subject: The Study Of Light Therapy For Healing And Pain Relief [print this page] There is a little known but wondrous area of treatment for ills of every kind, which is light therapy for healing and pain relief. Used all over the world, with a history of succeeding when all hope was lost, light in its various frequencies has been well documented as a potent healing agent.
Even the FDA of the United States, an agency charged with examining drugs and treatments for safety and effectiveness, has approved some forms of light therapy. One such is exposing patients to focused blue light, to treat acne. Used in the doctor's office or home for fifteen minutes twice a week, a DPL therapy system destroys bacteria that damage the skin.
No side effects have been found for this system, in contrast to antibiotics, which cause patients to lose some of their natural immunity and to be sun sensitive. With light therapy, patients can also have the acne clearing benefits of natural sunlight, as well as their daily dose of Vitamin D. The blue light is isolated from harmful ultraviolet light 'bands', or frequencies; a rainbow breaks light up into its component bands, some of which you can see.
A great introduction to this subject is given in "Color Me Healthy" by Robert Jay Rowen, MD. Dr. Rowan describes many uses for light, including blood irradiation with red, a process that sounds scary and is not recommended for helping hands at home, but is actually a safe and effective course of health care.
Frequencies are actual forces we all are aware of, even if we don't really understand the physics. Music, magnets, and homeopathy all work by frequencies, and are all recognized for the health promoting benefits they offer. For example, acupuncture influences health by stimulating certain points in the body, interrupting or stimulating the flow of blood and other fluids. The frequency of a focused beam of red light applied to these points can have a marked effect on swelling, pain, and total body health. Many horse owners have a 'wand' they use to treat their equine friends.
Too far out for us to even see is infrared light. This light can safely pass through skin and the underlying tissue to deliver its healing heat deep into the body, thereby increasing circulation and promoting perspiration. As the blood delivers oxygen and nutrients to the cells and carries off the wastes of metabolism and tissue repair, healing begins. The body is detoxified by the perspiration and by the blood flow through the kidneys. This penetrating light is used in detoxifying saunas, as well.
In the 1800s, an Indian doctor named Dinshah Ghadiali began to search for alternative means of treatment. He was intrigued by light therapy, used it successfully in some cases given up as hopeless, and ended by developing Spectro-chrome, his own therapy system. His first success was curing a dying woman by shining a lantern through indigo colored glass; she recovered consciousness quickly and her whole health in a short time.
So what? You can shine a flashlight through glass and heal yourself? Yes, and no. You can actually buy kits with isolated color film disks, to put over a light source when you want a home treatment. You can visit a licensed or certified practitioner. But in emergencies, yes! Use what knowledge and color you have at hand. People say just exposing your glass of water to full-spectrum sunlight can boost its health giving properties.
This brief introduction to light therapy for healing and pain relief will hopefully get you to look farther into the tested and trusted area of healing in natural light.
