In addition to history, philosophy, and best practices for clinical management, a good Bach flower therapy study program will provide an organized path to materia medica study. Although there are only 38 or 39 remedies to study, an A to Z approach is generally not supportive of the learning process. We therefore want to use a map, a way to group the remedies, that will serve as a simple, intuitive entry point into the materia medica. 

Many Bach flower therapy courses use Edward Bach’s categorization of the remedies into 7 thematic groups. This is a valid approach, particularly as it provides some insights into Bach’s own understanding of the remedies.

The downside is that some of the groupings themselves are slippery and not intuitive, especially as they do not match how we commonly conceptualize or talk about our emotional states. 

For this reason, I have developed a different classification schema for teaching purposes that I use to introduce remedies in my Bach Flower Therapy for Homeopaths courses, with good results and positive feedback from students. We look at Bach's groupings as well, but the actual process of learning the remedies unfolds differently.

If you are interested in learning with my approach—and also mastering Bach Flower Therapy in a short time—you are invited to join my live online Bach Flower Therapy for Homeopaths Course.

That said, any schema is simply an entry point, a lens through which we can begin to understand the remedies. Many other connections and classifications can be made—and I strongly encourage you to do so—as you become more familiar with the material.

Below I will share the traditional path toward a self-study curriculum for the remedies, grouped according to Edward Bach’s classification.