Other than ripping off others, and the power of suggestion/positive thinking for yourself when you try a remedy that may or may not work, it’s nearly impossible to really deploy the principle on yourself. The whole reason a placebo works is because the person accepting it as a remedy thinks there’s something more to it. I suppose you could pay a quack doctor or a fortune teller to tell you what you want to hear but it’s still a poor replacement for substantial action and remedies that are known to actually do something.

If you use the placebo effect isn't that to your advantage already? Or am I missing something.

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It must have something to do with...believing that it will help or work!

I can often minimize or entirely eliminate sickness (cold and flu) when I feel the first symptoms. I learned to do it in high school when I was feeling very ill (feverish, run down, etc.), but I knew I couldn't get a ride home, so I just kept repeating to myself, "I'm not getting sick, I'm not getting sick" — and I was fine the rest of the day after that, but got extremely I'll the next day. I've tried with pain, which I've heard others say is effective for them, but I've had only minor success in alleviating anything "sharp" or otherwise intense (e.g., toothache or bad headache).

Consider cannabis or Scotch... either works well. I prefer... toss up, locally Dewars.

I can deliberately fake pray to a nonexistent god and get the same results as someone praying for real to their awesome god. That's sort of a backwards placebo, but I see no advantages