spiritual healing; faith healing; psychic healing
Refers to healing practices that rely on spiritual or psychic forces rather than conventional medicine. Often used in contexts of alternative medicine, religious healing, or paranormal beliefs.
彼女は心霊治療で病気を治したと主張している。
She claims to have cured her illness through spiritual healing.
その教会では毎週心霊治療の集会が開かれている。
The church holds spiritual healing gatherings every week.
代替医療 is a broader term for alternative medicine, while 心霊治療 specifically involves spiritual or psychic methods.
信仰治療 emphasizes healing through religious faith, often within a specific religious context, whereas 心霊治療 can include non-religious psychic practices.
Compound of 心霊 (spirit, psyche) and 治療 (medical treatment). The term likely emerged in modern contexts to describe healing practices outside conventional medicine.