Understand how chromotherapy works: health treatment using colors

Chromotherapy is a complementary treatment that uses colors to improve the balance between body and mind, encourage well -being and relieve the symptoms of some diseases.

Chromotherapy is an old technique, which has started in great civilizations, such as those of Egypt, Greece, China and India.

In this therapy, each color has a different therapeutic function and can be applied with a diversity of tools.

Colored lamps, dresses, foods, colored windows or solar water are ways to perform this treatment.

Chromotherapy is not approved by the Federal Council of Medicine, as there is no scientific evidence of its effectiveness.

However, it is approved and offered by Sus as part of the national program for supplementary and complementary practices (PNPIC).

Chromotherapy is performed through the apparatus that emit light of different colors and this light can be emitted directly on the skin or the person can be in contact with the light inside a closed room and can be lying or sitting.

The choice of color depends on the indication of the therapist and the most used colors are red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple.

The red, orange and yellow colors can be classified as warm, which are stimulating, while green, blue and purple colors are called cold colors and are attached to the calming effect.

This type of treatment is available in health places in some cities and can be offered by Sus, the unified health system.

Some hospitals and clinics also provide care for chromotherapy, but it is important to be performed by trained and trained and trained therapists in this type of practice.

As benefits, chromotherapy relieves the symptoms of a particular disease through a specific color, improves physical and mental well -being and reduces physical fatigue.

It also helps to reduce sleep disorders, helping the treatment of headache and the stimulation of the central nervous system.

In addition, chromotherapy is often used as a complementary treatment for those who have cardiac circulation problems and blood.

Due to its benefits, chromotherapy can be used for various types of health problems such as fever, insomnia, diabetes, psychiatric diseases, hypertension, seasonal emotional disorder, wounds and joint diseases. But always in parallel with the traditional drugs of the health professional.

There are some cases in which chromotherapy is widely used, as in the application of blue light in babies with jaundice and people who have infected wounds.

In addition, the use of pink light can help treat people with depression as it helps to increase some substances that improve mood, such as serotonin.

Attention! Although it has health benefits, chromotherapy can have side effects if the colors are not used correctly or if they are performed by unqualified professionals.

In addition, red and orange colors should not be used by people with fever or who are very nervous, since these colors can intensify these symptoms.

In the same way, experts say, people who suffer from gout should not use blue and purple colors because it causes a sense of worsening of the symptoms of the disease.

Although it is a form of therapy, it is important to note that chromotherapy does not replace the treatment indicated by the doctor. It should only be used as a complementary practice.