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{{Infobox Alternative Medicine | image=Yin and Yang.svg | claims = Healing can be achieved through manipulation of complementary (or polarized) energies.|topics = [[Energy (esotericism)]], [[Energy medicine]]|origyear = 1940s| origprop = [[Randolph Stone]] | laterprop = [[Pierre Pannetier]] | seealso= [[Reiki]], [[Therapeutic touch]]}}
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==Practice==

Polarity therapists claim to work with the reciprocal, complementary or "polarized" forces, which they describe with the traditional Chinese words 
[[yin and yang]].{{fact|date=November 2011}} Although the concept of polarity implies two forces in opposition, these dualities are said by some{{who|date=November 2011}} to be mediated by a subtle third neutral factor, leading to the idea that phenomena are essentially triune in nature.{{fact|date=November 2011}} In Ayurveda, the three factors are known as ''Rajas'', ''Tamas'', and ''Satva''.{{fact|date=November 2011}}

Polarity therapists claim to work with [[energy medicine|energetic patterns]] (similar to [[acupuncture]] [[Meridian (Chinese medicine)|meridians]], and marma points).  The [[caduceus]], representative of the ida and pingala, is another aspect of the nadis/chakra system that is thought to be manipulated during certain types of polarity treatments.{{fact|date=November 2011}} According to Stone, the purpose of life is "the fulfillment of consciousness".<ref>Chitty, J. and Muller, M.L.: Energy Exercises, page 123-124. Polarity Press, 1990.</ref>

Polarity therapy has four distinct areas of technique:  touch, stretching and exercise, diet, and mental-emotional process.<ref name="sills" />⏎
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Polarity therapy is often connected with other forms of [[alternative medicine]], such as [[Oriental medicine]], [[Ayurveda]], [[craniosacral therapy]], [[energy medicine]] and [[osteopathy]], which all attempt to explore the subtle energetic factors in health conditions from their particular cultural viewpoints. Many chiropractic, osteopathic, and cranial manipulations and naturopathic perspectives and techniques are explored in Stone's writings and diagrams.

Polarity therapy has four distinct areas of technique:  touch, stretching and exercise, diet, and mental-emotional process.<ref name="sills" />⏎
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==Evidence==

Claims about the effectiveness of polarity therapy in the treatment of cancer or any other condition is not supported by scientific evidence.<ref name=InteliHealth /><ref name=ACS>{{cite web|title=Polarity Therapy|url=http://www.cancer.org/Treatment/TreatmentsandSideEffects/ComplementaryandAlternativeMedicine/ManualHealingandPhysicalTouch/polarity-therapy|publisher=American Cancer Society|accessdate=15 November 2011}}</ref> There has been little published in [[peer review|pee(contracted; show full)
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