Bach selected 38 flowers, began infusing them, and kept copious notes and records on the responses by his patients. After several years of 'proving' the benefits of each flower, and to meet the increasing demand from patients who wanted to have these medicines in a convenient form, Bach was faced with a new problem. His bottles of infusions of flowers in water would stay bacteria and mold free for only one week. Being an inquisitive and resourceful Englishman Bach searched for a way to preserve the infusions in bottles. Listening to his intuition and thinking long and hard, he came up with mixing Brandy into his infusions as alcohol is an excellent preservative.
Today there are flower essence makers around the world.
And every day there is new research and provings on more and more flowers. Making flower essences is a very deep spiritual pursuit. The best flower essences come to us from people who handle the flowers with deep respect, and who do their work cooperatively with the spirit kingdom. Included in our ever growing collection are rare exotic orchids from the Amazon, lush flowers from India and the Himilayas, flowers from the Table Mountain of South Africa, Alaska, Scotland, various deserts, and common weeds from everywhere. We also work with gem essences, and essences from trees, mushrooms, and the like.