placebo

iltamessu vainajien kunniaksi

plasebo, placebo, näennäislääke, lumelääke puhekieltä A dummy medicine containing no active ingredients; an inert treatment. (defdate)
2010, Edzard Ernst, The Guardian, 22 Feb 2010:

The acid test, I thought, was whether homeopathic remedies behave differently from placebos when submitted to clinical trials.

There the placebo, the office for the dead, was sung, and a vigil kept throughout the night.