Energy healing can inhibit the growth of tumours and is therefore a worthwhile complementary therapy for cancer patients, according to researchers in St Louis, USA.

The researchers investigated the effect of energy healing upon tumour cell growth in a laboratory.

An energy healer was selected to give healing energy to cancer cells (in vitro). These cells were then compared with similar cancer cells which were not exposed to the healer and left in a room set at the same temperature and same lighting conditions.

The results showed that the healing energy did have a significant influence on the growth of the tumour cells. Compared to the control group of cells, the cancer cells exposed to healing energy showed inhibited growth.

The study demonstrates that healing has a definite and observable effect on tumour cell growth and the report recommends that, as a non-invasive, painless and perfectly safe complementary mode of treatment, healing should be considered to help cancer patients. However, as the research was carried out on on cancer cells outside the human body, further research in a clinical setting is needed to evaluate the efficacy of healing in inhibiting tumour cells in cancer patients.