"I hear, and I forget. I see, and I remember. I do, and I understand."
Confucius (551 BC – 479 BC) was a Chinese teacher, politician, and philosopher. By Simran Khurana (Updated March 18, 2017)
In the modern age, where self-thinking is sanctified, it isn't easy to make people believe unquestioningly! (Basic requirements of the placebo effect)
The placebo effect definition.
The placebo effect reflects an attempt to positively affect symptoms of diseases using nonactive substances that have nothing to do with the patient's illness.
- The mechanism of action of the placebo effect is autosuggestive, and therefore, it requires a firm, almost unquestioning belief! The placebo effect (when it succeeds) strengthens the life-force energy. Quite similar to strong love or great happiness.
Link: The placebo effect (Wikipedia)
- The placebo effect is often used as a control group in clinical trials without the patient knowing whether he has received the actual drug or the placebo substances.
- In my opinion, the placebo effect has not been scientifically proven due to a lack of understanding of its mechanism of action, which requires adjustment in conducting the tests.
Very religious people exercise the same abilities, mainly because they believe.
- When we pray in complete faith, we activate meditation and improve our autosuggestive ability. Life force energy is the expression of the meditation mechanism.
Shamanic priests perform the autosuggestive treatment (kind of hypnosis), similar to a deep prayer! (Often using Ayawaska)
- There are many similarities between shamanic, voodoo, and Indian and Aboriginal rites based on autosuggestion. Shamanic therapists perform a type of hypnosis - with the patient's consent and out of faith.
The clergy may get angry at the comparison, but the link is a firm blind faith.
The power of the placebo effect - Emma Bryce.
Examples of common treatments based on principles similar to the placebo effect.
- Homeopathic treatments are shrouded in mystery. In practice, they are distilled water with zero concentration of active ingredients. By definition, they are based on the placebo effect.
- The therapy of Bach flowers (pollen scent) is not unequivocal, but the stamens' smell and substances alone have no proven healing abilities. (Although there may be a psycho-chemical effect)
- Guided imagery is a meditative technique that works mainly when the patient believes he is healed.
The disadvantage of the method of treatment using the placebo effect is its mode of action.
Link: Pros and cons: Homeopathy, Bach flower, Colloidal silver, Ozone.
- The need for an almost blind, firm faith is unsuitable for everyone.
- Homeopathy experts claim the treatment is also effective against cancer; they may be right! But equally, the shaman's treatment may be no less effective if the patient believes the treatment will help him in blind faith.
"To live is to have Qi in every part of your body." To die is to be a body without Qi. For the health to be maintained, there must be a balance of Qi."
Paradoxically, treatments based on the placebo effect (such as homeopathy) do not state this; otherwise, the effect may disappear!
Paradoxically, treatments based on the placebo effect (such as homeopathy) do not state this; otherwise, the effect may disappear!