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Presented By
Name: Lucia Maria N. F. Albuquerque
Country: Brazil
EVALUATING THE EFFECT OF
THE FLOWER ESSENCES IN
TRAUMAS AND FEARS IN
CHILDREN WHO LIVE IN A
POOR SITUATION
Lucia Maria N. F. de Albuquerque
Guilherme Giani Peniche
Léia Fortes Salles
Maria Júlia Paes da Silva
Introduction
 The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistic, in 2013,
made a statistic which showed that there are more than 11
million people living in slums in Brazil.
 Inside this universe the quantity of children and teenagers in
risky situation is huge.
 The slum brings a vulnerable situation because, as there is
no security there, it´s results in several fears and traumas.
Introduction
 The social inequality, the unemployment, the extreme
poverty and the violence found in this place contribute for
the traumatic situation episodes.
 The most common fears are: the father or the mother won´t
come back home after work, flood, landslide, hunger,
shooting, violence, death and social rejection. Everything is
the same as life is at constant risk.
How to help ?
 There are many resources that can be used to minimize the
problem and the suffering of children
 Actions that make them more resistant to face the reality.
 Our choice was Floral Therapy that helps to restore the
balance.
Why Floral Therapy ?
 The fear reactions and the trauma existence are frequently
related by the children that live in the slums and who also
are members of the non-governmental organization called
“Gotas de Flor com Amor” (“Drops of flower with love”).
 The flower essences can be a relief for the fear and trauma
expressions decreasing the possibility of physical, mental and
emotional disorders appearance.
Floral Therapy
 It was developed by the British Doctor Edward
Bach.
 His aim was to help his patients to recover their
physical, mental and spiritual health.
 The flower essences are made from specific flowers and work
with the person´s vibrations.
 “It has the power to elevate our vibrations, and thus draw
down spiritual power, which cleanses mind and body, and
heals” (Dr. Edward Bach)
Floral Essences
MIMULUS
ASPEN
FEAR OF
FAMILIAR THINGS
ROCK ROSE
FEAR OF OWN
SENSITIVENESS
STAR OF BETHLEHEM
PANIC
TRAUMA
Aim
Evaluating the effect of the flower essences in traumas
and fears in children who live in a poor situation
Method
 TYPE OF STUDY: This is a randomized clinical trial,
double-blind, with quantitative and qualitative approach.
 PLACE OF STUDY: The non-governmental organization
“Gotas de Flor com Amor” has the mission to educate and
restablish the lives of children, teenagers and families who
live in a poor situation. They deal with children from 6 to 16
years old.
 SAMPLE: We have worked with children from 6 to 8 years
old and we have had a total of 17 children in this study.
Method
Exclusion Criterion
 Children that had already taken floral.
 Children that for any reason had been absent from the
institution for 5 consecutive days.
Method
Data Collection Procedure
 After the project approval, a presentation was made for the
institution responsible and for the children´s parents.
 The group was separated in:
Experimental: that received a bottle within Bach flower
essences Rock Rose, Mimulus, Aspen, Star of
Bethlehem and water.
Placebo: that received a bottle with only water.
Method
Data Collection Procedure
 The intervention has taken 2 months divided in 30 days each
one.
 After the end of the research the Placebo group has received
a bottle within the flower essences.
 The effect of the flower essences was evaluated by a specialist
through the creation of a Garden that was analised
quantitatively and qualitatively using the principles of art
therapy.
Method
Data Collection Procedure
 The children have made three gardens: one before the first
intervention, one in the end of the first intervention and
another one in the end of the second intervention. In the
second and third gardens the children were allowed to
modify the last one or to make a new one.
 Time to create the garden: up to 30 minutes
 Each garden was photographed
 Individually, each child had up to 15 minutes to explain
his/her garden, which was recorded.
Method
Data Treatment
 It was analysed:
Verbal registers
The garden
Quantity of elements, colors and spaces used
 The evolution of all the elements used in the three gardens
was analysed in each phase showing the floral effectiveness
Results
Results
Results
 The verbal register and the garden production
were considered altogether. In the experimental
group, 07 (87,5%) children showed improvement
and 01 (12,5%) child remained unchanged. In the
placebo group, 02 (28,6%) children showed
improvement and 05 (71,4%) children remained
unchanged, as we can see in the following graphic.
 There was no correlation between the use of
colors, elements or space and the improvement or
worsening of the children.
Results
Comparison between groups; 2015
90.00%
87.50%
80.00%
71.40%
70.00%
60.00%
50.00%
40.00%
28.60%
30.00%
12.50%
20.00%
10.00%
0.00%
EXPERIMENTAL
improvement
PLACEBO
unchanged
Experimental Case
Garden 1
Garden 2
Garden 3
Placebo Case
Garden 1
Garden 2
Garden 3
Conclusions
 The gardens that the children from the experimental group created
after the use of flower therapy showed evidences of better
elaborations of fears and traumas experienced compared to the
placebo group. This improvement was observed in the creation of the
garden, in the verbal registers and in the children´s behaviors.
 There was no correlation between the use of colors, elements or space
and the improvement or worsening of the children.
 We concluded that the floral therapy can be used to help reduce the
consequences that these emotions produce in the human behavior.
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