Acupuncture as Effective Energy Medicine
"The essential concept of Energy Medicine is to use any means to balance the fields and energies of the body"
Energy and fields. Let's just say that Energy is defined as Qi. Even defining qi is something masters of Chinese medicine approach vaguely. How can one prove that the energy or qi is balanced - especially if it isn't even clearly defined? I think the proof is in the patient's experience. And, there are age old practices such as Tai Qi, Qi Gong and Yoga which have for years explored the world of energy. These medicinal arts move energy and clear stagnation, keeping the organic system healthy. In Nagel's article, she presents an idea of "moving medication." I love this idea. This is absolutely an effective energy medicine. Her experience and belief is that the regular practice of tai qi or "moving medication" was absolutely the reason for her feeling so good and contributed to her great progress dealing with the disease. If it makes us feel balanced, perhaps it is balancing.
What conclusions can you draw from Kirlian photography?
I'm not sure I can draw clear conclusions without completely understanding the mechanism of the photography. That being said, I do find it intriguing that mood and thoughts can change the image that shows up (even in inanimate objects). And, the photography of a leaf before and after it has been removed from it's base with both photographing as energetically being whole, is undeniably similar to phantom limb syndrome. I would be interested to see this photography used to take images of those that have this syndrome. Maybe there are already images out there?
Human intent and it's health effects.
Of course human intent has effects on health. This is why the placebo effect has been explored for years and years. The question is, are some treatments (whatever they may be ranging from chemo to meditation) still effective regardless of the mind state? I don't believe the intent is an end all, but I do believe that intent has a HUGE influence on our health and our ability to heal or receive treatments.
"The essential concept of Energy Medicine is to use any means to balance the fields and energies of the body"
Energy and fields. Let's just say that Energy is defined as Qi. Even defining qi is something masters of Chinese medicine approach vaguely. How can one prove that the energy or qi is balanced - especially if it isn't even clearly defined? I think the proof is in the patient's experience. And, there are age old practices such as Tai Qi, Qi Gong and Yoga which have for years explored the world of energy. These medicinal arts move energy and clear stagnation, keeping the organic system healthy. In Nagel's article, she presents an idea of "moving medication." I love this idea. This is absolutely an effective energy medicine. Her experience and belief is that the regular practice of tai qi or "moving medication" was absolutely the reason for her feeling so good and contributed to her great progress dealing with the disease. If it makes us feel balanced, perhaps it is balancing.
What conclusions can you draw from Kirlian photography?
I'm not sure I can draw clear conclusions without completely understanding the mechanism of the photography. That being said, I do find it intriguing that mood and thoughts can change the image that shows up (even in inanimate objects). And, the photography of a leaf before and after it has been removed from it's base with both photographing as energetically being whole, is undeniably similar to phantom limb syndrome. I would be interested to see this photography used to take images of those that have this syndrome. Maybe there are already images out there?
Human intent and it's health effects.
Of course human intent has effects on health. This is why the placebo effect has been explored for years and years. The question is, are some treatments (whatever they may be ranging from chemo to meditation) still effective regardless of the mind state? I don't believe the intent is an end all, but I do believe that intent has a HUGE influence on our health and our ability to heal or receive treatments.
I totally love the "moving medication" notion of qigong and agree with your point of view -- "if it makes us feel balanced, perhaps it is balancing"!
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