| Is Reiki healing legitimate? The short | | | | criticism. |
| answer is "yes", if the practitioner has been | | | | |
| trained in the art. Just as with any other | | | | Reiki healers are sometimes compared to faith |
| type of therapy, the "therapist" can make all | | | | healers and most of us have heard the stories |
| the difference. Here's a little general | | | | about faith healers like Peter Popoff, whose |
| information about Reiki and those who | | | | so-called miracles were proven to be |
| practice it. | | | | fraudulent. But, Reiki is a legitimate form |
| | | | of energy medicine or "healing touch |
| Reiki is considered a form of "complementary" | | | | therapy". It is not practiced by ministers |
| medicine. People who are seriously ill and | | | | or preachers, but by licensed massage |
| have other treatment options should not | | | | therapists, nurses and anyone who is |
| choose Reiki instead of conventional | | | | interested in learning to tap into the |
| treatment, but as a complementary or | | | | "universal life force". |
| adjunctive therapy, it can be very helpful in | | | | |
| many conditions. | | | | Reiki is actually more closely related to |
| | | | Ayurvedic and traditional Chinese medicine |
| Skeptics generally say that people who | | | | than to faith healing. Ayurvedic medicine is |
| practice Reiki and other forms of | | | | widely practiced throughout India and is |
| non-conventional medicine are playing on the | | | | recognized as a legitimate form of medicine. |
| desperation of those who are seriously ill. | | | | Traditional Chinese medicine, while |
| But, no reputable therapist would advise | | | | considered a form of alternative medicine in |
| patients to stop other forms of treatment, to | | | | the West, is an integral part of the health |
| stop seeing their doctors or to keep | | | | care system in China and Taiwan. |
| "secrets" from their doctors about what | | | | |
| complementary treatments they are using. | | | | In the United States, the National Center for |
| Whether it be Reiki, herbal remedies or any | | | | Complementary and Alternative Medicine is |
| thing else, in order to receive the most | | | | currently sponsoring scientific research to |
| effective treatment, patients need to be able | | | | answer is Reiki healing legitimate, to learn |
| to openly discuss all of their options with | | | | how it may work and to identify conditions in |
| their doctors. | | | | which it may be most beneficial. With |
| | | | research of this nature, it is difficult to |
| It is no surprise that people wonder is Reiki | | | | be sure that everything is conducted |
| healing legitimate. At one time, the | | | | scientifically. In other words, it may be |
| fundamentals of this type of medicine were | | | | hard to "prove". As yet, we have been unable |
| kept secret. High fees were charged for | | | | to "prove" that the life energy or "Ki" that |
| training and for healing. The secrecy and | | | | is used in Reiki healing exists, but maybe, |
| fee structure alone were enough to draw | | | | with time. |