Originally published September 19 2005
More people are turning to complementary and alternative medicine
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Complementary medicine, in which alternative medicine is used in conjunction with or in place of conventional medical treatments, is gaining popularity; a 2004 survey showed 36 percent of American adults had used some form of complementary or alternative medicine, and Congress has now established the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine as part of the National Institutes of Health.
Cynthia Rutledge was taking nine prescriptions to treat everything from chronic pain to depression, but her health continued to deteriorate to the point that she had to use a walking cane because her body ached so badly.
Rutledge sought out alternative medical treatments in late 2003 in hopes of finding out what was at the root of her malaise and whether it could be healed without prescription medication.
Rutledge was open to the possibility that her thinking habits could be affecting her health.
Practitioners of energy medicine believe negative thoughts, worry, fear and anger disturb the chakras and can cause them to become unbalanced, thus causing physical problems.
In CAM, alternative medicine complements conventional medicine or alternative medicine is used in place of conventional medicine.
Thirty-six percent of American adults use some form of complementary and alternative medicine to treat illness, according to a federally funded survey released in May 2004.
While some scientific evidence exists regarding some alternative therapies, there are questions about whether other therapies are safe and whether they work for the diseases or medical conditions for which they are used, officials said.
"It's the root cause that patients want to fix, it's not just the symptoms," said Tauai, who is the coordinator of the health system's complementary/alternative medicine program.
Reiki is a Japanese form of energy medicine in which practitioners help channel energy through the seven major chakras --- energy points --- to unblock them, helping patients heal, McCoy-Lappin said.
Practitioners say each chakra is associated with different organs and systems within the body and can be affected by emotions and thoughts.
It is thought to affect our cells, tissues and organs.
It also affects our intuitive abilities, which allow us to connect to higher consciousness or a higher power.
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