That’s what I think about so many home/traditional cure. Maybe it works for those people due to placebo effect, and I’ve lost that magic because I’m too critical of everything.
you haven’t lost that magic - you know why placebo really works? it’s the context, the ritual of going to a “making you healthy” building, talking with a “i’ll make you healthy” person, and then receiving a “healthy making” pill. the ritual is what makes the magic of placebo happen, it’s what makes the belief that it’ll work easier.
what home remedies/traditional cures have lost is the ritual of watching your grandmother, or in the older times the local wise woman, preparing your “cure”. A wise person giving you a drink or something and promising that’ll make you feel better is on the same level as a doctor giving you a pill.
just buying over the counter meds without a doctor’s order, or just making your own health brew isn’t as effective
also don’t forget that placebo work even when you know it’s placebo, that’s how powerful the ritual of it is. i don’t know if it’s some low magic, or if our subconscious has a deeper control over our body than we realise, but the fact is - it works on everyone
also don’t forget that placebo work even when you know it’s placebo
This right here. I’ve had problems with pain relief medicine simply not working since I was a child. A couple years back I started drinking caraway seed tea whenever a headache was JUST going away, and even tho I know dang well that caraway seeds do jack sh*t against pain, my body now somehow associates the taste with “ok, headache time is over” and I can drink that stuff to MAKE headaches go away.
100% placebo, 100% aware about it - still works.
PS: why caraway seeds? Because it is the least likely “tea” you can be offered in everyday context. If I had used something as common as charmomile or green tea, I think the effect wouldn’t have had a lasting effect.
I’m luckily immune to learning about the placebo effect. The essential oils make my home a garden for one of the five senses, guarded by an army of leeches and caged in quartz. My meridians are supersymmetric across six zodiacs and are sensitive enough that you can use my body to measure the effects of climate change on leylines.
thevoidzero@lemmy.world 4 days ago
That’s what I think about so many home/traditional cure. Maybe it works for those people due to placebo effect, and I’ve lost that magic because I’m too critical of everything.
shneancy@lemmy.world 4 days ago
you haven’t lost that magic - you know why placebo really works? it’s the context, the ritual of going to a “making you healthy” building, talking with a “i’ll make you healthy” person, and then receiving a “healthy making” pill. the ritual is what makes the magic of placebo happen, it’s what makes the belief that it’ll work easier.
what home remedies/traditional cures have lost is the ritual of watching your grandmother, or in the older times the local wise woman, preparing your “cure”. A wise person giving you a drink or something and promising that’ll make you feel better is on the same level as a doctor giving you a pill.
just buying over the counter meds without a doctor’s order, or just making your own health brew isn’t as effective
also don’t forget that placebo work even when you know it’s placebo, that’s how powerful the ritual of it is. i don’t know if it’s some low magic, or if our subconscious has a deeper control over our body than we realise, but the fact is - it works on everyone
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 days ago
Seems like a bug in the simulation code… Someone got lazy and programmed it so the ritual does the healing, not the chemical itself. Big mistake.
reksas@sopuli.xyz 4 days ago
there is a LOT going on in our heads and bodies that we are not consciously aware.
justlookingfordragon@lemmy.world 4 days ago
This right here. I’ve had problems with pain relief medicine simply not working since I was a child. A couple years back I started drinking caraway seed tea whenever a headache was JUST going away, and even tho I know dang well that caraway seeds do jack sh*t against pain, my body now somehow associates the taste with “ok, headache time is over” and I can drink that stuff to MAKE headaches go away.
100% placebo, 100% aware about it - still works.
PS: why caraway seeds? Because it is the least likely “tea” you can be offered in everyday context. If I had used something as common as charmomile or green tea, I think the effect wouldn’t have had a lasting effect.
match@pawb.social 4 days ago
I’m luckily immune to learning about the placebo effect. The essential oils make my home a garden for one of the five senses, guarded by an army of leeches and caged in quartz. My meridians are supersymmetric across six zodiacs and are sensitive enough that you can use my body to measure the effects of climate change on leylines.
NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
Hell yeah it makes me calm it smells fuckin nice
Natanael@infosec.pub 4 days ago
You just need somebody to put a coat on and say it’s OK
nationalgeographic.com/…/why-a-placebo-can-workev…
thevoidzero@lemmy.world 4 days ago
$4/month for this article.