Clinical Evolution and Cost of Treatment in Patients Treated with Bach Flower Essences

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Keywords:

psoriasis, vitiligo, lichen planus, Bach flower essences, evolution.

Abstract

Introduction: Natural and traditional medicine is nowadays a necessity, not as a therapeutic option, but because of its intrinsic value, since it allows to treat the patient holistically, in addition to its innocuousness and low cost.

Objective: To assess the clinical evolution and cost of treatment in patients treated with Bach flower essences.

Methods: A study was carried out to assess the evolution of patients with a clinical diagnosis of psoriasis, vitiligo and lichen planus, who were treated with Bach flower essences in the period from March 2016 to March 2018, at a multidisciplinary consultation of dermatology, traditional natural medicine and psychology from Héroes del Moncada Teaching Polyclinic in Cárdenas Municipality, Matanzas Province. The data were collected and processed in the EXCEL software, taking into account demographic variables, together with inclusion and exclusion criteria, as well as informed consent of patients who had not received any conventional treatment. The flower essences used, orally and topically, were crab apple, willow, verbain, impatiens, walnut, cherry plum, sweet chestnut, chicory, clematis, beech, star of Bethlehem, white chestnut and larch.

Results: The female sex predominated in cases of vitiligo and psoriasis. Anxiety was present in seventeen patients. Regarding evolution, fourteen patients were asymptomatic and the same amount achieved improvement. The cost of the oral flower essences was free and that of the topical ones was very low.

Conclusions: Clinical evolution was favorable and the cost of treatment was very low, which demonstrated the effectiveness of flower therapy in the sample studied.

 

 

 

 

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Published

2021-03-24

How to Cite

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Fernández Martell RM, Dopico Toledo AP, Morales Pérez PI, Bueno González L, Martín Suárez M de los Ángeles, López Suárez A. Clinical Evolution and Cost of Treatment in Patients Treated with Bach Flower Essences. Rev cuba med gen integr [Internet]. 2021 Mar. 24 [cited 2025 May 9];37(1). Available from: https://revmgi.sld.cu/index.php/mgi/article/view/1326

Issue

Vol. 37 No. 1 (2021): enero-marzo

Section

ARTÍCULOS ORIGINALES

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