Bach flower remedy Gentian - faith

We all so need to have faith in order to feel that things will be ok, or things will get better. When we are either low on faith or maybe we are without it because we feel we have lost too much or been disappointed too many times, then Gentian is the most marvellous tonic for our heart and soul.

We can think of faith in a religious sense, and l think religious belief is so dependent on our ability to believe and have faith in something that we cannot see, but believe in. Here, I think a religious faith can be such an amazing way of elevating our faith in something better, something we cannot see, something we can depend on. I have both experienced this personally and seen remarkable changes in those l have treated with Gentian.

Sometimes we would also dearly love to have faith and believe once again, but this feels lost to us. Here we feel cut off from the spring, the well of faith that rises up from within us.

Sometimes we have lost faith in convalescing from an illness or indeed anything when a relapse happens, and we feel we are once again at the foot of the mountain. When we are exhausted through effort.

When is Gentian helpful?

Some examples of when we are in need of Gentian:

• continued unemployment 
• in a relationship with someone who is actively addicted
• divorce 
• loss of a loved one
• when we feel full of doubt
• continued belief in life after being in a care home
• continued belief in love after a breakup or a divorce
• continued belief in love after endlessly trying to meet someone
• setbacks 
• regret

And so many more. Gentian renews our belief and allows us to reconnect with a Higher self or power. It relieves all despair.

What Gentian gives us

• unshakeable confidence
• renewed certainty 
• conviction
• being able to see the light once again, even in the darkness
• adaptability
• the ability to let go of expectations that cannot be realised

I have given patients Gentian so many times after a breakup or up of a breakdown, it creates a phoenix-like mentality which is so wonderful to see as people once again come through.

In summary, Gentian is a marvellous aid to helping us during life’s more challenging times, and when you take it, you really do feel as though you are lifted up and out of what can sometimes feel like a dark and bleak state of mind.

To me, it has represented the relighting of a flame to give us back once more a lost belief. It is the flower remedy for creating “a new day” and a new beginning.