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Reiki

pseudoscientific Japanese alternative medicine similar to laying on of hands
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Summary

Reiki is a placebo[1]. Reiki draws 15,211 Wikipedia views per month (placebo category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Mikao Usui[3]
  • Subclass of: alternative medicine[4]
  • Commons category: Reiki[5]
  • Country of origin: Empire of Japan[6]
  • Time of discovery or invention: 1922[7]
  • Official website: https://www.reiki.org/[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Reiki[9]
  • OpenStreetMap tag: healthcare:speciality=reiki[10]
  • Has effect: relaxation[11]
  • Native label: 霊気[12]
  • Practiced by: Reiki practitioner[13]

Why It Matters

Reiki has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] Reiki is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0001122-reiki
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0001122-reiki, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Country of origin → Empire of Japan
    Has effect → relaxation
    Official website → https://www.reiki.org/
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 16853, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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