Perhaps it would be good for people to actually read what is being said, especially in regards to what this forum is about - Qigong - but also other areas such as hypnosis, visual imagery, meditation, etc.

So from following the links below, this is what it said on the FDA web-site:

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What Is "Mind-Body Medicine?"

NCCAM describes mind-body medicine as focusing on "the interactions among the brain, mind, body, and behavior, and the powerful ways in which emotional, mental, social, spiritual, and behavioral factors can directly affect health."13 It states that mind-body medicine "typically focuses on intervention strategies that are thought to promote health, such as relaxation, hypnosis, visual imagery, meditation, yoga, biofeedback, tai chi, qi gong, cognitive-behavioral therapies, group support, autogenic training, and spirituality."14

In general, CAM practices in this domain would not be subject to our jurisdiction under the Act or the PHS Act.



Also, since other hypnotists had also written to our NGH Legislative team, this is part of the response from that person, who is quite knowledgable about these issues:

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This appears to be a scam. The FDA does not have the authority to do what is claimed they are trying to do.

The company behind this seems to me to be using this scare to build a mailing list.

When you are directed to the "alarm site" at http://tinyurl.com/2u7ghc you are asked to fill out a form to send this alarming notice to others. The web site captures that information and stores it, thereby building a spam contact list of persons interested in vitamin supplements.

The "Medical Doctor" whose signature is on this letter claims to be working for an organization called healthfreedomusa. However, if you click on the link you will discover it takes you to a vitamin store.

This sort of thing is called Guerilla marketing. I call it a waste of time.

Scot Giles
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Legislative and Governmental Concerns Liaison, NFH 104
Advisory Board, National Guild of Hypnotists
Diplomate and Certified Instructor, National Guild of Hypnotists
Council, Order of Braid



Several people had (on the other identical thread to this one in another forum here) already noted that in order to get information, one was being required to provide way too much personal information, so I'd say my guy from the NGH has a good case.

Cheers!
Unis