by saludable

Hi, I am from Chile, I am a nurse and I have a mailing list and a web site for holistic nurses.
Holistic or complementary medicine here in Chile has become a real interest for helping patients, friends, relatives and ourselves.

I'd like to know if you have any documentation of studies related to holistic medicine. I'm looking for scientific data preferably, relating to Reiki, Acupunture, Aromatherapy, etc.

Thanks in advance,
Saludable.

http://www.enfermeriaholistica.cl

Re: Holistic nursing evidence based

Good luck. If you do find any sound, double blind, scientific studies that support these therapies having curative, as opposed to plative, validity please share them.

Re: Holistic nursing evidence based

We had a long, long debate on this which does have links you can follow.
Rest up, relax, and have patience. You'll need it to follow our somewhat spirited debate.

http://allnurses.com/forums/f223/doe...ms-160576.html

Re: Holistic nursing evidence based

Originally Posted by CharlieRN

Good luck. If you do find any sound, double blind, scientific studies that support these therapies having curative, as opposed to plative, validity please share them.

It would take a long time for one of us to post these studies (thousands of them), many of which are in another language. You are in for a lot of searching. However, Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D. and Dawson Church, Ph.D. have just written a new book called "Soul Medicine" which has a long list of studies. The peer-reviewed journal "Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine" is also a good source of studies. JAMA has even published a few, believe it or not! Good luck.

Re: Holistic nursing evidence based

Hi, i may be able to help as now my master's of clinical science (complementary medicine. I will get back to you .

Re: Holistic nursing evidence based

There are a number of publications. National Institute of Health has an office of alternative medicine and has done some very interesting studies. Also, there is a book "Reinventing Medicine" by Dr. Larry Dossey which gives examples of studies. Sloan Kettering has a great herb sight documenting pharmacological properties of herbs. You can also do a search on medline or google scholar.