Just What Is Hypnosis? (reproduced from The Independent) Once regarded as a cheap stage trick, hypnotism is proven to be a powerful medical treatment – and now it’s available on the NHS. There’s no magic, no swinging pendulums or swaying watches, and there is no slumping into unconsciousness. This is clinical rather than stage hypnosis, [...]
Doctor Uses Self Hypnosis For Invasive Surgery. Watch as Dr John Butler undergoes a hernia operation using hypnosis in place of anaesthetic. During the world wars, hypnosis was widely used to help alleviate the pain and trauma of wounded soldiers where they needed an amputation or other similar operation. In fact it only stopped being [...]
Hypnosis ‘eases cancer op pain’ Breast cancer surgery patients dont have it easy, they often suffer severe side-effects as well as the pain sickness. However a study has shown that using hypnosis these patients need less anaesthetic during operations. Patients in the study of 200 women by the Mount Sinai School of Medicine also reported [...]
