Background and History

Bach Flower Remedies were developed by Dr. Edward Bach, an eminent Harley Street physician. Despite the success of his work with orthodox medicine, he felt dissatisfied with the way doctors were expected to concentrate on diseases and ignore the patients' state of mind. He was inspired by his work with homeopathy. Hahnemann, the founder of homeopathy, had said, "the patient is the most important factor in his healing". This confirmed Dr. Bach's opinion that physical disease was not of physical origin but that it was, as he said, "the consolidation of a mental attitude".

Dr. Bach now felt he could devote his time and his life to the search for the pure remedies which would help the sufferer rise above unhappy thoughts and in 1930 gave up his lucrative Harley Street practice. He left London to live in the country, believing that this new system of medicine could be found in nature.

Dr. Bach felt that attitude of mind plays a vital role in maintaining health and recovering from illness and wanted to find something that treated the cause rather than the symptom. After identifying 38 negative states of mind and spending several years exploring the countryside, he created a plant or flower based remedy for each one.

Since completion of his findings and his passing in 1936, his work has been carried on at Mount Vernon, his home and workplace, now known as the Bach Centre. His remedies are now used extensively throughout the world and sold in over 66 countries.