The following quote is from this article on sott.net:
http://www.sott.net/article/314220-Harness-your-inner-healing-power-with-the-power-of-placebo
IS it the act of seeing a physician and taking a pill twice a day actually what makes your body recognize that your intention is to get well OR is it the water being used to take the pills that actually recognizes your intention to get well?
Of course, this idea would not seem to apply to the cases of "sham surgery" vs real surgery unless the intention becomes infused into the water in the local or general anesthesia?
Just a thought FWIW.
http://www.sott.net/article/314220-Harness-your-inner-healing-power-with-the-power-of-placebo
The study in question didn't try to decipher why the placebos worked, only whether they would work without deception, and in 63 percent of participants, they did provide relief despite the fact that the patients knew they were taking chemically inactive pills. One theory though, is that the mere act of seeing a physician and taking a pill twice a day somehow makes your body recognize that your intention is to get well.
IS it the act of seeing a physician and taking a pill twice a day actually what makes your body recognize that your intention is to get well OR is it the water being used to take the pills that actually recognizes your intention to get well?
Of course, this idea would not seem to apply to the cases of "sham surgery" vs real surgery unless the intention becomes infused into the water in the local or general anesthesia?
Just a thought FWIW.