How are they prepared Preparing a dosage bottle for the bach essences: • Almost fill a 20/30ml dropper bottle with spring water and one teaspoonful of brandy as a preservative, vodka may also be used. Add cider apple vinegar or glycerine if you want to avoid alcohol. For babies and animals one can make up a dosage bottle without preservative, in which case the bottle must be kept in the fridge. • Put 2 drops of each chosen essence into the bottle • Label with name, date and contents • Shake well and take 4 drops x 4 times a day, particularly first thing in the morning and last thing at night, and then spaced throughout the day. • It is important to remember to take them, as regularity is the key. A poor response to a combination is more likely to be due to taking them intermittently rather than an incorrect choice of essences.