If placebos don’t have side effects, why do the control groups in placebo-based trials always report side effects? And given that “homeopathic” to most casuall

If placebos don’t have side effects, why do the control groups in placebo-based trials always report side effects? And given that “homeopathic” to most casually informed people is the same as “naturopathic”, what those people are taking are not necessarily harmless placebos. As for your “almost every illness,” that’s just meaningless hyperbole.