Bach Flower essence

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is best to find flowers just as they are opening in the Spring, full of vital energy. It is usually best to make essences as early as possible in the day, just after the dew evapourates, as the plants' energy can dissipate in heat. It is also best to pick flowers from as many different plants of the same species as there are available.

Get into a meditative state and communicate with the flowers, let them know why you want to make an essence and what you hope to use it for. Ask permission to pick the flowers for this purpose and wait for an answer. Ask the deva or spirit of the flower to help you and help transfer all available healing energy into the essence. Pick the blossoms without touching them if you can; it's best to use cotton gloves. Float the flowers in a clear glass bowl of spring water. Put the bowel in the sun. Usually takes 2-4 hours depending on the weather; the energy absorption will take longer if it's cloudy. Ask the deva or spirit when you think they are done, and wait for an answer. Filter the liquid and mix it with brandy, three parts of solution to two parts of brandy. This is the Mother Tincture. Pour into dark glass bottles. All essences should be stored out of light and heat, away from sources of electromagnetic energy. To make a Stock Solution, put 3 drops of the Mother Tincture in one ounce of fluid; again, this fluid is three parts of water to two parts brandy. This Stock Solution is what you buy from suppliers or retailers. Both it and the Mother Tincture can be stored for many years without loss of potency. To make a Dosage bottle, put 3 drops of stock solution in one ounce of spring water. Add 1 tsp of either brandy, glycerine, or vinegar. You can often get by without the preservative in the dosage bottle if you refrigerate and use within 2 weeks. Up to six different essences may be mixed in a dosage bottle, depending on your needs. To take the essences, put four drops from the dosage bottle under the tongue four times daily.