Choosing the Right
Essences for Yourself

- Choosing a Flower, Gem or Crystal Essence
for yourself is a safe and simple process -

What are you treating?

Keep in mind that you are dealing with causes, i.e - personality patterns (thoughts & emotions) rather than symptoms and always work with the issues that are the most obvious first.

Focus on the issue that most needs working with

Allow yourself to sit quietly - then focus on your life situation and the mental and emotional states present in your personality that most need harmonising and balancing. In this way you will gain a picture of which issues you are needing to work with.

Selecting the appropriate essence(s)

Choose an essence or essences that will help with the issues that you have identified, the Self Help Essence Selector is helpful to identify an essence to work with a particular issue.

Use the Self Help Essence Selector

Flower, Gem & Crystal Essences can be chosen rationally or intuitively or by a combination of both methods - experiment to find out what works best for you. Here are a few suggestions:-

Choosing rationally:-

• When you have decided which issues you wish to treat, try using the Self Help Essence Selector ( above ) or look through the descriptions of the essences available in the different groups on our site. Normally a good place to start is a combination - you might find that one of our range of Combinations for Self treatment will be exactly what you need, alternatively try our deep acting Chakra Combinations.

Choosing intuitively:-

• Using your intuition / inner knowing, dowsing or muscle testing can all be powerful ways of choosing essences to work with or to check a selection that you have made rationally. Before working in this way always allow yourself a quiet space to meditate or focus within on the issues that you wish to treat and to ask for the help of your Higher Self.

You might also find our Intuitive Diagnosis service useful

You can find a description of what each essence does in the
Flower Essence Shop

How to Use Your Chosen Essences

Find out more about How to Use Your Essences

Help! If you feel that you would like further help, or would like to speak to one of our practitioner for some free help and advice, please call us on:- 01379 642374 | ++44 1379 642374 Passion Flower

Notes on Choosing An Essence

Expectant or nursing mothers:-

• As a nursing or expectant mother Crystal Herbs Bach Flower Remedies would be your best choice for self diagnosis. Before using any of the other essences on this site we recommend that you consult a qualified practitioner. Details of how to do this can be found in our Help & Advice section.

Essences for Children

• For guidelines on selecting essences for children, please see Essences for Children

How many essences can I take at once?

• Bach Flower Remedies – We recommend that you use these remedies made up into combinations of 7 or 8 individual remedies. It is better not to include essences from other groups in these combinations. However a well-chosen combination of Crystal Herbs Bach Flower Remedies can often be very helpful when taken alongside one of our deeper acting combinations.

• Combinations for Self Treatment, Chakra Combinations, Rose Collection Combinations, Inner Child Essences and Light Body Essences – each of these is a powerful combination of at least 4 different essences so we recommend that you take these one at a time and do not take any other essences other than Bach Flower Remedies at the same time.

• Karmic Essences– Take these separately from each other (and other essences except Bach Flower Remedies). Follow the dosage instructions carefully for these.

• Angel Essences / Archangel & Ascended Master Essences – You can take these separately or mix 2 or 3 together, although it is often more powerful to work with each Angel, Archangel & Ascended Master separately.

• Individual Flower Essences / Gem & Crystal Essences / Rose Collection Single Essences – you can take up to 4 or 5 of these essences together either separately or in a combination. To make a combination mix equal quantities of each chosen essence in a clean bottle. You could also order your chosen essences made into a combination by us. We wouldn't recommend taking any other essences other than Bach Flower Remedies at the same time.

For more information on the Dosage Instructions for each type of essence, please see the relevant essence section.

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