“Imagine if you will, The Virtual Healing Machine. It might look something like a small television or video game…..”

In designing The Virtual Healing Machine, I wanted a simple concept that would appeal to all ages.

“Imagine if you will, The Virtual Healing Machine.  It might look something like a small television or video game…..”

The imagery might remind older people of the old time radios.  Plus the image might appeal to the younger people who are very used to televisions, computer monitors, games, etc.

From what I read, it seems like most people want “something or someone” outside of themselves to “fix” them when they are sick.  In The Virtual Healing Machine, the focus is gently moved from “the box” to “The Doctor Within”.

“By the way, Your Doctor Within is you.  You have the power to heal yourself and make yourself happy….”

Comment if you want.  Good health to you!

For a free mind/body healing tool, please see “The Virtual Healing Machine” - https://sites.google.com/site/thevirtualhealingmachine/

Any and all of my communications is not medical advice. See full disclaimers at site above.

Resources used in making The Virtual Healing Machine

Here's the resources I used in making The Virtual Healing Machine - https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0ByxQMXIbYsLcN2ZkNjk1NGQtM2Y2Yi00YzM4LWIwNDEtMWZjMDZlNDg1NGU2&hl=en_US

This list might be particularly helpful for those researching Placebo Effect, Nocebo Effect, Mind-Body Healing, Integrative Medicine, Self-Hypnosis.

Please let me know of other resources as time goes on....and I'll do the same. :-)

Comment if you want.  Good health to you!

For a free mind/body healing tool, please see “The Virtual Healing Machine” - https://sites.google.com/site/thevirtualhealingmachine/

Any and all of my communications is not medical advice. See full disclaimers at site above.

Cancer Relief module now on YouTube

The Cancer Relief Module has just been uploaded -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_CAkvHZyzc

Now working on Depression Relief module.  Coming soon to a YouTube near you.

Comment if you want.  Good health to you!

For a free mind/body healing tool, please see “The Virtual Healing Machine” - https://sites.google.com/site/thevirtualhealingmachine/

Any and all of my communications is not medical advice. See full disclaimers at site above.

“Poems in the Waiting Room”

Have you ever heard of “Poems in the Waiting Room”?    

Well, I hadn’t either until I read about it in Mental Floss May-June 2011.

Poetry in the waiting room sounds to me like a combination of placebo effect and hypnosis to achieve a better current situation and encouraging a positive outcome.

Snippets from the link below I found interesting….

…. make the patient's wait more pleasant.

…. The readers are patients - the worried well and the worried sick.

…. The readers are patients - the worried well and the worried sick. The poems selected draw from the springs of well-being. In time of trouble, a measure of comfort is welcome".

…. The essential is that they all contain positive images of hope, home, security, safe journey and arrival, beauty and transcendence, love and loving.

 

Sounds to me that these poems are relaxing the patient and helping them focus on expecting a positive outcome – i.e. hypnosis & placebo - just like The Virtual Healing Machine.

Please see below for more information –

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poems_in_the_Waiting_Room

Comment if you want.  Good health to you!

For a free mind/body healing tool, please see “The Virtual Healing Machine” - https://sites.google.com/site/thevirtualhealingmachine/

Any and all of my communications is not medical advice. See full disclaimers at site above.

NIH Grant - The Placebo Effect: Mechanisms and Methodology (R01)

Evidently, the U.S. government is interested in enhancing the placebo effect by offering a research grant.  I’m not interested in the grant, but maybe my work might be helpful to others working on this.  See below.  I sincerely hope they study the nocebo effect also, and how to diminish it.

The Placebo Effect:  Mechanisms and Methodology (R01) -
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DA-12-003.html

Plug the search string below into Google to see the universities that might be working on this...

"The Placebo Effect Mechanisms and Methodology R01" site:.edu

  

Some snippets from above I thought were particularly interesting…

… stimulate basic research to elucidate the underlying biological pathways that lead to placebo effects and to better understand how to recognize and enhance the therapeutic benefits of placebo effects in clinical research and practice.  

… to stimulate clinical research that can improve detection of placebo effects, as well as an understanding of how to manipulate(i.e., reduce or enhance)  and control them.  

The Virtual Healing Machine consists of a series of free videos available on the internet.  The videos provide a healing ritual to enhance the placebo effect, plus provide healing hypnotic suggestions.  I'm hoping this will help others, especially those who are hopeless and/or where professional healthcare is not possible.

Comment if you want.  Good health to you!

For a free mind/body healing tool, please see “The Virtual Healing Machine” - https://sites.google.com/site/thevirtualhealingmachine/

Any and all of my communications is not medical advice. See full disclaimers at site above.

"Cancer Relief Module" soon

Soon I will be uploading my Cancer Relief Module.  I hope you or others find it helpful.  As usual, this module is designed to be used with the other maintenance modules.

Along with many internet resources, here’s some books that were helpful in making this module –

Cancer: 50 Essential Things to Do: Revised and Updated Edition by Greg Anderson - http://www.amazon.com/Cancer-Essential-Things-Revised-Updated/dp/0452280745

A Reason For Hope by Michael S. Barry - http://www.amazon.ca/Reason-Hope-Michael-S-Barry/dp/1562922149 - also television commercials from the Cancer Treatment Centers of America - http://www.cancercenter.com/

Fighting Cancer From Within: How to Use the Power of Your Mind For Healing by Dr. Martin L. Rossman - http://www.amazon.com/Fighting-Cancer-Within-Power-Healing/dp/080506916X

 Next module will be Depression Relief.

Comment if you want.  Good health to you!

For a free mind/body healing tool, please see “The Virtual Healing Machine” - https://sites.google.com/site/thevirtualhealingmachine/

Any and all of my communications is not medical advice. See full disclaimers at site above.