Bach flower remedies: Difference between revisions

{{shortShort description|Solutions of brandy and water used as a homeopathic remedy}}

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[[Image:WomanHomeopathy.jpg|thumb|250px|Woman lookingbrowsing ata shelf containing Bach flower remedies]]

'''Bach flower remedies''' ('''BFRs''') are solutions of [[brandy]] and water—the water containing [[Homeopathic dilutions|extreme dilutions]] of [[flower]] material developed by [[Edward Bach]], an English [[homeopath]], in the 1930s. Bach claimed that the dew found on flower petals retains the supposed healing properties of that plant.<ref>{{cite book |title=Bach flower remedies : a comprehensive study |author=D. S. Vohra |location=New Delhi |publisher=Health Harmony |year=2002 |oclc=428012690 |page=258 }}</ref> [[Systematic review]]s of [[clinical trial]]s of Bach flower solutions have found no efficacy beyond that of a [[placebo]].<ref name="Thaler2009">{{cite journal|vauthors=Thaler K, Kaminski A, Chapman A, Langley T, Gartlehner G |title=Bach Flower Remedies for psychological problems and pain: a systematic review |journal=BMC Complement Altern Med |date=26 May 2009 |volume=9 |pmid=19470153 |pmc=2695424 |doi=10.1186/1472-6882-9-16|pages=16 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name="Ernst2002" />

{{blockquotequote|The hypothesis that flower remedies are associated with effects beyond a placebo response is not supported by data from rigorous clinical trials.}}

{{blockquotequote|Most of the available evidence regarding the efficacy and safety of BFRs has a high risk of bias. We conclude that, based on the reported adverse events in these six trials, BFRs are probably safe. Few controlled prospective trials of BFRs for psychological problems and pain exist. Our analysis of the four controlled trials of BFRs for examination anxiety and [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|ADHD]] indicates that there is no evidence of benefit compared with a placebo intervention.}}

}}</ref> {{blockquotequote|All placebo-controlled trials failed to demonstrate efficacy. It is concluded that the most reliable clinical trials do not show any differences between flower remedies and placebos.}}

Flower remedies are sometimes promoted as being capable of boosting the immune system, but "there is no [[scientific evidence]] to prove that flower remedies can control, cure or prevent any type of disease, including cancer".<ref>{{cite web

Each solution is used alone or in conjunction with other solutions, and each flower is said by advocates to impart specific qualities. Remedies are usually taken orally.<ref>{{CitationCite journal |last1=Araújo Rocha |first1=Mayara |last2=Galvão Queiroz |first2=Cintia |last3=Gurgel dos Santos |first3=Kauanny Vitoria |last4=dos Santos Dantas |first4=Joyce Karolayne |last5=Matias de Araujo |first5=Sara Cristina |last6=Ozorio Dutra |first6=Samia Valeria |last7=Vieira Dantas |first7=Daniele |last8=Neves Dantas |first8=Rodrigo Assis needed|date=MarchNovember 20212022 |title=Bach Flower Remedies as Complementary Therapies in Health Care: A Scope Review |url=https://journals.lww.com/10.1097/HNP.0000000000000552 |journal=Holistic Nursing Practice |language=en |volume=36 |issue=6 |pages=E64–E71 |doi=10.1097/HNP.0000000000000552 |pmid=36255345 |issn=0887-9311}}</ref>

The solutions may be recommended by a [[naturopath]] or by a trained Bach flower practitioner after an interview.{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}}. Neither of these are licensed medical professionals.

{{blockquotequote|The earth to nurture the plant, the air from which it feeds, the sun or fire to enable it to impart its power, and water to collect and be enriched with its beneficent magnetic healing.}}

* [[Herbal tonic]]