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Flower Essence FAQ's

I'm a bit confused and I'm having a hard time grasping the concept. Also, many of these words which are new to me. I've never heard of flower essences, flower remedies, vibrational medicine or energy medicine.

Flower essences are a "cousin" of Homeopathy. Homeopathy and flower essences are vibrational and energy medicine. This means that when you ingest either you are taking the vibration of a substance not the actual substance itself. Therefore there are no active-ingredients.

Flower essences do not create side effects or have adverse reactions. The "essence of" and "vibration of" a flower has been captured in, or suspended in, or melded with water. Water can hold energy and thoughts.

When you take an herb you are ingesting the actual plant material. When you take an allopathic medicine (drugs made by pharmaceutical companies) you are ingesting substances. Herbs and drugs have or are active-ingredients, flower essences do not. Be sure to also read About Flower Essences for more detail and the history of this modality.

So, what's in this bottle?

50% water activated or imprinted with vibration and 50% brandy to preserve. Brandy is used to prevent mold from growing and to give you a shelf life of many years. The brandy also picks up the imprint of the vibrations. Most flower essence producers use brandy to preserve because its natural, tastes good, and if you don't like it you can dealcohol it.

For the Flower Drop Faeries single essences you can request that we use biodynmanic apple cider vinegar if you prefer that. Cats don't like vinegar so we don't offer the cat formulas with it. Its very easy to de-alcohol the brandy - instructions come with your order.

Cat Faeries flower essence formulas for cats have many different flower essence vibrations imprinted in the water. Flower Drop Faeries single essences are one flower essence per bottle.

Does it take a 'leap of faith' for a flower remedy to work?

Perhaps when they are new to you. While its helpful to have faith that they are working its not necessary. Plenty of our customers start as skeptics but they don't stay that way for very long! Its been proven that flower essences work in animals and young children who have no preconceived bias either way.

Flower essences are not some weird new age placebo or gimmick. Doctors world wide are embracing their use as patients demand it. Flower essences are not new, we've read documentation that the Paracellsus, the Egyptians, Aboriginals, and Druids used them. Archaeologists know that in most cultures waters were gathered for various healing purposes. Throughout the ages people might have sipped the morning dew off whatever flowers were favored or growing nearby.

We hear from people all the time who tell us that they don't know what this stuff is, or how or why it works, but that it does!

Do flower essences smell pretty?

No! Flower essences (or flower remedies) are sometimes confused with essential oils or aromatherapy products. But they are not even remotely similar.

Essential oils are the volatile oils which were extracted or distilled from a plant therefore they have a scent. We have multiple certifications in aromatherapy and have worked with it since 1982 but it is not our favored modality any longer. To make essential oil a huge amount of plant material must picked and used to distill the oils and we feel this is not the best way to honor or work with plants. We prefer the gentler approach of our no-pick method flower essences.

When you open your flower essence bottle you will smell the Brandy which is used to preserve the energy-water. Without the brandy mold would grow.

I've seen Bach Flowers at the health food store. Are yours the same thing?

Yes and no. They are both flower essences, but we feel Bach flowers are very outdated and limited, and that they do not adequately address modern beings and modern life. Like most people we began using Bach flowers in the early 1980's and while we respect their place in history by the close of the 80's we'd moved beyond. Bach flowers consist of only 38 flower remedies. Our collection of flower essences grows as we discover other flowers and learn how their diversity can address more situations.

Are they safe?

Now why would we devote our lives to something which was unsafe? Safety is purity is what we are all about. Flower essences may be used for people, animals, children, and plants. They have been used for centuries. They will not interfere for any other form of medicine or health care.

I've heard the term flower remedy, what's that?

The two terms mean the same thing. A flower essences is often called a flower remedy.

When a flower essence is made are the plants harmed?

Not ours! Most flower essence producers still do the "pick method" which is when flowers are picked at their peak and infused in bowls of water in sunlight. Cat Faeries and Flower Drop Faeries do not pick the flowers because we employ the no-pick method. This allows us to work with flowers and plants in a reverent manner, and gives us access to the healing benefits of plants which might be rare or endangered. We work with nature spirits, Devas, and Angels when we imprint the energy of a flower into water. There are only a handful of us worldwide who work at this deep of a level.

Do you know of Dr Masaru Emoto's work?

Absolutely. We were in his presence October 2005 when he wrote in Japanese lettering "love and thank you" on a bottle for us! We use this bottle and water in our work so that the Love and Gratitude Hado crystals are imprinted in the water of every bottle! Even before reading his work and meeting Dr Emoto we spoke to our waters.

We speak to water all the time! When doing dishes we ask that where ever the water goes next that it be pure, healthful, pollution free, and be of benefit to others. We do this in the shower and bath, when washing our hands, washing our food and clothing. We try to send good thoughts with water when it leaves us.

How often do I use my flower essences?

It depends on what you are working on.
Drops 2 or 3 times a day is ideal for a chronic situation. You might use your formula for a minimum of 2 weeks. You might also use your formula for several months.

Once you are done with one formula it may be time for another formula to go deeper.

For long term use you want to use them consistantly. Keep them in an easy to see or reach place.

For an acute situation (like an upsetting phone call, bad news, harsh words) drops every 15 minutes until the feelings or the negative effect from a situation has subsided.

Is taking a flower essence a one time thing, or is it a forever thing?

It can be either. It depends upon the problem or situation we are trying to correct or relieve. One dose of a flower essence is rarely enough. And there are not too many people who don't have a vast array of issues, problems, difficulities etc to work on! There's always something that needs healing or improving.

Once a person has a possitive experience with flower essences they find they want to collect more of them and deepen their work with them for themselves, their animals, their friends, and community. We encourage everyone with the interest to heal and be healed, and to be active in the clan of healers who use flower essences. Flower Drop Faeries website has much more to say about this.

What is the shelf life?

The label on your bottle has an expiration date. However, we have bottles that we bought in 1980 which are still potent and mold free! When making your own formulas use our 50/50 ratio of water to brandy for the longest shelf life possible.

Where should I store them?

In a cabinet or drawer. We say to keep them out of direct sunlight, which is ideal, but not always possible. If you leave a bottle out for a few days, its no big deal. We just don't want you to store them on a window sill. Its also best to not store them next to your computer.

Why are your bottles special?

We love this question. Our bottles are American made. Bottles coming in from China or Taiwan get fumigated on the ship. This is bug spray and it enters the bottles and we feel that it impregnates the glass and renders whatever you put inside unfit for consumption. We tried washing those bottles with hot-hot water and soap but when we capped the bottle, waited a few weeks before opening it the contents still had the smell of poison. Shipping from so far aways also burns a huge amount of fossil fuel and we do not agree with that.

We also try very hard to avoid buying products from China as we do not support the trend to outsource manufacturing there.

Making formulas sounds like fun and something I'd like to do.

Wonderful ! When you order any of the Flower Drop Faeries single essences you'll get our instructional handout. If you need bottles for your formulas, we have them for sale.

What can Flower Drop Faeries(TM) and Cat Faeries(TM) provide me?

The purest vibration! Our flower essences are free of outside vibrations and influences - including our own energies, thoughts, ideas, etc. We are sticklers for quality.
Cat Faeries formulas for cats are very sensitivily thought out to address the complex needs of the modern housecat. Our formulas are constantly evolving as we meet and work with new flowers.

Flower Drop Faeries single flower essences allow you do build your own pharmacy and do your own formulating. We want you and those you care for to be happy and feel good. We want to help create more healers, and see them being of benefit. Getting flower essences into your hands and teaching you how to use them is our way of helping to save the world!

Cat Faeries and Flower Drop Faeries flower essences are absolutely not meant to interfere with or replace the advice or treatment of your veterinarian or doctor.
Keep out of reach of children.

If you have questions which you would like to see answered here please write to us. We want to provide everyone with knowledge and information!

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