White Chestnut

White Chestnut is one of the Bach Flower Remedies. I woke up this morning knowing that I needed to both blip it and take a hefty dose of it! It is made from the blossoms of the Conker tree (Aesculus hippocastanum)

White Chestnut is for a busy head; unwelcome thoughts that go round and round preoccupying your attention. Some people describe it as being like a hamster on a wheel, unable to break out of the cycle of thoughts that preoccupy you.

When you need White Chestnut, you will go over conversations in your mind thinking about what you could have said differently or re-reading emails you've sent. Your head will be full of mental chatter; thinking about what happened at work, what you need to pick up from the shops, bills you need to sort out, phonecalls to make - it can be very hard to feel tranquil in this state.

White chestnut flower essence brings tranquil calm to your thoughts. I used to live near a field of white chestnut trees and the sheep would shelter under them. I think that those sheep perfectly epitomized the way you feel after taking White Chestnut flower essence - complete calm and peace in the moment, not troubled by any unwanted thoughts.

If you can't sleep because your mind is too busy; find it difficult to meditate, go over the same problems without finding solutions, suffer from obsessive compulsive thoughts or behaviour, or grind your teeth and frown a lot then you would really benefit from White Chestnut.