[lightworker888]

Does anecdotal count as "documentation" or is it just double blind testing that "counts". Homeopathic remedies could be considered "pacebos" to some people. Some think that folk remedies are placebos. The question also suggests that "feeling better" is somehow not part of the "curing " process.

My understanding and belief is that the body always is working towards health and healing and when we feel good, it is a symptom that we are supporting the body to heal, through what we take in physically, mentally and spiritually. The input includes food, air, the clothes we wear, the environs noticed and unnoticed, as well as millions of other factors that may or may not be conscious, especially our self talk. We all are doing our best to keep ourselves healthy and every bit of info that catches our attention is useful, either to file away, utillize or dismiss, depending on our awareness at the moment of the subject.

Have you ever noticed how info about a subject that you are interested in will come into your awareness, through many avenues. It is all out there and it is available to all,but we can only attend to so much without getting overwhelmed.

My strategy is to believe it is someone's truth at some moment in time and to decide if it is useful for me at this moment to use or to file. I tend not to dismiss completely any info, though a lot of things get forgotten, especially as I get older, but I usually remember again if the subject crosses my desk and if it comes across a few times, then the subject gets revisited and often becomes part of my bigger picture and triggers more investigation.

So for me the word "placebo" is very loaded and often is worth considering rather than a "drug". This is just a personal strategy, and in no way a "prescription" for how others should choose. We all have to live with our choices so I tend to choose what I believe will be the least invasive to the internal "soup"
and the most supportive regardless of the "source". If it somehow resonates I might try it to see how my system responds. We are really the best authority about ourselves if we can learn to listen to our body and the messages it is always sending.

I'll get off my soapbox now.

LW888