Have you ever wondered how people and their animals were treated when there was no pharmacy or laboratories? How did they ease their physical and emotional pain? Since the beginning of mankind, man has used the elements of nature for healing purposes. We used the whole plant for healing purposes: its roots, leaves and the flowers that we know today as Bach Flowers.
Moreover, let me tell you that morphine and codeine, two powerful painkillers, are alkaloids extracted from the green seed capsules of the royal poppy plant. By this I want to point out that plants and their flowers contain healing powers in their essence and have been used since ancient times, persisting to this day. I invite you to read all the way through to discover how it is possible to heal with flower essences.
Healing with flower essences
One of the basic approaches to healing is based on the principle of resonance. Through it, energies vibrating at a certain frequency resonate with similar energies in the environment. Sounds weird, I know. The implications of this principle are not fully accepted by contemporary Western thought, even though studies have revealed, among other things, that the body is nothing but constantly morphing energy.
So, if we accept this approach as valid, it is easy to understand how the vibratory nature of plants and their flower essences can be used for healing purposes. The Bach Flower healing system shares some concepts with homeopathy.
The flower essence is a liquid solution made from the flowers of individual plants. It holds an imprint that responds in a balanced way to the physical, mental and spiritual imbalances of the human being. This imprint is what gives the flower the ability to vibrate. In other words, if you bring a certain flower into your body, then it will start vibrating in the same tune as the flower.
The underlying principle in the use of flower essences in medicinal treatments is that the state of mind is the main cause of disease. The question you should be asking yourself is: Can it be used on animals? To which I answer, without a doubt, yes.
We share with them emotions such as love, fear, curiosity, shame, etc. and we may well share with them natural methods of healing. Just as with us, your pet’s behaviour influences both the creation of disease and its good health. The article on why your human emotions affect the health of your pets explains this concept in more detail.
Bach Flower Treatment for Animals
Essences made from flowers are important in the treatment of animals because they restore the harmony present in their nature, a harmony that is often altered by the challenges of life and the influence of humans.
Flower essences can be used along with other treatments such as homeopathy, for example, and any other conventional treatment. They don’t produce side effects and are not toxic like the drugs available in traditional pharmaceuticals, besides being much cheaper.
I invite you to read a little more about this interesting topic in my article about the rescue remedy and what it is used for. I assure you that you will be fascinated by all that flower essences can do for our animals.
Source: Bach Flower Remedies for Animals, by Helen Graham and Gregory Vlamis
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