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James "Kimo" Rosen is a retired professional photographer amongst other things is a humorist writer. Rosen currently resides on the tropical island of Kaua'i with his best friend and spiritual adviser, Ivanka "Costco" Obama, The bipartisan Dog!   Sunrise/Weather Photos, October- 2022 These photos appeared on Hawaii News Now Blog #2095~Kimo's world #341 The mysterious placebo effect |
Your mind can 
be a very powerful healing tool when given the chance. The idea that your brain can convince your body of a fake treatment is a real thing called the placebo effect. Believe it or not, science has found that under the right circumstances, a placebo can be just as effective as traditional treatments of medicine.
be a very powerful healing tool when given the chance. The idea that your brain can convince your body of a fake treatment is a real thing called the placebo effect. Believe it or not, science has found that under the right circumstances, a placebo can be just as effective as traditional treatments of medicine.
My Doctor is concerned
my hypochondria is getting worse so he put me on more potent placebos! I'm addicted to placebos. I could quit but it wouldn't matter. (LOL)
my hypochondria is getting worse so he put me on more potent placebos! I'm addicted to placebos. I could quit but it wouldn't matter. (LOL)
Jokes aside, most doctors know it's the prescription pad and what they write on it that is
the special sauce or hidden ingredient for healing. Pharmaceuticals are not always necessary, however belief in recovery is, and therefore a doctor may prescribe a placebo in lieu of a name-brand or generic drug taken three times a day.
the special sauce or hidden ingredient for healing. Pharmaceuticals are not always necessary, however belief in recovery is, and therefore a doctor may prescribe a placebo in lieu of a name-brand or generic drug taken three times a day.
There is an interesting study by Beecher and Lasagna, a group of patients who had just 
undergone surgery and were alternately given morphine and placebos. Those who took morphine immediately after surgery registered a 52% relief factor; those who took the placebo first had 40%. the group also discovered the more severe the pain, the more effective the placebo.
undergone surgery and were alternately given morphine and placebos. Those who took morphine immediately after surgery registered a 52% relief factor; those who took the placebo first had 40%. the group also discovered the more severe the pain, the more effective the placebo.
There is much to be said about the placebo effect. It works best when you don’t know you’re 
the victim. You could be in a test group where ten people are given the actual test pill and another group of ten is given sugar pills believed to help cure them of their disease or ailment.
the victim. You could be in a test group where ten people are given the actual test pill and another group of ten is given sugar pills believed to help cure them of their disease or ailment.
People on the streets who buy fake drugs may purchase baby laxatives mixed with
other ingredients and are told it is cocaine and will experience a cocaine high because they believe it's cocaine. The same with pakalolo, those who purchase a blend of oregano and other legal herbs and are told its marijuana might get high through the placebo effect.
other ingredients and are told it is cocaine and will experience a cocaine high because they believe it's cocaine. The same with pakalolo, those who purchase a blend of oregano and other legal herbs and are told its marijuana might get high through the placebo effect.
I remember when I was a kid watching a hypnotist on TV hypnotizing a person
eating onion and telling them it was an apple and the person honestly believed they were eating an apple.
eating onion and telling them it was an apple and the person honestly believed they were eating an apple.
The human mind works in mysterious ways, mind over matter has always intrigued me. If you believe in something strong enough it can work!
The witch doctor succeeds for the same reason all of the rest of us succeed. Because according
to Dr. Schweitzer in the book Anatomy of an illness, "Each patient carries his own doctor inside him."They come to us not knowing the truth."We are at our best when we give the doctor who resides within each patient to go to work."
to Dr. Schweitzer in the book Anatomy of an illness, "Each patient carries his own doctor inside him."They come to us not knowing the truth."We are at our best when we give the doctor who resides within each patient to go to work."
The placebo is the doctor who resides within.
The bottom line, medicine is young and what we know now is nothing to what we will know in a hundred years.
It’s funny the
way the Garden Island news always continues my Wellness column over to the obituary page. I guess it’s better than starting on the obituary page. As my father always said, "it's a good day when you wake up and you're not on the obituary page."
way the Garden Island news always continues my Wellness column over to the obituary page. I guess it’s better than starting on the obituary page. As my father always said, "it's a good day when you wake up and you're not on the obituary page."
Hana Hou!(Encore)
