Make your own Flower Essence

A Flower Essence is the fleeting Energy of the Bloom

The plant's unique expression preserved, using elements of nature, fire, air and water and spirit

The Mother Tincture

SUN METHOD

SUN ENERGY: Most essences are made using the power of the Sun - so you need plenty of sunshine

BE FOCUSED: You need to feel focused and aware of yourself so that you know which plant attracts you. Most essence-makers say that the plant chooses them and asks to be made into an essence

GO AT DAWN: Go out early in the morning - at dawn if you can, go and sit with the plant you want to use, until you feel the right time has come for making the essence.The most important factor in making a flower essence is your personal relationship with the plant itself.Only pick wild flowers where there are large groups

PICK VITAL-LOOKING BLOSSOMS: Pick some of the most vital-looking blossoms from separate plants and place them in a small clean glass bowl, that has been filled with clean fresh spring-water (bottled spring water will also do) Avoid touching the blooms with your hands, use a leaf to carry them

GIVE THANKS: Then give thanks to nature and to the plant itself for this opportunity to tap its wonderful healing energy

FIND A CALM UNPOLLUTED SPOT: Find a calm unpolluted place in which to make the essence - no overhead cables, agricultural sprays or car fumes

ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF WATER iS NEEDED: Remember that the water in which you collect your flower essence, The Mother Tincture - need only be a small amount.Stay small, unless you decide to use the Mother Tincture regularly in baths

SUN METHOD:

1. Completely cover the surface of the flowers with water

2. Leave the bowl in the sunshine for around 3 hours near other plants, with as little shadow falling on them as possible

3. Check the blooms from time to time to see if they are looking limp

4. If so, do not have continuous sunshine for 3 hours, decide whether or not you want to carry on. You may want to start again another day. Use your intuition about this

5. Lift the blooms out of the water, with a twig or leaf

6. Pour your essence into a clean, empty bottle (using filter-paper and a funnel) - with an equal amount of brandy (if sensitive to alcohol - use vegetable oil or cider vinegar)

7. THIS IS YOUR MOTHER TINCTURE

8. Label it clearly

9. If you have too much essence water, pour it back onto the earth under the plant and give thanks

BOILING METHOD

Many flowering trees need some extra fire energy to bring out their essential qualities, especially if they blossom in dull weather. This energy can be added to the essence by using the boiling method for preparation. Bach's Walnut Remedy is made by the boiling water Instead of picking only the blossoms, include some of the twigs of the plant

BOILING METHOD:

1. Put them in the bottom of an enamel or stainless steel pan

2. Ideally cover them with fresh spring-water and if you can

3. Immediately put the pan on to boil

4. Otherwise, cover the pan and take it straight home and put it to boil as soon as you get there

5. Leave it to simmer for 30 minutes, using another twig to keep the blossoms and twigs under the water

6. Leave the pan outside to cool

7. Carefully remove the twigs and blossoms with another twig and filter (using filter-paper & funnnel) the essence into a bottle with an equal amount of brandy

8. This is your MOTHER TINCTURE

9. Label it clearly

How to use your Flower Essence

Flower Essence are simple to use and can easily complement many other therapies. They will not counteract or be counteracted by ordinary prescribed medicines. This makes them an invaluable adjunct to any health plan. Flower Essences can be used with any other form of healing, because unlike homeopathic medicines, they cannot be antidoted by other substances.These Essences can be used

ORALLY

*caution: Always consult with qualified therapist.Children or highly sensitive people may need to decrease the frequency of use

By adding a few drops of the Mother Tincture to spring water. It is important to note that potency is increased not by taking more of an essence at a time, but by increasing the frequency of use during emergency or acute situations

AS A SPRAY

Mixture can be sprayed onto your body and in the air around you

IN A CREAM,OIL OR LOTION

These can be made up, by adding a few drops of stock to cream, oil or lotion. You can use these in addition to , or instead of taking the flower essence orally

COMPRESSES

Compresses are very useful for dealing with intense pain or persistent problems.A few drops of stock mixed with water can be soaked into a cloth and left on the appropriate part of the body for approximately 10 min

info source:Flower Essence-Carol Rudd