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However, just as coverage for chiropractic care and acupuncture are now included in many health care plans, I predict that the value of energy medicine will one day be recognized by insurers. After all, many doctors, surgeons, and nurses have already added Reiki healing to their therapeutic tool box. It’s practical, always “at hand” and the anecdotal evidence is overwhelming: Reiki works. Is there any science to back up the claims of so many patients and medical professionals? Yes, and there will be more. Around the world, researchers are examining the underlying physics of energy healing. In “The Energy Healing Experiments”, Gary E. Schwartz, PhD and his colleague Dr. Ann Baldwin test whether rats in noisy environments could benefit from Reiki. What’s wrong with noisy environments? Noise is stressful for rats, and it’s not all in their heads. The tiniest blood vessels in their bodies—microvascular capillary beds—are damaged by stress “as evidenced by increased leakage of blood molecules.” If stress can make a rat’s blood vessels leaky, what can stress do to human beings? They tested rats in four conditions: No Noise; Noise; Noise + Reiki; and Noise + ‘Sham Reiki’, in which an untrained person mimicked Reiki gestures. Rats in a noisy environment experienced a 600% greater incidence of leakage from their blood vessels. Yikes. When given “Sham Reiki”, the rats experienced only a 420% increase in leakage. Interesting effect, but rats in a noisy environment that received actual Reiki fared much better. Reiki limited the damage to only a 240% increase in leakage, versus 600% with noise alone. Good news for stressed out rats, and good news for stressed out people. Schwartz and Baldwin wondered whether Reiki could help people suffering from inflammatory bowel problems such as Crohn’s disease and colitis, known to be made worse by stress. Can Reiki help a leaky gut, as it did the rats' leaky blood vessels? Their work with rats is promising, and I hope other researchers expand upon their experiments, because the effects of stress are not all in our heads. Reiki works, and scientists are exploring both the how and the why. Someday we will understand the physics behind Reiki healing, and insurers will enthusiastically offer coverage for gentle, non-invasive Reiki. Until science catches up with us, you and I can enjoy the stress reduction, pain relief, and healing benefits of Reiki now. Be well, Daphne
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June 2023
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