Further Reading
on Dr. Bach and
His Studies

BACH FLOWER REMEDIES: THREE BASIC BOOKS (revised)

Edward Bach, M.D.

Includes the three basic books outlining Dr. Bach's method of natural healing: The Twelve Healers, The Bach Remedies Repertory and Health Thyself.
6" x 9" 182pp

$12.95

THE ORIGINAL WRITINGS OF EDWARD BACH

Judy Howard and John Ramsell

This book contains the last written works of Dr. Bach. Heal Thyself and The Twelve Healers and Other Remedies. It is a wonderful insight into Dr. Bach's thoughts and precise intentions for the future of his work.
5 1/4" x 8 1/2" 197pp

$13.95

Only a man with the qualities of Dr. Edward Bach could provide mankind with the basic remedies for man’s physical and psychological

Bach had an overwhelming compassion for mankind, a love of nature and the mind of a genius. The poor health from which he suffered made his body to be very sensitive to its environment. This sensitivity, although considered a curse by many, was a key to his ability to discern the remedies in nature.

In his day, great numbers of people suffered from ill health. Bach noted that the medical society did little for people except to suppress symptoms and burden them with heavy medical fees. He believed healing perhaps belonged more to the Church than to a medical society and openly shared this belief. Christ was the great healer and he healed the body, the mind and the soul. However, to begin his study of healing, Bach went to Birmingham University. He then completed his education at the University College Hospital in London; here he received a very proper medical education.

Bach observed that the same treatment did not always cure the same disease in each patient. He noted that much could be learned by observing the sick person’s complaint and seeing their various reactions to diseases. This seemed to influence their prognosis. Bach also noted that a remedy, which cured some, had no effect on others. Furthermore, he observed that patients with a similar personality or attitude would often respond in an identical way to the same remedy, while others of a different temperament responded differently, and consequently required a different remedy.

Personality and Healing

Early in his career, Bach found that the personality of the individual was more significant in the healing process than the state of the physical body. Personality, he said, was the prime indication of the treatment required. The patient’s personality and emotions were the most significant indicators of the remedy required to treat their physical problem.

As a follower of Hippocrates, Bach believed that healing should be gentle, painless and noninvasive. Often, he observed that the medicine or treatment given was painful and in some cases, even more painful than the disease itself. This observation led him to search for a better way of healing. He was overheard saying, “It will take me five years to forget all I have been taught.”

In 1913, Bach was appointed to the position of Casualty House Surgeon at the National Temperance Hospital. In this position he became even more dissatisfied with the medical education he had received. He observed that allegedly “cured” patients often did not stay cured for long. Many people, he noted, did not respond to treatment at all. He became convinced that the doctors were treating the disease and not the patient. He believed that this was due in part to the fact that they had such little time for their patients. Most doctors kept so busy treating the physical body that they were forgot about the patient and their emotional health.

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