Placebo effect...really?

[Dftodd]

We've all heard about people being able to predict weather by their aches and pains after an injury or illness.

I can tell if it's gonna snow by how I feel. I'll feel chilled to the bone and have a nasty sinus headache almost bordering on a migraine around 12 hours before it rolls in.

 

[stuckmotor]

Sometimes when I try a new medication, it seems to work at first. When the symptoms are back in a couple of weeks, I credit the initial improvement to the placebo effect. I hope you'll let us know how things are going two weeks from now.

 

[Travelover]

Study after study has shown the placebo effect is real, in fact it is part of any standard double blind drug evaluation. That said, it doesn't surprise me as the body has the ability to heal itself for most ailments. I don't will it to heal a cut for a broken bone, it just takes care of it by itself. By extension, it seems logical that the brain has the ability to do even more self healing with some guidance and direction.

 

[Steppenwolfe]

Study after study has shown the placebo effect is real, in fact it is part of any standard double blind drug evaluation. That said, it doesn't surprise me as the body has the ability to heal itself for most ailments. I don't will it to heal a cut for a broken bone, it just takes care of it by itself. By extension, it seems logical that the brain has the ability to do even more self healing with some guidance and direction.

I agree 100%. After 40 years in construction I have had more cuts (always need stitches, but I don't get them), scrapes, tears, and bang ups than you can imagine. Anytime something happens, I just say, "Lord, heal me fast, I don't have time for this". Never have been to the doctor for an injury, and my wife say's I heal faster than any normal person she has ever met.

 

[Jstpssng]

A lot of people are convinced I have a degree in BS.

Many of us are gifted with that degree.

 

[Jstpssng]

What a waste, you pour beer on a sting!!!
Anybody remember the 'blue bags' in the laundry, I have a vague recollection of grandmother using them on stings, no idea what was in them and haven't seen them since I was a kid in short pants.

I took that to mean that he applied the WH, then drank the beer!

 

[TractorGuy]

Huh! I've been having a lot of pain in my left shoulder. Pretty sure I have a couple of those copper bracelets with the magnets in them. Guess what I'm wearing to bed tonight.

 

[bunyip]

I took that to mean that he applied the WH, then drank the beer!

But a response like mine was too good to pass up.
Another placebo for the English is a cup of tea, seems to cure or solve all problems.

 

[kf4uda]

I agree 100%. After 40 years in construction I have had more cuts (always need stitches, but I don't get them), scrapes, tears, and bang ups than you can imagine. Anytime something happens, I just say, "Lord, heal me fast, I don't have time for this". Never have been to the doctor for an injury, and my wife say's I heal faster than any normal person she has ever met.

You are calling on the best doctor for your healing. He is still taking new patients!!

 

[orezok]

A lot of people are convinced I have a degree in BS.

Yeah, well I graduated Magna *** Lousy :laughing: