Bach Flower Essences Rescue Remedy

Stress can harm your body from the inside-out. That said, I’ve never been one to pop pills and call it a day. Even when I was at Cornell or all the way back to High School when those around me were popping away to calm down, stay awake, and study I didn’t do it. Of course, some people have serious anxiety problems and I don’t want to lump them together with those who self-medicate for the easy way out, but I wanted to share a remarkable product that I’ve been using for years that might just do the trick in calming nerves and alleviating stress. Being that my family is German I travel to Munich quite a bit and homeopathy is huge there. Nearly every pharmacy has a section dedicated to Bach Flower Remedies .  The Remedies have been used for over 70 years to provide an all-natural, approach to dealing with the short-term aspects of stress and best of all there are 38 different ones so you can pick the one that is specifically target to the stress you are experiencing. Click here to see the ones they tackle. I’ve tried their targeted remedies and a few of their newer products namely their pastilles which are gummy lozenges formulated using the original Rescue Remedy formula – while they taste good (almost addictingly so!), I haven’t found anything to be as effective as the original Rescue Remedy Drops which combine the 5 flower essences that target the most common stressors — just take a moment to yourself, drop a few drops directly on your tongue (or mix them into a glass of water, though I find that to be less effective), take a deep breath and hopefully it will help calm your nerves and body, at least in the short term, like it does for me:)