Healing Touch

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In this paper the writer notes that there is a contest going on between conventional and alternative methods of treating sicknesses. The writer points out that conventional or traditional medicine relies on pills and other forms of mechanical intrusion into the ailing body, while alternative or holistic medicine aims at restoring the ailing body's balance by filling up its depleted energy field. The writer discusses that opponents have come up with views of the healing touch method as mere superstition, which cannot be outwardly proved, but notes that it continues to gather advocates among the public. The writer explains that the healing touch is an alternative method of addressing and correcting human illness, especially psychological illness, by intruding into the patient's depleted energy field and manipulating it. The writer concludes that the healing touch should be recommended but should not replace what is strictly within the proven or commonplace jurisdiction of traditional or conventional medicine.

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Introduction
Body
Summary and Recommendation

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"A typical session starts with the patient sitting or lying down and the practitioner moves his hands over the patient's body without needing actual contact. The practitioner senses rough areas in the energy field. He is able to make an assessment or "diagnosis" in a few minutes. Many patients feel the sweeping motion made by the practitioner with his hands as a kind of warmth or pleasant vibration. The practitioner should desire the patient's well-being in order to produce the effect. Dr. Krieger said that the healing that follows is not a new concept. The touch somehow changes or improves the body's hemoglobin levels and this leads to the restoration of health. She insisted that the body's energy field is an electromagnetic phenomenon."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Bruno, L. C. (1999). Therapeutic touch. 2 pages. Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine. Gale Research. Retrieved on March 24, 2007 from http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_q2601/is_013/ai_2601001343
• Donovan, G. (2002). Study finds "healing touch" patients. 2 pages. National Catholic Reporter. Gale Group
• Franzen (1998). Needing a touch more credibility. 4 pages. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Proquest Information and Learning Company
• Goode, S. (1996). Whole bodies, divided minds. 3 pages. Insight in the News. News World Communications, Inc.

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