Rescue Remedy for Bach Flowers

Bach Rescue Remedy is a commercial herbal supplement. It is marketed as a treatment for stress and to promote calmness in the individual. It is formulated as a liquid to be taken as drops, an alcohol-free formula for children and a chewable pastilles.

Bach Rescue Remedy

• Dr. Edward Bach, a surgeon at University College Hospital in London, England in the 1930s, developed a system using plant materials to treat personality issues in patients as a way to improve health. He identified 38 plants that he believed each affected a specific emotional or personality trait.

  Over the years the theories he developed have been used by others to develop herbal mixes meant to combine benefits and improve emotional stability and improve health.

  According to the makers of Bach Rescue Remedy, www.bachflower.com, they have combined the herb impatiens, meant to improve patience and lower stress, star of Bethlehem, meant to foster the ability to overcome trauma, cherry plum, meant to promote courage, rock rose, meant to alleviate feelings of panic and clematis, meant to improve alertness.

  The makers promote the supplement as useful in situations such as taking a test or going to a job interview.

  According to the book Bach Flower Remedies to the Rescue by Gregory Vlamis, Rescue Remedy is available in both a liquid and cream form. The book suggests adding four drops of Rescue Remedy to a quarter glass of liquid and sipping, holding the liquid in the mouth before swallowing. The drops can also be placed under the tongue if the user is not alcohol sensitive.

  The cream can be applied topically for sprains and burns.

  Bach Flower Remedies to the Rescue also claims Rescue Remedy is beneficial for pets and livestock undergoing stressful conditions such as birthing or trauma. The drops are added to the animal's water. The book also includes instructions for applications to traumatized plants by including drops in the water.

  Bach Rescue Remedy can be used with other medical treatments. According to Bach Flower Remedies to the Rescue the supplement does not have any side effects and is non-habit forming. It does warn that Rescue Remedy should not be considered a substitute for medical treatment.