There are four primary scientific principles for therapeutic touch. Which of the following is not one of these principles?
A) A human being is bilaterally symmetrical.
B) A human being is an open energy system.
C) Distractions of modern life interfere with healing agents.
D) Illness is an imbalance in an individual's energy field.
Ans: C
The four primary scientific principles of therapeutic touch are as follows: A human being is bilaterally symmetrical. A human being is an open energy system. Illness is an imbalance in an individual's energy field. Human beings have natural abilities to transform and transcend their conditions of living. The idea that distractions of modern life interfere with healing agents is a Native American belief and is not related to therapeutic touch.
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