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 ©1998 by Daniele Lo Rito, MD
The qualities of Bach's Olive are as follows: Olive is indicted for those who feel inwardly worn out, tired to the point of total exhaustion. Such people have come to the end of their rope after having made excessive demands on their physical, emotional, or mental bodies. Although they are burned out, they still do not realize that they must stop, since they neither see nor reflect on their condition. First they alternate between periods of great productivity and times of exhaustion, but in the end their batteries run down. In this condition, every form of inner life is swept away as in a great flood. All hope of continuing on with life, of rebirth and rejuvenation, is gone, since illness has reduced them to human shadows who no longer believe in their own survival. They develop a mantra of exhaustion: "I can't make it any more, it's all too much."  I will never cease to be amazed by the unexpected wonders
I see in the course of my work. I began to apply floral essences
to certain areas of the skin and observed that they not only relieved
local disturbances but also acted on the emotional and psychic planes.
For Olive, one of several effective application points on the skin is a rectangular area located on the right side of the forehead, beginning at the hairline and extending above the right eyebrow. The outside margin aligns vertically with the outside tip of the eyebrow; the inside margin lies 1.5 fingerwidths to the side of the midline. Massage lightly. To avoid an overly strong reaction, it is advisable not to massage the skin zone directly with the flower essences right away. It is better to begin with compresses or essence-impregnated creams for a week, working up to an eventual massage. Compresses are made by putting two drops or more of the essence in a quarter of a glass of water. Soak a cloth in the water and apply for ten minutes to the predetermined skin zone, at least once a day.  Often the application of the flower essence alone will lessen the stomach ache, loosen the cramped muscle, or cause patients to declare that the anxiety or internal tremor from which they were suffering is gone, yet I only grazed the skin or dabbed it with a flower essence cream. We may infer from this that the skin acts as an experiential reflection of states of inner imbalance. The skin is the boundary between being and nonbeing, between placement in space and the infinite, between personal and collective. Affirmations for Olive: I reconnect with the energy of the cosmos and allow it to flow through me. I find the strength for self-regeneration within me. I live in an unfolding process of peace.  EDITOR'S NOTE: This is an excerpt from Dr. Daniele Lo Rito's excellent guide for the bodyworker, Bach Flower Massage, which contains portraits of the uses of each of the 38 Bach Remedies and specific application points for their therapeutic usage in massage and other forms of bodywork. It is reprinted with permission of the publisher, Healing Arts Press, Rochester, VT. Published in 1997, the book is available on our booklist. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Daniele Lo Rito, MD, was a practicing physician before discovering the healing potential of flower essence therapy and devoting himself to it full time. He is an expert in working with the body to treat psychological trauma. He practices in Italy. ART CREDITS: The dove is from the Animation Factory. The rest of the art (with considerable pixel play by Donna Cunningham), originated at ArtToday .
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It is surprising to observe the physical and emotional changes that
occur after even a short and very light stimulation of the skin.
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