Dr. Bach believed that attitude plays a vital role in maintaining health and recovering from illness, and wanted to find something that treated the cause rather than the symptom. After identifying 38 basic negative states of mind and spending several years exploring the countryside, he eventually managed to create a plant or flower based remedy for each one.

In 1934 he decided to settle down and start a center for his work, and chose Mount Vernon, a small cottage in Sotwell, Oxfordshire.

He spent the last years of his life at Mount Vernon, now known as the Bach Centre, and it was here that he completed his research.  Dr. Bach passed away peacefully on the evening of November 27th, 1936. He was only 50 years old, but he left behind several lifetimes of experience and effort, and a system of medicine that is now used all over the world.

The continuation of Dr. Bach's work in this way has been enabled by the friends and colleagues he trained and to whom he entrusted full responsibility to adhere to his exact methods of preparation. Judy Ramsell Howard is the Principal of the Bach Centre.  Her role is to ensure that the preparation of the remedies never strays from Dr. Bach's original methods. As she says, "Many of the plants we use come from sites originally identified by Dr. Bach himself and we still make the remedies just as they were made in Dr. Bach's day. The method has been passed down lovingly through the generations. He taught his assistants who taught my aunt and father, who have in turn taught me, and we continue to make the remedies using all the love, care and attention to detail that has always gone into their preparation here at Mount Vernon."

Wanting to make his remedies more available to the general public, Dr. Bach enlisted the help of Nelsons Homeopathic Pharmacy in London back in the 1930s. Under his instruction, they began to make and sell stock remedies from the mother tinctures he supplied. In 1990 this relationship was formalized and since then Nelsons (the Pharmacy's parent company) has been responsible for all the bottling and distribution of the remedies.

The arrangement between The Bach Centre and Nelsons means that the stock remedies can be bottled on a larger scale and meet the necessary regulatory requirements without compromising Dr. Bach's instructions in any way.

The Bach Original Flower Remedies are used by individuals and respected medical and complementary health practitioners alike, and are sold in over 65 counties worldwide.
To make sure that you have a genuine Bach Original Flower Remedy, just look for the signature on the bottle. This guarantees a Bach Original Flower Remedy just like Dr. Bach himself used to make.

Preparing the Bach Original Flower Remedies is a three step process:

Step One: Mother tinctures are prepared from plant material and natural spring water using either the Sun or Boiling Method as defined by Dr. Bach.
Step Two: The mother tincture is made up of the energized spring water [Step one] mixed with an equal quantity of 40% brandy. The brandy acts purely as a preservative for the remedy.
Step Three: To make the stock bottle, the mother tincture is then added to 27% grape alcohol.

There are two methods of preparing the mother tinctures for the Bach Original Flower Remedies.

The Sun Method:

The Boiling Method:

The Dr. Edward Bach Centre (Oxfordshire, England) was the home and workplace of Dr. Bach in the last years of his life, when he completed his research into the flower remedies. Today, it is run by friends and colleagues that he trained and to whom he entrusted full responsibility to adhere to his exact methods of preparation. While there are a number of flower essences now available, only the Bach Original Flower Remedies are created at Mount Vernon. Each one bears the Bach signature to guarantee it has been made as Dr. Bach requested.

Making mother tinctures is, of course, the most famous activity that goes on at the Bach Centre. In addition, Mount Vernon has become the world center for education and information on Dr. Bach's work, including publications and referral to practitioners. The Centre is open to visitors, and in everything done there, the aim is to maintain the simplicity and purity of Dr. Bach's work in the way he intended.