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* A surgeon cuts the skin over your knee instead of performing arthroscopic surgery, but your knee pain still goes away.
* You swallow a dummy pill that contains nothing but starch, and yet your migraine vanishes as if you had taken an Imitrex.
* A saltwater injection eases your asthma the same amount that puffing on a bronchial inhaler does.
The placebo response: Not in your head but in your brain. | Psychology Today
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Amazing what they are finding out about our minds!
The beauty of placebos is the way they illustrate the interaction of imagination and expectation with the biological chemistry of the brain. The more we understand this interaction the more we will be able to translate it into strategies and techniques for relief and well-being
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