After a cold and rainy winter, we receive the summer season with sun, joy and lots of flowers. At this time, the days are longer, our mood improves, but we also tend to be more sensitive to the events that take place around us. The stress of preparations for the summer, the anxiety of not knowing if we will make ends meet, the anguish because we always live too fast… Sometimes situations like these cause alterations in our emotional balance.
Bach flower remedies
Every day our emotions put us to the test. A remedy to balance them are Bach Flowers, the latest trend in natural therapies for emotional balance, which can help us in stressful situations caused by everyday problems.
These flowers, distributed by Diafarm Laboratories, offer the necessary help to keep emotions at bay and achieve well-being. There are 38 preparations, based on flowers, plants or shrubs, which help to face, each one of them, a certain emotion.
A flower for every emotion
For fears known as daily worries, whether it is due to the work or financial situation, not being able to pay the mortgage or fear of flying, there is the Mimulus flower, which helps control this emotion. The olive tree, which is grown in Spain, is a perfect accomplice to restore energy, vitality and interest in life at times when one suffers from both physical and mental exhaustion.
Larch is known as the flower of self-confidence and can be an ally in situations where there is a lack of self-esteem or a feeling of inferiority. Another flower, the Agrimony, is suitable for those people who hide worries and anxieties under a mask of good humor and joviality, even though, deep down, this is not the case.
How to take Bach Flower Remedies?
Marta Marti, head of training at Laboratorios Diafarm, tells us that Bach Flowers can be taken as many times a day as one deems necessary until relief is felt. The duration will vary depending on the person and the circumstances: “For specific or temporary situations, you can notice immediate relief, on the other hand, if the emotional state is deeply rooted, it may take days or weeks,” says Marti.
A simple preparation consists of “dilute 2 drops in a glass of water and sip at intervals. You can also add 2 drops to a 30 ml dropper bottle with mineral water and take 4 drops at least 3 times a day.” explains the head of training. “For immediate use or acute cases, 2 drops can be applied directly to the tongue.”
For the use of several flowers, you must add 2 drops of each chosen flower (maximum 7 flowers) in a 30 ml dropper. with mineral water. “If you want, you can add a drop of brandy or apple cider vinegar as a preservative. You have to take 4 drops 4 times a day at least,” says Marti.
There are those who, instead of orally,
This remedy to balance emotions, which is sold in pharmacies and health food outlets (9.50 euros per container) is gentle in action, has no side effects and can be used in conjunction with medicines, food and homeopathy. It can be taken at any age, from newborns (a few drops in the bottle) to the elderly, even in animals and plants.