- Sunflower therapy
Sunflower therapy (also known as the Sunflower Method) is a holistic healing approach intended to help children with learning difficulties such as
dyslexia ,dyspraxia andADHD . It involves a number of techniques, includingapplied kinesiology , physical manipulation,massage ,homeopathy , herbal remedies andneuro-linguistic programming (NLP).The
Sunflower Trust was founded in 1995 in the UK by Mark Mathews, aGuildford osteopath.cite web
title = Sunflower Therapy
publisher = Helix House
date = 2007
url = http://www.helixhouse.co.uk/sunflower_therapy.asp
accessdate = 2007-04-26 ]unflower therapy and children with dyslexia
A study at
Brunel University on 70 children (6-13 years) found that there were statistically significant improvements in academic self-esteem, but no improvements in cognitive or literacy scores associated with the treatment. The majority of parents felt that the treatments were effective in treating the learning difficulties.cite web
last = Bull
first = L
title = Sunflower therapy for children with specific learning difficulties (dyslexia): a randomised, controlled trial.
publisher = PubMed.gov
date = 2006-12-15
url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=17210507&query_hl=10&itool=pubmed_docsum
accessdate = 2007-04-26 ]References
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Alternative medicine
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