Medscape has published a 
Presently, “Anyone can set themselves up as an acupuncturist, homoeopath, herbalist, or other complementary therapist,” We should remember that lack of evidence of effect is not necessarily evidence of lack of effect.
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Regulating CAM in the UK
Saturday, January 5th, 2008Distinguishing between reiki and therapeutic touch
Saturday, December 23rd, 2006
Actually, it’s not that easy to do. Dr. Pamela Potter is a post-doctoral fellow in the University of Washington Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems Department. Several years ago she was supervising Reiki volunteers at Yale-New Haven Hospital in Connecticut as doctoral candidate in the School of Nursing at Yale University.
She’s qualified, if anyone is, to distinguish between these two disciplines.