The Boiling Method
The Second Nineteen essences (except White Chestnut) are prepared using the boiling method. Bach used the intensity of the boiling method as a mirror to the intensity of emotional states reflected in the Second Nineteen remedies.
The Boiling Method
Boiling method remedies are made using pure spring water in a clean enamel pan. The flowers and stems are placed in the pan and covered with a litre of spring water.
They are then simmered for 30 minutes.After this time a twig from the same plant is used to remove the flowers and the contents are filtered ready for the next stage.
Dr Edward Bach
Edward Bach was born in Moseley, near Birmingham, in 1886 and trained as a doctor in London. For several years he worked investigating the role of bacteriology in chronic disease. His researches led him to recognise that there were clear personality types that related to the various patterns of ill health, irrespective of the physical symptoms being presented by the patient. Working with vaccine therapy and later with homeopathic remedies, he moved towards the discovery of the flower essences. These he felt could help to harmonise the emotional imbalances that he came to see as the real cause of physical illness.