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{{Energy therapy}}
'''Polarity therapy''' is an [[alternative medicine|alternative ]] [[energy medicine]] system developed in the 1940s by Doctor [[Randolph Stone]].<ref name=InteliHealth>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/8513/34968/358862.html |title=Polarity |accessdate=2008-12-27 |date=2008-04-29 |publisher=Natural Standard }}</ref> It proposes that health benefits can be achieved through manipulation of complementary (or polarized) forces, a form of [[energy (esotericism)|energy]] currently unknown to science.  Little [[empirical evidence]] for the efficacy of this technique has been found and there is no empirical support for its underlying ideas.<ref name=InteliHealth />

==Beliefs==
Polarity Ttherapy is an [[alternative medicine|alternative ]] [[energy medicine]] system, centered on the concept of a [[Energy (esotericism)|human energy field]].<ref name="Oschman">Oschman, J.: Energy Medicine, The Scientific Basis, page 10. (Churchill Livingstone, 2000).</ref> Advocates and practitioners of Polarity Ttherapy claim that this is an invisible and intangible energetic system is the substrate for all phenomena. Using touch, verbal interaction, exercise, nutrition and other methods,<ref>American Polarity Therapy Association: Standards for Practice (Fourth Edition), page 2. APTA, 2003.</ref> practitioners of Polarity Ttherapy seek to balance and restore the natural flow of energy which, it is claimed,{{Who|date=December 2008}} flows from the universe and into the body through the [[chakras]]. While an electromagnetic metaphor is often used, Stone emphasized that the energy concept had a larger context; he referred to it as the "Breath of Life"<ref>Stone, R.: "Polarity Therapy Vol. I", page 2. CRCS, 1986.</ref> and used [[esotericism|esoteric language]] (such as ''ki'', &(contracted; show full)
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