Level 2: Energetic
Energy medicine involves the appreciation of fields of energy, so called “biofields” that circulate through and surround our physical bodies. Some of these fields can be measured by modern means and are called “veritable” whereas others cannot be measured, at least through conventional scientific means, and are called “putative”.
A few examples of veritable fields include those that are measured by MRI scanners (magnetic fields), EKG and EEG machines (electrical potentials) and other methods. An easily recognized method of “energy therapy” if this type might be the use of lasers, radiation therapy and light therapy.
A few examples of putative fields include the various forms of vital energy defined by many traditional healing methods such as traditional Chinese medicine and “chi”, Eastern Medicine and “prana”, and Homeopathic medicine and “vital force”. Many other techniques both modern and traditional exist. Each style has its own diagnostic methods and therapies which are meant to both determine the degree to which the energies are dysfunctional and which therapy might be corrective.
While the exact nature of energy fields and their means of interaction with our physical bodies has not been determined to the satisfaction of many modern scientists, THE RESULTS of the use of these methods has. So, in many of the putative energy methods, studies have shown significant benefit. More than a placebo response for many of the systems has been shown.
I make use of both veritable and putative energy fields in both assessing and in applying therapies for given conditions.
The following are examples of putative energy systems I make use of in my practice.
Nambudripad’s Allergy Elimination Techniques: This is a method making use of techniques borrowed from Applied Kinesiology and Traditional Chinese Medicine to both identify and neurtralize allergies and other energetic sensitivities.
Homeopathic Medicine: This method uses symptom analysis as the prime means of determining imbalance and remedy choice. It assumes disease is promoted by a general disruption of the fundamental vitality of the person which is in turn reflected in the subtle nature of symptoms. I make use of both the classical and modern approaches.
Bioenergetic Profiling: This refers to an in office test device I use to measure changes in skin resistance over acupuncture points. This test is based on previous research which was able to define traditional acupuncture points by their decreased resistance to electrical flow as opposed to surrounding skin. Other subsequent researchers developed methods to assess meridian function on these readings. I use these measurements as one means to assess relative stresses on the meridian energy system.
