Touching certain points on the body in order to heal is not something confined to scientologists..
Conventional science is a sham and the only reason it works is because of the patients belief in its success. Have you ever wondered why some treatments work for some people but don't for others?
Placebos work as often as medicine works, the proof is in abundance that we are responsible for our own health through subconsciouslly adopting certain beliefs about reality.
I heard a story recently about a man who was turned away by the hospitals and given only about a month to live. He had terminal cancer and they said there was nothing more they could do, he was unfortunatly, on his own. He goes to his doctor and asks that doctor for a certain kind of chemo therapy that he had heard a lot of good things about. The doctor told him that it would take weeks to take effect and he might well be dead by then, but the man was adament that this treatment was going to save his life so the doctor complied and gave him the treatment. Within a couple of weeks most of the cancer had simply disintigrated and there was no signs of it left anywhere.
A few weeks later the man hears an official report stating that the therapy he had undergone was grossly innefective, after hearing this report the man had a relapse and his cancer returned worse then ever. After going to the doctor and telling him what he had heard in the report the doctor had a gut feeling that this man was playing a role in how the cancer reacted simply by believing something to be innefective. Being clever the doctor told him, that report was a complete lie, that stuff was very effective and we have had great success using it here, but now there is something much much better with an almost 100% success rate. He proceeded to inject the man with a saline solution. The doctor then explained that in the coming weeks the mans tumors "melted like snowballs in an oven". Its a confusing time for a mainstream doctor when conventional medicine meets real healing.
This world is littered with stories such as these! Littered with them. Ive undergone many different medical treatments as an experiment to see if my doubt in them would play any role in determining their success. I soon found the conventional medicine simply did not work for me, and still doesnt to this day.
Remember this next time you let a doctor "practise" his medicine on you.