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Energy Fields
Energy Fields (Health Education · percent of children had u) — "Some CAM practices involve manipulation of various energy fields to affect health. Such fields…
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- CAM practices may manipulate energy fields to affect health.
- Energy fields are classified as veritable or putative.
- Veritable energy fields are measurable.
- Electromagnetic practices include magnet therapy and light therapy.
- Putative energy fields have not yet been measured.
- Putative fields, also called biofields, reflect the idea that humans contain subtle forms of energy.
- Examples include qi gong, Reiki, and healing touch.
- The 2007 NHIS found relatively low use of putative energy therapies.
- Energy healing or Reiki was used by 0.5 percent of adults and 0.2 percent of children.
- The survey defined energy healing as channeling healing energy through a practitioner's hands into the client's body.
