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暗示療法 (あんじりょうほう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

暗あん示じ療りょう法ほう

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Meanings

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suggestive therapy

A therapeutic approach that uses suggestion to influence a patient's mental or physical state; often associated with hypnosis or placebo effects.

暗あん示じ療りょう法ほうは、患かん者じゃの潜せん在ざい意い識しきに働はたらきかける治ち療

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Suggestive therapy is a treatment method that works on the patient's subconscious.

Kanji

暗darkness, disappear, shade
示show, indicate, point out
療heal, cure
法method, law, rule

Related words

催さい眠みん療りょう法ほう
催眠療法 specifically uses hypnosis, while 暗示療法 is a broader term that includes any suggestion-based technique, not necessarily involving a trance state.

Built from

暗あん示じ+療りょう法ほう

Etymology

Compound of 暗示 (suggestion) and 療法 (therapy). The term is a modern medical coinage, likely from the early 20th century, paralleling Western concepts of suggestive therapeutics.