Ancient Herbs and Modern Herbs: A Comprehensive Reference Guide
to Medicinal Herbs, Human Ailments and Possible Herbal Remedies
by James Kedzie Sayre.
Copyright 2001. All rights reserved.
The mighty placebo effect
It seems that in our highly scientific controlled experiments for new
prescription drugs being tested in double-blind fashion, there is always
a small but significant minority of the subjects who improve, get better
or get even well, just under the influence of the inert drug-free capsules
or caps which they have received. The human body is very complicated, both
from the viewpoint of biochemistry and from the viewpoint of our consciousness.
If some people believe that a certain traditional folk medicinal herb will
help them deal with a certain ailment or problem, then maybe it will, even
if "scientific tests" assert that it has very little, if any real
curative qualities.
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