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(A04) Why homeopathy works?

PUM! 5-ton anvil falls on the blog! What was scary to be cast in this space devoted to reason, under the banner of irrationality?

My name is Jorge G. computing profession, and my two good friends and devoted student of psychology and today we will explain why homeopathy works, or put another way, today we will talk about Psychoneuroimmunology and how the famous placebo effect, so Fashion in the discussions on the subject.

The Psychoneuroimmunology is a branch of psychology and biology of the most recent, considering initiated in 1975 by Professor Robert Ader of the University of Rochester (New York), who studies the relationship of psychological processes in the immune system.

This specialty of science has been devoted to the investigation of how the nervous system (SN) and the endocrine system (SE) act as modulators Immune System (SI) and vice versa, through neurotransmitters (SN) and hormones ( SE), as well as through the hypothalamus, brain center essential in establishing communication between the immune system, SN and SE.

Through this research has come to the evidence also establishes an interaction between the immune system and behavior, so that behavioral factors can affect immune function and vice versa, substances released during immune responses can modulate various aspects of behavior.

This is evident in the day day of the world, when constipated or grab a croquette last dinner we began to feel ill on the morning of Sunday, no one feels like running and dancing, if not more good to snuggle in bed (this set of symptoms is known in jargon as sickness Behavior). It could be argued that all these symptoms puedrían simply be consequences of weak state of the organism, but in reality it is a strategy of our body directed solely to facilitate recovery devoting all of our "resources" to that goal, all induced by cytokines released by immune cells in the central SN.

Thus, we know that, get sick it affects our behavior. But can our behavior affect our recovery? According to research in this field, yes.

The experiment to prove it is simple, we need only use the very handy classical conditioning. Through this experiment it was found that the simple presentation of a neutral stimulus was capable of triggering an immune response, if the neutral stimulus was previously presented with a antigen (substance that triggers the formation of antibodies), through this process of conditioning the neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus and the response to his presentation becomes a conditioned response. Which explains how a totally innocuous agent, for example, an ultra-clean glass of water could trigger an immune response. Conditioned immunosuppression, which is what has been called the invention has been quite effective in the treatment of multiple sclerosis and lupus erythematosus, for improving symptoms associated with these diseases.

In the same line of research has studied the characteristics of behavior and personality of individuals and affective or emotional states may also modulate the immune system functional state, one of the areas of study that has aroused most interest focusing on the role that psychological and social factors can play in the progression or referral of certain diseases such as cancer, showing that there is a higher survival rate in patients with malignant melanoma metastasis stage and in women with breast cancer who had received training in psychotherapy or relaxation, stress afrontacimento psychosocial support , also found increased immune activity.


In short, believe that something is going to heal, be happy and away from stress, activates the immune system to help improve the symptoms of an illness, something known as placebo effect.

So far no "medicine" homeopathic has been able to overcome a double-blind test , showing that its effectiveness will have the effect over placebo. This means that any fervent believer of homeopathy has an equal chance of cure of a condition to take their miracle cure that drinking a glass of tap water, as long as it continues to believe he is taking his "medicine." For those less gullible or better informed, I encourage them, love to go to the doctor, if they seek to facilitate its recovery remain calm, relaxed and entertained, which have the same effect but checkout!

hope I have not bored and everything I hope I expressed myself clearly and have committed no error. For writing this article I went to both items in the linked wikipedia, and the books of Psychobiology and Basic Principles of the physiology of behavior, both texts of the UNED.

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