10. The Body/Mind Connection 身心关联

身心相连

Medical science is only beginning to understand the ways in which the mind influences the body. The placebo effect, for example, demonstrates that people can at times cause a relief in medical symptoms or suffering by believing the cures to be effective--whether they actually are or not. Using processes only poorly understood, the body's ability to heal itself is far more amazing than anything modern medicine could create.

对于心灵影响身体的各种方式，我们的医学只是刚刚有所了解。比如说，安慰剂效应表明人有时候能通过相信治疗有效来减轻症状和痛苦——不论治疗是否真的有效。我们的身体能通过一系列我们至今知之甚少的过程来自我疗救，其治愈能力远比现代医学所能创造的一切更加令人惊叹。