Among the many books about Bach’s Flower Remedies, this “Handbook” stands out for the clarity of Dr. Chancellor’s writing as well as his adroit conveying of the significance of each of the 38 flower remedies. For the person who has had some experience with either using the remedies or who has already read “The Twelve Healers” by Edward Bach the discussions in the book will greatly augment one’s understanding of how best to use each of the remedies. (For those who have little or no knowledge of the remedies, other books, such as “The Bach Flower Remedies” by F. J. Wheeler, will be of greater immediate usefulness.)

One might mistakenly conclude from reading only this book, that using the Remedies is merely a response to “what can I take because there is something wrong with me”, which falls short of the broader context for the role that Dr. Bach originally had in mind when he developed these Remedies. As Dr. Diamond states in his Preface to the book:

“We may initially prescribe the remedies for the present problem. But as this is relieved, other personality disharmonies will then manifest themselves and as these are relieved with the appropriate remedies, yet other imbalances will reveal themselves. We are all the time, as it were, peeling off layers of personality imbalances like from an onion, but unlike an onion there is no end because none of us are perfect. We can only strive toward perfection and this is the way the flower remedies open up for us.”

Having used the Flower Remedies for several years, I have found the above to be true in my own life. Dr Chancellor’s discussions of each Remedy helped me in self-diagnosing, which for most users of the Remedies is the only available way to determine which Remedy(ies) is/are appropriate for a current problem, physical, emotional or mental. Self-diagnosing in most systems of health management can be risky when confirmation is not available from a professional. Fortunately, Bach’s Flower Remedies are “absolutely benign in their action and can never produce an unpleasant reaction under any condition” and so one can self-diagnose in total confidence of not doing harm to oneself.
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AMAZON - The 38 Remedies are presented here with a detailed description, together with case histories relating to each one. This will help the reader appreciate how they may be put into practice. The reader can be certain that the book's descriptive contents are accurately portrayed.
ME - Never quite sure about this stuff, but...