Terapia Floral - O uso do composto emergencial dos florais de Bach para ansiedade

The Bach flower emergency essence (BFE) is popularly used for traumatic situations, including anxiety control. There are still few scientific studies that have evaluated the evidence for its efficacy. We performed a systematic review to critically evaluate the use of the BFE essence for anxiety relief. The research was conducted in the Medline®, Cochrane, Clinical Trials.gov, and Lilacs databases with no time and age restrictions and included all randomized controlled trials and an intervention only with the use of the BFE essence until February 2017. We found 210 articles and selected only 7. Of these, only 2 articles used the IDATE-E questionnaire before and after the use of the BFE. Meta-analysis indicated a beneficial effect on anxiety reduction (mean standard difference -3.04, without heterogeneity I² = 0%). In conclusion, the data indicate the efficacy of the BFE for anxiety.