Re. An Old Hawaiian/Polyneisan Healing Method

Hi All, not sure where to post this; I'm guessing it's a no-no to have a forum that looks like it gives medical advice.  So, this might be the best fit.

I'm wondering if anybody knows anybody (who knows anybody) who has experience with an old method of healing.  The only place I've heard of it being practiced is Hawaii, and maybe in the Polynesian islands.  I'm specifically interested in its application to broken bones and damaged tissue.

The method effectively amounts to praying the bones and tissue back into place/back to health.  This might be called 'faith healing', but there are so many people operating under that term with no clue what they're doing, I'd rather not use it.  I don't know what the local/old names for the method are, though.

I've read more than one account of its successful use, and I'm convinced it's possible.  I've had it in mind for a long time to try to contact someone who can actually do this, and so I suppose this is my first practical step in that direction.

Any leads would be much appreciated.

Best Wishes,

-- Jojo

I'm sorry - I have no information on Polynesian healing. I just read this post on herbal healing broken bones and tissues though, and it was really helpful: Herbs for Wound Healing   Good luck!

Hay Jojo. You've got some interesting interests.

Why wouldn't that type of healing have some efficacy. We live in a quantum world so magic does work.  Praying comes pretty naturally to everyone when things seem out of control. I know I do it.  Con-artists know this also. They love desperate situations.

It is difficult for a rational person of this age to make a leap  from the real and physical to the imaginary and unseen and believe there is interplay between.

Carmelo Panucci wrote:
Why wouldn't that type of healing have some efficacy. We live in a quantum world so magic does work.  Praying comes pretty naturally to everyone when things seem out of control. I know I do it.  Con-artists know this also. They love desperate situations.

It is difficult for a rational person of this age to make a leap  from the real and physical to the imaginary and unseen and believe there is interplay between.

Hi, Carmelo,

I'm not sure whether you're meaning to respond to my post, or whether you're just making a general statement.  I said I'm convinced it's possible, so I'm guessing the latter?

Elanor Gardner wrote:I'm sorry - I have no information on Polynesian healing. I just read this post on herbal healing broken bones and tissues though, and it was really helpful: Herbs for Wound Healing   Good luck!

Elanor, yes -- I'm now on the hunt for all things comfrey!  Those herbal healing posts are great; thanks for sharing the link.

i'm not hawaiian but i use this method myself all the time.  i shattered the cartilage in my knee a couple years ago and just talked to it regularly and told it that i had faith that it knew how to heal.  as i noticed healing i cheered it on.

i do it with anything that seems to be bothering me.  teeth, muscles, aches.  

"you guys are doing great.  i know you'll figure it out".  lol, that kind of thing.  i guess you could say that i feel like i have a relationship with the cells in body.

i learned this idea from a neurologist that wrote a book about having a stroke.  it was called "my stroke of insight".

rissa  

I’d say Energy Healing. I think any organized religion or spiritual tradition has a ritual that will focus on physical healing. In my experience being in the Catholic Church growing up and having it around still, there are prayer groups you could access by calling a local church -or not local-(as is likely with different spiritual traditions whether it be prayers or intentions) that you can ask to pray for your physical healing, there is a ritual that is called Anointing of the Sick which you could set up with a priest to do in person.

I’ve read about Buddhist monks taking requests for healing intentions in the past. There is also Reiki/chakra energy healing. Varying by the individual, pagan’s or people who practice witchcraft might have a practice focused on physical healing through rituals or different things.

Sounds like energy healing to me too.

There's as many energy healing practices as there are rocks on the road.

As for a Hawaiian healing practice, there is something called Hoʻoponopono.
"Ho'oponopono is an ancient Hawaiian healing technique that focusses the energies of forgiveness, love and gratitude into those areas of our being where we are holding on to memories that are no longer serving us. "

"All that is required is the sounding of the four-line mantra, the Ho’oponopono prayer, with heartfelt sincerity:
I’m Sorry, Please Forgive Me, I Love You, Thank you.”

Another more broadly known healing modality is Reiki, but that is traditionally a Japanese tradition. The Americanized version is a bit like Karate where it's not learned properly. It's not as risky to receive energy healing from 'initiated' American Reiki practitioners since the healing modality is fundamentally about channeling energy through your body, being a conduit for the healing essentially.

Aside from that there are traditional tribal practices that do energy work for healing that are at the root of all cultures, from what I've understood, but can't speak to that personally.

For deeper wounds such as broken bones it's rare to find an energy worker skilled enough to do something like that and there's a good amount of caution necessary since it's rife with malintent or malpractice.

Good luck on your search!