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        <journal-title>Materia Novum: The Journal of Homoeopathy</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">Materia Novum</abbrev-journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="epub">2583-4398</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Materia Novum: The Journal of Homoeopathy</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">MNH210004</article-id>
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        <article-title>Efficacy of Larch in Students with Low Self Esteem: A Prospective Non  Randomized Trial</article-title>
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          <name>
            <surname>r.MitaGharte</surname>
            <given-names>Dr.MitaGharte</given-names>
          </name>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Dr.SubhashYadav</surname>
            <given-names>Dr.SubhashYadav</given-names>
          </name>
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        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Nair</surname>
            <given-names>Dr.Smitha</given-names>
          </name>
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        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Nimbhore</surname>
            <given-names>Dr.Vishal</given-names>
          </name>
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        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Patharkar</surname>
            <given-names>Dr.Ruta </given-names>
          </name>
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        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Dhalkari</surname>
            <given-names>Neha</given-names>
          </name>
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        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Galeria</surname>
            <given-names>Nikhat</given-names>
          </name>
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        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Hagi</surname>
            <given-names>Nami</given-names>
          </name>
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      <aff id="aff1">MNH</aff>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub" iso-8601-date="2026-04-07">
        <month>04</month>
        <day>07</day>
        <year>2026</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>1</volume>
      <issue>2</issue>
      <elocation-id>13</elocation-id>
      <abstract>
        <p>Study to investigate the efficacy of Bach flower remedy larch in cases of low self-esteem in students 
was carried out with 50 students of Motiwala homoeopathic medical college .study hypotheses that 
Larch is efficacious in improving self-esteem in students. Students who fell in to grade III and 
grade IV of Sorensen Scale were selected after screening of 234 students. Written and informed 
consent were duly signed by the subjects’ .After history taking they received dose of larch dispensed 
by physician himself. Dose was repeated every 15 days. Follow ups were taken fortnightly to 
evaluate the effect of medicine. Mean score before treatment was 24.78 and after treatment was 
8.84.This showed significant improvement in self-esteem scores after 6 months of treatment. 
Hypothesis was tested using Z test .Z score was 13.62, at confidence level of 95% table z value is 
1.96.Hence Nulls hypothesis got rejected.</p>
      </abstract>
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        <kwd>Bach flower remedies</kwd>
        <kwd>low self-esteem</kwd>
        <kwd>Sorensen scale</kwd>
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