Traitement par fleurs de Bach: Pensée magique ou médecine factuelle? Revue de la littérature

[en] In 1930, Dr Edward Bach developed flower essences known as Bach flowers. Today, over 70 years later, they are becoming more and more popular and are used by many practitioners, despite a total lack of scientific support for their use. A review of the literature on the controversial use of this alternative treatment is discussed.

Disciplines :

Human health sciences: Multidisciplinary, general & others

Author, co-author :

Lechien, JR

COSTA DE ARAUJO, Pedro ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Autres Services Médicaux > Service d'ORL, d'audiophonologie et de chir. cervico-faciale

Linkowski, P

Language :

French

Title :

Traitement par fleurs de Bach: Pensée magique ou médecine factuelle? Revue de la littérature

Alternative titles :

[en] Treatment by Bach flowers, a review of the literature

Publication date :

2012

Journal title :

Revue Médicale de Bruxelles

ISSN :

0035-3639

eISSN :

2795-8558

Publisher :

Association des Médecins Anciens Étudiants de l'Université Libre Bruxelles, Belgium

Peer reviewed :

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