Therapeutic Touch

"Therapeutic Touch" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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Placing of the hands of the healer upon the person to be cured with the intent of spiritual energetic healing.

Descriptor ID	D019124
MeSH Number(s)	E02.190.525.906 E02.190.901.830
Concept/Terms	Therapeutic Touch Therapeutic Touch Touch, Therapeutic Reiki Reiki Laying-on-of-Hands Laying-on-of-Hands

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Therapeutic Touch".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Therapeutics [E02]
Complementary Therapies [E02.190]
Mind-Body Therapies [E02.190.525]
Therapeutic Touch [E02.190.525.906]
Spiritual Therapies [E02.190.901]
Therapeutic Touch [E02.190.901.830]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Therapeutic Touch".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Therapeutic Touch".

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