You are invited to participate in a community case study project evaluating the effects of BodyIntuitive on COVID-19 because you have either: (1) been diagnosed as having COVID-19, (2) are suspected of having COVID-19 but have not been tested, or (3) are a highly exposed frontline healthcare worker or in another vulnerable population. The purpose of this research case study is to evaluate the effect of BodyIntuitive on COVID-19 symptoms and disease course, and susceptibility to contracting COVID-19.
As part of this community case study project, you will receive three online or remote BodyIntuitive treatments. BodyIntuitive is a type of mind-body medicine. Each treatment will include:
- An intuitive intake from your practitioner to assess your energy (Qi) and immune function
- A mind-body treatment to address the identified priorities working with tools from Classical Chinese medicine and modern science. Your practitioner will identify and release stressors, use acupoint combinations for immune resilience and use other balances to boost overall immune, anti-viral and lung function, and to calm inflammation.
- Follow-up options for you: You may receive instructions to stimulate acupoints and/or do an emotional clearing technique on yourself.
Mind-body medicine is holistic healthcare that takes into account the effect of your mind (your stresses, emotions and mindsets) on the physical health of the body. It is well established scientifically that these aspects of the mind impact the effectiveness of your immune system to fight off a viral infection. BodyIntuitive is a new mind-body medicine based on an integration of Eastern (Classical Chinese Medicine) and Western (21st Century Science) medicine. This is a powerful integration that leverages thousands of years of wisdom of Chinese medicine at addressing pathogenic infections with the latest understanding of immune function from Western science.
All BodyIntuitive treatments in this community case study project are done on a donation basis: you can pay what you want. You may give a donation of any amount or none at all when you sign up for these community project treatments. You will not be paid for your participation. There will be approximately a hundred participants involved in this community case study project.
The sponsor of this community case study project is an organization called BodyIntuitive.org founded by Dr Laura Stuve, PhD, molecular biologist, and Dr Janet Galipo, Doctor of Oriental Medicine, who are the principal investigators of the project. If you have questions or concerns about this project, please address them to the principal investigators at: training@bodyintuitive.org.
You will be asked to sign this consent form and submit a clinical intake form before receiving any study treatments. You will also be asked to complete a short, confidential 5 question survey to report on your progress after each treatment. If the severity of your symptoms makes it challenging for you to complete these short surveys, a friend/family member can do so on your behalf.
After you sign up for the BodyIntuitive COVID-19 Community Project, Dr Janet and Dr Laura will prioritize your case and assign you to a treatment team, which consists of a leader and 1-4 other practitioners who will do your treatments to address immune resilience, COVID-19 and any remaining impacts of this infection. Each treatment will be done via either telephone, video internet, or non-contact remote. A non-contact remote session is when the practitioner does a focused treatment while you stay quiet, but you are not connected via telephone or video. After each treatment, you will receive treatment notes and any guidance, such as stimulating acupoints on yourself for stress reduction or immune resilience, or refraining from a certain food for a period of time.
We ask that you keep your phone or video treatment appointments. Non-contact remote appointments do not require any action on your part. At each subsequent treatment, we ask that you inform us if there have been any changes to your medications or if you have started any new conventional or alternative therapies, since the previous session. The three treatments will all occur within 6 weeks of time upon registration for the project.
RISKS AND BENEFITS: BodyIntuitive treatment is not meant to replace any other medical treatments or interventions that are recommended to you by your doctors for your condition. BodyIntuitive is a safe and non-invasive modality. There are no known risks associated with BodyIntuitive. Rare occurrence of mild discomfort and tiredness have been observed following BodyIntuitive sessions. The following benefits might result from this study: faster recovery from COVID-19, shorter duration of COVID-19 symptoms, not contracting COVID-19, a decrease or elimination of pain within the body, decreased stress levels, and an increase in energy levels. We cannot and do not guarantee or promise that you will receive any benefits from these treatments.
Though there are no foreseeable circumstances under which your participation will be terminated, as with all research studies, the study may be terminated early for unforeseen reasons.
PARTICIPANT’S RIGHTS: If you have read this form and have decided to participate in this project, please understand your participation is voluntary and you have the right to withdraw your consent or discontinue participation at any time without penalty or loss of benefits to which you are otherwise entitled.
PRIVACY: Be aware that your study records (which include your questionnaires, your signed consent form, and may include other information such as your name, address, phone number, etc) will be shared as needed for the study with your practitioner team so they have all the information required to do your treatments. Your individual privacy will be maintained in all published and written data resulting from the study. Following the treatments, the case study results may be published, summarized on the bodyintuitive.org website, or presented at various conferences, but your identity will not be disclosed.
An audio and/or written treatment summary file will be sent to you over email. Additionally, your practitioners will contact you by email or phone with a brief 5-question status update between treatments.
If you do not authorize this use and sharing of your information by signing this form, you cannot participate in this community case study project as we will have no way to contact you and address your symptoms.
You can cancel your authorization to use and share your information at any time by writing a letter to the principal investigator. If you cancel your authorization, you may not be able to continue in the study and the principal investigator and study staff will still be able to use and share your information that they have already collected. This authorization to use and share your information expires in 50 years.
Contact Information
If you have any questions, concerns or complaints about this study, its procedures, risks and benefits, or feel you have been hurt by being a part of this research study, please contact the principal investigator at email: training@bodyintuitive.org.