Australian Bush Flower Essences are now available in over 40 countries around the world. Over the last two decades hundreds of thousands of adults and children have benefited from the essences. In Belarus, the Electro essence combination was given to children who had high levels of radiation contamination following the Chernobyl disaster. In just two weeks, their radiation levels fell, on average, by 43 per cent. After a year of using the Bush Essences in orphanages in Brazil, the rate of bronchitis in the orphans dropped from an average of over six cases per child per year to less than one incident per child per year. This is significant on many levels, not the least of which is that in Chinese medicine, grief and sadness affects the lungs.

Happy Healthy Kids traces a child’s physical and emotional development from preconception, through pregnancy and birth, to age seven, covering a wide variety of ailments from colds, allergies and bruises to burns, bedwetting and car sickness.

Here are some excerpts from this book on Australian Flower Remedies.

On pregnancy – appreciate your body

As a mother, your growing baby will be living within your body for some months. So the more you are in touch with your body, the more aware you will be of any changes and of your body’s needs. These needs start well before pregnancy, as you nourish yourself with healthy food, keep yourself hydrated with filtered water and fresh juices, and get enough rest to feel refreshed and renewed. To help you get in touch with your body and increase your energy levels, take up some form of exercise if you haven’t already. The remedy Flannel Flower, in both the Relationship Essence and the Sexuality Essence, is very useful in helping you to appreciate your body, especially if you tend to be very sedentary and don’t do much exercise.

Baby issues - colic

If your baby cries after feeding, pulling his legs up in pain, he may be suffering from colic. You’ll find the remedies Crowea and Paw Paw very useful in this case. Both remedies are found in the Calm and Clear Essence, and will work on the stomach to help your baby’s digestion. For acute colic pain, rub a little Emergency Essence cream around your baby’s abdomen.

Your baby may suffer from colic if you are feeling tense as you handle him and breastfeed him. You could take Calm and Clear Essence yourself to keep you calm and relaxed while you are breastfeeding and attending to your baby.

For parents: Desperate for sleep

It is common for new parents to be deprived of sleep and to stumble through the day feeling exhausted. Dynamis Essence will give you energy in the morning and renew your enthusiasm for each new day. You may be so tired than even when your baby is sleeping you are unable to fall asleep and get good quality sleep. In this case, Calm and Clear Essence will help you make the most of the opportunity to sleep. It is available as a spray, as drops, or as a cream for your face and hands. Because it contains Black-eyed Susan, it will also help you if you feel impatient because your baby won’t go to sleep.

Cuts

Where cuts are more superficial and not requiring stitches, give Emergency Essence for the shock, and the remedy Spinifex will help heal fine cuts. If it is a deeper cut requiring stitching, then give the remedy Slender Rice Flower. Such deep cuts invariably affect any meridian that the cut dissects. Slender Rice Flower will restore the energy flow of the meridians when they have been crossed by a cut. Sometimes I have patients in their sixties who have had scars from childhood and since that time, the meridian has not flowed effectively. It is very important to get in early so that children don’t have this experience.
Always wash the cut under tap water, and then apply a bandage firmly to stop the flow of blood. Give Emergency Essence every fifteen minutes or so. If it’s a very serious cut and the artery has been severed, there will be a lot of spurting blood. Apply a bandage with firm pressure, but be careful not to cut off the blood supply. Then immediately call for an ambulance, keeping your child still until it arrives.

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