THE PLACEBO EFFECT
Human mind is such a powerful machine that no one can compete with it.This small supercomputer giving birth to the super computer of all time, but we underestimate the power of mind. As if your health is bad and you have gone to the doctor and one medicine has cured your health, but then you get to know that the pill that you had taken is nothing but a Sugar Starch, then what is the thing which cured you. So that was the hope, which your mind has created and this phenomenon is called Placebo Effect.
So let's know this effect.
During World War II, many American soldiers needed medicines and cure. Due to the increased demand, the American army started facing problem of drugs, then the doctors started injecting plain water to the soldiers, and the pain was relieved and the soldiers was not told that the injection was filled with water, but then how they were relieving pain, the doctor was also surprised, but no one had the answer.
Placebo effect is a hidden power of our subconscious mind. Just as some people think that drinking a cup of tea will cure their headache, but medical science also believes that there is no such thing in the tea which cured your headache, that is because of placebo effect only, which is born from the mind.
During a race, two types of energy drinks were given to the players, one of which was priced at $ 5 and the other was $ 1. After drinking, players were asked to do physical exercise as quickly as possible. Doctors found that after drinking 5 dollars of energy drink, the players did this exercise faster, but the big thing was that both drinks were same and it was just a mixture of water and sugar, but our brain think that 5 dollar are more better because of the price.The higher the value is considered as the best quality and your believe and expectations give birth to placebo effect.
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