Healing with Bach® Flower Essences: Testing a complementary therapy

Complementary Health Practice Review

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-14

  Halberstein, Robert ^a   DeSantis, Lydia ^a   Sirkin, Alicia ^b   Padron Fajardo, Vivian ^c   Ojeda Vaz, Maria ^d  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b Sirkin Creative Living Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Double blind; Flower essences; Stress management

Indexed keywords

EID: 35848939739     PISSN: 15332101     EISSN: 15523845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1533210107300705     Document Type: Article

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