Johrei Family Healing: A Pilot Study

Canter, PH; Brown, Liesl; Greaves, Colin; Ernst, Edzard

doi:10.1093/ecam/nel043

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“…Countries in which the Children's Dermatology Life Quality Index (CDLQI) was used in published research . ; 62 Camfferman et al 32 Brazil 4 RCT, cross-sectional, descriptive Weber et al; 108 Weber et al a ; 98 Amaral et al 99 Manzoni et al Chuh; 48 Hon et al; 79 Hon et al; 67 Hon et al; 81 Hon et al; 104 Hon et al; 83 Hon et al; 84 Ching et al; 105 Hon et al; 103 Hon et al; 110 Lam; 90 Hon et al a ; 111 Hon et al; 95 Hon et al; 71 Hon et al; 112 Hon et al; 113 ; 114 Holm et al; 63 Jørgensen et al Sunderkotter et al; 66 Schmitt et al; 106 Witt et al Njoo et al; 51 de Jager et al; 88 Schuttelaar et al; 11 de Jager et al; 116 Oostveen et al 22 Harper et al; 50 Shum et al; 52 Chinn et al; 54 Horn and Tidman; 117 Holme et al; 2 Ben-Gashir et al; 55 Charman et al; 75 Charman et al;76 Beattie and Lewis-Jones;77 Canter et al;118 Holme et al;119 Walker and Lewis-Jones;5 Waters et al;3 Rizwan et al…”

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Clinical experience and psychometric properties of the Children's Dermatology Life Quality Index (CDLQI), 1995-2012

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The Children's Dermatology Life Quality Index (CDLQI) is a widely used questionnaire to measure the quality of life of children aged from 4 to 16 years. The purpose of this review is to summarize all published data regarding the clinical experience of the CDLQI and its psychometric properties as a single reference source for potential users. A literature search was carried out to identify all articles describing the use of the CDLQI from 1995 to November 2012. One hundred and six articles were identified, with four excluded. The CDLQI has been used in 28 countries in 102 clinical studies and is available in 44 languages, including six cultural adaptations; a cartoon version is available in 10 languages. It has been used in 14 skin conditions and used in the assessment of 11 topical drugs, nine systemic drugs, 13 therapeutic interventions and two epidemiological and other studies. There is evidence of high internal consistency, test-retest reliability, responsiveness to change, and significant correlation with other subjective and objective measures. Rasch analysis has not been carried out and more information is needed concerning minimal clinically important difference; these are areas requiring further study.

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“…The unresponsiveness of the cultured cells may reflect an inadequate modeling of Johrei healing that might be better studied using a clinical model such as a recently published pilot study of family-based Johrei practice evaluating childhood eczema (8). For example, isolation from the intact human organism may strip the cultured cells of crucial signaling mechanisms.…”

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Radiation Response of Cultured Human Cells Is Unaffected by Johrei

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Moore

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Johrei has been credited with healing thousands from radiation wounds after the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs in 1945. This alternative medical therapy is becoming increasingly popular in the United States, as are other Energy Medicine modalities that purport to influence a universal healing energy. Human brain cells were cultured and exposed to increasing doses of ionizing radiation. Experienced Johrei practitioners directed healing intentionality toward the cells for 30 min from a distance of 20 cm and the fate of the cells was observed by computerized time-lapse microscopy. Cell death and cell divisions were tallied every 30 min before, during and after Johrei treatment for a total of 22.5 h. An equal number of control experiments were conducted in which cells were irradiated but did not receive Johrei treatment. Samples were assigned to treatment conditions randomly and data analysis was conducted in a blinded fashion. Radiation exposure decreased the rate of cell division (cell cycle arrest) in a dose-dependent manner. Division rates were estimated for each 30 min and averaged over 8 independent experiments (4 control and 4 with Johrei treatment) for each of 4 doses of X-rays (0, 2, 4 and 8 Gy). Because few cell deaths were observed, pooled data from the entire observation period were used to estimate death rates. Analysis of variance did not reveal any significant differences on division rate or death rate between treatment groups. Only radiation dose was statistically significant. We found no indication that the radiation response of cultured cells is affected by Johrei treatment.

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“…The art and culture recommendation was to enjoy the arts, music, traditional culture and natural beauty, among others. Biofield therapy was also recommended; this therapy is an energy therapy (treatment without touching), called Okada Purifying Therapy (OPT), 21,22 or Johrei, [23][24][25] which was originally developed by Mokichi Okada. Its purpose is to maintain health and improve symptoms related to daily life.…”

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Associations between perceived stress, quality of life and complementary health practices in Japanese outpatients: a multicenter observational study

Kimura

Matsuo

Iida³

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In Japan and other countries, complementary health practices based on lifestyle modification such as exercise, diet, art and culture, gardening, and biofield therapy, have received increasing attention. This study was conducted to demonstrate associations between perceived stress, quality of life (QOL), and these complementary health practices. Computer-assisted data collection was conducted with Japanese outpatients in 10 clinics. Participants completed questionnaires that measured socioeconomic status (SES) and frequencies of complementary health practices. Psychological stress was measured using the 10-Item Japanese version of the Perceived Stress Scale. QOL was measured using the 10-Item Mokichi Okada Association Quality of Life Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using linear regression modeling. Baseline data of 1480 participants were available for cross-sectional analysis and data of 318 participants were available at follow-up for longitudinal analysis. Gender differences were not observed in stress and QOL, but age was positively correlated with QOL, and negatively with stress. A multiple regression model adjusted for age, gender, and SES indicated weak associations between each health practice and QOL in the cross-sectional (β=0.14-0.28) and the longitudinal analysis (β=0.17-0.27). Moreover, negative associations between each health practice and stress varied from -0.08 to -0.18, with the exception of biofield therapy in the cross-sectional analysis. In the longitudinal analysis, associations varied from -0.13 to -0.27, but diet and biofield therapy were not significantly associated with stress. These results suggest that complementary health practices had a significant effect on maintaining, or improving QOL, as well as in reducing stress of Japanese outpatients

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Johrei Family Healing: A Pilot Study

Cited by 14 publications

References 10 publications

Clinical experience and psychometric properties of the Children's Dermatology Life Quality Index (CDLQI), 1995-2012

Clinical experience and psychometric properties of the Children's Dermatology Life Quality Index (CDLQI), 1995-2012

Radiation Response of Cultured Human Cells Is Unaffected by Johrei

Associations between perceived stress, quality of life and complementary health practices in Japanese outpatients: a multicenter observational study

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