Energy Medicine: The Scientific Basis by James L. Oschman
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Book Reviews of Energy Medicine: The Scientific Basis
Book Review: There is overwhelming scientific evidence for energy medicine
Summary: 4 Stars
Interesting book on various energy healing modalities. I would have preferred it if the book had some details on how to go about using these techniques, though. The other reviewers have already mentioned what I would have mentioned so there's no need to repeat it again.
If you want scientific evidence that magnetic therapy works, all roads lead to the Albert Roy Davis laboratory. They are solely responsible for the surge of interest in magnetic therapy in the 90's. Experiments with magnetism/electromagnetism were not consistently reproducable until Davis' discovery (that the North and South poles of magnetism are two separate energies with opposite effects). The book, "The Magnetic Effect", by Albert Roy Davis and Walter C. Rawls, Jr., is THE pioneer book on how to use magnetism for healing numerous ailments. There was a study published in the Journal of the National Medical Association, Vol. 82, No.9 (1990), that confirmed the cancer discoveries of Davis and Rawls. "The experiment with human lung carcinoma cells verified the statement by Davis and Rawls that there is an increase in the growth curve of human lung carcinoma cells when exposed to positive polarity magnetic fields." "This experiment verified the statement that different magnetic field polarities produce different effects; while one polarity produced a decrease in the growth curve, the opposite produced an increase (Figure 1)."
Davis and Rawls are trailblazers in the fields of electromagnetic healing, ESP, agriculture, anti-aging, the laying on of hands (read their 3rd book, "The Rainbow in Your Hands"), intelligence research... There is no end to this list because their discoveries can be utilized in all fields of human knowledge. To understand what I'm talking about read their first book, "Magnetism and Its Effects on the Living System". You will most definitely want to hear the interview with Walter Rawls on the blogtalkradio website. To find it just type "Walter C. Rawls, Jr." in the search box.
Book Review: Excellent but limited
Summary: 4 Stars
The author does a superb job in illustrating the advances in scientific knowledge. It is amazing to me to learn how far advanced science is in discovering the workings of the body. It is also amazing to learn that so many "far out" methods of healing are now appoaching mainstream.
I was fortunate to have had a Reiki treatment. The session took about 20 minutes. All that time I could feel the pleasant heat from the therapist's hands although they never touched me. This experience made me more receptive to the author's comments, as there are many references to the effectiveness of hands on therapy.
I also liked the short chapters on each issue where the subject matter was covered in detail with explanatory diagrams.
My only concern, and why four instead of five stars, is that I would think that some people would have difficulty not only in accepting his presentations but also the amount of detail involved. This book is not for you if you read it with a prejudgment. Again, if it were not for my Reiki experience, I would have had some difficulty.
In summary, I thoroughly enjoyed the book and the author's style. I hope that you do also.
Book Review: very interesting contents for acupuncturitst and biomedicine
Summary: 4 Stars
This book wrote very interesting contents for acupuncturist and biomedical researchers. what is Energy medicine? this book wrote not difficult! understand easily.Book Review: nice condition, late arrival
Summary: 4 Stars
very nice condition, new in fact, but arrival in day 10 th. Very late in comparison with 4 books more that we asked at the same time. It was the last...Book Review: A flawed attempt
Summary: 2 Stars
The book attempts to bridge the gap between intuitive approaches to healing based on various concepts of energy and scientific understanding. It paints a marvelous picture of the intricate structure of the human body starting from the internal structure of the cell. There are many things happening in that structure that we have little or no understanding of. Electromagnetic fields play a role in healing bones and have many other effects yet to be discovered. However showing that various explanations are possible or consistent with our current understanding is a long way from providing evidence to support them. I applaud the effort to connect these intuitive healing methods to our scientific understanding. It is difficult to give appropriate weight to each approach. The book fails to give adequate weight to our scientific understanding of what is required to provide evidence that an approach is medically effective. There is no mention in the book of the placebo effect and this is a great illustration of this problem. If patients believe a treatment is effective than a significant percentage of them will improve compared to a similar group not treated no matter what the treatment actually does. This is the clearest example we have of the extraordinary power of the mind and body to heal itself. For that reason alone it deserves mention. Because of the Placebo effect, anecdotal evidence means little or nothing in establishing the objective efficacy of a treatment. Failure to mention this difficulty and describe the problem it presents in evaluating many of the claims is a serious flaw that will mislead unsophisticated readers.