The use of biofield energy therapy as complementary and alternative medicine in human health care system: a narrative review and potential mechanisms

• Published in: Journal of complementary & integrative medicine Vol. 21; no. 4; pp. 451 - 460
• Main Authors: Trivedi, Mahendra Kumar, Branton, Alice, Trivedi, Dahryn, Mondal, Sambhu, Jana, Snehasis
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany De Gruyter 17.12.2024; Walter de Gruyter GmbH
• Subjects: Alternative medicine; biofield energy therapy; clinical; Complementary Therapies - methods; Healing; Health care; Humans; non-locality; pre-clinical; quantum entanglement; Reiki; Therapeutic Touch - methods; Traditional Chinese medicine; quantum entanglement; clinical; non-locality; alternative medicine; biofield energy therapy; pre-clinical
• ISSN: 1553-3840; 2194-6329; 1553-3840
• DOI: 10.1515/jcim-2024-0027

There has been accumulating interest in the application of biofield therapy as complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) to treat various diseases. The practices include reiki, qigong, blessing, prayer, distant healing, known as biofield therapies. This paper aims to state scientific knowledge on preclinical and clinical studies to validate its potential use as an alternative medicine in the clinic. It also provides a more in-depth context for understanding the potential role of quantum entanglement in the effect of biofield energy therapy. A comprehensive literature search was performed using the different databases (PubMed, Scopus, Medline, etc.). The published English articles relevant to the scope of this review were considered. The review gathered 45 papers that were considered suitable for the purpose. Based on the results of these papers, it was concluded that biofield energy therapy was effective in treating different disease symptoms in preclinical and clinical studies. Biofield therapies offer therapeutic benefits for different human health disorders, and can be used as alternative medicine in clinics for the medically pluralistic world due to the growing interest in CAM worldwide. The effects of the biofield energy therapies are observed due to the healer's quantum thinking, and transmission of the quantum energy to the subject leads to the healing that occurs spiritually through instantaneous communication at the quantum level quantum entanglement.