Looking for a solution to some health concerns? Lipton proposes that the placebo effect is actually a form of healing in
itself. If indeed belief can create a change in the body chemistry, then the
belief that a certain treatment will help a person recover from a malady
actually creates the physiologic conditions that will lead to that person's
recovery. Lipton believes that the placebo effect should be taught in medical
school for its ability to bring about healing. Instead, it "is quickly
glossed over ... so that students can get to the real tools of modern medicine
like drugs and surgery ... because of their conviction that the body and its
parts are essentially stupid and that we need outside intervention to maintain
our health" (pp. 137-138).
Resource: Bruce H. Lipton, The Biology of Belief
