/oss/taxonomy/term/2325/all en /oss/article/did-you-know-quackery/therapeutic-touch <p>Dolores Krieger, a nurse, is the mother of Therapeutic Touch. She claims that humans are surrounded by energy fields which become disturbed when they are ill and can be massaged back into place by a skilled therapeutic touch practitioner. “Krieger claims that a skilled therapist can store energy in a cotton ball between her hands. The cotton will retain the energy for several hours to be used by “healees” to “unruffle” their maladjusted energy fields.” Attempts to show scientifically that humans have energy fields have failed.</p> Wed, 10 May 2017 18:26:00 +0000 Joe Schwarcz 2428 at /oss