Aspen Bach Remedy for Fears of Unknown Origins

Aspen is the remedy for any fear where the cause of the fear cannot be named. On one side a person’s Aspen fear can be just a sense of foreboding, or a feeling of uneasy with anxiety that something is going to happen that may turn out unpleasantly. They might even feel something frightening may happen.

However, on the other side of the scale there could be a real feeling of terror, with physical symptoms like their “hair standing on end”. If this is the case some Rock Rose may be needed as Rock Rose is the remedy for someone who is panicked, very frightened or even terrorized.

Some folks think of Aspen as a night-time fear, with no cause for the emotions displayed. Certainly if you were lying awake in a dark room scared of something but not knowing what it was, then Aspen is the remedy.

But in fact Dr Bach said that for fear of the dark itself Mimulus would be the appropriate remedy to take, since the cause of the fear (the dark) can be named. Nameless Aspen fears are just as likely to occur in full sunlight as on a dark night.

Children in need of Aspen Bach flower remedy may think the monster hiding under their bed or in the closet could be real. They want bedroom doors open and a light left on all night.
The person taking Aspen will feel a balance in their life and will notice that shapeless, nameless, and groundless fears will become a thing of the past.

Children treated with Aspen Bach flower remedy will once again be able to trust that the monster under the bed in not real and sleep peacefully.

Dr Bach's description
Vague unknown fears, for which there can be given no explanation, no reason. Yet the patient may be terrified of something terrible going to happen, he knows not what. These vague unexplainable fears may haunt by night or day. Sufferers often are afraid to tell their trouble to others.

- taken from The Twelve Healers and Other Remedies, which you can order from the Bach Centre. http://www.bachcentre.com/centre/books.htm