Bach Flower Remedies
Bach Flower Remedies is a Modern / Bach — flower emotion-body map body system as transmitted through the lineage Edward Bach’s flower-remedy system describes 38 remedies through emotional states and seven broad groups in its practitioner literature. This map makes those groups legible through cautious target-organ projections; Bach did not publish a standard anatomical chart.. This page lists every point in the system with sourced placements and links to cross-tradition correspondences curated for The Body Spiritual.
Open in interactive explorerPrimary sources
- Edward Bach, Heal Thyself: An Explanation of the Real Cause and Cure of Disease (C.W. Daniel, 1931) — Chapters 1–2 set out Bach’s account of illness as related to mental and emotional disharmony; the text does not provide an anatomical organ chart.
- Edward Bach, The Twelve Healers and Other Remedies (revised edition, C.W. Daniel, 1936) — The remedy sections organise the 38 remedies into emotional groups and describe indications; they do not prescribe the plotted body coordinates.
- Edzard Ernst, “Flower remedies: a systematic review of the clinical evidence” (Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift 114 (2002), 963–966) — Systematic review of controlled clinical evidence for Bach flower remedies; used here for an efficacy caveat, not to validate an organ projection.
Known lineage variants
- The seven-group taxonomy is Bach’s organising device, but the organ targets and front-view coordinates are modern editorial projections. Evidence reviews have not established a reliable clinical efficacy beyond placebo.
Related systems
No other systems share this tradition label.
Points
- Fear — kidney target — fear group; Mimulus, Rock Rose, Aspen, Red Chestnut, Cherry Plum
- Uncertainty — liver target — uncertainty group; Cerato and Scleranthus
- Insufficient interest — lung target — present-circumstances group; Clematis and Olive
- Loneliness — heart target — loneliness group; Heather and Water Violet
- Oversensitivity — throat target — influence-and-ideas group; Agrimony and Walnut
- Despondency — heart target — despondency group; Larch, Sweet Chestnut, and Star of Bethlehem
- Over-care for others — spleen target — over-care group; Beech and Red Chestnut
Frequently asked
What is Fear — kidney target?
Bach places fear remedies in an emotional group, including named fear presentations. The kidney/lower-abdomen location is an editorial TARGET-ORGAN projection for the fear theme, not a Bach anatomical map.
What is Uncertainty — liver target?
Bach’s remedy grouping includes states of doubt and indecision. The liver/upper-abdomen location is an editorial TARGET-ORGAN projection, not a claim that Bach assigned uncertainty to the liver.
What is Insufficient interest — lung target?
Bach describes remedies for withdrawal, fatigue, and lack of interest in present circumstances. The chest/lung location is an editorial TARGET-ORGAN projection used to make that emotional category visible, not an anatomical teaching from Bach.
What is Loneliness — heart target?
The Bach groups include loneliness-related remedy states. The heart-centre coordinate is an editorial TARGET-ORGAN projection for relational feeling, not a textual heart diagnosis.
What is Oversensitivity — throat target?
Bach describes remedies for sensitivity to outside influences and ideas. The throat location is an editorial body projection for expression and boundaries; it is not an anatomical map in Bach’s books.
What is Despondency — heart target?
Bach’s despondency group includes despair, discouragement, and shock-related states. The heart target is an editorial TARGET-ORGAN projection for affective weight, not a claim of physical causation or a Bach organ correspondence.
What is Over-care for others — spleen target?
Bach describes remedies for excessive concern about other people and judgemental states. The spleen/upper-abdomen location is an editorial TARGET-ORGAN projection, not a body surface map supplied by Bach.