Energy therapies

The body's subtle or hidden "energy field" or "life force" is addressed through energy therapies. The energy is said to be channelled in pathways, meridians in Chinese medicine, and in yoga there are energy centres, called chakras, which are used to focus different sorts of energy.
Energy therapies are often based on Eastern ideas of health and disease and work on the basis that illness is the result of an imbalance or interruption of the body's natural energy or life force at a very fine or subtle level. Oriental ideas of energy are increasingly being used in the treatment of pain. These therapies include acupuncture, acupressure and faith healing,