Collective-evolution: We can change our biology simply by what we believe to be true. A placebo effect is defined as a measurable, observable, or tangible improvement in health or behavior unrelated to the medication or invasive treatment that was given. This suggests that it is possible to treat various diseases using only the mind to heal.
For example, if 2 people have a headache and one takes Tylenol, and the other is given a pill that contains nothing (sugar), then both say that the pills helped them and the headache went away. The difference is that the second was given a pill, which he thought was Tylenol, which should relieve the headache. In doing so, his headache was healed because of what he believed to be true. This has happened many times, many studies have shown that the placebo effect is real and very effective.
The practice of placebo is known but not widely practiced in medicine. The placebo effect should be a major topic of study in medical schools. Unfortunately, pharmaceutical companies are studying patients who respond to the placebo effect to exclude them from early clinical trials. Pharmaceutical manufacturers are concerned that in most of their clinical trials, placebos are as effective as their chemicals.
Studying the placebo effect would lead to a whole new branch of science that would probably be related to consciousness. This is why it is not thoroughly studied, the power of our perception and its ability to create our reality and even change our biology would open the door to many other questions, perspectives and potentialities for the human race. These opportunities are likely to destroy many industries on the planet, from health to energy. These ideas have also been extensively studied and illustrated by quantum physics.
The placebo effect should be the subject of large, funded research. If medical researchers could figure out how to use the placebo effect, they would provide doctors with an effective, side-effect-free tool for treating many diseases. Conscious healers say they already have these tools, but I am a scientist, and I believe the more we know about placebo use, the better we can use it in a clinical setting - Dr. Bruce Lipton.
A study by the Baylor School of Medicine, published in 2002 in the Journal of Medicine, looked at an experience with surgery for patients with severe and debilitating knee pain. Many surgeons know that there is no placebo effect in surgery, or most of them believe so. The patients were divided into three groups. Surgeons removed the damaged cartilage in the knee of one group. In the second group, they washed the knee joint, removing all material believed to cause inflammation. Both of these processes are standard procedures for people who have severe knee arthritis. The third group received a “fake” operation, the patients were only reassured and deceived that they actually had knee surgery. For patients not receiving surgery,doctors made incisions and sprayed salt water on the knee, just like in conventional surgery. They then sutured the incisions, as in a real operation, and the process was completed. All three groups went through the same rehabilitation process and the results were overwhelming. The placebo group improved in the same way as the other two groups that underwent actual surgery.
“My skill as a surgeon was of no use to these patients. The placebo effect had all the benefit of osteoarthritis surgery - Dr. Moseley (surgeon in the study).
Another great example of the placebo effect was obtained by the United States Department of Health and Human Services in 1999. The report found that half of the severely depressed drug users improved their condition, while 32% of the patients improved after taking a placebo. Don't forget about all the side effects and dangers that come with antidepressants each year. Remember, the "depression industry" is a multi-billion dollar octopus.
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A 2002 article published in the American Psychological Association by University of Connecticut professor of psychology Irving Kirsch titled "The Emperor's New Drugs" made some more shocking discoveries. He found that 80% of the antidepressant effect measured in clinical trials could be attributed to the placebo effect. This professor even had to submit a request due to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to get information on clinical trials of the best antidepressants.
- The difference between drug response and placebo response was on average less than two points in these large clinical trials, which were scored from fifty to sixty points. This is a very small difference, this difference is clinically meaningless - Professor Kirsch.
Researchers around the world have found that placebos can stimulate real biological and physiological responses. Everything from changes in heart rate to blood pressure and even chemical activity in the brain. It is effective for a number of different diseases, from arthritis, depression, fatigue, anxiety, Parkinson's disease, and more.
This is interesting because back in 1999, statistics professor Jessica Utts of UC Irvine published a paper showing that parapsychological experiments produced much stronger results than those with a daily dose of aspirin in helping to prevent heart attacks. Utts also showed that these results are much stronger than with various drugs, such as an antiplatelet agent, for example.
Perhaps this is why more and more people are gravitating towards alternative forms of medicine. As noted by Garth Cook of Scientific American:
A growing body of scientific research suggests that our mind can play an important role in healing our body - or maintaining health in the first place … There are currently several lines of research that suggest that our mental perception of the world is constantly informing and guiding our immune system so that we can better respond to future threats. For me it was a kind of "Aha" - a moment when the idea of an intertwined mind and body suddenly took on more scientific meaning than an ephemeral consciousness that is somehow separated from our physical self.
Neuroscientist Fabrizio Benedetti explains:
There is not only one placebo effect, but many. The pain relieving effect of a placebo can trigger the release of natural pain relievers called endorphins. Patients with Parkinson's disease respond to placebo with a rush of dopamine. Fake oxygen given to someone at altitude has been shown to reduce levels of neurotransmitters called prostaglandins (which, among other things, dilate blood vessels and are responsible for many of the symptoms of altitude sickness).
So what does this mean?
This means that through the power of self-belief, your biological body can respond as needed to target any disease you experience. Thoughts, feelings and emotions are directly responsible for changing your biology. If we look at depression, for example, we are told that the main reason for this is a chemical deficiency in the brain. But if thoughts, feelings, and emotions can release various chemicals in the brain, why not just work on the patients' feelings to induce a different chemical state? If our feelings, emotions and thoughts are directly related to our biology, why aren't we investing more resources in research? Why is it not practiced by the medical industry? Why do we completely close our eyes to this?
The human race has been taught and programmed to believe that external medicines are necessary for all diseases. I am not saying that some medical applications are invalid, I am simply saying that the human race completely ignores the power of non-physical phenomena. We still believe that we need something from the outside in order to heal when everything indicates that this is not entirely true. Our own biological system and man himself are able to heal themselves. We just don't know how, we don't believe it, we don't try it.
Changing your biology with faith in yourself is not an easy process because most of us don't really believe that we can. We are faced with years of perceptual manipulation that has shaped our thoughts and beliefs. Your beliefs shape your perception, and your perception is what creates the real thing. If you change the way you perceive things, then the things you perceive change. We are powerful beings and we have abilities that are yet to be discovered. I believe that such realities will continue to appear and will be implemented in the future. The placebo effect demonstrates, biologically, that what you believe in really becomes your reality. In order to be able to use it, they must believe it. You need to take it as realityjust as you perceive your own hand as real, the sun as real, the stars as real. It's not about faith, it's about knowledge.
The true nature of reality has yet to be revealed, but we continue to evolve in our understanding. As we move forward, we realize how outdated our current way of functioning is. It's time to develop without looking back at the archaic ideas and false beliefs imposed on us, and to take a step into a new understanding of reality. We are capable of much more, our potential is limitless.