Bach Flower Remedies were devised by a British general practitioner in the first third of the 20th century. Dr. Edward Bach, who was born in 1886, had a large general medical practice. Over the years, he discerned a certain trend among his patients: When they were in some kind of stressful or anxiety-provoking situation, they suffered from a wide range of symptoms. As a responsible and cautious GP, Dr. Bach would carefully treat these symptoms. However, he began to realize that although the patients were gaining a certain amount of symptomatic relief, he was not actually getting to the very root of their problems, which, in general, lay in the psychological realm.