Bach Science Studies Database

Welcome

This is a database of published scientific papers on Bach flower remedies from peer-reviewed journals. It includes clinical trials, review papers, case studies and miscellaneous other relevant papers.  Papers have been summarised by a group of science- or medically-trained Bach practitioners.  The aim of the resource is to provide a central point for Bach practitioners, trainers and other interested parties to source data with added interpretation to help non-scientists.

It will be populated over the next few months/years so please bear with us.  If you come across a paper not yet included, please email me details at gwenda@cambridge-bach.co.uk.

Some definitions:

Clinical trial: a type of research that studies new tests and treatments and evaluates their effects on human health outcomes

Peer-review: the independent assessment of a research paper by experts in the field prior to its acceptance for publication

Placebo-controlled: there are two groups involved in the study; one is given the treatment being evaluated and the other a ‘dummy’ treatment (or placebo) which appears identical but has no active component; usually randomised so participants are assigned to a group randomly

Blind/double-blind/triple blind: the participant does not know whether they are receiving the treatment being evaluated or the placebo; in double-blind experiments, the researcher giving the treatment also doesn’t know which treatment is being given and in triple-blind experiments the person analysing the results as well as the researcher and participant don’t know which treatment they are receiving

Statistically significant: analysis of the experimental data suggests that the observed outcome could not have been obtained by chance alone

Draft research protocols: Comments on two papers and draft research protocols for research studies on Bach flower remedies by Dr Martin Treacy.

Follow the links below to access the various different types of papers.

  1. Clinical Trials
  2. Review Papers
  3. Case Studies
  4. Other Papers