能量醫學是使用能量的補充和替代醫學領域，例如電療、磁療、手法治療和遠程治療。它也被稱為能量療法。待處理的「能量」包括科學證明存在的能量(電能、磁能、光能)、非科學能量(靈氣、信仰)和傳統概念(氣功跟經絡)[1]。
不過能量醫學在部分臨床研究上沒有顯著療效[2][3][4][5][6][7]。能量醫學的理論基礎被醫學專業人士批評為不可信 [8][9][10][11]；一些支持能量醫學的研究結果被醫學專業人士指責為含有方法上的缺陷[12][13][14]和選擇上的偏見 [12][13]，而所謂的治療結果被認定為是由已知的心理機制(安慰劑效應)造成的[13][12] 。而推銷 "能量醫學 "產品的人往往會被認為是在詐騙[15][15]。
Hall, Harriet. Faith Healing. sciencebasedmedicine.org. 26 January 2010 [February 29, 2020]. （原始內容存檔於2020-11-13）. ...When faith healings have been diligently investigated by qualified doctors, they have found no evidence that the patients were actually helped in any objective sense. Even at Lourdes, the Catholic Church has only recognized 4 cures since 1978, out of 5 million people who seek healing there every year. There simply is no evidence that faith healing heals. Not what science considers evidence. And the true believers don't value evidence or the scientific method: for them, belief is enough.
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