Description Light therapy or phototherapy
(classically referred to as
heliotherapy) consists of exposure to
daylight or to specific wavelengths of
light using lasers, light-emitting
diodes, fluorescent lamps, dichroic
lamps or very bright, full-spectrum
light, usually controlled with various
devices. The light is administered for a
prescribed amount of time and, in some
cases, at a specific time of
day.
Common use of the term is
associated with the treatment of skin
disorders (chiefly psoriasis), sleep...
Description Avicenna (980-1037), who viewed color to
be of vital importance in diagnosis and
treatment, discussed chromotherapy in
The Canon of Medicine. He wrote that
"Color is an observable symptom of
disease" and also developed a chart
that related color to the temperature
and physical condition of the body. His
view was that red moved the blood, blue
or white cooled it, and yellow reduced
muscular pain and inflammation. He
further discussed the properties of
colors for healing and was "...
Description American Civil War General Augustus
Pleasonton conducted his own experiments
and published his book The Influence Of
The Blue Ray Of The Sunlight And Of The
Blue Color Of The Sky, published in 1876
about how the color blue can improve the
growth of...
