Energy Medicine: The Science and Mystery of Healing

by Jill Blakeway

Overview

The first comprehensive look at the groundbreaking field of energy medicine and how it can be used to diagnose and treat illness, from one of the world’s foremost practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Today, more of us than ever are discovering the curative powers of energy medicine. Scientific studies continue to confirm its validity, and medical doctors are regularly prescribing treatments such as acupuncture to their patients. But even for those of us who have benefitted from such treatments, the question remains: what exactly is energy medicine, and how does it work?

Acupuncturist and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) scholar Jill Blakeway has been treating patients for more than twenty-five years. For Jill, the term “energy medicine” refers to the wide range of healing modalities used to diagnose and treat illness by manipulating the energy—the vital life force referred to as “qi” in TCM—that pulses through the cells of our bodies. But even this seasoned practitioner admits she doesn’t truly understand how some of her patients are healed under her care, and retains a healthy skepticism about her own abilities as well those of her peers.

In Energy Medicine, Jill invites us on her global journey to better understand, apply, and explain this powerful healing force. Moving from her own clinic to the halls of academia, she talks to top healers, researchers, and practitioners—from the Stanford and Princeton professors researching the physics behind energy medicine and healing; to a Chinese Qi Gong master who manifests healing herbs directly from her palm; to a team of skeptical scientists who use “hands on” healing to repeatedly cure mammary cancer in mice. She also tells the story of how she discovered energy medicine and became one of the most sought-after healers in the world.

Lively, entertaining, and informative, told in Jill’s funny, relatable, and wholly grounded voice, Energy Medicine bridges the gap between science and spirituality and offers a persuasive, evidence-based case that advances this ancient healing practice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062691606
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	04/02/2019
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	649,474
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Dr. Jill Blakeway is the founder and director of The YinOva Center in New York City and the coauthor of the bestselling Making Babies: A Proven 3 Month Program for Maximum Fertility (Little, Brown 2009). She is also the author of Sex Again: Recharging Your Libido (Workman 2013), and the host of CBS Radio’s popular weekly podcast, “Grow, Cook, Heal”.  Blakeway teaches gynecology and obstetrics at the Doctoral Program at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in San Diego and Chicago and founded the acupuncture program at NYC Lutheran Medical Center.  She is an authority on alternative medicine and women’s health and has appeared in such media as The Dr. Oz Show, CNN, The Early Show, Good Morning America, NBC News, ABC News, The New York Times, Elle, Martha Stewart Living and more.  She was also the first acupuncturist to deliver a TED Talk called “The Placebo Effect” at TED Global in 2012. 

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

1 At My Fingertips 1

2 The Science of Connection 28

3 What's God Got to Do With It? 56

4 Into the Lab 79

5 Moving the Needle 100

6 Hands-On Activities 123

7 Mystics Among Us 153

8 What's in a Placebo? 170

9 You the Healer 185

10 Let There Be Light 203

Acknowledgments 215

Notes 219

Index 235

Editorial Reviews

Energy Medicine is an absorbing tale of the history and science of energy medicine. Jill Blakeway describes what it means— both personally and scientifically— to be a skilled healer, and shares the cutting edge research of her discipline, as well as incredible real life stories of healing. This is a book that will uplift , inspire, and hopefully convince us all to reconsider what we believe is possible with our health.” — Christiane Northrup, MD, New York Times bestselling author of Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom

“In Energy Medicine, Jill Blakeway shares not only her considerable knowledge but also her life’s journey, taking the reader by the hand on an exploration of the science and practice of energy healing. As entertaining as it is rigorous, this is a book that both educates and enlightens.” — Frank Lipman, MD, bestselling author of The New Health Rules and How to be Well

“In Energy Medicine, Jill Blakeway deftly explains the vital role of energy in all living things, showing us how it influences our health in mind and body as well as how it connects us to one another. A fascinating and illuminating read from one of the country’s top practitioners of energy medicine.” — Mark Hyman, MD, bestselling author of Eat Fat, Get Thin

“As a patient who has been blessed to experience Jill Blakeway’s incredible energy firsthand, I can attest that she is a gifted healer. In Energy Medicine she validates what we know to be true intuitively—that the body has the power to heal itself—and offers readers the tools to understand and access the subtle energy within us. Far from a mystical tract, this book provides a true scientific investigation of the energy that exists within each of us and connects us to one another.” — Uma Thurman

From the Publisher

In Energy Medicine, Jill Blakeway shares not only her considerable knowledge but also her life’s journey, taking the reader by the hand on an exploration of the science and practice of energy healing. As entertaining as it is rigorous, this is a book that both educates and enlightens.

Frank Lipman

Energy Medicine is an absorbing tale of the history and science of energy medicine. Jill Blakeway describes what it means— both personally and scientifically— to be a skilled healer, and shares the cutting edge research of her discipline, as well as incredible real life stories of healing. This is a book that will uplift , inspire, and hopefully convince us all to reconsider what we believe is possible with our health.

Christiane Northrup

In Energy Medicine, Jill Blakeway deftly explains the vital role of energy in all living things, showing us how it influences our health in mind and body as well as how it connects us to one another. A fascinating and illuminating read from one of the country’s top practitioners of energy medicine.

Mark Hyman

As a patient who has been blessed to experience Jill Blakeway’s incredible energy firsthand, I can attest that she is a gifted healer. In Energy Medicine she validates what we know to be true intuitively—that the body has the power to heal itself—and offers readers the tools to understand and access the subtle energy within us. Far from a mystical tract, this book provides a true scientific investigation of the energy that exists within each of us and connects us to one another.

Uma Thurman