A research about the effect of placebo makes incredible revelations about the power of our faith and our mind. When the placebo was first introduced in the medical researches, the researchers still didn't know how this effect occurs. When neurology developed enough, it became clear that faith provoke a lot of specific and powerful physiological reactions.
The researches shows, that a lot of placebo effects exists - there are a lot of ways for the placebo to affect the body and the mind, to heal depending on the therapy or the condition.
This research shows that the placebo effect is a result of releasing of neurotransmitters . It impacts specific parts of the brain in the same way the pharmaceutical medicines do it.
The pharmacists are scared of the word "placebo" because it has better results than active medicines, especially compared to antidepressants.
Antidepressants or Placebo?
In 1998 researchers published analysis of the effectiveness of sixteen antidepressants. They found out that 25% of the effectiveness is because of the specific effect of the drug, 25% - spontaneous remission and 50% are result of the placebo effect.
Ten years later was published other analysis from the clinical tests of 4 other modern antidepressants. It shows that these pills are effective only for patients with a light form of disease. And for patients with moderate form of depression, these antidepressants has zero effect.
Mind as healer
Researches of the placebo effect proves that the mind has great healing abilities, which is not a surprise, as we know, that our bodies are incredibly intelligent. People were able to heal themselves far before the invention of modern medicine techniques. Throughout thousands of years the shamans were healing using the placebo effect. They had given hope to the people and with the expectations their mind initiated changes in their physiology, and the body healed alone.
The placebo effect actually shows us how little we know about the abilities of the mind. Now scientist are gathering proves about the possibility that the conscious has unlimited healing abilities.
Researches also show that the placebo often has similar effect as a medicine, when the patient had been treated with medicine before the placebo. The placebo can be more powerful depending on what the patient had been told.
The placebo effect is a mind-body phenomenon which begins in the brain and leads to clinical improvement and is connected with the ritual of the therapeutic act. This ritual includes things like the people in the room, the word that had been told, the syringes or some devices and even the colour of the pill. One of the main factors is the verbal suggestions. Words as part of the therapy has a significant effect on the body. This is important because our own word based on our beliefs are part of our own therapy every single day of our lives.
The placebo effect strengthen the meaning of the faith for the health and well-being. Be positive in what you are saying to yourself and smart about what you believe in. Your mind and body are listening to you!
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