Light Therapy Methods

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Here's a concise description of light therapy methods discovered in Alaska,

for those who are interested. Sorry it took so long to get it to you.

 

Pulses of light through what is called a tachitoscope were used. This

device is simple -- it's just a six-spoked wheel with cutouts for various

colors of light to be inserted. The effect is a bit like a strobe light.

There is some consideration to the rate at which the light is pulsed, and

unfortunately i don't know the correct settings for sure. I know that

synchronizing with a resting heartbeat would be a good idea, and that's 72

times per minute. For raising personal energy levels, i know that in music

a pulse of 108 per minute has long been agreed on as an ideal. (That's the

standard used in disco music of the late 70's).

 

There has been some discussion about tints and how they affect the process.

Primary colors seem to be used the most. The doctor who discovered this

(whose name will never be revealed unless he instructs otherwise) said that

red, orange, and green were used the most. He originally used it to treat

Seasonal Affective Depression, a very common problem in Alaska due to short

winter days. Generally he would simply sit each patient in front of the

tachitoscope for about 20 minutes at a time. The color of light would be

determined by the diagnosis. As the work progressed, he found that many

conditions could be treated with light. Among these were obesity, chronic

fatigue, eczema, acne, and perhaps cancer.

 

He said that gem colors were the best, so if there were any way to use those

in a wheel, that would work better than anything else. However, theatrical

light gels were an acceptable substitute when nothing else could be found.

 

One side effect of this work, according to the doctor, is a discovery that

in many cases color perecption itself becomes altered, and that became an

important diagnostic tool. In other words, some people really would see

purple for orange, and green for red. They would of course never know that

this was happening. The doctor found that by using the treatment over

several weeks, color perception could be normalized.

 

He felt that there was some connection between color and nutrition, but we

didn't get a chance to explore this topic.

 

Hope that helps. Again, the main reference source, even though this

particular doctor was unaware of it, is the work of Dinshah Ghadiali.

 

At 02:23 PM 4/28/02 GMT, you wrote:

>Hey Michael:

>

>I find this color subject fascinating. I'd love to see any information

>you've got on it--if you don't think the list would appreciate it or it's

>too long, feel free to email me personally. And thanks!!

>

>--S. Thustra

>