Flower Essences & Their Healing Power
Called Soul Flowers in Europe, Flower Essences are energetic vibrational medicines that are used to help balance our many different emotional states, experiences, and on a deeper level provide soul therapy. Flower Essences are water and floral infusions heated by the sun’s solar energy and steeped in living mineral rich spring water.
Water all over the earth is affected and transformed by its environment, vibrations, and what it encounters. Because we are made mostly of water we are also affected by and changed by other water molecules from our environments which enables us to receive the unique emotional support and healing every flower contains. Flower essences work topically through the skin or taken in drops orally.
The system of Flower Essences was brought into being in 1930 by Edward Bach M.D. Flower Essences are made by placing spring water in a glass or crystal bowl and placing enough flowers from a plant or plants to cover the water floating on top. The heat and light from the sun infuses the water with that flower’s particular living energy and essence. When the flower infusion under the sun is complete the water is preserved with brandy which creates the Mother essence. It is then diluted even more by adding a certain number of drops from the Mother into a bottle and more brandy, this is called the Stock bottle. One drop of this is added to a ½ ounce bottle of pure spring water, this is the dose bottle. One dose is four drops; it is recommended to be taken four times a day or more as needed. (Vinegar may be substituted for the traditional brandy.)
Each flower has a unique emotionally balancing gift to give us. When a drop of the infused spring water is dried or frozen and looked at under a microscope you can see a unique crystalline structure different for every type of flower but consistent for each plant’s flower. For instance, all Wild Roses have the same crystalline structure, all Cherry Plum flowers have the same crystalline structure, etc. Water takes molecules and creates something new. Water all over the earth is affected by its environment and what it comes into contact with. Water and Minerals are essential building blocks for life on this planet, Energy is the catalyst that brought it into being. Solar energy gives all plants energy on earth and when we or other animals eat them that energy is imparted to us. Spring water is used to create Flower Essences because it is filled with minerals coming from deep within the earth and is considered a living part of the building blocks of life. Our bodies at any given moment are 60% water. Flower Essences work to balance our many different emotional states through influencing our inherent liquid state. With every dose we also create space for intention within us as well as a moment of mindfulness. So, whether we believe in the energetics of this medicine or not it still works from many levels.
Flower Essences are safe for anyone including animals and children. They can be used internally or externally. Rescue Remedy is a well-known and popular Flower Essence used for high stress or acute traumatic states. I’ve used it with my dog during fireworks to help calm him down. I’ve used it during my own panic attacks to calm down and to help me breathe again. I’ve used it on the skin of my children in the midst of a melt down and it calms them. Personal formulas can help us through to many different states of being and the combinations are as endless as there are emotions within us or flowers on the planet.
Identifying the emotions that arise within you and matching them to the flower essence that corresponds can be a challenge. If you are stuck, or blocked, Flower Essences are a subtle energetic medicine that can support you and help bring you into a balanced state. They can help support each of us and hold our hands through any stressful traumatic moment or challenge life brings us. Stress in our lives and our general emotional states affect our health on a daily basis. It is critical to our wellbeing to bring us into balance and connection with our mind, our body, and our emotions. With support Flower Essences can help us do this.
Consider joining us for an Introduction to Flower Essences Class at Herbs & Arts Thursday, April 8th, 2026, starting at 6 pm. We will go over the workings of flower essences, dive into some flowers and their energetics, the memory and power of water, and at the end of the class each person will receive a 3-flower formulated dosage bottle just for them. Cost : $25
Teacher: Cynthia Killingbeck CH, CN, FEP: certified flower essence practitioner and co-owner of Herbs & Arts.
Click this link to sign up: https://herbsandarts.com/products/class-intro-to-flower-essences