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Advance Access Publication 17 January 2006 eCAM 2006;3(1)139–141 doi:10.1093/ecam/nek002 Commentary CAM and the Phenomenology of Pain Alex Hankey Hethe House, Cowden Kent TN8 7DZ, UK Many CAM modalities afford relief from pain, each in its own way, or according to its own terminology. Comparison of different CAM modalities results in a simple phenomenology of pain centered around the idea that pain may be associated with blockages of the flow of energy in the system of nadis/acupuncture meridians. Keywords: pain – TCM – ayurveda – EAP – acumeridians The paper on Complementary and Alternative Medicine author can tell, because cranial osteopaths are trained in a Approaches for Pediatric Pain in your April (1) issue gave an heightened sensitivity to levels of activation or depression of admirable review of published papers, but more is needed for energies in the acupuncture meridian system (2) [this applies it to live up to its intention of being a full ‘Review of the to both their own bodies and those of their patient(s)]. Such State-of-the-Science’. Complementary medicine contains sensitivity enables cranial osteopaths to participate in the many more modalities, which can be used against pain. Even kind of processes I describe next. more importantly, some of them shed considerable light on In healing, two kinds of pain relief appear to be possible. the nature of pain itself, and in a way which neuroscience One in whic