The first comprehensive look at the groundbreaking field of energy medicine and how it can be used to diagnose and treat illness, from one of the world’s foremost practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Today, more of us than ever are discovering the curative powers of energy medicine. Scientific studies continue to confirm its validity, and medical doctors are regularly prescribing treatments such as acupuncture to their patients. But even for those of us who have benefitted from such treatments, the question remains: what exactly is energy medicine, and how does it work?
Acupuncturist and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) scholar Jill Blakeway has been treating patients for more than twenty-five years. For Jill, the term “energy medicine” refers to the wide range of healing modalities used to diagnose and treat illness by manipulating the energy—the vital life force referred to as “qi” in TCM—that pulses through the cells of our bodies. But even this seasoned practitioner admits she doesn’t truly understand how some of her patients are healed under her care, and retains a healthy skepticism about her own abilities as well as those of her peers.
In Energy Medicine, Jill invites us on her global journey to better understand, apply, and explain this powerful healing force. Moving from her own clinic to the halls of academia, she talks to top healers, researchers, and practitioners—from the Stanford and Princeton professors researching the physics behind energy medicine and healing; to a Chinese Qi Gong master who manifests healing herbs directly from her palm; to a team of skeptical scientists who use “hands on” healing to repeatedly cure mammary cancer in mice. She also tells the story of how she discovered energy medicine and became one of the most sought-after healers in the world.
Lively, entertaining, and informative, told in Jill’s funny, relatable, and wholly grounded voice, Energy Medicine bridges the gap between science and spirituality and offers a persuasive, evidence-based case that advances this ancient healing practice.
Author Info
Dr. Jill Blakeway is the founder and director of The YinOva Center in New York City and the coauthor of the bestselling Making Babies: A Proven 3 Month Program for Maximum Fertility (Little, Brown 2009). She is also the author of Sex Again: Recharging Your Libido (Workman 2013), and the host of CBS Radio’s popular weekly podcast, “Grow, Cook, Heal”. Blakeway teaches gynecology and obstetrics at the Doctoral Program at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in San Diego and Chicago and founded the acupuncture program at NYC Lutheran Medical Center. She is an authority on alternative medicine and women’s health and has appeared in such media as The Dr. Oz Show, CNN, The Early Show, Good Morning America, NBC News, ABC News, The New York Times, Elle, Martha Stewart Living and more. She was also the first acupuncturist to deliver a TED Talk called “The Placebo Effect” at TED Global in 2012. Dr. Jill Blakeway is the founder and director of The YinOva Center in New York City and the coauthor of the bestselling Making Babies: A Proven 3 Month Program for Maximum Fertility (Little, Brown 2009). She is also the author of Sex Again: Recharging Your Libido (Workman 2013), and the host of CBS Radio’s popular weekly podcast, “Grow, Cook, Heal”. Blakeway teaches gynecology and obstetrics at the Doctoral Program at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in San Diego and Chicago and founded the acupuncture program at NYC Lutheran Medical Center. She is an authority on alternative medicine and women’s health and has appeared in such media as The Dr. Oz Show, CNN, The Early Show, Good Morning America, NBC News, ABC News, The New York Times, Elle, Martha Stewart Living and more. She was also the first acupuncturist to deliver a TED Talk called “The Placebo Effect” at TED Global in 2012.
