Jo Marchant holds a doctorate in genetics and medical microbiology and has written for New Scientist, Nature and Smithsonian. While working on her book, Cure, she explored how the power of the mind can be a significant resource for modern medicine.
Playing a special video game developed to help burn patients overcome pain, Marchant was able to barely notice when her foot was placed in near-scalding water.
In the article, How Meditation, Placebos And Virtual Reality Help Power ‘Mind Over Body’, you will read some of what you already know: placebos work. When you think you are taking something that will help you, your body reacts as though you have. A person with Parkinson’s taking a placebo gets the same increase in dopamine in the brain as occurs with medication. But we may not yet have realized the far-reaching potential.
Even with altitude sickness, for example, if somebody at altitude takes fake oxygen, you see a reduction in … prostaglandins. … These actually work to dilate blood vessels and they cause many of the symptoms of altitude sickness.
Wow. The article also looks at meditation, slow breathing exercises, and how stress can rewire the brain. Definitely worth a read.
This week, open up fully to the benefits of the power of your mind. Make sure you are using this amazing resource wisely.
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