Editors' Note: The remedies below correspond to the ones that Bach himself called "The 12 Healers." According to Vibration author, Candy Hillenbrand, "...Dr. Bach's list of the most crucial of his remedies corresponds to 12 types of personality, each possessing a quality to develop and a primary fault or negative emotional/mental tendency to overcome. He described the twelve types as the "12 great lessons of life," and believed that each of us is concentrating on one of these lessons in particular." (see her full article here)
In illness, each of the 12 types reacts in a different way:
Impatiens is quickly ill and quickly well again, impatient to be up and doing. There may be pain and tension, but the character of the person is sure to be irritable. The child lies ill and Mum comes to offer sympathy and kindness. But nothing is right and nothing is accepted.When the doctor comes, they want an instant cure.
"Would you like some nice hot milk, darling?"
"No! Just go away and leave me alone."
Clematis people like being ill: all that time with nothing to do but dream. They sleep easily and if awake will want television or novels to distract themselves. If they have a fever the hallucinations add interest to a dull day. The whole metabolism will slow as they drift away from the world.
Mimulus, being the remedy for fear, carries an anxiety that the problem is more serious. Large round eyes look up in a silent appeal.
"I'm worried that I have polyitis, that's what John's cousin had."
"You'll be alright, don't worry," says Dad, holding the child's limp hand.
The Agrimony patient, though seriously ill, makes light of the matter, talking to keep his visitors by the bedside. With the doctor he jokes about the problem.
"Have you heard the one about the man who thought he had a phantom limb? Well, his wife..."
"Please hold still, Mr. Jones, I've got to a tricky stage and this might hurt a bit."
Chicory people like to be ill; it gives them an opportunity to get things organized around them.
"You can read me another story now, Daddy, and then Lucy can come up after tea and play a game, and then Mummy..."
"I'm sorry, but I've got to go. Oh, come on, don't start crying again, my darling."
Vervains know what is best for them and will not take advice, even from the doctor.
"I know you don't think you are ill, but I would still recommend a few days in bed"
"Don't be ridiculous, I can't afford the time and besides, I have my multi-pack pills, here you should try some."
Centaury, too, cannot be ill -- who would wash and scrub and tend to the others? If finally they succumb, the illness is characterized by weakness and debility.
Cerato says,"Am I ill, do you think? I am not sure. Somebody said yesterday that I looked awful but I haven't the spots that Mary had. Perhaps we should see what the other doctor says when he gets here."
With Scleranthus, the symptoms come and go, they move about, the temperature is up and down. In the morning, they want to stay in bed, by 11 they are up and dressed, then turn around and they are back in bed again. They cannot make up their minds if they are ill.
Water Violet people are even more withdrawn than usual. They are knowledgeable and calm, speaking to the doctor as an equal. They do not like to be fussed over.
"Just leave the tray on the chair, my dear, I will get it when I want it."
Gentian gets depressed and, as Bach observed, is discouraged by any setback in recovery. Then they see the perverse fate that led to their illness.
"It's just my luck to get flu again this week when I was planning that trip."
Rock Rose's behavior is not so obvious. They are mute, remember. They run a high temperature and struggle to keep their hold on life. Those around soon share the apprehension.
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 ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Julian Barnard was born into a family with connections to great English botanists, and was brought up with a love of plants. The author of a series of books about Dr. Bach's flower remedies, in 1986 he was instrumental in setting up the Bach Educational Program to bring the remedies to the wider public. He is the maker of Healing Herbs, offering all of Dr. Bach's Flower Remedies. This article was excerpted from his book Bach Flower Remedies: Form and Function.
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