Energy medicine

Energy medicine is one of five domains of “complementary and alternative medicine” identified by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) in the United States.

The approaches vary widely in philosophy, approach, and origin. Many therapies are predicated, as regards the given explanation for their supposed efficacy, on some form of energy unknown to current science: in this case the given energy is sometimes referred to as putative energy. Conversely "Spiritual energy" may also be equated with empirically understood forces, for example, some equate the aura with electromagnetism. Such energies are termed "veritable" as opposed to "putative".

Varieties of energy medicine

The term "energy medicine" has been in general use since the founding of the non-profit International Society for the Study of Subtle Energies and Energy Medicine in the 1980s and was further defined by two books, each titled Energy Medicine, one which is a guide for practitioners and one which surveys existing research evidence.

The NCCAM distinguishes between claims of healing virtue surrounding actual, well-known forms of physical energy ("Veritable Energy Medicine"), and claims of "energies" of unclear nature, where not only the claim of healing virtue is unsubstantiated, but also the alleged energy itself ("Energy Medicine Involving Putative Energy Fields").

Devices

A recent investigation by the Seattle Times found that thousands of devices claiming to utilize energy medicine—many of them illegal or dangerous—were used in hundreds of venues across the United States. The newspaper described energy medicine as "21st-Century Snake Oil", pointing to a lack of regulation and widespread false or unproven marketing claims. A more extensive report was also published on the subject by Seattle Times As a follow up to this publication, two such devices were banned in January 2008 by authorities in the USA.

References

1. ^ a b National Institutes of Health (2005). "NIH Energy medicine: overview".
2. ^ Eden, D. (1998). Energy Medicine.
3. ^ Oschman, J. (2000). Energy Medicine: The Scientific Basis.
4. ^ Information on energy medicine, from the U.S. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
5. ^ Michael J. Berens and Christine Willmsen. "Miracle Machines:The 21st-Century Snake Oil". Seattle Times. Retrieved on 2007-11-18.
6. ^ Michael J. Berens and Christine Willmsen. "How one man's invention is part of a growing worldwide scam that snares the desperately ill". Seattle Times. Retrieved on 2007-11-19.
7. ^ Michael J. Berens and Christine Willmsen. "Fraudulent medical devices targeted". Seattle Times. Retrieved on 2008-01-30.

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