It has long been known that light can be healed. After all, the sun's rays prevent rickets, improve your mood and heal some skin conditions. Modern light therapy uses color filters to treat many diseases, including hypertension, depression, diabetes, stomach and liver ailments.

Light therapy( phototherapyorlight therapy ) affects the proper functioning of the whole body awakens the natural regenerative processes, stimulates metabolism, strengthens the immune system, improves blood circulation. If the wave of rays systematically reaches the cerebral cortex through the eyes, it activates the body's defense mechanisms, e.g. stimulates the secretion of hormones or enzymes. This is how you can accelerate blood flow in the coronary vessels, regulate sleep, the nervous system, sugar levels or encourage the body to lose excess weight.

Color therapy - treatment with colored light

- Treatment with colored light is an action on the hypothalamus, this extremely complicated human on-board computer - says Dr. Leszek Marek Krześniak. - In classic color therapy, the human body or its fragment is irradiated with constant light of one color. I use pulsating light in my treatment. I am based on the discoveries of scientists from Russian space laboratories, who proved that light of a certain wavelength, and therefore of a certain color, can, for example, lower pressure. Do you want to check? - the doctor asks me unexpectedly.

Phototherapy uses natural light sources (heliotherapy) and artificial sources (actinotherapy), including sollux lamps for infrared light, and quartz lamps for ultraviolet light.

I agree to a little experiment. Before the screening, my blood pressure was quite high - 140/100. After listening to a brief description of my ailments, Dr. Krześniak uses a small device to program the type of light that is supposed to reach my eyes. The light therapy device resembles a box the size of a video cassette. The wires connect them to glasses that look like welding. The built-up sides guarantee complete darkness and focus. The glasses cover my eyes. I am to look directly at the pulsating yellow light. Sometimes I see them with one eye, sometimes with the other eye. After 8 minutes, the light goes out. I close my eyes andI'm resting. During the next session, I see a greenish-yellow color. After 8 minutes, another rest. We measure the pressure. I have 120/80. It stayed at this level for over a week.

- Light can treat even high hypertension - says Dr. Krześniak. - The sick person is exposed to light pulses of light green color for 10 days, 2 times a day for 8 minutes. After this time, the pressure drops so much that you can reduce the dose of medications or give them up altogether. Blood pressure rises red. This method is especially useful for treating people with multiple medical conditions who are taking multiple medications. By treating with light, we protect their digestive tract against the next dose of powders.

Important

When does phototherapy work?

  • in eye diseases (cataracts, glaucoma, corneal diseases, strabismus, myopia, farsightedness, amblyopia, retinal and optic nerve diseases, chronic eye fatigue)
  • in cardiovascular diseases (hypertension, coronary artery disease, hypotension)
  • in diseases of the nervous system (neurosis, headaches and dizziness, some mental disorders, as well as functional disorders)
  • in dermatological diseases
  • in obesity and diabetes
  • with diseases of the genitourinary organs

Light treatment and eye diseases, depression, diabetes

Research on the properties of light waves, conducted by scientists from the Space Research Center in Russia, proves that a specific wavelength of light can affect the work of internal organs.

Depending on the wavelength, a distinction is made between visible radiation, infra-red (IR) radiation and ultraviolet radiation (UV).

Both natural and artificial light enter our body. It penetrates the skin, but it is known that the light waves delivered through the eyes are the most effective. We don't see all of them. Depending on the length, they are divided into visible and invisible to the human eye. They have various biological effects and are used in medicine to varying degrees. For well-being, a person needs energy in the form of the so-called visible radiation with a wavelength of 380 to 770 nm (nanometers). On a cloudy day, the shortest waves reach us. We feel lethargic, sluggish and weary. The longer the waves are, the more light our body absorbs. We are then happier, stronger, willing to work, and more resistant to diseases, so we feel better and he althier.

Light therapy has achieved very good results in treatmenteye diseases, especially strabismus and myopia. In over 70 percent. In cases, it improves the eye's accommodation, and when used after cataract surgeries, it reduces myopia by nearly 60 percent. After reviewing the course of the patient's treatment, Dr. Krześniak selects the color of light, the sequence and frequency of the pulses.

- Light can relax you and help you regain your strength - he explains. - You need to know which color to use for a given condition, because each tissue reacts differently to color. Depression is treated with wavelengths that give shades of yellow. In diabetes I use three colors: yellow, blue and green, red light treats low blood pressure well. The intensity and color of the light as well as the frequency of the pulses are selected according to the disease. It works with one color for both eyes or a different color for each of them.

Thanks to light therapy, the body regains its balance for a long time, sometimes permanently. This allows the doses of drugs to be reduced or to be dispensed with. If someone feels worse, he goes back to the next exposures. Usually it is enough to take ten consecutive irradiations.

Important
  • Visible polarized light is safe.
  • Contraindication to its use are only retinal diseases and taking medications that react to light. Therefore, just in case, it is worth consulting a doctor before deciding on such treatment, especially when we have a lamp emitting 10 thousand. and more lux.
  • In front of the lamp emitting 2.5 thousand. You can sit in lux 2 hours a day. Before a stronger one, from 10 thousand. half an hour of lux.

Healing properties of light

We feel the influence of light on our well-being on our own skin. In winter, most of us feel chandra, discouragement, and drowsiness. Doctors say that it is the so-called seasonal depression, inextricably linked with latitude and a short day. It is a natural reaction of the human body to the lack of light. Can they be replaced with an artificial one? You can, but it must be properly selected. For the treatment of the so-called During seasonal depressions, fluorescent lamps are used that emit light similar to daylight. During the 2-3-hour therapy in the rays of such a lamp, you can do anything that does not require changing the place.

In traditional medicine, the light of special lamps emitting the so-called polarized light (waves move in one plane). It stimulates and regenerates cells, strengthens the immune system and prevents inflammatory processes. Accelerates the healing of wounds, bedsores, soothes the symptoms of acne, soothes and sometimes soothespain.

Solux lamps, the so-called warm bulbs are most often used for muscle, post-traumatic, rheumatic pains and spine degenerations. Before irradiation, the skin must be thoroughly cleaned and wiped dry when sweaty, because the drops refract the rays and thus the skin surface will not be heated equally. It can also cause minor local burns. The lamp should be positioned so that the rays fall perpendicularly on the body. The distance of the body from the light source must not be less than 30 centimeters, and the time of irradiation 10-30 minutes. The treatment gives the most benefits if we feel pleasant warm, not hot.

You can put color filters in solux. Red causes light waves to penetrate deep into the body, accelerating the movement of blood and lymph, thanks to which oxidation processes run faster in the tissues. This removes exudates, inflammation and loosening post-traumatic adhesions. Illumination with red light supports the weakened or incorrect work of our sex glands. Yellow light soothes hyperactive people. It also heals conjunctivitis. Blue and purple ones eliminate neuralgia and ailments of overloaded muscles, and also relieve itching. In dermatology, blue lamps are used to treat acne and psoriasis.

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Home light treatment

Colored filters (colored foil, lampshades) applied to ordinary lamps can be used to alleviate many ailments:

  • red adds energy and strengthens the body, has a positive effect on mental activity. Irradiation relieves respiratory tract infections and symptoms of colds, is helpful in rheumatic pains and anemia;
  • orange more gently than red, it stimulates life energy, revives and regenerates the body. Irradiation eliminates muscle spasms, supports digestion and treats rheumatism;
  • yellow invigorates the mind, stimulating but not irritating. It has a positive effect on the nervous system and improves mood. Irradiation helps in the treatment of allergies, some skin diseases, diabetes, stomach and liver ailments, and menopausal disorders;
  • green restores mental balance, relaxes and calms down. Irradiation facilitates the treatment of heart ailments, flu and headaches. They can eliminate mental tension;
  • blue calms you down, facilitates concentration. Irradiation reduces inflammation, alleviates the symptoms of bladder disease and sun irritation (blue is a cold color);
  • purple soothes the nerves, relaxes and relieves pain. Irradiation supports drug addiction therapy and treatment of neuroses.

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