Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)

Frequently Asked Questions

6. What is energy medicine?

Energy medicine uses energy fields with the intent to affect health. Some fields, such as magnetic fields, have been measured. Others, such as biofields, have not. Therapies involving biofields are based on the idea that people are infused with a subtle form of energy; energy medicine practitioners believe that illness results from disturbances of these subtle energies. Examples of energy medicine include magnet therapy, healing touch, and Reiki.

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