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Many approaches to energy healing exist: for example, “biofield energy healing”, [2] [3] “spiritual healing”, [4] “contact healing”, “distant healing”, therapeutic touch, [5] Reiki, [6] and Qigong. [2] Reviews of the scientific literature on energy healing have concluded that no evidence supports its clinical use.
Studies have been performed on the use of shortwave radiation for cancer therapy and promoting wound healing, with some success. However, at a sufficiently high energy level, shortwave energy can be harmful to human health, potentially causing damage to biological tissues, for example by overheating or inducing electrical currents. [28]
Albert Abrams (1863–1924), Photo c. 1900 Radionic instruments. Radionics [1] —also called electromagnetic therapy (EMT) and the Abrams method—is a form of alternative medicine that claims that disease can be diagnosed and treated by applying electromagnetic radiation (EMR), such as radio waves, to the body from an electrically powered device. [2]
The American Cancer Society noted, "Available scientific evidence does not support any claims that TT can cure cancer or other diseases." [10] A 2004 Cochrane review found no good evidence that it helped with wound healing, but the authors withdrew it in 2016 "due to serious concerns over the validity of included studies". [11]
Naturopathy – a system of alternative medicine based on a belief in energy forces in the body and an avoidance of conventional medicine; it is promoted as a treatment for cancer and other ailments. According to the American Cancer Society, "scientific evidence does not support claims that naturopathic medicine can cure cancer or any other ...
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Quantum healing has a number of vocal followers, but the scientific community widely regards it as nonsensical. [7] The main criticism revolves around its systematic misinterpretation of modern physics , [ 8 ] especially of the fact that macroscopic objects (such as the human body or individual cells) are much too large to exhibit inherently ...
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