Reiki: What You Need To Know

Reiki, What You Need To Know, published by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health at the U.S. National Institutes of Health, is a federal health agency's public information page summarising the scientific evidence on Reiki. Its authority rests on NCCIH's role as the federal body responsible for evaluating complementary health approaches against the research literature, and its finding, that there is no scientific evidence for the energy field Reiki practice posits and that Reiki has not been clearly shown effective for any health-related purpose, reflects that agency's standard evidentiary review. It is a government evidence summary, not a description of Reiki practice or belief from within the tradition itself, which needs a separate source.