from the Preface and Introduction:

This is not a simple narrative of information and instruction. It is rather a series of inferred questions which invite you as the reader to investigate and follow your own knowledge. It is a reflection of the process which Bach employed in his own journey of discovery. He said that if we become an unobservant passenger on the journey of life it 'opens the door to untold adverse influences' and it is 'by communion with our Higher Self' we may join with a journey yielding happiness, health and knowledge. The inference here is that the 38 Bach Flower Essences are not there to just solve an immediate health problem but rather to guide us on our way through life, to explore and understand the whole range of emotional experiences. Bach was not the first and not the only one to follow this path and he is inviting us to join with him on the road of individual understanding.

Richly illustrated with photographs by the author, this book details the way that the flower remedies of Dr Edward Bach are used, and gives instructions for the way they are made. Each of the 38 remedies is examined in detail: why each plant was chosen, where the plants can be found, and to which emotional states they relate. Dr Bach's own words are given to indicate the remedy types, and as a positive affirmation for each remedy state.