There is a book I like on the subject: The Placebo Response, by Howard
Brody, MD. In addition to info about the placebo response itself, there
is some good stuff about how clinical drug studies are done, and how the
results are reported, and how some results and some studies are left
out, plus lots of stuff about how to put the placebo effect (what Brody
calls the "inner pharmacy") to work for us in taking charge of our own
health. I haven't read this book for a while, and looking through it for
this email, can see I need to read it again.
sol
Jonathan B. Britten wrote:
Anyone who gives the placebo effect any thought at all will realize
that most medical doctors are, well, indoctrinated to precede "the
placebo effect" with the adjective "only." This way of thinking is
deranged.
An open-minded person would be tremendously excited by this effect,
and I suppose B. Bradley is among these.
Rapid, self-induced self-healing seems astounding to me. The report
from Mr. Bradley makes me all the more eager to try EFT. I remember
well my scornful dismissal of "reflexology" when I first heard of it.
These days, I am quite familiar with organ representation points all
over the body, and methods to make use of them.
Three cheers for the "placebo effect," which desperately needs a new
name that does justice to its powers.
JBB
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