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Reiki

This article is about the Japanese pseudoscientific healing practice. For the era, see Reiki (era).

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Chinese name
Traditional Chinese靈氣
Simplified Chinese灵气
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabetlinh khí
Korean name
Hangul영기
Hanja靈氣
Japanese name
Hiraganaれいき
Kyūjitai靈氣
Shinjitai霊気
A Reiki treatment in progress

Reiki (/ˈreɪki/ RAY-kee; Japanese: 霊気) is a form of energy healing originating in Japan. Energy healing is the pseudoscientific or magical belief that people can manipulate spiritual energy. Reiki practitioners use a technique called palm healing or hands-on healing through which, according to practitioners, a "universal energy" is transferred through the palms of the practitioner to the patient, to encourage emotional or physical healing.

Reiki is used as an illustrative example of pseudoscience in scholarly texts and academic journal articles. It is based on qi ("chi"), which practitioners say is a universal life force, although there is no empirical evidence that such a life force exists.[1][2]

Clinical research does not show reiki to be effective as a treatment for any medical condition, including cancer,[3][4] diabetic neuropathy,[5] anxiety or depression.[6] There is no reliable evidence for reiki therapy. Studies reporting positive effects have had methodological flaws.[1]

  1. ^ a b Lee, MS; Pittler, MH; Ernst, E (2008). "Effects of reiki in clinical practice: A systematic review of randomised clinical trials". International Journal of Clinical Practice (Systematic Review). 62 (6): 947–54. doi:10.1111/j.1742-1241.2008.01729.x. PMID 18410352. S2CID 25832830. Most trials suffered from methodological flaws such as small sample size, inadequate study design and poor reporting....In conclusion, the evidence is insufficient to suggest that reiki is an effective treatment for any condition. Therefore the value of reiki remains unproven.
  2. ^ Bellamy, Jann (12 June 2014). "Reiki: Fraudulent Misrepresentation". Science-Based Medicine. Archived from the original on 21 March 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference ACS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Reiki | Complementary and alternative therapy | Cancer Research UK". about-cancer.cancerresearchuk.org. Archived from the original on 10 May 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Bril2001 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Joyce, Janine; Herbison, G Peter (3 April 2015). "Reiki for depression and anxiety". Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (4): CD006833. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD006833.pub2. eISSN 1465-1858. PMC 11088458. PMID 25835541.

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