Bach Flower remedies for your holiday blues
The holiday season for all its fun and pomp can sometimes leave behind a bad taste. Often, we find ourselves sinking into the blues. That may have to do with a change in festive pace, an unpleasant situation or simply too little Vitamin D (check my reel on the same)
Here are Eight Bach flower essences to lift you out of those blues:
Elm: for feeling overwhelmed with work or exams. No strength to cope with responsibilities. Perhaps you bit off more than you can chew or are simply overburdened with things to do
Larch: you don’t feel like you can take on anything on your own. That gentle-push from a partner, parent or well-wisher is a must. Most of all you fear failing and making a fool of yourself.
Oak: you might be beyond tired but that strong sense of duty pushes you to complete your tasks no matter what. You plod on despite the sheer exhaustion
Mustard: despite having every reason to be happy, you find yourself sinking into deep gloom and depression with no apparent cause. Everything seems black and hopeless.
Pine: you’re constantly taking the blame for whatever goes wrong. Your over-active conscience is always telling you how you should have done things better or differently. For deep sense of guilt and shame that you can’t let go of.
Star of Bethlehem: for the blues that stem from shock or trauma. Whether recent or old. You feel sad and inconsolable.
Sweet Chestnut: you feel utterly lost and alone. There is no way out. Life feels unbearable
Willow: you’re constantly bitter, grumbling and whining. It’s easy to get lost in self-pity. You find forgiving and forgetting very difficult.
Bach flower essences are made from flowers and considered a spin-off from classical Homeopathy. I often use these remedies to support patients through an acute crisis or even in certain chronic instances.
How to use: you can either use as pills or as a spray. Take a dose (2-4 pills) and repeat when you feel the improvement slowing or stopping.
Important: if you find yourself suffering symptoms of deep-seated or chronic depression; alongside approaching your mental health holistically; please get in touch with your primary healthcare provider.