Essences That Help During Pregnancy and Childbirth
©2001 by Dirk Albrodt, maker of Horus Flower Essences
Since the early 1990s, Horus Flower Essences has been researching
the most effective use of flower essences during pregnancy and
childbirth. The research project involved more than 100 midwives.
We appreciate the help of modern medicine, but we are also convinced
that flower essences can help to decrease the use of medications
that sometimes have damaging side effects.
We want to help pregnant women to get in touch with their own needs
and follow their own instincts. Our own position is that of helpers
who only support them in this process. Horus Flower Essences help women to gain back their
inner
balance in this very emotional time of their lives. The essences support
women in making decisions that are right for themselves and for their new
babies. As a result
of our research, we created our twenty-essence Pregnancy Set;
here are some of these essences.
Pear: Gives inner peace in situations in which you are afraid
of losing control. Gives internal calmness. Consoling, maternal
essence. Essence for worry. Helps with breast-feeding.
Borage: Brings courage and confidence in situations where
there is a tendency towards depression, a feeling of feebleness and
hopelessness; helps to lighten up energy in case of complications or
problems during pregnancy; facilitates true mourning and supports one
through trying times.
Bougainvillea: Helps one to feel and reconcile with the
inner child, acceptance of inner child. Gives safety, security and
confidence. Helps one to be able to think and feel like a child
again; brings contact to the unborn child; helpful in cases of breech
position.
Star of Bethlehem: In cases of shock, terror or trauma, this essence soothes and softens the aftereffects; helps to achieve wholeness and integration of childbirth experiences with all parts of the personality; helps with the trauma of birth.
Apple: For weary, lethargic and ponderous people, heightens
motivation, assists in physical and mental energy, helps one to see
and feel one's body as lighter and more beautiful during pregnancy
and after birth; helpful in times of hormonal changes.
Indian Balsam: Brings inner calmness if you tend to feel pushed
and hurried, or if you are quick-tempered because of impatience;
useful in cases of impending premature birth.
Impatience (Touch-Me-Not): Recognize one's true
value, ability to receive and accept praise; lose mistrust and
experience confidence; ability to allow closeness; strengthens
self-esteem; ability to experience touch and to have confidence in
one's own body.
Self-Heal: Helps one to accept one's faults and
failures; helps to stimulate self-healing forces; improves the body's
utilisation of food during pregnancy and helps to boost the immune system.
Dandelion: Helps to let go of emotional tension which is kept in the
muscular system; realization and understanding of one's intuition
and instincts, to honour them instead of holding them back; helpful
during the last stages of birth to let go of the baby.
Pomegranate: Helps to accept and live out the female
part of the personality. Gives self-confidence in one's own feminine
energy during pregnancy and in birth.
Willow Rose (Fireweed): Heals wounding of the soul; brings confidence in one's
own positive development, having the courage to start something new; breaks
isolation, heals the unconscious, heals wounding of women and one's
femininity, especially injuries from giving birth.
Chamomile: Brings calmness, safety and orientation; useful in
the bonding of mother and child; brings
composure and consolation in apparently hopeless situations;
realization of one's own limits and potential; gets one in touch
with one's own body; helpful for the motor co-ordination of the body.
Emergency Trauma Essence: Made from a combination of some
of the above essences (Pear, Star of Bethlehem, Rosemary, Willow Rose
and White Yarrow), it is for all psychic and emotional emergencies.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: DIRK ALBRODT is the maker of several essence kits and the author of
several books on essences, including the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Domestic Flower
Essences and Essences in Pregnancy (both in German).
He runs the Bluetenessenzen Buero, offering
essence education and counseling services. He distributes several lines of essences
at www.floweressences.de.
He lives and works in Germany and the Netherlands and can be emailed
at dalbrodt@web.de.
www.albrodt.de
ART CREDITS: Artwork by Kathi's Graphics.
The World Wide Essence Society does not mean to imply any recommendation of nor give certification to any individuals or companies above. This article is provided purely for informational purposes. We ask consumers to make their own determination as to quality of the services and products offered above. This article is not meant to be advice, and the information is not meant to replace medical or psychological treatment.
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