Are Putative Energy Medicine Techniques a Complementary or Alternative Therapy?
According to the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) Complementary medicine is used together with conventional medicine. Alternative medicine is used in place of conventional medicine. Therefore, Putative Energy Medicine Therapies are a Complementary Therapy to conventional medicine and/or psychotherapy. How Did Separation from Holistic (whole body) Perspective Occur? According to author Candace Pert in her book entitled Molecules of Emotion, in the 17th century, Rene’ Descartes, noted philosopher and founding father of modern medicine, wanted to get human bodies for dissection. To do so, he had to get approval from the Pope. The Pope decreed terms to include that Descartes must agree that he wouldn’t have anything to do with the soul, the mind, or the emotions. Those areas would remain under the jurisdiction of the church at the time. It seems as though the agreement has long been forgotten in the annals of history while the influential effects of a deci
