If you think any of the statements above relate to you, and you want to make your own remedy with Star of Bethlehem and other Bach flower essences, you can create a personalised flower remedy through Mindful Remedies. You can choose from any of the 38 Bach flower essences, up to seven per remedy bottle. LaTorre MA. Integrative perspectives. Integrating Bach flower remedies into a therapeutic practice. Perspect Psychiatr Care. 2006; 42:140–143. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2006.00063.x. [ PubMed] [ CrossRef] [ Google Scholar] Outcome: Reduction in item 15 "anxiety" on VAS compared with control in psychiatric patients suffering anxiety as the main symptom

Star of Bethlehem can often be a catalyst for resolving other issues as sometimes the trauma is unrecognised by the individual. Sometimes it may take a number of months to resolve if the trauma is well hidden. With her extensive knowledge and experience with Bach Flower remedies, Lucy is dedicated to helping people achieve emotional balance and wellbeing through personalised flower remedy blends. While few experience the negative Star of Bethlehem state as a chronic condition, some do. In this instance, the person will seem to be in a mental half-sleep. He will withdraw from everything he doesn't want to have feelings about - such as a soldier who has experienced the traumatic events of war and tries to avoid replaying those events in his mind.

If you don’t get to the bedside in time; if you’ve been working so hard for too long that your partner moves out: if you didn’t do enough for your parents – you always meant to visit once a month, but never got around to it, then you’re going to feel guilty about it. You meant to go and help your mum with the housekeeping and dad with garden – but you never got around to it – and now its too late, And Guilt takes over. You can push guilt down until it turns into depression. Olive is always worth considering where tiredness is a problem – but the underlying emotional cause should be treated as well.

Star of Bethlehem is a significant Bach Flower remedy for this time of year. Hanukkah, Christmas and the New Year are times of excitement, but also for some, a time of reflection, remembrance and wistfulness. It's a time when we notice the absence of loved ones and also the less than perfect circumstances that some of us find ourselves in, in an annual event that often feels challenging. I meet many people in my practice who tell me they are glad when Christmas is over, as they find it very difficult. Grief and a broken heart, along with anger, I believe, are two of our deepest feelings. They both seem to go into the depths of our being and tear at our soul. The key in all cases is to select for the individual personality and emotional states of the person concerned. It doesn’t matter if you are selecting for mum, dad or for one of the kids – the important thing is to look at the individual and how he or she feels. I recommended it to an elderly lady whose husband had died many years earlier and she had never got over the grief. She kissed photographs of him every day and was moved to tears regularly. After a few days of taking Star of Bethlehem she reported feeling happier than she had in years and was feeling less inclined to cry when she thought of her beloved husband.Ornithogalum species are perennial bulbous geophytes with basal leaves. Sensu lato, the genus has the characteristics of the tribe Ornithogaleae as a whole, since the tribe is monotypic in that sense. Sensu stricto, the genus is characterised by long linear to oblong-lanceolate (lance-shaped) leaves, sometimes with a white longitudinal band on the adaxial (upper) side, an inflorescence that is corymbose or pseudocorymbose, tepals that are white with a longitudinal green band only visible on the abaxial (lower) side, a capsule that is obovate or oblong, and truncate with six noticeable ribs in section and seeds that are globose with a prominently reticulate (net-like pattern) testa. [5] The bulbs are ovoid with free or concrescent scales. [6] The full making process is described in detail in Bach Flower Remedies: Illustrations and Preparations by Nora Weeks and Victor Bullen, The CW Daniel Co, 2nd edition 1990, ISBN 9780852072059 a b Larimore Walt; O'Mathuna Donal (2007). Alternative medicine: The Christian handbook, updated and expanded. Grand Rapids, Mich: Zondervan. p.293. ISBN 978-0-310-26999-1. But this skill comes from two things knowing and understanding the remedies well and also from experience.

It’s worthwhile having Gentian in your Bach-kit because it isn’t only for the big disappointments. If your child didn’t do as well as they hoped at school, or wasn’t chosen for the sports team or didn’t receive the phone call or text from the new boyfriend/girlfriend – the Gentian will take away the feelings of disappointment before they festers and go deeper. “If only I’d …”

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In Christian folklore it is said that Ornithogalum arabicum, star of Bethlehem, first appeared on the earth on the night of Christ’s birth. According to the legend, the star that led the three wise men to Bethlehem burst into thousands of fragments after it had stopped at its destination. These bright fragments which fell to the ground were transformed into flowers, to indicate the holiness of the area.

In the positive state, the remedy provides comfort to the individual and the person can arise from this state of numbness and start to engage more with life. It is a useful remedy to give to mother and child immediately after childbirth. Some say that being born is more painful than dying. Another way to remember what it's for is SOS - Soother of Sorrow. CONDITIONS OF USE AND IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This information is meant to supplement, not replace advice from your doctor or healthcare provider and is not meant to cover all possible uses, precautions, interactions or adverse effects. This information may not fit your specific health circumstances. Never delay or disregard seeking professional medical advice from your doctor or other qualified health care provider because of something you have read on WebMD. You should always speak with your doctor or health care professional before you start, stop, or change any prescribed part of your health care plan or treatment and to determine what course of therapy is right for you. Mix with water- Whether it is Chicory or Elm or Pine or Walnut you’re using, you can add two drops of your selected essence or essences into a glass of still water, and sip at intervals. Adanson, Michel (1763). "VIII Liliaceae IV Cepae". Familles des plantes Part II. Paris: Vincent . Retrieved 7 April 2015.The Latin genus name ornithogalum derives from Greek ὀρνιθόγαλον ornithogalon referring to ornithogalum umbellatum, itself deriving from ὄρνις ornis "bird" ( GEN ὄρνιθος ornithos) and γάλα gala "milk". [23] [24] [25] The name is thought to be related to the white colour of the flowers; [20] [26] in some species, they resemble bird droppings. [26] The possible (non-attested) alternative form in ancient Greek ὀρνιθογάλη ornithogalē seems to be the source of classical Latin ornithogale as used by Pliny the Elder. [27] [28] Distribution and habitat [ edit ] D. S. Vohra (2002). Bach flower remedies: a comprehensive study. New Delhi: Health Harmony. p.258. OCLC 428012690. Dr. Bach, when categorizing the Bach Flower Essences, called Star of Bethlehem the "Comforter and soother of pains and sorrows." Manning, J.C.; Goldblatt, P.; Fay, M.F. (2004). "A revised generic synopsis of Hyacinthaceae in sub-Saharan Africa, based on molecular evidence, including new combinations and the new tribe Pseudoprospereae". Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 60 (3): 533–568. doi: 10.1017/S0960428603000404. S2CID 86097586. At sometime in our lives we all suffer from the loss of someone or a pet we love dearly. I’m afraid its part of being human and no one escapes this feeling. It happens to us all – more than once I’m afraid.