Shortly after I was married, my husband and I moved to Brazil for six months and shortly after that I got EXTREMELY sick, one of those random sicknesses that nobody quite knew what to do about. I got worse and worse over a few months, had to sleep most of the day, was irritable, tired, grumpy, my hair was all falling out in clumps – it was a mess.

I was finally recommended to Dr. Joao, a Brazilian/non-English-speaking/homeopathic/herbal/iridology/Bach flower remedy/naturopathic doctor, who literally took one look at me and said, “None of your health problems are going to go away until you learn to let go of control.” At which I burst into tears, nodding in consent.

Through my rudimentary Portuguese, drawings, hand gestures, and a variety of Bach flower and homeopathic prescriptions, I was 99% healed within two weeks. A leaf from an Aloe Vera plant was one of my remedies, which I was to open up and rub on my hair and then wash it out right away. After three days of that, my hair stopped falling out. All of my family talk about Dr. Joao with a special reverence for we have never since encountered such a healer.

I was reminded of Dr. Joao this fall and something told me to look up the Bach flower remedies, which are homeopathic remedies that specialize in emotions, for some of my own anger issues that I was having. A brief read through www.bachflower.com led me to pick up Cherry Plum for myself which they describe as: For those who fear losing control of their thoughts and actions and doing things they know are bad for them or which they consider wrong. Teaches trust in one’s spontaneous wisdom and the courage to follow one’s path.

It worked instantly and amazingly well.

Last week we came home from our vacation to a leaking hot water tank, no hot water for several days, phone calls, endless repair men, problems in our attic, requiring us to remove most of our storage items from there, room changing, and recovery from the vacation of too much travel, too much TV, and too much sugar. In other words, STRESS.

Children pick up on our stress and mirror it in various ways. If you want to know how you are feeling, just look at your child – they are your mirror.

My daughter’s frustration peaked from our stress and was so intense that I could not leave her in a room with any other child or she would hurt them somehow. I was quite on the edge of insanity myself, until I remembered again about the Bach Flower remedies and looked through the “Children” section on their website, which had a brilliant diagnosis for her with a remedy called Beech.

Beech: This Essence is for those who are constantly making criticism, intolerant of other people’s shortcoming and unable to make allowances. They are easily irritated by other people’s mannerisms and habits. They are convinced that they are always in the right and everyone else in the wrong. Beech helps you to be more tolerant and to get a sense of compassion for unity with others, such as co-workers, mother-in-law and your noisy neighbor. Beech helps you to see the good in others despite their imperfections.

I have watched the frustration in my daughter melt away like ice cream on hot day with this remedy. It feels like magic and I am intensely grateful.

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