Cochrane Db Syst Rev
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Cochrane Db Syst Rev · Sep 2016
Review Retracted PublicationWITHDRAWN: Therapeutic touch for healing acute wounds.
Therapeutic Touch (TT) is an alternative therapy that has gained popularity over the past two decades for helping wounds to heal. Practitioners enter a meditative state and pass their hands above the patient's body to find and correct any imbalances in the patient's 'life energy' or chi. Scientific instruments have been unable to detect this energy. The effect of TT on wound healing has been expounded in anecdotal publications. ⋯ There is no robust evidence that TT promotes healing of acute wounds.