Since childhood, we have been taught about our five senses: sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing. From a young age, we know that we should use these five senses to explore the world around us.
But can we say that the senses we perceive with our five sense organs do more than just define the world we live in?
The answer is yes.
In fact, the intensity of emotions is closely related to the level of activation of the sensory cortices. To explain with a simple example, isn't the purpose of creating the ambiance for a romantic dinner to reach emotions using the senses as intermediaries? Otherwise, why would we prefer candlelight even though we find everything being state-of-the-art reasonable?
Things we enjoyed eating as children might now seem too sweet, too flavorful, or different. The emotions we experience, our perception of life, can vary according to different periods of our lives. Similarly, a candy that we once enjoyed immensely may not taste the same in another phase of our life.
If you are wondering what the main idea of this article is, which seems completely unrelated to black tea, we can say that as a tea company, we are setting sail into quite different waters. Tea is not an energy source that meets our daily calorie needs, nor is it a nutritional supplement. We are searching for answers to questions like why tea is consumed, what need it fulfilled, and more importantly, what else could fill the void that tea occupies.
It is well-known that our body is in constant communication with our brain and is full of nerves. However, perhaps we haven't given much thought to the idea that the emotional transitions we experience between two cups of tea in a day might have a physical effect.
It is normal to feel different emotions physiologically, it is inevitable, and it is possible to frequently experience emotional transitions in daily life. It is also possible to feel numb and emotionless, just as we don't feel our foot when it falls asleep, we feel numb and unresponsive when we can't feel our emotions.
Could it be possible to try to control emotions through the senses? The answer to the question of whether it is possible to try to control specific emotions using various vibrations emitted by different plant species, to bring back the emotions we lack, neutralize emotions we feel in overdose, or summon the emotion needed at the moment through plants is yes.
Edward Bach, despite living in the 1800s, is a respected doctor and bacteriologist who is much talked about for his research on plants. His study on 38 plants and the emotions they affect is known as "Bach Flowers." Bach Flowers is also a treatment method.
"Some illnesses never occur, some illnesses melt away like snow under the sun."
(Dr.Bach)
According to Edward Bach, the causes of diseases are a kind of conflict between the soul and the mind. Traditional Chinese medicine also believes that organs and emotions are interconnected. For example, a disease related to happiness might sound strange, but it is true. The problem is not actually the happiness itself but the imbalance caused by the overstimulation from excessive happiness. Chinese medicine believes that happiness is deeply connected to the heart. It is likely to experience heart palpitations and a rise in fever due to excessive excitement. Irritability and nervousness can be associated with liver weakness. According to alternative medicine, the organ where anger resides is the liver.
Edward Bach emphasized the importance of the vibrations emitted by plants in resolving internal conflicts that affect internal organs with his studies. Having come to this day and still retaining its validity, 'Bach Flowers' has become a gateway to the mysterious world of plants.
We can imagine our stomach as a cauldron of emotions. Heartbreaks and excitements also show their effects in our stomachs. While great disappointments and sorrows cause loss of appetite; social pressures, feelings of insecurity, and undue anxieties manifest themselves through various stomach ailments. The saying "butterflies in my stomach" used to express the excitement linked to the feeling of liking someone also serves as significant evidence of the universality of the relationship between organs and emotions.
In Bach flowers, the willow is used as a treatment method for those who feel self-pity and constant guilt, those who always feel wronged, as well as for children who continually complain about their friends. Although feeling constantly unfortunate and wronged may seem mentally exhausting in the short term, in the long run, the negative emotions it causes will inevitably manifest in some organs as concrete symptoms.
Believing that we will grow through learning, we will continue our research on the uses of plants.
With affection,
Lazika