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Challenge to Reiki practitioners everywhere:=======================
http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2011/07/reiki_in_the_icu.phpI wrote:
*Egads, is everyone pixielated over at at *Critical Care Nursing Quarterly*?
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*A systematic review of Reiki by Ezard Ernst (2008) concluded, after
throwing out 196 of 205 identified studies: *
* "[T] he evidence is insufficient to suggest that reiki is an effective
treatment for any condition. Therefore the value of reiki remains unproven."
*
*The rise of Reiki in nursing is directly due to the vacuum created by Emily
Rosa's experiment on Therapeutic Touch which was published in JAMA (someone
cited it above). TT, long the rising star in nursing CAM, took a big PR hit
by a little girl who was just curious and did some basic research on the
"human energy field." But there was something else. The JAMA paper, after
going through the most rigorous of reviews, concluded: *
*"To our knowledge, no other objective, quantitative study involving more
than a few TT practitioners has been published, and no well-designed study
demonstrates any health benefit from TT. These facts, together with our
experimental findings, suggest that TT claims are groundless and that
further use of TT by health professionals is unjustified."*
*I take this to mean that the practice of TT is legally indefensible.*
*Since Reiki and TT don't have a spit of difference between them, this
should hold for Reiki, as well.*
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Militant Agnostic replied to a previous post I made:
*You are obviously unaware of the major distinction between Reiki and TT.
Reiki practitioners have their chakras attuned by Reiki masters. The TT
practitioners failed Emily Rosa's test because they did not have these
attunements. Reiki practitioners would have passed the test since they all
have been attuned by masters who were attuned by other masters going all the
way back to Usui who was attuned by .... Oh - never mind ;)*
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*Dear Militant Agnostic,*
*You claim: "Reiki practitioners would have passed [Emily Rosa's] test since
they all have been attuned by masters..."*
*Well, wonderful, let's set the time and place for Reiki practitioners to
show their stuff! *
*Please contact me to make arrangements (comments@scienceinmedicine.org). *
*Or contact the James Randi Educational Foundation if you want to win the
JREF prize. *
*Sincerely,
Linda Rosa*
*[P.S.] It is my understanding that Reiki proponents also claim, like TT
practitioners, that Reiki is an innate ability.*
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