| Rescue Remedy was first created by Dr. Edward | | | | something in common. Each of these flowers |
| Bach as part of the flower essence research he | | | | describes one common way that people check |
| performed before his death in 1936. Dr. Bach | | | | out of the here-and-now when under stress. In a |
| discovered the healing properties of 38 plants in | | | | more positive vein, these flowers also describe |
| this time, as well as studied how to use these | | | | the strengths (what Bach called "spiritual virtues") |
| flower essences (which now bear his name) to | | | | needed to constructively handle the stress. |
| heal physical, emotional and spiritual illnesses. One | | | | Certain essences (e.g., Dandelion, Snapdragon, |
| of his insights was that a combination of essences | | | | Ragweed) are used for more physical symptoms. |
| often proved more effective than one essence | | | | Take the remedy to counteract the symptoms |
| alone. This is a marked deviation from the | | | | when you first notice them. Repeated doses may |
| homeopathic principles of his earlier training, since | | | | be needed in very acute situations, up to a dose |
| it is practically a law that only one homeopathic | | | | every 15 minutes. Stop when the symptoms |
| remedy should be taken at a time. Of the many | | | | begin to subside and let your body handle it. |
| combinations he experimented with, one mixture | | | | Repeat only when symptoms appear, again. |
| of five separate essences seemed the most | | | | For instance, the Clematis person is dreamy, lost |
| useful. This combination (Star of Bethlehem, Rock | | | | in their thoughts, dreaming of a perfect future. A |
| Rose, Impatiens, Cherry Plum, and Clematis) | | | | Clematis person responds to injury by "spacing |
| became known as Rescue Remedy, because of | | | | out" or losing contact with the physical body, in |
| its powerful restorative properties. | | | | extreme cases, losing consciousness completely. |
| The five essences in Rescue Remedy have | | | | |