Biofield Physiology
How does energy healing work on the healee’s biology? Are there measurable changes? What systems are involved?Â
Energy healers report they facilitate healing through a person’s biofields or a collective biofield. Living organisms produce many kinds of electrical, electromagnetic and light based activity, and some of this activity creates measurable fields in and around the body. Scientists often call these fields biofields, referring to the patterns of electrical signals, weak electromagnetic emissions and tiny flashes of light known as biophotons that arise from normal cellular and tissue processes. These patterns may help the body stay organized, communicate internally and guide healing and development. Researchers are studying whether these signals contain useful diagnostic information and how they might help cells coordinate with each other through processes such as bioelectric voltage patterns, mechanical signaling or biophotonic communication, and some studies suggest that cells can exchange information even without direct chemical contact. Altogether, this work offers a way of understanding the biofield as part of the body’s natural communication and regulation system.
The Regulatory Biofield Model
Biofield physiology examines the subtle electrical, electromagnetic and light based signals produced by living systems and considers how these signals reflect and shape ongoing cellular and tissue processes. This framework also proposes a broader regulatory biofield that helps coordinate biological organization and adaptive responses, offering a way to investigate communication and control mechanisms that extend beyond chemistry alone.
The Hidden Electromagnetic Language of Cells
This review surveys how ordinary cells, not just neurons or muscle cells, may generate and detect electromagnetic fields, spanning frequencies from kilohertz up to visible light. It argues that such fields could mediate intercellular communication or coordination in a broad, body-wide “biofield,” potentially serving as a fundamental physical layer of biological regulation in addition to chemical or electrical signaling
Biophotons on the Neural Highway
The study shows that shining light on one end of a nerve root triggers a rise in biophotonic activity at the other end, and this effect disappears when neural conduction or metabolism is blocked. This finding suggests that neurons may transmit light based signals along their fibers in addition to chemical and electrical ones, offering a new way to think about how the nervous system communicates and organizes information.
Long Distance Cellular Communication
This review compiles experimental studies suggesting that separated cell cultures (or tissues) can influence each other even when chemically isolated,via ultraweak photon emissions, electromagnetic signals or other non-chemical cues. It treats intercellular effects over a distance (micrometers to centimeters or more) as evidence that cells might communicate without direct contact, which could imply long-range coordination not accounted for by conventional biochemical pathways.
Biophotonic Signatures of Early Disease
This research examines how subtle shifts in ultra weak photon emission can act as early indicators of metabolic changes in type 2 diabetes. By showing that these low level biophotonic signals change before conventional biomarkers, the study points to a noninvasive method for detecting the earliest stages of disease and for refining personalized assessments of metabolic health.
Mapping Weak Brain Fields to Advanced Neuroscience
In this study, the authors showed how a noninvasive measure of electromagnetic brain activity (optically pumped magnetoencephalography) can reveal fine scale patterns of neural coordination that were previously inaccessible. They demonstrate that this technology can deepen our understanding of brain network dynamics and strengthen research across psychiatric and neurological conditions by documenting weak electromagnetic fields.
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