The anger blend
Anger comes in a hot version and a cold one, and they take different remedies. A flare that is over in ten minutes is not the same thing as a resentment that has been sitting there since March, and neither is the same as being permanently irritated by how other people do everything.
The five inside, and why each is there
Each one covers a different face of the same situation, and the blend is all of them together. Read any of them in full to see how much of it is yours, and buy them singly if you would rather mix your own.
HollyFor the hot flare, and for the jealousy and suspicion that often sit underneath it.Check price on Amazon(opens on Amazon in a new tab)
ImpatiensFor the short fuse. Snapping at slowness, jaw tight in traffic, finished before anyone else has started.Check price on Amazon(opens on Amazon in a new tab)
BeechFor being wound up by other people constantly, their habits, their mistakes, the way they do small things.Check price on Amazon(opens on Amazon in a new tab)
Cherry PlumFor when your own temper frightens you and you are not sure what you might say next.Check price on Amazon(opens on Amazon in a new tab)
WillowFor the cold version. No flare at all, just a settled sense that you have had a raw deal.Check price on Amazon(opens on Amazon in a new tab)
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When people reach for it
- You go from calm to furious faster than you can catch it
- Small things about other people wind you up all day long
- You said the thing you regretted before you had finished saying it
- You are not shouting, you are quietly keeping score
- You have started to worry about how angry you can get
How to take it
Two drops of each of the five into a 30ml bottle of spring water, four drops four times a day. That is the blend as it stands, and it is a reasonable place to begin. If there is a particular conversation coming that you already know will test you, the crisis formula is the traditional thing to take on the day itself.
To narrow it, sort by temperature. If your anger flares and passes, Holly, Impatiens and Cherry Plum are the three doing the work. If it cools into something harder and sits there, Willow and Beech are the closer fit. Most people keep one from each side, which is a fair description of how anger actually behaves.
Anger is usually pointing at something real. Tell someone you trust what is actually going on, and take the remedy alongside that rather than instead of it.
The mixing guide walks through the whole method, bottle sizes and all.
Common questions
Which Bach flower remedy is best for anger?
Holly is the classic answer and it is the right one for hot, sudden anger, particularly where jealousy or feeling shut out is underneath it. But if the tell is impatience with how slowly things move, Impatiens fits better, and if you are more permanently irritated by people than angry at anyone, that is Beech. Cold, settled resentment is Willow, and it responds to a completely different remedy than the flare does.
What is the difference between Holly and Willow?
Heat. Holly is anger you can feel in your chest, quick and hot and often gone as fast as it came. Willow does not flare at all. It is the quieter arithmetic of what you have put in against what you got back, and it can sit unchanged for years without ever raising its voice.
Is there a remedy for irritability rather than anger?
Two, and they split cleanly. Impatiens is irritation at pace, at waiting and slow talkers and anything that takes longer than it should. Beech is irritation at people themselves, their habits and their small failings. If everything irritates you and nothing quite makes you angry, start with those two.
What about road rage?
Impatiens, almost always. Bach described exactly this state, the quick person stuck behind a slow world, and driving concentrates it into thirty minutes twice a day. Holly is the addition if what you feel behind the wheel is genuine hostility rather than frustration.
What if the anger is about something genuinely unfair?
Then it is doing its job, and no remedy is meant to talk you out of it. Willow suits the point where the unfairness has turned inward and become bitterness you are carrying on your own. Vervain suits the opposite, burning with the injustice of it and being unable to put it down at the end of the day.
A blend is one answer for everyone
If what you are carrying is a pattern rather than a situation, a remedy chosen for how you actually feel will fit better. The quiz narrows the 38 in about a minute.