I have been away for a while now since I travelled to India from where I am writing. Travelling is fun but it does take one away from one’s daily routines. I guess that is what makes life interesting - the tackling of situations ‘out of the norm’.
A friend of mine recently sent me an interesting article on ‘color therapy’ as indicated by the philosophy of nature cure. Here is an excerpt from that article:
“Chromotherapy is a method of treatment of diseases by colour. It is best used as a supportive therapy along with other natural methods of preserving health such as correct diet, adequate rest and relaxation, exercise, yogic asanas and so on.
According to practitioners of chromotherapy, the cause of any disease can be traced to the lack of a particular colour in the human system. Colour therapy is a technique of restoring imbalance b means of applying coloured light to the body. It was a popular method of cure even in ancient times. Some 2,500 years ago, Pythagoras applied colour light therapeutically and ‘colour halls’ were used for healing in ancient Egypt, China and India.
The pioneer of modern colour therapy was Niels Finsenof Denmark.Following the discovery, in 1877, of the bactericidal action of solar ultra-violet energy, Finsen studied the possibility of assisting the healing of wounds with visible light. He subse- quently used red light to inhibit the formation of smallpox scars and, in 1896, founded a Light Institute ( now the Finsen Institute of Copenhagen) for the phototreatment of tuberculosis. In 1932, Gerrard and Hessay, two Californian psychologists, scientifically established that blue light had a calming effect and red a stimulating power on human beings.”
How interesting! No wonder it makes sense when astrologers suggest to wear gemstones like rubies, diamonds, emeralds and blue topaz and citrines, etc. for their healing properties on the mind and body!
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