Hypnosis can replace anesthesia to relieve pain

Many scientific studies prove hypnosis can relieve pain and replace anesthesia when treating diseases.

In 2000, Brain Research Bulletin published a scientific paper on the brain activity model (EEG) of hypnotized volunteers. The results showed that the brain has a significant increase in the Gamma wave range.

Gamma wave range oscillates at a frequency of about 40 Hz, even higher, corresponding to a moment of profound inspiration. Other waves of the brain, such as the Theta wave, correspond to the state of relaxation, or working to solve the problem.

In 2004, the study published in Pain points out the difference in pain perception between alert volunteers and volunteers in a state of hypnosis. In people who are more likely to fall into deep hypnosis, pain is significantly reduced by visualization during hypnosis and after hypnosis.

The pendulum is one of the tools used to bring people into a state of hypnosis.(Photo: iStock).

Not only does it create great inspiration and enhance brain problem solving, hypnosis also acts as a powerful painkiller.

In 2002, the study was published in the International Journal of Physiological Psychology discussing pain awareness related to hypnosis and Gamma wave 40Hz. The study authors found that Gamma wave activity foreshadowed the degree of pain of the subject, while no other type of brain activity had the same effect. The question is whether hypnotized volunteers really feel less painful or is this result just a product of thought.

In 2013, the Journal of Brain Skull Surgery and Facial Jaw announced the study of 2 wisdom teeth extraction of 24 volunteers. In each patient, one tooth is extracted using hypnotherapy to prevent toothache, while the other tooth uses local anesthesia.

The results showed that, among people with hypnosis, only two subjects (8.3%) reported feeling pain. In the local anesthesia group, 8 people (33.3%) reported pain. Patients in the hypnosis group suffered less pain during the first few hours after extraction.

In 1999, Acta Chirurgica Belgica, the official journal of the Belgian Royal Surgery Association, published a study on hypnosis, its impact on thyroidectomy and cervical surgery instead of general anesthesia. face. All physicians participating in the study admitted that the surgical conditions became better when applying hypnotherapy in cervical surgery. Patients with hypnosis have a pleasant and less painful experience after surgery, so the use of painkillers also drastically decreases.