Further Reading
on Bach Flower Remedies

BACH FLOWER THERAPY: THEORY AND PRACTICE

Mechthild Scheffer

This book takes Dr. Bach's approach a giant step further, considering the spiritual and psychological applications of the Bach Flower Remedies. Includes lists of symptoms.
5 1/2" x 8 1/2" 240pp

$12.95

BACH FLOWER MASSAGE

Daniele Lo Rito, M.D.

Doctors have long known that inner imbalances can be reflected in external reactions of the skin, but Bach Flower Massage is the first book to reverse that equation. By manipulating the skin with a combination of massage and Bach Flower essences inner conditions can be treated. Practitioners of Bach Flower therapy will be amazed buy the results they achieve with this new approach.

$14.95

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Further study lead Bach to take the position of Assistant Bacteriologist at the University College Hospital. While in that position, he observed that certain intestinal bacteria were present in all individuals; however, the diseased had a greater number of such bacteria. He developed a vaccine from a sample of the intestinal bacteria and injected it into the bloodstream of his patients. He became convinced that there must be a better way to provide a vaccine since it caused many patients to experience pain, swelling and much discomfort. The answer to his dilemma was in the homeopathic school of medicine, where he simplified his methods and increased his successes.

Turning to Homeopathy

In 1919, Bach took a position at the London Homeopathic Hospital and read The Organon by Samuel Hahnemann, founder of homeopathy. Bach discovered that his study and the study of Dr. Hahnemann were identical in that they both found the relationship between chronic disease and intestinal poisons. Also, they both came to the conclusion that a remedy given should only be repeated when the improvement from the previous dose had ceased. Lastly, they believed that the patient deserved individual treatment, not a mass remedy for a certain disease.

Hahnemann said, “Therefore the rational physician will judge every case of illness brought under his care according to its individual characteristics…he will be treated according to its individuality…with a suitable individual remedy.”(Organon, Para. 48.)

Bach discovered that poisoning from certain bacteria in the intestinal tract was the cause of chronic disease, and that when the bacteria were eliminated the disease disappeared. He formulated a theory that three toxins must be removed, if present in the body, before a cure could be administered. These toxins were identified as syphilis, sycosis and psora.

Bach went on to make homeopathic remedies, which he believed were a gentler, milder, and more effective medicine than vaccines which were injected into the body with a hypodermic needle. His results were impressive and scholars everywhere observed his success.

Certain groups of organisms, Bach discovered, could be categorized by their fermentation action in sugar. He divided these bacteria into seven groups and named them:

1. Proteus
2. Dysentery
3. Morgan
4. Faecalis Alcaligenes
5. Coli Mutabile
6. Gaertner
7. No. 7

Each patient was tested for his principal bacterial group and a vaccine was given. Bach observed that the vaccine had a cleansing and purifying effect on the intestinal tract while leaving the body clean, wholesome, and inoffensive. The patient was cured of a local condition when no local treatment was provided. He also determined that these seven bacterial groups were related to several different and individual personalities. He treated the patients according to their individual temperaments and obtained dramatic results.

Discovering Botanicals

Bach also spoke to the issue of diet when he said that uncooked foods, fruits, vegetables, nuts, grains, and cereals would reduce the amount of toxins in the intestines. In 1924, he delivered a paper entitled, “Intestinal Toxemia and its Relations to Cancer,” indicating that improvement is of a general nature without local treatment. As he was reluctant in using disease to treat disease, Bach was still not satisfied with his work. He wished to find natural substances—botanicals—to treat diseases.

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