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Guide to the remedies

Each of the 38 remedies discovered by Dr Bach is directed at a particular characteristic or emotional state. To select the remedies you need, think about the sort of person you are and the way you are feeling.

Agrimony          - mental torture behind a cheerful face

Aspen                 - fear of unknown things

Beech                  - intolerance

Centaury            - the inability to say 'no'

Cerato                - lack of trust in one's own decisions

Cherry Plum     - fear of the mind giving way

Chestnut Bud    - failure to learn from mistakes

Chicory             - selfish, possessive love

Clematis            - dreaming of the future without working in the present

Crab Apple       - the cleansing remedy, also for self-hatred

Elm                    - overwhelmed by responsibility

Gentian              - discouragement after a setback

Gorse                 - hopelessness and despair

Heather            - self-centredness and self-concern

Holly                - hatred, envy and jealousy

Honeysuckle     - living in the past

Hornbeam        - tiredness at the thought of doing something

Impatiens        - impatience

Larch             - lack of confidence

Mimulus         - fear of known things

Mustard          - deep gloom for no reason

Oak                - the plodder who keeps going past the point of exhaustion

Olive               - exhaustion following mental or physical effort

Pine                - guilt

Red Chestnut - over-concern for the welfare of loved ones

Rock Rose    - terror and fright

Rock Water   - self-denial, rigidity and self-repression

Scleranthus   - inability to choose between alternatives

Star of Bethlehem - shock

Sweet Chestnut - Extreme mental anguish, when everything has been tried and there is no light left

Vervain - over-enthusiasm

Vine - dominance and inflexibility

Walnut - protection from change and unwanted influences

Water Violet - quiet self-reliance leading to isolation

White Chestnut - unwanted thoughts and mental arguments

Wild Oat - uncertainty over one's direction in life

Wild Rose - drifting, resignation, apathy

Willow - self-pity and resentment

The original system also includes an emergency combination remedy. Other pre-mixed combinations are offered by many remedy producers, but they tend to be ineffective because they are not chosen individually.