Posted by Dodge on September 29, 2000 at 17:46
In Reply to: Placebo posted by Skymouse on September 29, 2000 at 14:29
If something can be shown to have a beneficial effect I don't care what the scientists say, I'd give it a try.
Found this on a urine therapy site:-
"Scientists claim that the highest acceptable placebo effect is 30%. However, a much higher percentage of people actually achieves positive results with urine therapy, which is remarkable
since many people are often initially skeptical because of their aversion to urine, and apply urine therapy as a last resort. The shock initially brought on by drinking urine might fundamentally challenge previously accepted ideas, as a result of which repressed energy is released that can be applied to strengthen the body and fight an illness. Confronting and conquering
reluctance play an important role in this theory. Applying your own bodily substances in an attempt to heal can lead to a considerably broadened outlook on the intelligence and power of the body, and can increase your appreciation and love for
yourself as a physical and spiritual being. Instead of regarding excretions (really just a part of yourself) as enemies, you regard them as your helpers. This healthier way of seeing yourself might well have a powerful healing effect on your body. If the results are experienced as positive, applying your own urine as medication means that you have more physical and mental
freedom than previously believed, which can also have a healing effect on a deep level. Urine therapy confronts us with a very concrete 'healer within' which works both on a mechanistic and on an energetic level. The latter implies that urine, as a holographic substance, can affect all levels of being, from the physical, through the electromagnetical fields of the emotions and the mind, up to the subtler genetic vibrational information of the soul."