What is Energy Medicine?
Energy Medicine is part of an innovative medical field called 'psychoneuroimmunology' (PNI).
I am a practitioner of Eden Energy Medicine, as well as Bach Flower Essences, which are both forms of PNI.
Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI), is a relatively recent branch of science that enforces beliefs that physicians have held for many centuries, perhaps well before the times of the ancient Greeks. The premise is that a patient's mental state influences diseases and healing. Specifically, PNI studies the connection between the brain and the immune system.
Many PNI studies have focused on how stress, hostility, and depression impact the immune system. Many conditions such as heart disease, osteoporosis, arthritis, obesity, delayed wound healing, and premature aging, are related to stress and negative emotions. Fewer studies have been aimed at showing the benefits of happiness, or positive emotions, on health (perhaps because this is more difficult to test).
More than a particular therapy, PNI is a field of research. However, PNI has explored the benefits of many nontraditional or holistic approaches to healing. These include psychotherapy and counseling for people with cancer, and biofeedback and relaxation therapies to reduce stress. It is possible that PNI studies will lead to the discovery of new ways to enhance the immune system, just as it has already shown new ways the immune system can be suppressed. PNI gives credibility to many long-held folk beliefs about the effect of the mind on disease and healing. By demonstrating the physical means by which the mind influences the body, and vice versa, PNI provides a measure of validity to holistic approaches to healing.
Read more: http://www.healthline.com/galecontent/psychoneuroimmunology/2#ixzz1I3Xf8jWO
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Read more: http://www.healthline.com/galecontent/psychoneuroimmunology#ixzz1I3Vm2Ct8
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