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1 When should I use Ashwhin Flower Remedies?
You can safely take Ashwhin Flower Remedies at any time. They are so safe and gentle that I can recommend them for babies and small animals.
There are probably as many reasons for taking essences as there are people in the world - and as your needs change and pressures mount up, so your own reasons for using Ashwhin remedies will de different over the years. Here are some of the millions of reasons why you might use them:-
you are feeling a little down
you lack energy
you feel emotionally washed out
You feel trapped in a rut, or in a negative frame of mind, or bad habit of behaviour
you want be be in touch with your intuition or heart, your creativity or potential
you want to enjoy life more
you feel cynical
you are unhappy for no apparent reason
Each of the 21 Ancient Alba essences are designed to help you regain connection with your whole self - mind, emotions and spirit. And the 24 Dynamic Balance essences were created to help you deal with the stress and speed of the modern world. So, you should use them whenever you feel they may help you.
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2 How do I select the right essence?
The simple answer is to use whatever means of selection most appeals to you. Here are a few possibilities to use in combination or on their own:-
Spend ten minutes in complete quiet, and consider how you are feeling. If you feel tense and stressed, try to figure out just what is making you tense. Sometimes you will know immediately, at other times it will be an accumulation of little things that do not seem important in themselves, sometimes you do not really know.
Glance through the pages on flower essences, and stop and read only when you feel drawn to do so. Your instinct is a powerful tool, and this process is in itself useful.
You might ask a very best friend or parent or therapist what aspect of your way of handling the world does you the least favours, and look for the remedy that is specific to that.
You might try dowsing, by listing the remedies one by one, or purchasing our essence cards, or printing out the web pages, so that you can see the pictures of the plants that make up each essence - this can be a powerful deciding factor.
Meditation can also be a great way to find the right essence, or through your dreams. Before you sleep or meditate, simply ask your higher self to suggest the best one(s) for you right now.
Mostly, I think that you have a sort of idea what they need, and although they do not think about it frequently, the essence that is most suitable just leaps out at you - and you know.
Or - you can ask for our free personal analysis
3 Who can benefit from using Ashwhin Flower Remedies?
Everyone. Even when we are sure of ourselves, we are on our life path, content and happy, growing and developing, and in a great relationship, stuff happens.
Old issues can surface, We can feel hesitant or slightly held back. We have waves of feeling sad or unenthusiastic.
Most of us are assailed by fear, by lack of self esteem, by worry and doubt at times. These can actually be symptoms of growth and change. Flower essences can really help because they work with our own potential for health and achievement, and encourage us to move on.
And, many of us face trauma of some sort, loss, the death of people we love, sometimes abuse and neglect, sometimes illness and pain. Flower essences work with your own energy field and your deepest self, acting as a gentle catalyst for healing and change at a very deep level.
Fear and uncertainty, pain and all the rest is not experienced only by adults. Babies, pets, wild animals and young people can often feel very challenged and overwhelmed by life. Flower essences are safe and effective for us all.
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4 How do they work?
Flower essences do not work directly on your physical body, but because they alter you at a deeper level, profound changes and improvements can take place over time in your health at every level. This is not a new concept, and indeed plant and flower essences have been used for thousands of years, but in the 1920s, Dr. Bach brought them back into common use.
Bach explained that the function of Flower Essences is, "to raise our vibrations and to flood our natures with the particular virtues and to wash out from us the faults which were causing them. They are able like beautiful music or any gloriously uplifting thing which gives us inspiration, to raise our very natures and bring us nearer to ourselves and by that very act to bring us peace and relieve our suffering. They cure not by attacking disease but by flooding our bodies with beautiful vibrations of our higher nature in the presence of which disease melts as snow in the sunshine".
The remedies are able to effect disease on the physical, emotional and mental planes by introducing the essence, the essential life energy, of the plant into the body. This subtle substance is the basis of an emotional healing therapy that works on the energetic level to treat the cause of illness and signs of depression.
5 How often and how much should I use the Ashwhin Flower Remedies?
Typically two to six drops of a remedy are placed under the tongue or put in a glass of water one to four times a day, however in severe periods of discomfort, the recipient can increase the dose to every quarter of an hour until the symptoms begin to subside. I find that when I need them I remember to take them very regularly, and when I need them less, I forget to take then form time to time.
6 Are they safe to use?
Absolutely. The quantities of flower essence in each remedy is so tiny that it cannot cause a negative reaction.
Occasionally people ask if the brandy could be replaced with some other alternative for the purpose of preservation - the answer is yes. If you are only using a few drops in a glass of water, then you should not be affected by the brandy in any way, however on request we can substitute cider vinegar for brandy.
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7 Can I take them at the same time I am taking medication?
Yes.
Although the remedies can be used on their own, they are also a wonderful adjunct to other therapies, orthodox and complementary. As they work on the emotional/spiritual level they cannot interfere with any other means of healing, but instead they enhance the effectiveness of other forms of treatment.
And whilst the remedies cannot make up for long term bodily abuse such as poor diet and lifestyle, they can be instrumental in effecting a change of attitude that brings about the adoption of a healthier routine.
8 What can I expect to happen and are there any side effects?
No medication of any description can help you until you are ready to help yourself. However, plant essences contain the energetic stimulus that all medication is based upon. However, the highly diluted flower essences can help without giving you side effects.
So, like in homeopathic treatments, if the chosen remedy is correct for you at this time, then you can find enormous improvement in all manner of conditions, and indeed may find the essences to be a key or catalyst to substantial change in your life.
And, if the essence selected in NOT correct for you at this time, then nothing much will happen. At least you will have no negative side effects!
9 Can I use several essences at once?
Yes. of course. There is no reason in the world why you should not use two or more of Ashwhin Flower remedies at the same time. The plants will always work synergistically together.
I find that many people like to use the Ancient Alba essences on a daily basis for spiritual development and growth, for support and moving on. But, then they might have two or three of the Dynamic Balance range in the cupboard to use when their stress builds up or life seems difficult.
10 What is the history of Flower remedies?
In the 1930s Dr. Edward Bach undertook a quest to find a method of treatment that would embrace the mind and spirit of a person. Before that, written records can trace this attitude back to Plato in the forth century BC - though no doubt the practice of using sacred and healing plants is as old as humankind.
But Edward Bach went further than anyone had gone before in recorded times.
During his practice as a homeopath he came to realize that stress from long held emotions such as anger, fear and worry lowered a person's resistance to disease. And further, that an individual's emotional outlook influenced the course, duration and severity of the illness. Whilst this would not surprise most health practitioners in any time, Bach had also found that people suffering from the same illness did not always respond well to the same remedy, unless they also shared a similar temperament and attitude. Bach came to believe that disease is in fact the consolidation of long term negative attitudes of each patient, and that in order to alleviate suffering he should address his clients on a deeper level.
He left his city practice as a consultant, bacteriologist and homeopath, for the countryside where he devoted the rest of his life and his healing talents to discovering a method for healing the mental and spiritual aspects of his patients.
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11 How are they made, and are they organic, or certified pesticide free?
Every single one of the flowers used in Ashwhin Flower Remedies is carefully selected as picked at the height of its beauty. No plant is ever stripped of all flowers, and every plant, shrub and treat is lovingly tended, thanked, and given reiki in exchange for the give of the flowers.
The mother solutions are made of each single flower (there are 98 in the two ranges), to the same process developed by Dr. Bach, and in line with current industry standards as outlined by the British Association of Flower essence Producers.
At every stage, our essences are carefully and lovingly handled. This is a small business, and we can promise a level of involvement and personal service that the larger concerns cannot.
We can certainly promise that every plant is organically grown and totally pesticide free, and the water that we use is Scottish spring water that undergoes the most stringent screening.
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