Placebo effect

A placebo is something that looks like medicine, but doesn't actually have any medicine in it. When some people take a placebo, they start to feel better. That's the placebo effect. The placebo effect is when the body gets tricked into thinking it is taking medicine and starts to heal itself even though it isn't taking any real medicine. Your brain can start to believe that the placebo is working and give you the feeling that the body is getting better!