Bach flower remedies

The dilution process results in the statistical likelihood that little more than a single molecule may remain; it is claimed that the remedies contain "energetic" or "vibrational" nature of the flower and that this can be transmitted to the user.

[citation needed] In a 2002 database review of randomized trials Edzard Ernst concluded:[3] The hypothesis that flower remedies are associated with effects beyond a placebo response is not supported by data from rigorous clinical trials.All randomized double-blind studies, whether finding for or against the solutions, have suffered from small cohort sizes but the studies using the best methods found no effect over placebo.

[3][2] The most likely means of action for flower remedies is as placebos, enhanced by introspection on the patient's emotional state, or simply being listened to by the practitioner.

Our analysis of the four controlled trials of BFRs for examination anxiety and ADHD indicates that there is no evidence of benefit compared with a placebo intervention.

[citation needed] Bach believed that illness was the result of a conflict between the purposes of the soul and the personality's actions and outlook.

[17] Later, he found that the amount of dew he could collect was not sufficient, so he would suspend flowers in spring water and allow the sun's rays to pass through them.

Bach was satisfied with the method, because of its simplicity, and because it involved a process of combination of the four elements:[18] 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.By the time of his death in 1936 at 50 years of age, Bach had created a system of 38 different flower remedies along with their corresponding theories of ailments.