Reiki brings peace and calm to an advanced senior\'s or elder\'s world, sometime
ID: 167861 • Letter: R
Question
Reiki brings peace and calm to an advanced senior's or elder's world, sometimes filled with pain, disability, foggy memory, never-ending Doctor appointments, and other problems that make even the smallest activity of daily living seem like a monumental challenge. These challenges have a profoundly disruptive effect on the flow of the older adult's life force energy and, left unaddressed, can even exacerbate illness and dysfunction. Reiki helps to reestablish proper energy flow to improve health and wellbeing or older adults. Would you encourage your parent or grandparent to try Reiki as an alternative treatment if they were suffering from pain?
Explanation / Answer
Answer:
Reiki-healers channesl energy into his or her patient, which is thought to stimulate the healing process of whatever condition is being treated. (As it is assumed)
The existing research does not allow conclusions regarding the efficacy or effectiveness of energy healing. Future studies should adhere to existing standards of research on the efficacy and effectiveness of a treatment, and given the complex character of potential outcomes, cross-disciplinary methodologies may be relevant. To extend the scope of clinical trials, psychosocial processes should be taken into account and explored.
Reiki is not a substitute to medical care, but can be used synchronously and in harmony with main line medical or psychological care. So, Reiki can be tried but should not be used alone or as an alternative to mainstream madical care.