How to Use Flower Essences for Animals

Vibrating at a very fast energy rate, flower essences have easy access to the mental, emotional, and spiritual bodies. The energy goes to where the healing needs to happen.
Using flower essences with pets involves careful and sensitive observation. Understanding of the feelings of the animal is important in flower essences selection. If you are a pet owner, don’t forget to examine your own feelings in regard to the animal. Sometimes problems with animals are solved by the owner using flower essences as well!

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Flower essence books or articles of research
• Pendulum (optional)
• Paper & Pencil to record your results

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   Chamomile flowers make a very calming essence

   Selecting Your Flower Essences
   Probably the easiest way to select which flower essence your pet needs is by reading the definitions given for each remedy. Suggested books to research are The Flower Essence Repertory, Healing with Flower or Gemstone Essences, or The Flower Remedies Handbook, or Flower Essences & Vibrational Healing.
   Since flower essences are Vibrational, using a pendulum or muscle testing is a way of asking the animal’s own energy bodies to confirm the correct remedy. Keep in mind that a person or pet can test strong for different essences at different times. You may also discover that your pet tests strong for a combination of essences, usually 3 or 5. It’s not recommended to combine more than 5.
   Research is always a good place to start.

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   Horus benefits from Rescue Remedy when he's frightened of fireworks!

   Giving flower essences to your pet
   Once you’ve chosen your remedies, flower essences can be given in several ways. You can place a few drops from your dosage bottle onto your pet’s tongue or inside its cheek, or put a few drops in the pet’s water twice daily. Drops can be placed on food or in a treat, or even on the animal’s skin (nose or inside ear flaps)
   In a crisis essences can be given every 5 minutes as needed.

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   I used Olive flower essence with Breeze during a chronic illness

   Here is a list of some important Flower Essences for Animals
   
   Aspen
   For animals that tremble and are fearful (Bach)
   Bleeding Heart
   For animals that are grieving the loss of either another animal or person. (FES)
   Chamomile
   This is a calming remedy for irritable animals. It’s useful for teething and also helps animals with temper tantrums. (FES)
   Cherry Plum
   For animals with aggression and biting. (Bach)
   Chicory
   For overly possessive animals who constantly demand your attention. (Bach)
   Crab Apple
   This remedy works more on the physical body than any of the other essences and is good for any situation where cleansing is required, such as drugs and vaccinations. (Bach)
   Heather
   For animals that suffer from separation anxiety; becoming very vocal, whining and crying when left alone. (Bach)
   Impatiens
   For the impatient, hyperactive animal; snappy and irritable and they tend to rush ahead, or pull on the leash. (Bach)
   Mimulus
   For animals that are scared of known things, such as thunderstorms, other animals or people. (Bach)
   Olive
   For animals who are stressed from a chronic disease or injury. (Bach)
   Pink Yarrow
   Helps protect animals from negative emotional energy, such as during a divorce, or stressful family situation.
   Rescue Remedy
   This most useful flower remedy combination helps with any kind of stress or trauma, such as accidents, birthing, illness, stress, and it even helps recovery after a seizure. (Bach)
   Walnut
   A useful remedy for times of transition, such as moving, becoming pregnant, adjusting to new animals or family members. (Bach)
   Water Violet
   This remedy is helpful for introverted and detached cats, helping them to open them up to be more friendly and outgoing and less distant or aloof. (Bach)
   Willow
   Willow especially helps cats that become resentful and urinate all over. (Bach)
   
   Of course there are many more flower essences available. I have only listed my favorites to keep on hand.

Tips & Warnings

• Most health food stores carry a large variety of flower essences. Large organic grocery stores such as Whole Foods also has flower essences. Check at Amazon.com, Bach.com, or FES for flower essences. You can also make your own flower essences if you have flowers available to pick. See my article on How To Make Flower Essences.
• Use of Flower Essences for pets does not replace veterinary care. If you feel you have an emergency, always seek a medical professional.
• There are no contraindications or side effects from using flower essences. However, alcohol (brandy or vodka) is often used to preserve the essences. Some flower essence companies use glycerin or apple cider vinegar to preserve and is another alternative.