Re: Current description

>>Types of "Energy Medicine Involving Putative Energy Fields" include acupuncture, qi gong, Reiki, Spiritual Healing and related concepts involving the notion of Qi, the similar idea of Prana in Indian Ayurvedic medicine as well as homeopathy, Therapeutic Touch ("Distance Healing"), distant healing (under which NCCAM counts intercessory prayer) and related concepts>>

Sheesh, I keep running into that concept of "Cognitive Dissonance" everywhere I'm studying these days.

>>There are many explanations for positive outcomes after energy therapy such as the placebo effect or cognitive dissonance>>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_medicine
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