title: Biofield therapies: biophysical basis and biological regulations?
abstract: Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is increasingly popular in biomedical health care. One area of alternative medicine, biofield therapies, claims to manipulate individuals 'energy field' in order to enhance healing and wellbeing. This article reviews some recent studies addressing the characterization of endogenous energy fields and the way they affect the physiologic processes.
authors.affiliation: Clinical skills Center, Education Development Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (MUMS), Ahmad Abad Street, Ghaem hospital, P.O. Box 91735-345, Mashhad, Iran. movaffaghiz@mums.ac.ir
authors.forename: Zahra
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Movaffaghi
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Farsi
mesh_terms: D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D006801:Humans; D026441:Mind-Body Therapies / Q000379:methods*; D019124:Therapeutic Touch