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Placebo effect & Faith
by DSK Rao on Feb 10, 2005 03:11 PM   Permalink

Our human body is a very complex entity and still there are many things which the modern science is not able to fully comprehend. It is known from ages that mind plays a vital role in the health of a human being and has mechanisms to initiate self curing processes in the body. In fact if we closely observe , people don't fall sick if they have good immune systems and get diseased when this natural defense mechanism gets weak. Inoculation or Vaccination against various diseases is actually injecting a weak trace of the disease into the body to make the body's defense mechanism to produce antigens which fight these weak disease germs, thus making it more ready to fight any fresh incursion. Medically Placebo is a well studied phenomena of curing patients by giving them sugar filled pills and making them beleive that they are given potent medicines , which will cure them. The FAITH in the doctor/potency of the medicine makes the patient to cure themselves without any side effects! Does the HC ruling by any chance mean that Doctors who administer Placebos are illegal? These Doctors ofcourse charge their fee

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