Placebo

The placebo effect (from the Latin placēbō, I will please) is the set of effects on health produced by the administration of a placebo, which can be in the form of a pill, a therapy, self-medication or a simple statement without any scientific reason, such as faith or hope, which reflect a positive change in the person who is carrying it out, are not due to the specific effect of any medical or psychotherapeutic act.