To continue with our rather jolly theme of happiness-inducing strategies, today we take a look at the Bach Flower Remedies.
Flowers make us happy with their beauty and their fragrance, but did you know they can improve our mood in other ways as well? Dr. Edward Bach (1886-1936) developed a system of 38 remedies made from flowers. He believed that most illness has its origin in mental and emotional causes, and developed these remedies to treat a variety of negative states of mind.
In a similar way to homeopathy, each flower remedy is associated with a corresponding state of being, one which has both a negative and a positive side. When the negative side is active in an individual, taking the flower remedy is said to restore the positive aspect.