Letter to the Editor concerning “The impact of Reiki practice on episiotomy recovery and perineal pain: A randomized controlled study”

Thomas J. Wheeler

Abstract

I am writing to express concern with the paper "The impact of Reiki practice on episiotomy recovery and perineal pain: A randomized controlled study."1 In this paper, a researcher employed reiki to purportedly bring about beneficial effects. Proponents of reiki claim that in reiki, some form of “universal life energy" flows from the practitioner to the patient to bring about healing. However, this claim is not recognized by science. Physics knows of no such "energy," nor have proponents been able to demonstrate its existence. Reiki is considered utter pseudoscience by the scientific community.

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