Edward Bach
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'''Edward Bach''' (commonly pronounced "Batch" ({{IPA|[bætʃ]}}), but actually a Welsh surname whose correct pronunciation has a guttural ending similar to the German surname "Bach"{{Fact|date=June 2008}}) ([[September 24]], [[1886]] – [[November 27]] [[1936]]) developed [[Bach flower remedies]], a form of [[alternative medicine]] inspired by the classical [[homeopathy|homeopathic]] traditions.
==Biography==
Bach grew up in [[Birmingham]], studied [[medicine]] at the [[University College Hospital]], [[London]] and obtained a Diploma of Public Health (DPH) at [[Cambridge]].
Before turning to alternative therapies, he was a House Surgeon and a casualty medical officer at University College Hospital; he was in charge of 400 beds during [[World War I]]; he worked at the [[National Temperance Hospital]] and had a successful practice at [[Harley Street]].
In 1917 Bach had a malignant tumor removed from his spleen. It was predicted that he had only three months left to live, but instead he recovered. Bach died in his sleep on November 27, 1936 at the age of 50.<ref>Mechthild Scheffer, ''The Encyclopedia of Bach Flower Therapy'' (Rochester, VT: Healing Arts Press, 2001), pp. 13-15.</ref>
==Bach nosodes==
Later he worked at the [[London Homeopathic Hospital]] and he developed seven bacterial [[nosode]]s known as the seven [[Bach nosodes]], which have received only limited recognition and their use has been mostly confined to British [[homeopathy]] practitioners.
These Bowel Nosodes<ref>[http://homeoint.org/books5/paterson/index.htm THE BOWEL NOSODES - BY John Paterson<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> were introduced by Bach and the British homeopaths, John Paterson (1890-1954)<ref>[http://homeoint.org/photo/pq/paterson.htm#1 Dr John PATERSON (1890-1954) - PHOTOTHÈQUE HOMÉOPATHIQUE présentée par Homéopathe International<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and Charles Edwin Wheeler (1868-1946)<ref>[http://homeoint.org/photo/wz/wheeler.htm Dr Charles Edwin WHEELER - PHOTOTHÈQUE HOMÉOPATHIQUE présentée par Homéopathe International<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> in the 1920s. Their use is based on the variable bowel bacterial flora associated with persons of different homeopathic constitutional types.<ref>[http://www.homoeopathyclinic.com/articles/prescribing_9.htm Prescribing on the basis of Nosodes & Bowel Nosodes @ Homoeopathy Clinic website pioneer in homeopathy, alternative medicine & health care!<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
==Bach flowers==
In 1930, at the age of forty three, he decided to search for a new healing technique. He spent the spring and summer discovering and preparing new flower remedies - which include no part of the plant but simply what Bach claimed to be the pattern of energy of the flower. In the winter he treated patients free of charge.
Rather than recognizing the role of [[germ theory of disease]], defective organs and/or tissue, and other known and demonstrable sources of disease, Bach thought that of illness as the result of "a contradiction between the purposes of the soul and the personality's point of view." This internal war, according to Bach, leads to negative moods and energy blocking, which causes a lack of "harmony," thus leading to physical diseases.
Bach advertised his remedies in two daily newspapers, but since his practices did not follow any scientific protocol, and his methods were not understood, the [[General Medical Council]] disapproved of his advertising. For example, in his treatise ''Heal Thyself'' he wrote:
:''"Disease will never be cured or eradicated by present materialistic methods, for the simple reason that disease in its origin is not material . . . Disease is in essence the result of conflict between the Soul and Mind and will never be eradicated except by spiritual and mental effort."''
In 1934, he moved to Mount Vernon in [[Brightwell-cum-Sotwell]], [[Oxfordshire]]. He died two years later, only seven years after starting his search for new medicines.
==Bach Centre==
The Dr Edward Bach Centre, Mount Vernon, located in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, Oxfordshire, and commonly known as the Bach Centre or Mount Vernon, was the home and working place of Bach during the latter years of his life. Here he performed research into the 38 flower remedies that still bear his name.<ref>[http://www.healthlines.co.uk/FLOWER_ESSENCES/Bach_Essences/Frameset_Bach.html]{{Dead link|date=March 2008}}</ref>
The trustees and helpers at the Bach Centre continue to make and provide the mother tinctures for the Bach flower remedies, according to the specific instructions left by Dr. Bach.
In the 1980s, when increasing worldwide sales and new regulatory requirements made it impractical for the Bach Centre to continue producing the remedies in-house and they invited [[Nelsons (homeopathy)|Nelsons]] to take over full distribution. This was initially through a dedicated bottling plant in [[Abingdon]] and later moved to Wimbledon.<ref name ="BachCentre">The Bach Centre page about Nelsons http://www.bachcentre.com/other/nelsons.htm</ref> The relationship between Nelsons and The Dr Edward Bach Centre continues to this day.<ref name="BachCentre" />
The Bach Centre offers help to the public in the form of education, publications and referrals to practitioners. It is open to visitors and aims to maintain the original purity and simplicity of Dr. Bach's work. Their mission statement is ''Our work is steadfastly to adhere to the simplicity and purity of this method of healing''.
== Notes ==
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==See Also==
* [[Bach flower remedies]]
* [[Australian bush flower essences]]
==External links==
* [http://bachtherapy.org/introduction.htm Writings of Dr. Edward Bach]
* [http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/315.html Biography from "Who Named It?"]
* [http://bachcentre.com/centre/drbach.htm Bach Centre]
* [http://www.edwardbach.org Bach Flower Research Programme]
* [http://homeoint.org/photo/b/bache.htm#1 picture of Bach]
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