| Radionics is a means of healing at a | | | | will also ask for a 'witness" of a drop |
| distance using special radionic | | | | of blood or a lock of hair, which can be |
| instruments. It originated in the 1920s | | | | used to diagnose or treat the condition. |
| when an American neurologist, Albert | | | | The client is then informed of progress. |
| Abrams, invented a "black box" (with no | | | | The therapy has been shown to be |
| electronic circuitry) that he claimed | | | | effective in a number of cases ranging |
| could pick up a person's vibratory | | | | from physical pain to emotional |
| patterns from a "witness" such as a hair | | | | problems. |
| clipping, and transmit healing | | | | Acts |
| radiations to that person. | | | | Automatic Computerized Treatment System |
| Radionics has been the subject of | | | | (ACTS) is a system of computerized |
| controversy and is banned in the United | | | | radionics developed in Britain by |
| States. In Britain, by contrast, a | | | | radionics pioneer Major Gordon Smith. |
| committee of medical experts supported | | | | This system contains 260,000 treatments, |
| Abrams' basic idea as long ago as 1924, | | | | which include homeopathy, acupuncture, |
| and in 1960 a British judge dismissed a | | | | herbalism, flower and, gem remedies, |
| case of fraud that had been brought | | | | color, sound, and light therapy, and the |
| against the therapy. | | | | energies of vitamins and minerals. The |
| Treatment is holistic, addressing all | | | | ACTS is connected to you through your |
| aspects of the client. After analyzing | | | | witness and delivers the treatment, |
| the condition, the practitioner uses a | | | | which it has assessed that you need, at |
| radionic instrument to direct corrective | | | | the right time and in the right |
| "energy patterns" to them. Homeopathic | | | | quantities from its database, From there |
| or flower remedies, nutritional therapy, | | | | it may be recommended that you see your |
| lifestyle changes, or conventional | | | | physician, or a homeopath or herbalist, |
| medicine if appropriate may also be | | | | according to your needs. ACTS has yet to |
| recommended. Indeed, the British | | | | be independently assessed. |
| Radionics Association stresses that its | | | | Psionic Medicine |
| work is complementary to conventional | | | | Psionic medicine was founded in the |
| medicine, not a substitute for it. | | | | 1960s by a British doctor, George |
| It seems likely that radionics is a form | | | | Laurence, with the aim of treating basic |
| of distant healing, with the instruments | | | | cause of illness. It is similar to |
| providing a focus for practitioners to | | | | radionics, but practiced only by |
| create a mental and vibrational link | | | | qualified physicians. |
| with their patients. | | | | Radionics and psionic medicine are |
| The client may not 'need to meet the | | | | considered to be completely safe, and |
| practitioner, although most therapists | | | | because it is noninvasive and |
| will wish to meet their client at least | | | | appropriate for people of all ages, as |
| once. The diagnosis begins with a | | | | well as plants and animals, it has grown |
| questionnaire that will probe the | | | | in popularity. |
| client's medical history. The therapist | | | | |