Healing
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Healing has two unrelated meanings.
[edit] In medicine
In medicine, healing is the restoration of structure and function of injured or diseased tissues. Recognised healing processes include blood clotting, tissue mending, scarring, and bone healing.
[edit] In woo
In the field of alternative medicine, healing is used for the objectively unverifiable magical restoration of wellness for which the woomeister wishes to claim credit.
Examples of woo "healing" which, when listed, sound like a bad Osmonds-style family woo-pop band:
- crystal healing
- faith healing
- pranic healing
- quantum healing
- theta healing
- energy healing