Some interesting facts you may not know: • Placebo effect also occurs amongst dogs and other animals Pharmaceutical companies employ the same double blind procedures on dogs as they do for human medications. It turns out the canine placebo group also react positively to the placebos.
• Psychiatric illness and physical pain have some of the highest rates of placebo response Placebo drugs can have real, measurable influence on physiological changes in the brain, ranging from changes in heart rate and blood pressure to the brain’s chemical activity, particularly in cases of pain, depression, anxiety and fatigue. Depression undoubtedly sucks, and there is no question about its relation to brain chemistry. In recent years the number of anti- depressants prescribed has risen sky- high. However, several high profile
studies show that placebos basically do the same thing, minus the adverse side effects. Even though the findings are being downplayed by pharmaceutical companies for obvious reasons, this is promising news for those who suffer from mental illness and chronic pain because it essentially shows these conditions can be reversible without the use of nasty chemicals.
• Placebo still works even though you know it’s a placebo It seems the whole point of the placebo effect is that patients who believe they are receiving real medicine, are cured, but it turns out that even when patients find out they are receiving a placebo, it still functions effectively. Go figure!
• Faith heals injuries Placebo surgeries are also effective in curing many injuries, which takes the placebo effect to the next level. The best part is that fake surgery is much cheaper than real surgery…
How about cultivating our faith in ourselves and in the infinite wisdom that lies right here in the body’s natural ability to heal itself?
• You can placebo yourself into being drunk Save your liver and get giddy without compromising your health.
Let us not under-estimate the power of the mind in healing illness and forming our reality. Miracles happen through faith, and it seems that in this century our faith in pharmaceuticals is stronger than ever – but how about cultivating our faith in ourselves and in the infinite wisdom that lies right here in the body’s natural ability to heal itself? n
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Liisa Halme is an advanced breathwork practitioner, a registered yoga therapist and a senior yoga teacher, as well as a mother and a wife. She
works with individuals and groups in Sydney eastern suburbs.
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