Flower Essences for Children
A Quick Guide to Using Bach Flower Remedies and Flower Essences with Children
Flower essences offer gentle emotional support for children as they navigate the everyday experiences of growing up. From fears, worries and lack of confidence to changes at school, sibling difficulties or challenging family circumstances, essences can be chosen to support how an individual child is thinking and feeling.
Children can respond particularly quickly to flower essences, so choosing something appropriate for their age and individual needs is important. In this guide, we’ll explore how to choose and use Bach Flower Remedies and other flower essences with babies, children and teenagers.
How Can Flower Essences Support Children?
As we move through childhood life brings us many emotional experiences, from starting school and making friends to dealing with change, worries, fears and the everyday ups and downs of family life. Flower essences offer a gentle way to support children with how they are thinking and feeling as they navigate these experiences. When you choose a flower essences you're choosing for the individual child and the emotions behind what they are experiencing, rather than simply for a particular situation or behaviour. Bach Flower Remedies and flower essences can be particularly helpful for supporting:
- Fears and worries
- Confidence and self-esteem
- Change and new experiences
- Friendships and family relationships
- Strong emotions, such as anger, jealousy or frustration
- Focus and being present
- Feeling comfortable being themselves
Bach Flower Remedies and flower essences are gentle, non-habit forming, and are widely used by children and young adults. Traditionally flower essences are preserved in an alcohol blend, but you can order 10ml & 25ml Bach Flower Remedies in a non alcoholic vegetable glycerine base and for our other essences (excluding Inner Child, Rainbow Light Body and Pure Vibrations sprays) we can make 25ml vegetable glycerine versions to order.
Where to Start
The Bach Flower Remedies are very effective for children of all ages, and other essences from our ranges can be introduced from 8 years and older. The key is to look beyond what is happening on the surface and consider how your child is feeling about it. This helps you choose the essences that best match their individual emotional needs. Below are some general guidelines & further suggestions for choosing and using essences with children.
Children 0 – 7 Years of Age
Start with the Bach Flower Remedies
For this age range we normally recommend that you only use Bach Flower Remedies. A well-chosen combination of max. 5 Bach Flower Remedies will very quickly help to bring babies and younger children back into balance.
Most children enjoy taking their drops directly onto their tongues, however you could also add them to their drinks. 4 drops 4 x a day is normally enough at this age. For babies the remedies can be added to their bath water or dabbed on their pulse points.
Here are a few suggestions to help you get started:
- Revival Remedy - always handy to soothe the emotions in the event of bumps, bruises, accidents or shocks. Also helpful for night terrors along with Aspen and Mimulus.
- Mimulus – when a child is frightened or anxious about something they can name.
- Larch – when a lack of confidence is holding them back.
- Agrimony - always useful when these are bottled up or unexpressed emotions
- Walnut – good for energetic protection and when they need support adjusting to change.
- Holly – when jealousy, anger or strong emotional reactions are prominent.
- Vervain - helpful for feeling highly enthusiastic, excitable and finding it difficult to switch off.
- Holly and Vine – are good for temper tantrums.
- Chicory, Willow and Holly – can all be really useful for sibling rivalry.
- Clematis – helpful for the dreamy inattentive child.
- Revival Remedy Cream – always useful for children
& adults alike. - You can also mix your own Bach combination here.
What are the Bach Flower Remedies?
The Bach Flower Remedies are a set of gentle acting flower essences which can help you to restore a sense of balance and harmony in your life.
Children 8 – 12 Years of Age
Bach Flower Remedies Plus Deeper Acting Flower Essences
Children can respond very quickly to vibrational essences
Bach Flower Remedies are very effective with this age group, however we suggest that you increase the frequency of the dosage to 4 drops 6 x a day.
You could also introduce some of our individual flower and gem essences at this age. Start with one at a time perhaps 4 drops 2 x a day - this will probably be enough for most children. Towards the top of this age range you could mix up to 3 individual essences into a combination - maximum dosage 4 drops 3 x a day.
Some Flower Essence Suggestions:
- Pansy – This is a very beneficial essence to provide support for children who are particularly susceptible to the everyday ailments of childhood.
- Celandine – Helpful for those who have difficulty dealing with information.
- Harebell – Helpful for very shy children.
- Petunia – Helpful for impish and hyperactive children.
- Nettle – Helps children cope with difficulties related to family problems like divorce or adoption.
- Garlic – Helpful for fearful, timid children.
Children Age 12 and Over
Deeper Acting Flower Essence Combinations
After the age of twelve you can start to introduce combination essences alongside the Bach Flower Remedies. Any of the following flower, gem & crystal essence ranges would all be a good starting place:
- Divine Harmony Essences
- Chakra Essences
- Rose Collection Combinations
- Pure Vibrations Collection
- Inner Child Essences
However we would recommend that you reduce the dose to 4 drops 2 or 3 x a day.
Please Note
We do not recommend that you give Crystal Herbs Karmic Essences to children under 12 years old or Light Body Essences to children under 16 years old.
I Know The Issue My Child Needs Support With But Don’t Know Which Essence to Choose
Our Essence & Themes Explorer lists common themes and issues that essences can help to transform. Simply select the theme or issue that your child would like support with and you will find a full selection of essences from across our ranges that will help with that particular issue. Please bear in mind the above advice when you are choosing an essence though: Find an Essence to Help
Choosing Essences for Pregnancy & Birth
Flower essences can be very supportive during pregnancy, birth and postpartum – both for mother and baby. You can find out more about choosing the right essences here.
Do You Offer Essence Help and Advice?
Yes, we do! Call us on 01379 608059 between 9am-5pm Monday-Friday and one of our essence practitioners will be happy to help. These free advice calls are ideal when you just want 5-10 minutes of essence advice to help you choose an essence.
Alternatively if you would like essence advice by email, please send us a short email describing what your child would like essence support with, including details about their personality and any thoughts and feelings they’re experiencing. We aim to reply within 48 hours Monday-Friday. Link to contact us by email.
Can I Book a Personal Essence Consultation for In-Depth Support?
Yes. Our flower essence consultations help you to explore what is going on for your child and what needs rebalancing to establish greater harmony and wholeness. You can learn more here: Personal Essence Consultation
Please Note
Using vibrational essences is not a substitute for qualified medical attention.
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