In flower therapy the use of Bach flowers for children is widespread, as they are effective and safe remedies, which can resolve the emotional alterations of children, without creating addictions or giving side effects. Furthermore, it is precisely when they are prescribed to children, or animals, that their effectiveness and lack of a placebo effect can be demonstrated.

Children are pure and immediate, they have less conditioning and superstructure, cultural and characteristic, and for this reason they respond much faster than adults to the transforming and harmonizing force of Bach flowers. The method for combining the flower remedy with the altered mood of the child is the same as that used for adults. In the midst of so many "stories" there are always truths and keys to understanding their behavior. In this way, attentive parents will be able to elaborate a picture of the situation to be provided to the flower-therapist, for the preparation of the personal mixture of her children, and the subsequent purchase of Bach flowers.

Bach flowers for children's problems

Whether they are scholastic problems, or character issues, temporary altered emotional states, or persisting over time, Bach flowers for children address and solve the typical discomforts of childhood, bringing back serenity and well-being. Now let's see what typical situations require the intervention of flower remedies, discovered by Edward Bach.

Changes: adaptation to new or passing situations

Walnut: among the Bach flowers for children this remedy helps to face any kind of change and to manage the phases of growth. It helps to calmly face the changes: the birth of a little brother, the end of the holidays with the consequent beginning of the lessons, transfers from one school to another, home moves, etc. This flower is also very suitable for disorders of dentition, growth and whenever there are difficulties in adapting to new circumstances that are familiar, scholastic and environmental

Fears: linked to known and unknown things

Mimulus: it is the remedy for the fears of known things. The child appears to be particularly shy, agitated by the idea of ​​being among so many children and having to talk in front of the teacher and his companions. He blushes easily, stutters, his hands sweat, shows impatience with excesses: too much light or darkness, excessive cold or heat. This flower helps to face the tremors of everyday life. Anxiety turns into calm, serenity, balance, removing objects from the horrid veils with which the fantasy had covered them. While Aspen is the remedy of ancestral fears. The child is afraid of the dark, of the black man, of ghosts, or monsters. He feels the need to fall asleep with the light on and the door open. For this reason he suffers from insomnia, nightmares, nocturnal enuresis (bed-wetting). The remedy promotes a peaceful sleep without bad dreams.

Distraction and learning difficulties

Clematis is the remedy for distracted children, who dream with open eyes and flee with fantasy, in distant worlds or in science fiction. These children show indifference to the present, they are absent-minded, careless, clumsy, subject to frequent accidents and injuries, but without complaining. Unable to maintain constant learning. The flower brings them back down to earth, in the present, helping them to realize all that is good in them: creativity, sweetness and imagination. Chestnut bud is used instead for children who repeat the same mistakes, because they do not learn from past experiences or those of others. They collect school failures due to inability to concentrate and observe. These children lack attention; they talk instead of listening: they pretend to be careful, but they are not interested in what they are told. Disoriented on an emotional and / or mental level. Premature births, with delayed mental or psychophysical development. The remedy opens the eyes, and develops awareness of one's actions and helps them to remember, making them more attentive to others so they can learn from them.

Hyperactivity due to impatience or excessive enthusiasm

Impatiens is the flower of hyperactivity due to impatience or impulsiveness. These children become impatient when adults waste time. They are petulant and whine during visits, purchases, waits. They may suffer from speech disorders, hyperkinesis or stuttering. Hyperactivity with attention deficit. They are intelligent and extrovert, but too agitated; they can't sit for five minutes; they are lively, hyperactive, and frantic. Vervain: is instead the remedy of hyperactive children, for excessive enthusiasm. They stamp their feet if they are upset, they have difficulty getting to sleep due to excitement. They are greedy, wolverines and bulimics for vivacity.

Continuous request for attention

Heather is the flower of children who show an excessive attachment to their parents and who are afraid of abandonment. They are capricious, they are intrusive and very talkative. Manifest continuous need for companionship, commiseration and help. They show an excessive vivacity, selfishness, attention deficit due to logorroic and centralizing exhibitionism. Often spoiled, self-centered, they always crave food and sweets. Holly, on the other hand, is the flower of children who suffer from jealousy, who are suspicious, vindictive and touchy and explode violently. They are envious of what is given to their newborn baby brother and they manifest it with anger and resentment.

Bullying or submission

Vine is the remedy for bullying, quarrelsome children who beat their companions, who are looking for companionship to be able to impose and command and dominate. Often encircle Centaury children characterized by great surrender, docility, too much obedience. They suffer from inferiority or subjection complexes compared to their classmates. Taciturn, they do not create problems for the parents, they are quiet for abulia or to be likeable to adults.