Reiki

pseudoscientific Japanese alternative medicine similar to laying on of hands
Event placebo Q183057
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Reiki

Summary

Reiki is a placebo[1]. Reiki draws 4,709 Wikipedia views per month (placebo category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Reiki is credited with the discovery of Mikao Usui[3].
  • Reiki's instance of is recorded as placebo[4].
  • Reiki is a type of alternative medicine[5].
  • Reiki's Commons category is recorded as Reiki[6].
  • Reiki's country of origin is recorded as Empire of Japan[7].
  • Reiki's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1922[8].
  • Reiki's official website is recorded as https://www.reiki.org/[9].
  • Reiki's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Reiki[10].
  • Reiki's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as healthcare:speciality=reiki[11].
  • Reiki's has effect is recorded as relaxation[12].
  • Reiki's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '霊気'}[13].
  • Reiki's practiced by is recorded as Reiki practitioner[14].

Body

Context

Reiki's instance of is recorded as placebo[4].

Why It Matters

Reiki draws 4,709 Wikipedia views per month (placebo category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] Reiki has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Reiki is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d 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 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 16853, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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