Of note, the same is also true for sugar pills.
Yes it is. Because the placebo effect has been shown to trigger actual responses in the brain, stimulating and heightening the releasing endorphins, dopamine, seratonin, and other hormones that are part of the body's natural response to pain, stress, etc. There's also a distinct psychosomatic response to a person believing that they're receiving treatment.
As for the red light therapy, the response by nerves to certain wavelengths of light is also well documented.
But, I'm sure that the medical professionals who trained at APS School of Medical Knowledge and Animal Husbandry are far more knowledgeable than mere outsiders...
"Is that the same NIH that sent American $$$ to Communist China to fund research in Wuhan?"
AH MAH GERDZEZ! THEY CAUSED DA COVIDS! Anyone and anything that they ever did, talked to, funded, or read about is tainted!
Right?
Jesus *expletive deleted*ing christ...
OK... posit me this...
Modern medical researchers -- doctors, neurobiologists, etc. -- still can't fully explain how, or why, common aspirin is effective at relieving pain.
Knowing that, do you still pop an aspirin when you have a headache?
Or do you go out and howl at the moon and rub cow dung behind your knees?