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the starting point of dis-ease. Some Reiki Master Teachers taught spe - cific Reiki protocols for each ailment. For example, when practitioners channel Reiki to activate the immune system, it releases the buildup of toxins in our organs, joints and lymph nodes. This helps bring the body back into balance. In the 1990s, the United States government began funding research on CAM, most notably through The National Center for Complemen - tary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In the U.S., and as the classification suggests, Reiki serves as an addition to or complement of traditional modern medicine. Practi- tioners use Reiki alongside standard medical treatments, even though it is not a part of traditional biomedicine. Reiki practitioners, mostly, lack medical training or licenses to provide diagnoses or treatment programs. As for complementary use, according to Kaiser Permanen- te: People use Reiki to decrease pain, ease muscle tension, speed heal- ing, and improve sleep. Reiki is sometimes used to help people who suffer from pain or discomfort from cancer or other diseases. But Reiki is not used as a treatment for cancer or any other disease. Some people who’ve had chemotherapy treatment said they felt better and had less nausea after having a Reiki session. Research is ongoing to determine any benefits of Reiki. In my Reiki healing practice, clients have extolled the virtues and effects that Reiki has had on them, such as healing chronic urinary tract infections, relieving chronic pain from endometriosis, easing nausea from chemotherapy treatments, and finding ease from anxiety and stress. Reiki affects each person differently, so one should experi - ence a Reiki session for oneself. Current Applications Further changes to Reiki have come from western laws around physical touch. When I attuned to Reiki in the mid-1990s, it was a “hands-on” healing practice with the client fully clothed. Now, with laws delineating who can and cannot touch, Reiki is channeled by hov- ering hands over a fully clothed client.
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