I'm not particularly familiar with reiki, but the issue with anything that contends with placebo tends to be that they're not cheap, and people are being lied t

I'm not particularly familiar with reiki, but the issue with anything that contends with placebo tends to be that they're not cheap, and people are being lied to and not being told that they're a placebo, expecting a cure-all. You can even buy homeopathic medicine on the shelf, and you're essentially paying $10 for a 2 ounce bottle of water. I'm not sure of reiki rates, but many of the other things I consider placebo replacements (based on studies of effectiveness) are not cheap. Essential oils, homepathic medicines, rare earth jewelery, etc. All are sold as cure-alls, fail to deliver their promises to a large percentage of the population, and take advantage of people's trust in anecdotal evidence. If any of these were being marketed in a truthful way I'd be more supportive of them, but currently they seem to be taking advantage of people and promising cures for things that they can't cure. This is actively doing harm to a certain percentage of the population that is trying to use them to cure things like cancer. I'm fully supportive of doing things that you find helpful. I don't mind my family buying essential oils, or doing whatever they want really. But they also need to understand the truth and limitations.