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Reiki Energy Medicine: Enhancing the Healing Process by Alice Moore, RN, BS, Reiki Master Hartford Hospital Dept.Of Integrative Medicine, Hartford, CT
Reiki Energy Medicine: Enhancing the Healing Process by Alice Moore, RN, BS, Reiki Master Hartford Hospital Dept.of Integrative Medicine, Hartford, CT With increasing frequency and confidence, we speak of Energy Medicine (also known as “energy work”) as if it was a new form of therapy for our patients’ ailments. Not so. Thousands of years ago ancient cultures understood intuitively what scientific research and practitioners world-wide are confirming today about the flow (or lack of flow) of energy in the body and, how the use of energy therapies can enhance the healing process. As well known medical surveys report approximately 50% of the American public using some form of complementary or alternative therapy, “energy work” is among the ten most frequently used. Research has shown that these therapies (often called “mind-body-spirit techniques”) can help decrease anxiety, diminish pain, strengthen the immune system, and accelerate healing, whether by simply inducing the “relaxation response” (and reversing the “stress response” and subsequent impacts on the body, illness, and disease) or, by more complex mechanisms. When patients choose these options, there is often a greater sense of participation in healing and restoration of health and, patient satisfaction is often increased in the process. It was with this understanding that Women’s Health Services at Hartford Hospital (in collaboration with Alice Moore, RN, BS, Reiki Master and Volunteer Services) began to integrate Reiki healing touch (one of the most well known forms of “energy work” ) on the inpatient gynecological surgical unit in 1997. Patients have been very pleased to be offered an option that is so relaxing and helps decrease their anxiety as well as their discomfort. -
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy Number: Original Effective Date: MM.12.013 01/01/2014 Line(s) of Business: Current Effective Date: HMO; PPO 11/17/2017 Section: Miscellaneous Place(s) of Service: Outpatient I. Description Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), also called non-traditional medicine, is a group of diverse medical and healthcare systems, practices and products that are not typically considered to be a part of traditional Western medicine (i.e., conventional medicine). This policy addresses services performed by CAM providers such as naturopaths, chiropractors and acupuncturists. Complementary medicine generally refers to using a non-traditional approach together with conventional medicine. Alternative medicine refers to using a non-traditional approach in place of conventional medicine. Various CAM assessments and therapies are supported by some degree of scientific evidence and are intended to reduce disease-based symptoms and to improve health outcomes. However, due to a lack of well-designed scientific studies and/or peer reviewed literature many CAM therapies have not been shown to improve health outcomes over conventional therapies. II. Criteria/Guidelines A CAM service or procedure is covered (subject to Limitations and Administrative Guidelines) when all of the following criteria are met: A. It meets the definition of medical necessity as specified in Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) Section 432: 1. It is for the purpose of treating a medical condition. 2. It is the most appropriate delivery or level of service, considering potential benefits and harms to the patient; 3. It is known to be effective in improving health outcomes; provided that: a. Effectiveness is determined first by scientific evidence; b. -
FDA and the Challenge of Alternative Medicine: Realistic Assessments and Regulatory Flexibility
FDA and the Challenge of Alternative Medicine: Realistic Assessments and Regulatory Flexibility The Harvard community has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters Citation FDA and the Challenge of Alternative Medicine: Realistic Assessments and Regulatory Flexibility (1997 Third Year Paper) Citable link http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:8852106 Terms of Use This article was downloaded from Harvard University’s DASH repository, and is made available under the terms and conditions applicable to Other Posted Material, as set forth at http:// nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:dash.current.terms-of- use#LAA I. Introduction For many people in the United States the idea of alternative or unconventional medicine conjures up visions of snake oil salesmen or crazy crystal-bearing shamen. Such images contribute to the gut reaction that alternative medicine is bunk. Recently, however, Americans have taken increasingly active roles in their own health care and, in the process, have discovered the potentials of alternative medicine. This growing fascination with alternative medicine is evidenced by the recent deluge of books, magazines, web sites, health stores, and clinics dedicated to its practice and development. The perception that alternative medicine cannot be reconciled with conventional medicine and science belies both the enchantment with unconventional therapies as well as the distrust of them. In 1993 Congress, however, decided that America should take a more scientific look -
Chakra Healing: a Beginner's Guide to Self-Healing Techniques That
I dedicate this book to my grandmother, Lola Anunciacion Pineda Perlas, who always believed in me. Copyright © 2017 by Althea Press, Berkeley, California No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except as permitted under Section 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Requests to the publisher for permission should be addressed to the Permissions Department, Althea Press, 918 Parker St., Suite A-12, Berkeley, CA 94710. Limit of Liability/Disclaimer of Warranty: The Publisher and the author make no representations or warranties with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the contents of this work and specifically disclaim all warranties, including without limitation warranties of fitness for a particular purpose. No warranty may be created or extended by sales or promotional materials. The advice and strategies contained herein may not be suitable for every situation. This work is sold with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering medical, legal or other professional advice or services. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional person should be sought. Neither the Publisher nor the author shall be liable for damages arising herefrom. The fact that an individual, organization or website is referred to in this work as a citation and/or potential source of further information does not mean that the author or the Publisher endorses the information the individual, organization or website may provide or recommendations they/it may make. -
Research Article Behavior of Elastic Therapeutic Tapes Under Dynamic and Static Conditions
Hindawi Advances in Materials Science and Engineering Volume 2021, Article ID 6671712, 9 pages https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/6671712 Research Article Behavior of Elastic Therapeutic Tapes under Dynamic and Static Conditions Hermela Ejegu ,1 Bipin Kumar ,2 and Priyanka Gupta 2 1Department of Textile Engineering, Dire Dawa Institute of Technology, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia 2Department of Textile Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas 110016, New Delhi, India Correspondence should be addressed to Hermela Ejegu; [email protected] Received 13 November 2020; Revised 13 July 2021; Accepted 29 July 2021; Published 10 August 2021 Academic Editor: Ivan Giorgio Copyright © 2021 Hermela Ejegu et al. (is is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. (e aim of this paper is to determine the relaxation behavior of the therapeutic tape under different thermomechanical conditions over different time spans and to analyze the physical and mechanical properties of selected kinesiology tapes. (e relaxation test was conducted under a static condition with two extended levels (25% and 50%) for one hour and a dynamic condition for 300 cycles with different loading-unloading values, strain rates, and temperatures. For both static and dynamic conditions, at a lower strain rate and higher load and temperature, the therapeutic tapes showed higher loss of internal stress and faster losses of efficiency. Under all selected conditions, the tape’s stress has decreased rapidly. 1. Introduction (e previous study on the Kinesio taping method is devoted to examining its therapeutic effects, or its effect on Elastic therapeutic tape (ET), also known as Kinesio tape, clinical treatment like athletic performance, lymphatic was developed by Japanese Chiropractor Dr. -
The Crystal Movement May Not Turn You On, but What About a More Practical Use?
Art & Architecture The Crystal Movement May Not Turn You On, But What About a More Practical Use? Written by Lane Nieset Published on July 30, 2018 Stepping into Taryn Toomey’s TriBeCa fitness studio, The Class, comes with recognition of a common theme—crystals. Jagged “healing” clear quartz clings to light fixtures and crushed rose quartz, black onyx and amethyst lay hidden under the pale oak floor planks, where the former Christian Dior fashion executive-turned- fitness guru leads yoga-inspired sessions attended by supermodels like Christy Turlington Burns. The flickering candles and strategically placed crystals offer as much of a cathartic effect as the lithely blonde who simultaneously dances and DJs to Coachella-style beats, commanding students to “Get fucking angry” and let out pent-up emotions through animalistic roars. Equal parts therapy session and serious body sculpting, quartz- covered lighting (à la Kelly Wearstler) sets the scene here just as much as the beauty products lining the marble bathroom shelves. With the meditation and mindfulness industry pulling in more than $1.1 billion in the United States alone, it was only a matter of time before New Age healing classics like crystals made it to the mainstream market, with everyone from Victoria Beckham (who keeps crystals backstage before fashion shows) to designer Tory Burch (whose stores are decorated with crystal light fixtures) jumping on the balance bandwagon. In regions like Chamonix, where some of the world’s most beautiful smoky quartz is mined in the Mont Blanc massif mountain range, these crystals have served as design inspiration for thousands of years. -
Shamanic Gift in the Global Village: Spiritual Energy and Biomedicine1
4 67 • 2019 ARTICLE SHAMANIC GIFT IN THE GLOBAL VILLAGE: SPIRITUAL ENERGY AND BIOMEDICINE1 TATIANA BUŽEKOVÁ DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/se-2019-0024© Ústav etnológie a sociálnej antropológie SAV © 2019, Tatiana Bužeková. This is an open access article licensed under the Creative Commons. Tatiana Bužeková, PhD., Associate Professor, Department of Ethnology and Museology, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava, Gondova 2, 814 99 Bratislava; email: [email protected] Neo-shamanism or urban shamanism is a movement which concentrates on spiritual healing and aims to revive traditional shamanism. The aim of the paper is to explore the legitimation of charismatic neo-shamanic healers in relation to biomedicine which is a dominant authoritative body of medical knowledge in European societies. The paper presents the results of ethnographic research on two neo-shamanic groups operating in Slovakia. In neo-shamanism, the shaman’s abilities are represented either as learned skills, or a special spiritual gift. The latter is characteristic of charismatic persons within neo-shamanic groups. I base my argument on the understanding of charisma as rhetoric and investigate discursive strategies of two charismatic healers who belong to different kinds of neo-shamanic groups. Both support the view that the shamanic practices are compatible with biomedicine; however, they represent this compatibility in different ways. I argue that the rhetoric in the legitimation of the shamanic gift corresponds to the particular social settings and cultural background of a healer. It is manifested in the use of the concept of energy which serves as a bridge between spiritual healing and the natural sciences. -
Thirty-Fourth List of New Mineral Names
MINERALOGICAL MAGAZINE, DECEMBER 1986, VOL. 50, PP. 741-61 Thirty-fourth list of new mineral names E. E. FEJER Department of Mineralogy, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD THE present list contains 181 entries. Of these 148 are Alacranite. V. I. Popova, V. A. Popov, A. Clark, valid species, most of which have been approved by the V. O. Polyakov, and S. E. Borisovskii, 1986. Zap. IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, 115, 360. First found at Alacran, Pampa Larga, 17 are misspellings or erroneous transliterations, 9 are Chile by A. H. Clark in 1970 (rejected by IMA names published without IMA approval, 4 are variety because of insufficient data), then in 1980 at the names, 2 are spelling corrections, and one is a name applied to gem material. As in previous lists, contractions caldera of Uzon volcano, Kamchatka, USSR, as are used for the names of frequently cited journals and yellowish orange equant crystals up to 0.5 ram, other publications are abbreviated in italic. sometimes flattened on {100} with {100}, {111}, {ill}, and {110} faces, adamantine to greasy Abhurite. J. J. Matzko, H. T. Evans Jr., M. E. Mrose, lustre, poor {100} cleavage, brittle, H 1 Mono- and P. Aruscavage, 1985. C.M. 23, 233. At a clinic, P2/c, a 9.89(2), b 9.73(2), c 9.13(1) A, depth c.35 m, in an arm of the Red Sea, known as fl 101.84(5) ~ Z = 2; Dobs. 3.43(5), D~alr 3.43; Sharm Abhur, c.30 km north of Jiddah, Saudi reflectances and microhardness given. -
SSEF FACETTE No. 12 SWISS GEMMOLOGICAL INSTITUTE SCHWEIZERISCHES GEMMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT INSTITUT SUISSE DE GEMMOLOGIE
SSEF FACETTE No. 12 SWISS GEMMOLOGICAL INSTITUTE SCHWEIZERISCHES GEMMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT INSTITUT SUISSE DE GEMMOLOGIE International Issue No. 12, January 2005 Reproduction allowed with reference to the Swiss Gemmological Institute SSEF In this Issue: - Diamonds are forever - New Diamond Courses 2005 - Coral en Vogue - LIBS in Gemmology - Lead glass in Ruby - New: Launching of SSEF Alumni - News from CIBJO and LMHC - GemmoBasel 2005 SSEF Facette No. 12, © 2005 Editorial Dear Reader The year 2004 was again packed with many inter- pearl research in China, instrumental development esting challenges for the SSEF laboratory but also in Florida, diamond conference in England, SSEF for the trade. We are lucky that business for the is always on the edge. And you may profit from SSEF was much better than predicted under tight this: SSEF is proud to have found a new analyti- general conditions. The high performance and the cal solution for the detection of beryllium diffusion degree of integrity of the SSEF is appreciated by a treated sapphires, which caused so much concern number of well-known international companies. We and “headache” to the international gem trade. The notice with pleasure that our origin determinations SSEF is the first laboratory offering an inexpensive and treatment identifications form an important part and reliable Be detection service. of our activity and strongly influence the price of a gem. Reliable SSEF We are glad to offer you the SSEF Facette in a new Test Reports for pearls and colourful look. We are continuing to produce guarantee the trade with this newsletter in three languages: German, French sometimes extremely and English. -
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Table of Contents Related Coverage Resources
Medical Coverage Policy Effective Date ............................................. 2/15/2021 Next Review Date ....................................... 2/15/2022 Coverage Policy Number .................................. 0086 Complementary and Alternative Medicine Table of Contents Related Coverage Resources Overview.............................................................. 1 Acupuncture Coverage Policy .................................................. 1 Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk General Background ........................................... 3 Assessment: Emerging Laboratory Evaluations Medicare Coverage Determinations .................. 36 Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): Coding/Billing Information ................................. 37 Assessment and Treatment References ........................................................ 39 Autism Spectrum Disorders/Pervasive Developmental Disorders: Assessment and Treatment Biofeedback Chiropractic Care Drug Testing Hyperbaric and Topical Oxygen Therapies Physical Therapy INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE The following Coverage Policy applies to health benefit plans administered by Cigna Companies. Certain Cigna Companies and/or lines of business only provide utilization review services to clients and do not make coverage determinations. References to standard benefit plan language and coverage determinations do not apply to those clients. Coverage Policies are intended to provide guidance in interpreting certain standard benefit plans administered by Cigna Companies. Please -
THE HEALING POWER of CRYSTALS Crystal Teacher Agnes T Mccluskey Guides You Through the Basics of These Mystical Jewels
| WELLBEING THE HEALING POWER OF CRYSTALS Crystal teacher Agnes T McCluskey guides you through the basics of these mystical jewels rystals are a beautiful and Mayans, and like colour what we pick way of working with healing, they are used to help up on when Ccolour and healing balance and align our energy, we are energy. They come in so chakra system and can attracted to many different shapes and enhance our health and the vibration Chakras are represented by a The chakras draw in energy does not flow as formations and there really is wellbeing. We are all made of of a crystal. The chakras are energy different colour and spin at a universal energy and vibrantly. This is where the something for everyone. light and energy, even Did you know that quartz essences and sprays. There centres that are found within different vibration. circulate this energy within beautiful healing energy of Crystals for me have something that looks solid, crystals are used in are specific safety your body’s energetic field The colours are aligned and around your body and crystals can assist us in always been an extension of and that includes us!! computers, watches and guidelines I would follow and they hold information with the seven colours of the your aura, which is the bringing mind, body and colour healing and each one Crystals are formed in the various types of electrical when doing this and I teach about you. Each chakra visible spectrum: red, electromagnetic field around spirit back into balance. ➙ has its own properties and earth over thousands of years equipment? Yes, there is a students how to work with relates to different thoughts orange, yellow, green, blue, you, to keep you balanced vibration, and can help us on and are exposed to various scientific explanation to crystals in a safe way. -
Unconventional Cancer Treatments
Unconventional Cancer Treatments September 1990 OTA-H-405 NTIS order #PB91-104893 Recommended Citation: U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment, Unconventional Cancer Treatments, OTA-H-405 (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, September 1990). For sale by the Superintendent of Documents U.S. Government Printing OffIce, Washington, DC 20402-9325 (order form can be found in the back of this report) Foreword A diagnosis of cancer can transform abruptly the lives of patients and those around them, as individuals attempt to cope with the changed circumstances of their lives and the strong emotions evoked by the disease. While mainstream medicine can improve the prospects for long-term survival for about half of the approximately one million Americans diagnosed with cancer each year, the rest will die of their disease within a few years. There remains a degree of uncertainty and desperation associated with “facing the odds” in cancer treatment. To thousands of patients, mainstream medicine’s role in cancer treatment is not sufficient. Instead, they seek to supplement or supplant conventional cancer treatments with a variety of treatments that exist outside, at varying distances from, the bounds of mainstream medical research and practice. The range is broad—from supportive psychological approaches used as adjuncts to standard treatments, to a variety of practices that reject the norms of mainstream medical practice. To many patients, the attractiveness of such unconventional cancer treatments may stem in part from the acknowledged inadequacies of current medically-accepted treatments, and from the too frequent inattention of mainstream medical research and practice to the wider dimensions of a cancer patient’s concerns.