A Critical Analysis of Chromotherapy and Its Scientific Evulotion
Chromotherapy is a method of treatment that uses the visible spectrum (colors) of electromagnetic radiation to cure diseases. It is a centuries-old concept used successfully over the years to cure various diseases. The authors of the article have undertaken a critical analysis of chromotherapy and documented its scientific evolution to date.
When Depression Ignores the Seasons, but Light Therapy Works
Fortunately, Canadian psychiatrist Raymond Lam has now put antidepressants to the acid test. In a study in the November 2015 Journal of the American Medical Association Dr. Lam and his colleagues pitted antidepressants against light therapy — not for SAD, but for the far more common major depression that can occur at any time of year.
Promising New Treatments for SAD
Light therapy improves symptoms in about half of seasonal affective disorder patients. Emerging research suggests that other modalities may help too.
Chromotherapy in the Regulation of Neurohormonal Balance in Human Brain – Complementary Application in Modern Psychiatric Treatment
The main hypothesis of chromotherapy is that specific colors of the visible spectrum are activators or inhibitors of complex physiological, biological and biochemical processes1,2,6,8 in human brain such as synthesis of various neurohormons, precisely melatonin and serotonin.