Abstract
After 30-min treatment by non-contact healing on experimental sample pieces of cucumber (cucumis sativus "Shiro-ibo kyuuri"), the intensities of biophotons from experimental and control samples were measured for 18h. In Cucumber series No.7 from June to December 2008, 24 volunteer healers (10 beginners and 14 veterans) were tested twice. As a result, the average of J values,an index of controlled healing power, was 0.084 (95% confidential interval was 0.026, n=24). There was no significant difference between beginner (J=0.081) and veteran healers (J=0.086). Only their ages showed a negative correlation with J values (r=-0.487, p=0.016, two tails). Analyses on the details showed a weak positive correlation between the bright factor of character traits and the difference of J values of 2 trials (r=0.466, p=0.022, two tails). It was considered that bright healers could adjust their healing ways to experiments. And there was a weak positive correlation between difference of the degree of the healing way "Loving intention (including prayer to gods, Buddha and spirits)" and the difference of J values of 2 trials (r=0.417, p=0.043, two tails). The correlation was obvious in veterans and it meant that they were more familiar with the ways of healing.
