Floral therapy in the context of the intrafamiliar violence psychological sequels

Abstract

This work consisted in insert the floral therapy as an alternative treatment in persons suffering the psychological sequels of the familiar violence. Beginning with the particular considerations that nowadays familiar violence is an increasing epidemic contaminating the human being, and its psychological sequels could lead even to the suicide, the management of this phenomenon is a little difficult, according to the ameliorating alternatives. We implanted this treatment modality in patients assisting to the Traditional and Natural Medicine Service at the Hospital Faustino Perez, of Matanzas They referred insomnia, fear, preoccupation, sadness, deception, low selfsteem, and other symptoms. We worked with a sample of 20 patients from the municipality of Matanzas , an applied a methodology integrated by questionnaires, documents analyses and the floral enquiry, which allowed us to select casuistically the essences. We achieved important results.