*tries to examine the giggles but can find nothing but a searing hot temperature*
*sigh* Where on earth is my analysingthing?
*gives subligual ibuprofen drops for the fever but is otherwise at a loss* (Invented - not keen on administering suppositories unless strictly necessary!)
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Annagram, it's not your fault. Just remember though, herbalist is just someone who couldn't become a proper doctor. Anyone can mix foul tasting herbs and feed them to people. These treatments almost never stand up in clinical trials; they're either non effective or poisonous.
*sigh* I'll be amazed if he could even tell me what he decided to give you for what condition. The placebo effect is an astonishing thing, and you're lucky he didn't make you worse. But right now, I can't help the Giggles unless I know what has happened to them.
Yes, actually it can. It's not fully understood, but it has been documented to work via endorphin signalling pathways in the brain, and who knows what else. A non-effective drug can in some cases prompt the body to correct itself.