Color therapy
Color, as scientists say, is a sensation that occurs in a person due to exposure to the eye of a portion of reflected light rays. The presence of such a sensation is associated with the properties of all bodies and objects, without exception, reflecting or passing through themselves some part of the rays of light incident on them.
The color spectrum is a continuous series of changing colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, blue, violet. It is easy to detect if you miss the white light through the prism. Refracting at different angles and having different lengths, the rays form a rainbow. It is interesting to note that black color is the result of an almost total absence of reflected light, i.e., color. White, in contrast, contains all other colors.
Most often, the color spectrum is represented as a circle. If such a circle is divided in half in half, then in one half will be red, orange, yellow and yellow-green colors, and in the other - bluish-green, blue, blue, blue-violet.
The colors of the first half of the circle and all their shades are associated with fire or sunlight, cause a feeling of warmth and energy, so they are usually called warm. The colors of the second half of the circle and all their shades are reminiscent of water, ice, metals, that is, that gives a feeling of coolness. In this regard, they are called cold. They have a relaxing effect.
It has long been known that every person has sympathy and antipathy for certain colors. Scientific research has allowed us to discover that at the heart of the friendliness or intolerance of various colors there are forgotten or suppressed emotions and feelings that have left a deep imprint not only in our conscious memory but also in the subconscious.
The choice of colors is closely related to the inner state of a person. Sympathy for bright colors indicates a good internal state, and dark, gray-brown - about the loss of fresh perception of life.
Sensations caused by exposure to a person of different colors touch many aspects of our life. The study of this process deals with a special science - color science. She studies the influence of colors on each other, features and regularities of color phenomena, basic and complementary colors, develops methods, forms and methods of applying the knowledge gained in practice.
Color treatment has been known since ancient times. Sources reported that the doctors of ancient civilizations of Egypt, India and China used in their practice the healing properties of color, using clothing, fabrics, painted elixirs and ointments, flowers and plants for this purpose.
Currently, color treatment, or color therapy, is experiencing a second birth already on a scientific basis.
The specific effects of certain colors on the physiological and psychological state of man have long been the subject of special studies. Engaged in this issue, the distinguished German poet and philosopher Wolfgang Goethe.
He found out that red color causes such emotions as fear, anxiety, aggression and irritation. Green, on the contrary, calms and removes destructive conditions. Blue, according to Goethe, can cause a feeling of cold.
In 1877, two English scientists - Daun and Blunt - discovered the healing properties of ultraviolet rays in the treatment of skin diseases and rickets.
Then, American scientists Babbitt and Pleasanton studied and published the results of studies on the curative effects of each color spectrum. They also developed relevant practical recommendations. For example, advised to treat the blue color of nervous disorders, yellow to use as a laxative, red - with infertility.
In the future, there were also local discoveries of other properties of different colors. Thus, at the end of the XIX century. German doctor G. Langdorf found that the red color dilates the vessels, and blue, on the contrary, narrows them.
At the beginning of the XX century.experiments on clarifying the influence of different colors on the state of the organism were dealt with by the French scientist Feret. Influencing people with different color rays, he simultaneously measured the force of compression of their
with a dynamometer. Nowadays, it has been possible to prove that the electromagnetic radiation of the brain in each person has its own color, which is determined by many factors: the character of the person's personality, his abilities, habits, inclinations,etc.
of hands. It turned out that the red rays led to an increase in the rates of 2 times.
Under the intense influence of colors, the physiological state of a person changed significantly. Warm colors of the color spectrum( red, yellow and orange) caused an increase in heart rate and respiration. On the contrary, cold( green, purple, blue) led to a slowing of the heart rate and respiratory process.
The physiological and psychological state of a person, his positive and negative emotions and feelings are largely determined by the color of his environment and environment. On this depends poor health or, on the contrary, increased efficiency and a good mood.
Scientists managed to find out the cause of this phenomenon. It turned out that different colors have different wavelengths emitted by them - in cold ones it is much shorter. Therefore, acting on the psyche, they act soothingly. Warm colors, as well as white, have long waves that activate many processes in the body.
Despite the fact that a person perceives color primarily through vision, color rays also act through other organs: skin, muscles and even bones.
Physicians have long thought about the use of color in the treatment of various diseases. Russian scientist and physician VM Bekhterev tried to build a clinic for patients with nervous disorders and mental illnesses, which would be treated with the help of color.
In modern medicine, color therapy, or color, finds more and more supporters. It is used to treat a variety of ailments. The method is especially effective in the treatment of stress, chronic fatigue syndrome, headache, with a depressed state, insomnia.
Color waves are used for the healing of respiratory organs, the musculoskeletal system and the gastrointestinal tract, with inflammatory, including skin, diseases. Effective colorotherapy for general cleansing of the body and enhance immunity.
Excellent results of exposure to light have been achieved in pediatrics, especially in the treatment of insomnia and childhood nightmares;nervous tics, attention disorders, enuresis and even allergies.
In the course of numerous studies, the beneficial effects of color exposure on the condition and appearance of the skin have been revealed. As a result, in recent years, color and chromotherapy has found wide application in cosmetology.
Color therapy is used not only in hospitals, but also in health centers, children's and sports institutions, offices of psychological relief. Its popularity is due to its high efficiency and safety.
In psychology and psychiatry often used various tsvetopsihologicheskie tests that allow you to diagnose the psychological state of a person at the moment and to conduct on the basis of the results obtained the appropriate correction.