Rei·ki 
(rākē′)
(rākē′)n.
A method of treating bodily disorders and restoring spiritual balance in which a practitioner places the palms of the hands on a part of the body in the belief that healing energy will flow there.
[Japanese reiki, from Middle Chinese liajŋ khi` (also the source of Mandarin língqì) : liajŋ, numinous spirit + khi`, energy; see CHI.]