Bach Flower Remedies

1. AGRIMONY: Humorous hides mental torture from others.
2. ASPEN: Fears of unknown things [feelings, vague].
3. BEECH: Order and discipline everywhere [intolerance].
4. CENTANRY: No individuality submits to [weakness of will power].
5. CERATO: Asking for advice doing their own talkative [doubt their own judgement, seeks confirmation of others]
6. CHERRY PLUM: Unable to resist impulse [temptation, emotion, desperation], [uncontrolled, irrational thoughts]
7. CHESTNUT BUD: Lack of observation repeated mistakes. Forgets the past easily.
8. CHICORY: Self love self pity- possessiveness. Cross when no attended.
9. CLEMATIS: Day dreamers, absent-minded-lack of concentration. Polite form of suicide. Prefers to be alone with his thoughts. Poor memory [brings down to earth] needs much sleep. Faintly Greediness Lake of interest.
10. CRAB-APPLE: Self dislike, concern of dirt.
11. ELM: Temporary lack of confidence in discharge of duties- trustee, doctor, family head.[overwhelmed by inadequency & responsibility.
12. GENTIAN: Depression for known cause discourage due to failure at school. Doubt discouragement.
13. GORSE: hopelessness pessimistic. 'oh, what's the use'
14. HEATHER: Self centred ness, making mountain of moles. Every talk about his owns ‘I’. egoistic
15. HOLY: Jealousy, hatred, suspicious, anger, worried, afraid, sex indulgence, sex mania.
16. HONEYS SUCKLE: Dwells in the memories of the past. Home sickness not living in present.
17. HORN BEAM: Monday morning feeling tiresomeness in thought & not due to physical exhaustion.
18. IMPATIENS: Quick & impatient extreme mental tension, irritability, excessive reaction.
19. LARCH: Lack of confidence a convinced after failure & no attempts though capable full of interest & ambitions.
20. MIMULUS: Fears of known things heard or seen. Nervousness, shyness.
21. MUSTARD: Depression & fear for unknown cause.
22. OAK: Optimistic, ease less efforts even in despair, fighting without loss of hope.
23. OLIVE: Exhaustion after exertion completes mentally & physically lack of interest- depression.[fatigued-drained of energy]
24. PINE: Putting blame on them feeling of guilt self blame.
25. RED CHEST NUT: Fear and anxiety for family & others.
26. ROCK ROSE: Extreme fear panic emergency.
27. ROCK WATER: Rigid minded, inflexible.
28. SCLERANTHUS: Lazy persons postpone doing now or afterwards. Uncertainity/ indecision/ fluctuating mood.
29. STAR OF BETHLEHEM: Many shocks in life. Mental or physical.
39. WHITE CHEST NUT: Persistent unwanted thoughts, preoccupation with some worry or episode. Mental arguments.
30. VERVEIN: Strain & tension.
31. VINE: Dominator or tyrant – Hitler type
32. WILLOW: For resentment put blame on others.
33. WILD OAT: Weak anaemic despondent.
34. WILD ROSE: Resigned- loss of interest- no efforts to improve.
35. WATER VIOLET: Proud / reserved / enjoy to be alone / aloof
36. WALNUT: To adjust [puberty, menopause, divorce, new surroundings]
37. SWEET CHEST NUT: Link breaker.[they feel that they have reached the limits of endurance]
38. RESCUE: cherry plum + clematis + impatiens + rock rose + star of bethlehem [shock, terror, emotional upset, stage fright]

Homeopathic Individualized Q-potencies versus Fluoxetine for Moderate to Severe Depression: Double-blind, Randomized Non-inferiority Trial

Homeopathic Individualized Q-potencies versus Fluoxetine for
Moderate to Severe Depression: Double-blind, Randomized
Non-inferiority Trial

U. C. Adler, N. M. P. Paiva, A. T. Cesar, M. S. Adler, A. Molina, A. E. Padula
and H. M. Calil
Faculdade de Medicina de Jundiaı ´, Homeopathy Graduation Programme, Department of Psychobiology,
Universidade Federal de Sa ˜ o Paulo, Sa ˜ o Paulo, Brazil

Homeopathy is a complementary and integrative medicine used in depression, The aim of this study is to investigate the non-inferiority and tolerability of individualized homeopathic medicines [Quinquagintamillesmial (Q-potencies)] in acute depression, using fluoxetine as active control. Ninety-one outpatients with moderate to severe depression were assigned to receive an individualized homeopathic medicine or fluoxetine 20mg day–1(up to 40mg day–1) in a pro-
spective, randomized, double-blind double-dummy 8-week, single-center trial. Primary efficacy measure was the analysis of the mean change in the Montgomery & Asberg Depression Rating  Scale (MADRS) depression scores, using a non-inferiority test with margin of 1.45. Secondary  efficacy outcomes were response and remission rates. Tolerability was assessed with the side
effect rating scale of the Scandinavian Society of Psychopharmacology. Mean MADRS scores  differences were not significant at the 4th (P¼0.654) and 8th weeks (P¼0.965) of treatment.  Non-inferiority of homeopathy was indicated because the upper limit of the confidence interval (CI) for mean difference in MADRS change was less than the non-inferiority margin: mean differences (homeopathy–fluoxetine) were 3.04 (95% CI 6.95, 0.86) and 2.4 (95% CI 6.05, 0.77) at 4th and 8th week, respectively. There were no significant differences between the percentages of response or remission rates in both groups. Tolerability: there were no significant differences between the side effects rates, although a higher percentage of patients treated with fluoxetine reported troublesome side effects and there was a trend toward greater
treatment interruption for adverse effects in the fluoxetine group. This study illustrates the feasibility of randomized controlled double-blind trials of homeopathy in depression and indicates the non-inferiority of individualized homeopathic Q-potencies as compared to fluoxetine in acute treatment of outpatients with moderate to severe depression.

Source :

http://ecam.oxfordjournals.org/

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