Re: The power of placebos
No… Those sugar pills contain the drops of actual homeopathic medicine. Homeopathic doctor usually drop few drops of medicine on those pills.
Homeopathic system is based on vaccination and potency… Higher potency… smaller molecules of medicine… highly active and absorbs in blood stream…
In few cases… doctor prescribes higher potency of medicine… and that cannot be repeated on daily basis… a dose in a week is enough… in that case… doctor will also give simple sugar powder or pills in order to give a false impression that you have daily dose… don’t worry… you will be okay…That is placebo effect…
Now… Lets concentrate on the placebo effect… As Guac mentioned that he gave pain killer instead of anti-motions pill… he knows that her sister would start vomiting… Similarly, doctor knows more about human body… and they can use placebo effect after identifying that this or that disease is just a psychological problem and not worth of any medicine but placebo…
Mostly… doctor console us by saying that.. it is not a problem… you will be okay in few days… what they actually are doing… is creating a immunity by convincing us psychologically…Good words always do wonder…