Bach Flower Remedies and Shen Nong Rely on Nature as an Antidote to Disease

Bach flower remedies” are an invention of the British doctor Edward Bach. Shutterstock

In ancient and modern medicine, both in the East and the West, it is believed that one’s spirit plays a large role in human health. My teacher once said that when a person is sick, it is often, “70 percent due to spirit and 30 percent due to illness.” I remember when I was researching alternative therapies, I was looking for something that could be used at will without causing any side effects. What I sought was something easy to use, even with children. The therapy turned out to be Bach flower remedies.

Bach flower remedies were designed by British doctor Edward Bach. Bach studied medicine first in Birmingham and then in London, and in 1912 he officially became a doctor. He was a bacteriologist and pathologist who conducted vaccine research in his laboratory. In 1917, after Bach suffered severe bleeding after a seizure, his medical colleagues immediately operated on him, removed a malignant tumor, and told him that he had only three months to live.

Life Saved by Sense of Purpose

When he had sufficiently recovered, the first thing Bach did was return to his lab, hoping to “do as much as he could” on his work for the remaining three months of his life. Three months later, Bach found himself not only alive, but in much better shape than he was before. He was fully convinced that his sense of purpose had saved his life.