Youtube video analysis on the use of Bach Florals

• Autor(a) principal: Antunes, Marcos Benatti
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Fitos
• Texto Completo: https://revistafitos.far.fiocruz.br/index.php/revista-fitos/article/view/830
• topic: Flower Essences; Complementary Therapies; Floral therapy; Essências Florais; Terapias Complementares; Terapia Floral

The aim of the study was to analyze the content of the Youtube videos that address the use of Bach flower. Data were collected from July 03 to 10, 2019, during a visit to the site, using the controlled descriptor “floral de bach”, previously consulted and extracted from the Descriptors in Health Sciences (DeCS). As an inclusion criterion we used videos presented by youtubers in Portuguese with more than 2,000 views, uploaded in the last two years, ie from July 2017 to July 2019 and specifying at least one of the 38 floral from Bach. There were 91 videos on the theme and 25 (27.5%) selected for analysis with more than 2,000 hits, of these 13 (14.3%) videos met the pre-established criteria and were part of the study. As a result, a synoptic picture with flowers, emotions, indication, dosage and contraindications was presented. The research provided a broad view of the indications and characteristics of Bach flower remedies as therapy, allowing a reflection of these videos and the importance of dissemination and exchange of experiences among flower therapists, adding new knowledge to the area, since no video presented misinformation about therapy.