Can faith heal? - Thoughts as medicine

A faith healer enters a church: hundreds of believers fall into a trance, some faint. A trip to Lourdes: every year millions make the journey in the hope of a miracle. Can faith really move mountains or is it charlatanism? Spirituality and the feeling of meaningfulness prolong the life in health, that is an empirically just as secured fact as the fact that healing is clearly promoted by the belief in the possibility of recovery. Placebo researchers like Prof. Fabrizio Benedetti say, "It was evolutionarily beneficial to have people in the community, such as shamans or priests, who conveyed confidence and belief in healing to others. Is religion a trick of evolution? And does this fundamental meaning apply equally to all religions? Kurt Langbein in search of the connection between faith, belief and physical processes. One thing is clear: the immune system is controlled by the brain. If it comes into balance through conviction or meditation, the person can become healthy.