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Originally Posted by Zulu  Hey Alvin, do you think Hypnosis has medical applications? I'm definitely looking to get informed on the subject.  |
Definitely
I haven't done much research into this area, but Ernest Rossi is one of the leading lights in this area, you can check out his classic
Psychobiology of Mind-Body Healing: New Concepts of Therapeutic Hypnosis.
What I've seen happen in my own experience is symptom negotiation; somebody was having a stomachache and he 'negotiated' with his unconscious not to have the stomachache, by promising his body to eat later if it'd let him do the current task without pain.