Acupuncture as effective energy medicine.
We, TCM students, learn about the "pathways and meridians" of the body. These pathways are supposed to be what creates the energy flow (in our language,"Qi") throughout the body and this flow is responsible for our overall health. Disruption of this flow may cause or contribute to a disease. Ie: Blood stagnation, Qi stagnation, deficiencies, excesses. Applying acupuncture to particular points helps to improve the flow of Qi, thus improve the energy within a body, thus could be, and to some, is, considered an "energy medicine."
Kirlian Photography?
Kirlian photography entails a fairly mythical explanation. The pictures produced from this type of photography is said to depict peoples' "auras." And then some say that one's aura can explain the state of that particular person whether that be their spiritual, emotional, and/or physical state. Others say that auras can be a diagnostic tool in order to understand someone's illness. I don't really know anything about Kirlian photography and/or auras nor do I really resonate with this. From the Five Element System within Chinese Medicine, there are colors associated to each element and these colors can be noticed on someone's complexion. After reading/studying a little about this, I can better conceptualize the correlation with someone's identified element (constitution or temporary) and the associated color. But, I do not feel comfortable utilizing the little bit of my knowledge about this on a patient or anyone. Circling back to Kirlian photography, I mostly contribute it to paranormal research and not as a diagnostic tool, personally.
Human intent as it affects health.
I believe human intent is important overall and circumstantially. I don't believe there is a direct correlation between human intent and the affect the intention was directed towards. But, I think when practicing a medicine (Chinese Medicine) that is fairly intimate and personal, having the right intention is felt in someway between the practitioner and patient. This may be why certain patients resonate with certain practitioners and vice versa. When we have an idea of what we want to do and we set an intention, maybe it helps the situation, and if it didn't at least we tried on a more subtle level to help the affect of the situation. I guess we might never know whether it does or doesn't.
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