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Advanced Bach Flower Therapy: A Scientific Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment

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An excellent guide to the Bach Flower remedies. Blome gives a comprehensive explanation for all the flower essences. For instance, he describes the characteristics, effects and has psychotherapeutic notes for each essence. He also gives common combinations with other essences. There is a section on physical and emotional ailments and possible flower remedies to assist them.

Dr. Blome has a very good understanding of the Bach flower essences and how to use them. One of the best books on flower remedies. Highly recommended.

I have almost all the books on the Bach Flower remedies and have used these WONDERFUL remedies for over 10+ years. This book should be added to everyone's Flower Remedy library. The information it contains is very concise and applicable. I must say that this book has given me even more reasons to appreciate these flower essences. You will find the descriptions of each remedy very useful. The remedy combinations listed in this book are very helpful. This book is a MUST!!

Author Gotz Blome, M.D., does not waste space in these nearly 400 pages to convince readers of the usefulness and efficacy of flower essence remedies.

An excellent reference book for those who understand that to help a patient overcome illness, the essential first step to a cure is to stabilize and treat that patient's unique mental, emotional, and psychological states.

This book is divided into three sections.

First Section: each of the 38 single Bach Flower essences is discussed in four to five or more pages. There is a short, general description of the type of patient for whom that flower essence is appropriate: For instance, for AGRIMONY, e.g. "Agrimony...for people who...go out of their way to avoid conflict...try to keep their true feelings hidden from everyone else by maintaining a feigned carefree, happy demeanor." This is followed by a description of the kinds of mental states and behaviors to look for when deciding whether that flower essence applies: e.g., Agrimony "...tendency to repress, glossing over of personal problems, oversensitivity. In daily life, used to treat phoniness, playacting...". Then, there is a lengthy descripton of the causes and symptoms of a flower essence. E.g., "Causes and Symptoms of Agrimony Syndrome". This is followed by another lengthy discussion of the effects of a flower essence. E.g., "The Effects of Agrimony". After that, follows another lengthy discussion of pertinent psychotherapeutic notes. Finally each flower essence chapter ends with a list of "Common Combinations with Other Essences". E.g., Agrimony with Aspen, Agrimony with Beech, with Centaury, etc.

In the book's Introduction, the author states, "Because most illnesses arise from the interplay of various psychic or physical influences and particularities of personality and character, Bach flowers are normally administered by combining several essences."

Second Section of the book (in my paperback copy): 65 pages of brief descriptions for each of the combinations of flower essences. For instance, there are thirteen different combinations for Agrimony: E.g., among these thirteen, one can learn that the combination of Agrimony with Centaury is for patients who exhibit "Pathological good-naturedness", distinguished from the combination of Agrimony with Chestnut Bud which is for patients with "Learning difficulties or immaturity caused by shirking."

The third and last section of the book (137 pages in my paperback copy) sets forth, in alphabetical order, a long repertory of different mental, emotional and psychological states and behavior patterns and actions, "absentmindedness", "indecisiveness", "perfectionism", "stuttering"" etc., and the recommended Bach flower or Bach flower combination remedy.

ADVANCED BACH FLOWER THERAPY is the book I regularly refer to and cross reference with another important reference text, APPLYING HOMEOPATHY & BACH FLOWER THERAPY TO PSYCHOSOMATIC ILLNESS, 2nd ed., by Cornelia Richarson-Boedler.

Highly recommend these two books for your library of flower essence and homeopathy references.

I am not a health practitioner of alternative or allopathic therapies. I try my best to maintain and improve my health by learning what is available to me to achieve good mental, emotional and physical health. I believe that "action follows thought" and that illness results from unhealthy/destructive/negative thoughts and emotions (conscious and subconscious).

This is by far the best Bach Flower text I have ever used. I repeatedly purchase it as a gift for lay people and mental health practitioners who are unfamiliar with homeopathy because the information is so complete and incredibly user friendly. The terminology is modern and well-indexed with multiple variations presented for each main topic.

Nicely written and easily accessible to patient and practitioner alike. Whether beginner or experienced this book is a must on the book shelf

On the face of it, this is an in-depth and thorough exploration of the psychological/spiritual indications for each Bach Remedy. I have been a user of Bach Flower Remedies for many years and can attest to their usefulness. I have studied the original indications (by Dr. Bach) very closely.

I rate this book with only two stars because I believe the writer has gone much too far in overlaying his own pyschological interpretations upon the remedies. Bach himself warned that others would try to complicate his work. The original "mission" was to create a simple -- simple! -- system of self-care; not to leave the responsibility in the hands of others.

I *have* found this book useful; it is only that I would prefer to recommend books that retain the purity and simplicity of Bach's original indications. I recommend, in particular, BACH FLOWER THERAPY: Theory and Practice by Mechthild Scheffer, who is a practitioner and representative of Bach Center in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Wonderful book for further information about Bach Flowers. Well worth while to have on the shelf to refer to.

I have been using this book for years in my own Bach Flower training programs. It is a fabulous book to add to your own reference library. The book has information that is timeless. I will continue purchasing this book to share with my students for years to come.

This is a well put together handbook utilizing Bach's original 38 flower essences and taking them into a more clinical setting. Psychiatric and medical conditions are addressed with the supporting combination of flower essences to be used to combat the conditions. I have found this book essential in my practice and highly recommend it.


Lorraine Castro, LMFT

This book contains unique, useful material about the Bach remedies that is not available elsewhere.

For whatever reason, however, this author has an axe to grind against Christianity. This shows up in his description of nearly every flower essence. For example, in the description of centaury the author states: "A Christian upbringing denies people the fundamental knowledge that only joy and happiness can create more happiness and only when we are happy ourselves can we begin to make others happy." What?

After a while these gross generalizations about Christians get to be more than a little bit grating and for this reason I cannot give the book more than three stars.