Supposed Skeptics?

[Confused Ape]

That's pretty surprising. And forgive my ignorance of the healthcare system in the UK, but if it's offered by the NHS, does that mean that your tax money is being used to promote/administer these kinds of 'treatments'?

Yes, it's tax money used to fund these treatments. The thing is, if they make people feel a lot better through a placebo effect they're worth it and they are a lot cheaper than drugs.

There's an interesting article on the Harvard Magazine website - The Placebo Phenomenon - An ingenious researcher finds the real ingredients of “fake” medicine.