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Surgeon/scientist promoting science in medicine and exposing quackery. Editor of Science-Based Medicine. My opinions do NOT represent those of my employers.

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    1. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 13 May 2019

      David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted Catherine de Jong

      Reiki is faith healing that substitutes Eastern mystical beliefs for Christianity. Here's what I mean. 1/https://twitter.com/Cath77777/status/1127826838129131520 …

      David Gorski, MD, PhD added,

      Catherine de Jong @Cath77777
      The power of Reiki??? No, the power of Reiki to deceive us. https://edzardernst.com/2019/05/the-power-of-reiki-no-the-power-of-reiki-to-deceive-us/ … via @edzardernst
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    2. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 13 May 2019

      In reiki, a reiki master channels "healing energy" from something called the "universal source" or "universal life energy" (or a similar term) to the person being healed, to allegedly therapeutic effect. Sound familiar? 2/

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    3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 13 May 2019

      OK, now substitute the word "God" or "Jesus" for "universal source." What do you have? Faith healing! The laying on of hands, just with a different divine source of healing than the Judeo-Christian god. 3/

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    4. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 13 May 2019

      Of course, reiki adds all sorts of other mystical nonsense, such as distance healing and sending "healing energy" forward and backward in time, but at its core it's just faith healing. 4/

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    5. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 13 May 2019

      Reiki isn't ancient either. It was invented in the 1920s. 5/

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    6. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 13 May 2019

      Also, to make the connection to faith healing more explicit, tha man who invented reiki, Mikao Usui, said that he wanted to find out how Jesus healed. 6/

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      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 13 May 2019

      Usui is even said to have disappeared up a mountain for several weeks to meditate, and when he came down he claimed to be able to heal. Sounds a lot like Jesus before the start of his ministry, doesn’t it? 7/

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        2. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 13 May 2019

          What's really sad is how many respectable academic medical centers have embraced this mysticism. 8/

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        3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 13 May 2019

          For instance, get a load of this "fact sheet" on reiki from @ClevelandClinic. 9/ https://my.clevelandclinic.org/ccf/media/files/Wellness/reiki-factsheet.pdf …

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        4. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 13 May 2019

          Quoth @ClevelandClinic: "How does Reiki work? The reiki practitioner is the conduit between the patient and the source of the universal life force energy; the energy flows through the practitioner’s energy field and through her hands to the patient." 🙄🤦‍♂️ 10/

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        5. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 13 May 2019

          The @ClevelandClinic reassures us, though: "The energy does not come from the practitioner; rather it comes through the practitioner from the universal source. there is no energy drain on the practitioner." 🙄 11/

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        6. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 13 May 2019

          Imagine my relief that there's no energy drain on the practitioner! So reiki is not like the alien healing machine from #Babylon5. Whew! 12/https://babylon5.fandom.com/wiki/Energy_Transfer_Device …

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        7. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 13 May 2019

          According to @ClevelandClinic, reiki may do the following: • bring about a peaceful, deep state of relaxation • dissolve energy blockages and tension • detoxify the body. 13/

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        8. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 13 May 2019

          And: • support the well-being of a person receiving traditional medical treatments that are debilitating (e.g., chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, kidney dialysis) • supply universal life force energy to the body • stimulate the body’s immune system • help to relieve pain. 14/

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        9. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 13 May 2019

          And: • stimulate tissue and bone healing after injury or surgery • increase the vibrational frequency on physical, mental, emotional and spiritual levels. 15/

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        10. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 13 May 2019

          I love that last bit. @ClevelandClinic, WTF does "increase the vibrational frequency on physical, mental, emotional and spiritual levels" even MEAN? Seriously, what does this mean? 16/

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        11. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 13 May 2019

          To see academic institutions like @ClevelandClinic embrace mystical woo like reiki continues to profoundly depress me. 17/17

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        12. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 13 May 2019

          Oh, one other thing. I've downloaded the PDF of that pamphlet. So if @ClevelandClinic takes it down, I still have the evidence. 17a/17

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