The effect of 'healing with intent' on peak expiratory flow rates in asthmatics

This study was conducted in order to determine whether 'healing with intent ' (HW1) could be demonstrated to exert a beneficial effect on peak expiratory flow rates (PEFR) in diagnosed asthmatics. In 22 asthmatics who received HWI, for a ten-minute period, their PEFR was found to improve significantly (p = 0.009), while 18 of: these subjects who returned a week after the first session showed still further improvement (p = 0.003). No significant change was observed in the 26 non-asthmatics that received HWI following either the treatment or control session. These results suggest that the delivery of HWI, for ten minutes, to people with asthma, produce a significant improvement in breathing efficiency, using peak expiratory flow rate as an indication of lung function.