Cymatic therapy

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Cymatic therapy or "cymatherapy", is a scientifically unsupported alternative medicine technique using acoustic waves which was developed in the 1960s by Sir Peter Guy Manners.^[1]

Background

Cymatic therapy is based on the assumption that human cells, organs, and tissues have each a natural resonant frequency which changes when perturbed by illness. Cymatic therapists apply different audible frequencies and combinations of sound waves which they claim entrain malfunctioning components back to their healthy vibratory state and promote natural healing.^[2] The operational principle of cymatic therapy is out of step with mainstream scientific thought, and it is viewed with skepticism by most medical doctors.^[3] The American Cancer Society states: "Available scientific evidence does not support this claim. ... Relying on this type of treatment alone, and avoiding or delaying conventional medical care for cancer, may have serious health consequences."^[1]

Cymatic therapy is operationally, historically, and philosophically distinct from the many medical uses of ultrasound and from the more mainstream practice of music therapy.

See also

• Cymatics
• Energy medicine
• Vibrational Medicine

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Cymatic Therapy". American Cancer Society. 2007-03-26. http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ETO/content/ETO_5_3X_Cymatic_Therapy.asp?sitearea=ETO. Retrieved 2008-02-19. 
2. ^ "Cymatherapy: a new wave in sound techniques". Cymatherapy International. Archived from the original on 2008-01-04. http://web.archive.org/web/20080104131029/http://www.cymatherapy.com/main-new-wave.html#healing. Retrieved 2008-02-19. 
3. ^ Helwig, David (2001-04-06). "Cymatic Therapy". Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_g2603/is_0003/ai_2603000315. Retrieved 2008-02-19. 

External links

• American Cancer Society - Overview of Cymatic Therapy