.
Patterns of imbalance: Profound shyness, reserve, aloofness, fear of being
submerged in groups.
Walnut Juglans regia (green)
Positive qualities: Freedom from limiting influences, making healthy
transitions in life, courage to follow one's own path and destiny.
Patterns of imbalance: Overly influenced by the beliefs and values of family
or community, or by past experiences.
Water Violet Hottonia palustris (pale mauve, yellow center)
Positive qualities: Sharing one's gifts with others, appreciation of social
relationships.
Patterns of imbalance: Aloof, withdrawn, disdainful of social relationships.
White Chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum, (white with pink, red and yellow
centers)
Positive qualities: Inner quiet; calm, clear mind.
Patterns of imbalance: Worrisome, repetitive thoughts, chattering mind.
Wild Oat Bromus ramosus (green)
Positive qualities: Work as an expression of inner calling; outward life
which expresses one's true goals and values; work experiences motivated by
an inner sense of life purpose.
Patterns of imbalance: Confusion and indecision about life direction; trying
many activities but chronically dissatisfied, lack of commitment or focus.
Wild Rose Rosa canina (pink or white)
Positive qualities: Will to live, joy in life.
Patterns of imbalance: Resignation, lack of hope, giving up on life;
lingering illness.
Willow Salix vitellina (green)
Positive qualities: Acceptance, forgiveness, taking responsibility for one's
life situation, flowing with life.
Patterns of imbalance: Feeling resentful, inflexible or bitter; feeling that
life is unfair or that one is a victim.
Yarrow Achillea millefolium (white)
Positive qualities: Inner radiance and strength of aura, compassionate
awareness, inclusive sensitivity, beneficent healing forces.
Patterns of imbalance: Extreme vulnerability to others and to the
environment; easily depleted, overly absorbent of negative influences,
psychic toxicity.
Yarrow Special Formula flower essences of Achillea millefolium (white),
Arnica mollis, and Echinacea purpurea, with Yarrow and Echinacea tinctures,
in a sea salt water base.
Positive qualities: Enhancing integrity of etheric body, vital formative
forces.
Patterns of imbalance: Disturbance of life-force and vitality by noxious
radiation, pollution, or other geopathic stress; residual effects of past
exposure.
More about this essence combination: Yarrow Special Formula is a powerful
blend of flower essences and whole plant tinctures in a sea salt base,
combined to strengthen and protect against the assault of harmful
environmental influences on our vitality and well being. It is used for
counteracting the disruptive effects of radiation on human energy fields,
whether from nuclear fallout, X-rays, televisions, computer monitors,
electromagnetic fields, geopathic stress, airplane flights, or other
environmental hazards of our technology-dominated contemporary life.
Yellow Star Tulip Calochortus monophyllus (yellow)
Positive qualities: Empathy, receptivity to the feelings and experiences of
others; acting from inner truth and guidance.
Patterns of imbalance: Insensitivity to the sufferings of others; lack of
awareness of the consequences of one's actions on others.
Zinnia Zinnia elegans (red)
Positive qualities: Childlike humor and playfulness; experiencing the joyful
inner child, lightheartedness, detached perspective on Self.
Patterns of imbalance: Overseriousness, dullness, heaviness, lack of humor;
overly somber sense of Self, repressed inner child.
Self-Heal Cream
Self-Heal Creme is made with the flower essence and whole plant tincture of
the remarkable Self-Heal herb Prunella vulgaris, in a natural herbal base.
Used as a moisturizer and soothing skin creme, or as a base for topical
application of flower essences and essential oils, Self-Heal Creme has a
loyal following around the world.
2.1 ounce $6.99
8 ounce $19.99
Flower Essence Repertory by Patricia Kaminski and Richard Katz
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The definitive work on 103 FES North American flower essences and 39 flower
remedies of Dr. Edward Bach, written by FES co-directors Richard Katz and
Patricia Kaminski. Contains an overview of flower essence theory and
practice; flower essences categorized by soul issues as an aid in essence
selection; and in-depth descriptions of each remedy. Fourth edition; large
format, 416 pages.