In the current era of internet-knowledge, many parents have become 'excessively' aware about certain medical terms. They come to us asking, "My child has ADHD, can you treat him?" When assessed through psychological scales, the child scores below hyperactive score. Thus, it is essential to first confirm the diagnosis, instead of labelling our own child as a case of ADHD. Even if the child is not a classical case of ADHD, the behavioral problems hampering the performance can very well be treated with suitable Bach remedy combination. A well-selected constitutional and/or miasmatic remedy according to Homeopathic principles significantly adds to the effect.
Children having ADHD, treated with IMPATIENCE, VERVAIN and CHESTNUT BUD and few cases of CLEMATIS, have shown significant increase in the attention-span. Few children have also been helped with CHERY PLUM where the hyperactivity was the predominant complaint.
Autistic children have responded positively to WATER VIOLET or CLEMATIS leading to an increased eye-to-eye contact and responsiveness to the asked questions.

The cause of depression will be a significant factor to select a suitable remedy, like if it precipitates due to a shock, START OF BETHLEHEM will be the key remedy. GENTIAN will be indicated for pessimistic people who get disappointed after a setback. If it takes a form of hopeless despair, GORSE will be the remedy. MUSTURD can relieve a gloomy mood that appears suddenly without any stimulus while ELM can help a capable person to gain self-confidence in responsible jobs.
This should be aided by a deep-acting Homeopathic remedy selected as per the mental state assessment.

The primary cause of weight gain can range from a pre-disposition towards obesity to having some hormonal disturbance leading to weight gain. Unless the cause is treated, there can never be a consistent and healthy weight loss. There are too many commercial preparations available in the 'market' prepared with remedies like Phytolacca berry, their efficacy has not been proved statistically on all causes of obesity. Instead of taking recourse to such short-cuts, it is always wise to get oneself assessed by a Homeopath for a constitutional remedy, considering all the causative factors for 'your weight gain'.
The main reason for 'maintaining' obesity is usually the incosistency in the efforts to lose weight. Working on the same principle, WILD OAT can help in 'deciding which method to follow'; while CHERY PLUM can aid in gaining a 'self-control' while in the viscinity of tempting food items. IMPATIENCE and GENTIAN will provide patience to those who want quick results, while PINE can reduce their guilty feeling for the earlier lapses. A patient was helped with AGRIMONY for his binge-eating due to a foresaken feeling that was never expressed to anyone.

The recession or economic slow-down can affect us in various ways; someone can get a sudden shock due to an abrupt loss of job, or there can be a constant fear of losing job, or an employer can worry about the rising expenses as against the drastically declining sales. Bach Flower Remedies can be of an immense help in all these conditions, to help us balancing ourselves to fight against this universal fiancial epidemic.
STAR OF BETHLEHEM or RESCUE REMEDY will be useful for the shock after one loses a job suddenly. GENTIAN and GORSE will help to come out of the disappointment and hopeless feeling, respectively. WHITE CHESTNUT can reduce the recurring negative thoughts, while ASPEN and MIMULUS will reduce sudden outburst of anxiety in those who fear losing a job. WILD OAT can show an untracked path to a capable person to find new opportunities, while SWEET CHESTNUT can help to remove the suicidal thoughts coming due to a severe despair. The drastic socio-economic change can be accepted more positively, if one takes WALNUT.

Women experience emotional oscillations more than men due to the periodic changes in their hormone levels. Emotional symptomatology has been described in most of the gynecological conditions or stages like puberty, pre-menstrual syndrome, pregnancy, childbirth, mid-life crisis, and menopause. Bach Flower Remedies can prove to be the best friends of a woman, due to their ability to resolve the emotional ripples, which are a part of the daily life of a woman.
WALNUT is the prime remedy, since it helps to adapt to any change. RED CHESTNUT can give relief to a mother from the uncalled worry about the kids or other family members. CHERY PLUM can reduce the irrative impulses during the pre-menstrual period, while MUSTURD can relieve the sudden depressive states. Infertility, where there is no organic cause, can be treated with a combination of Bach Flowers and Homeopathy.
HEATHER can help a chattering woman to listen to others, while HOLLY can reduce the envy and jealous state. Women that are cleanliness freak can be given CRAB APPLE, while those who do not share their emotions are of AGRIMONY kind. A wife with VINE or BEECH temperament will dominate the house and creat a terror of herself, while a CENTAURY will continue to suffer due to her submissive nature.
Indeed, these are just few of the remedy indications - life of a woman truely demonstrates all possible human emotions!!

Children often find it difficult to grasp with the pace or style of the study. Though it is usually complained as 'lack of concentration' and 'inability to score marks', the reasons and thus the remedies will differ. A child of dreamy temperament will need CLEMATIS while the one who is impulsive and hyper-energetic will need IMPATIENCE or CHERY PLUM. The remedy CHESTNUT BUD will improve the learning curve by avoiding the silly-mistakes and thus ensuring an optimum utilization of the scholastic potential of the child. Please note, no remedy can increase the IQ of the child, but surely can help the child to use his capacities to the maximum.Fear can also be a cause to hamper the academic progress, which can be dealt with remedies like ASPEN or MIMULUS or ROCK ROSE.
Here too, at times it becomes necessary to consult a child-psychologist to screen the child through a battery of tests to rule out certain disorders like dislexia. In such cases, a suitable Homeopathic remedy also should be administered along with the Bach remedy-combination.

Understanding, Trust and Love for the partner is the primary basis for a harmonious married life. Unresolved negative feelings such as suspicion, envy, vexation, dissatisfaction, etc can hamper the bond leading to a permanently strained relationship, unless the feelings are resolved. Bach Flower Remedies can generate positive vibrations and resolve these negative feelings leading to a marital harmony.
To name a few, HOLLY can be given for jealousy & suspicion; WILLOW can relieve the vexation; BEECH works on the fault-finding temperament; while WALNUT helps both to adapt to each other's unique personality.
Bach Flower Therapy can not 'change' anybody's nature, but can definitely 'modify' it to suit the environment. Thus the key to a harmonious married life would be to modify one's own expectations from the partner, and to convert our reactions to more sensible ones.
In spite of taking all possible efforts, if the divorce seems inevitable, Bach Remedies can help you to come out of the emotional trauma to find new avenues in life.

Alcoholics are often adviced to apply their 'will-power' to get out of the addiction-trap, but the addiction principally affects the 'will power' itself, and that's the reason the person can't come out of it on his own.
Similar to obesity, a person remains addicted either because s/he can't exercise self-control, or it is difficult to tolerate the withdrawal symptoms, or there is some persisting stress in daily life that needs to get resolved. Bach Flower Remedies like CHERY PLUM or SCLERANTHUS can provide the necessary self-control to say 'No' to the alcohol. The stress reaction can be modified by giving some suitable remedy considering the stress and respective feeling state of the patient. Homeopathic remedies can be given to relive the severe and intolerable symptoms of 'drug-withdrawal' so that the patient does not revert back.

For more details download marathi article on DE-ADDICTION.

The treatment of an 'angry temperament' involves identifying the cause of anger and selecting the remedies on the individualistic reactive pattern. HOLLY would relieve anger steming out of envy or jealousy. WILLOW patient is angry on the surroundings and feels others are responsible for the problems - negating his own mistakes. CHERY PLUM will relieve an anger with uncontrolled expression in the form of violence (abusing or physical). IMPATIENCE will provide patience and delay the impulsive reaction.
There are some breating exercises, that can improve the overall tolerability levels of a person.

DISCLAIMER: The information provided is for educational purposes only. It is not meant to diagnose or treat any health condition and is not a replacement for treatment by a healthcare provider.