Clare G. Harvey has an amazing knowledge of flower essences...she tailor-makes treatments using essences from all around the world. - Vogue. For tens of thousands of years, flowers played an important role in healing among native people such as the Australian Aborigines and American Indians. Today, their ancient knowledge is being rediscovered as a unique and powerful way of healing on every level - physical, mental, emotional, spiritual - using flower essences that capture the therapeutic qualities of various blooms. This wonderfully comprehensive encyclopedia puts a world of knowledge at your fingertips with flower essences gathered from all corners of the globe, from Hawaii and the Himalayas to America and the Australian Bush. It gives the properties of 33 families of flower essences and the benefits of 2000 remedies. An easy-to-use Ailment Chart pinpoints remedies for a wide range of physical and psychological conditions, from stress to hormonal imbalance and from allergy to depression and Clare G. Harvey provides instructions for prescribing, making-up, and using flower remedies at home, including recipes for blends such as Stress Buster and Infection Fighter.