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Sometimes the answers are right in front of our eyes. The "placebo effect," long dismissed by doctors as illusion, turns out to be the most powerful healing agent of all. It has proven to be effective against heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer and a long list of other diseases, in nearly 30% of the cases (which is far more effective than most drugs or surgical procedures). The power of the mind, it seems, it far stronger than anything the pharmaceutical companies can offer.

So why don't doctors leverage the power of placebo? It's simple: because they don't believe in it, not because it doesn't work. The science simply cannot be denied: the placebo effect is powerful, effective, and exhibits zero side effects. It should be the medicine of choice. Naturally, you can't patent it and you can't market it, so there's no economic reason for anybody in Western medicine to push it. Besides, if Western doctors admitted that patients could heal themselves, then they would lose a tremendous amount of power and control over patients.

Look at it this way: really good doctors (and there are many) readily state that they are only conduits of healing, that patients must ultimately heal themselves. Bad doctors, on the other hand, think they are God and that they alone control the healing response in patients.

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