The placebo effect doesn't cure anything. It just tricks a person psychologically into feeling like their condition is improving. Your article essentially said as much.
It's sort of like how religion makes some people behave better because they are tricked into thinking that an invisible authority figure is always watching them. Some people can do fine without that. Fake medicine is of no use to healthy people, after all.
It's sort of like how religion makes some people behave better because they are tricked into thinking that an invisible authority figure is always watching them. Some people can do fine without that. Fake medicine is of no use to healthy people, after all.