| The practice of Reiki healing began in
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| | therapies that are safe and effective.
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| Japan during the 1920s. Reiki therapy
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| | Without evidence supporting that a
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| was brought to Hawaii, in the United
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| | therapy may be beneficial, they will not
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| States, by Hawayo Takata, in 1937. The
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| | provide funding for additional research.
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| practice is sometimes met with criticism.
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| | In other words, Reiki healing may be
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| It is considered a belief based system,
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| | considered "quackery" by some, but at one
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| sometimes categorized with faith healing
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| | time chiropractic care, massage therapy,
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| or "laying on of hands". With our
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| | aroma therapy, acupuncture and many other
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| current technology, we cannot explain why
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| | forms of treatment were criticized. Now,
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| or how it works, but researchers are
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| | many of these are commonly suggested as
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| currently studying the health benefits of
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| | complementary therapies.
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| Reiki therapy and looking for a possible
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| | Many hospitals use aroma therapy to help
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| explanation.
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| | reduce recovery time after surgery.
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| In the United States, the National Center
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| | Massage and other forms of physical
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| for Complementary and Alternative
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| | therapy are considered absolutely
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| Medicine (NCCAM) provides funding for the
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| | necessary for patients recovering from
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| scientific research and evaluation of
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| | injuries or surgical procedures.
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| health care systems and practices that
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| | Acupuncture and chiropractic treatments
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| fall outside of the realm of
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| | have been shown to relieve pain that
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| "conventional" medicine. They are
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| | cannot be successfully treated with
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| currently sponsoring research concerning
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| | conventional medicine.
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| Reiki healing. Researchers would like to
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| | The value of human touch cannot be
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| explain how Reiki (pronounced "ray-kee")
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| | overstated. Premature babies grow and
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| might work.
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| | thrive more quickly when they are
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| NCCAM sponsored researchers are
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| | touched, stroked and held often. The
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| evaluating Reiki therapy for the
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| | ancient practice of "laying on of hands"
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| treatment of fibromyalgia. They are
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| | is now called "Therapeutic Touch" and is
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| evaluating the impact of Reiki therapy on
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| | used in a conventional medical setting.
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| the well-being and quality of life in
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| | Doctors at the Simon Fraser University in
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| people with advanced AIDS. In people
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| | Canada have been using Therapeutic Touch
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| with prostrate cancer, they are
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| | for twenty years and conclude that it is
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| evaluating the effects of Reiki therapy
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| | a "safe and beneficial intervention for
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| on the progression of the disease and the
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| | cancer patients".
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| patient's anxiety level. In people with
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| | Reiki healing combines the power of touch
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| diabetes, they are hoping Reiki therapy
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| | with energy medicine, another health
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| can help control blood sugar levels,
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| | field that is a part of complementary and
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| improve heart function and/or relieve the
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| | alternative medicine. The Japanese words
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| pain of damaged nerves.
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| | "rei" and "ki" (which are combined to
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| NCCAM is an agency of the Federal
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| | form the word Reiki) are translated as
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| Government. They are not a "faith based"
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| | "universal life energy". Energy medicine
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| organization. Their members are
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| | sometimes focuses on forces that can be
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| scientists who have been trained to
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| | measured with scientific instruments,
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| research and study complementary and
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| | such as electromagnetic fields, and
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| alternative therapies. There goal is to
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| | sometimes on forces that cannot yet be
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| provide the public and health care
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| | measured conclusively by scientific
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| professionals with information concerning
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| | means.
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