NCCAM reviews reiki and ayurvedic
 The National Center for Contemporary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) has updated their introductory reviews.
Here’s what’s important.
- More than 2.2 million adults in the United States have used Reiki.
- It’s used for a wide variety of conditions.
- But “Trial data for any one condition are scarce and independent replications are not available for each condition,” according to this review.
- Overall, the value of reiki is unproven.
- About 751,000 people in the United States had ever used ayurvedic medicine.
- Of greatest interest (to me): “One-fifth of both US-manufactured and Indian-manufactured Ayurvedic medicines purchased via the Internet contain detectable lead, mercury, or arsenic.â€
9/2/08 20:11 JR