Many love music, but not everyone knows about its healing properties. In ancient times, it was used to get rid of various ailments, as it causes a special vibration in the body, which creates a biofield that has a beneficial effect on the nervous system. Each piece emits its own energy, so it is important to choose the right melody.
Music treatment - myth or reality?
For quite some time, scientists have been debating about how they can help and how sounds affect the human brain. Most often, Mozartâs works are used in the sessions , there is even such special therapy that has not yet been fully explored.
For a long time, scientists have been developing this project. Initially, rats were experimental. The animals went into the maze, and the doctors watched how long it would take them to find a way out. After that, they were divided into several groups, settled in separate chambers and included music. For some, a classic was played, while for others, a variety of loud sounds. After several weeks passed, the rodents were again sent to the treadmills. The rats that included Mozart found a way out much faster than the first time, while others searched for the coveted white light a third longer. From this we can conclude that pleasant sounds affect the parts of the brain that are responsible for intelligence.
Further experiments showed that a variety of compositions also affect people, and even stronger. At the time of listening, the auditory center is initially excited, then the impulses pass to the part of the brain that is responsible for the emotions. After that, in the case when the work came to taste, the nervous system is excited, and if not, it is blocked.
Scientists have studied different genres. It has been revealed that the subconscious mind perceives classical and soothing music much better than rumbling. It was stated that positive and light melodies are useful to listen to both pregnant women and young children.
There is a statement: if two kids with the same intelligence are given the same task to solve, and at that moment the first one will sit in silence, and the second will listen to a calm composition, then the âmusic loverâ will cope much faster.
Therefore, today the treatment of classical diseases of various diseases with classical music is more and more often used by doctors. Fully healthy people should listen to pleasant sounds if they want to stay the same.
Kinds
Music therapy is passive and active. At the first, the patient is engaged in listening to the compositions, and at the second, he himself is involved in the performance. If the patient has a severe degree of ailment, then he begins the session as a listener. After all, he must first learn to correctly distinguish sounds. Exercises that allow you to feel the vibration can perfectly help with this. For example, a doctor touches a guitar string and presses it against a patientâs back.
With active therapy, a person always uses his voice, performs various compositions to relax and obtain the desired effect, and music treatment is based on this. Sound therapy helps focus and eliminate cramping.
An individual and group approach is also used. Initially, a person dwells on procedures exclusively by himself, and after positive dynamics, classes begin to take place collectively.
Methods of exposure
The healing properties of music have long been known. The main idea of ââsuch therapy is the influence of sound on the thalamic zone of the brain, which is responsible for emotional and sensory perception. Smooth instrumental vibrations pass through the nerve endings and give a strong impulse to the whole body and system in general.
Such a wave awakens the production of a wide variety of biologically active elements that help regulate the work of all internal organs. Soothing music unconsciously turns on intuition and performs a kind of reset of consciousness. Smooth melodies direct a person to a refined perception of the world and light thoughts.
A rhythmic and loud composition actively stimulates physical features. The impact is felt as a surge of strength, vitality, joy, and also allows you to cope with strong physical exertion. Such constant artificial arousal quickly depletes the body.
Disharmonious and intrusive sounds, as well as noise, can, on the contrary, lead to instability of the psyche, irritability, aggression and depression. It is no secret that people who constantly live surrounded by such an environment often exhibit suicidal or antisocial behavior. We do not recommend listening to bands playing in the style of heavy metal and hard rock for a long time, as they give rise to negative emotions. Therefore, this influence changes the quality characteristics of the individual.
Impact on alcoholism
Music treatment for such an ailment has shown positive results. To do this, a person must listen to certain compositions. Most often this is a classic or a song with a motivating character. Good results were obtained due to the perception of organ sounds, as well as singing under them. The patient should listen to the game in a relaxed atmosphere, while completely abstracting from external stimuli and thoughts. It is best if this room is also completely empty.
In order to cure alcoholism, you need to use complex therapy. Naturally, songs alone cannot be dispensed with, but thanks to them one can achieve a more stable and quick result. In modern clinics, such therapy is often combined with medication, as well as other procedures.
The healing properties of music influence the alcoholic as a reassurance, and they also raise the mood and direct it in a positive direction. Thanks to the procedure, the patient becomes more balanced and his appetite increases, as a result of which he begins to recover. The mood created by the compositions helps to not resist treatment and take it with enthusiasm.
In parallel, such therapy creates certain vibration of the waves, which positively affect the internal organs. Thanks to this, those parts of the body that have suffered from the constant use of alcohol will be healed. Immunity becomes stronger, and resistance to the most various diseases increases. Therefore, the treatment of such an illness with music is quite justified and proven.
Classics for strengthening memory
Traditional melodies have a beneficial effect on a person's ability to remember. Such conclusions were made by scientists from the Italian city of Chieti. They derived the so-called Vivaldi effect and proved that with constant listening to his famous work âThe Seasonsâ, older people improved their memory.
During the study, 24 volunteers were required to memorize a specific series of numbers. A group that has been listening to this work for a lot of time has done its job much easier than its competitors. Such a phenomenon can be explained by increased attention, as well as tension. Classics, undoubtedly, stimulate the improvement of physiological capabilities, therefore, such procedures are justified. Science already knows the treatment of the brain with Mozartâs music, as well as the influence of his works on young children, who, when listening to the great composer, begin to develop intellectually faster. And now a new term will be introduced into scientific circulation - âVivaldi effectâ.
The effect of soothing music
The most beneficial effect on the body has a classic. Studies conducted by scientists at the University of Florence have shown that if hypertensive patients listen to calm and light tunes every day for at least half an hour, they will feel much better. And at the initial stage, treatment with music can even replace the use of medications. In order to stabilize blood pressure, quiet sounds are recommended for listening, causing a feeling of serenity. If you breathe calmly and inaudibly sit at the time of therapy, the result will increase significantly. Thanks to this approach, physical relaxation occurs, and the resulting positive emotions help relieve mental stress.
For headaches and heartaches, listening to the Oginsky polonaise, the Hungarian Rhapsody by Liszt and Beethoven's Fidelio is perfect.
The universal remedy is soothing melodies. They help with various pains, hypertension, mental stress and insomnia. In order to increase the heart rate, works at a fast pace with high volume are suitable.
Music for heart treatment should give a person pleasure, increase myocardial contractions and help to achieve good physical health. Annoying sounds have the exact opposite effect, most often they can hurt.
Ancient times
History has cases where a correctly chosen melody worked wonders. For example, in the 16th century in Italy, residents of several settlements were swept by an extraordinary mental epidemic. A large number of people froze in stillness, fell into a deep numbness, stopped drinking and eating. All the victims were sure that they were bitten by a rare kind of tarantula. From this state, only a special dance melody could lead out, which began with a very slow rhythm and gradually turned into a frantic dance. From this came the currently known tarantella.
Healing with music also took place in the 14th century in Western Europe. Then the country was seized by a grandiose epidemic of dance of St. Witt. Crowds of possessed and jerky people who expressed slurred sounds, blasphemy and curses, and also fell with foam at the mouth moved around cities and villages. Such a problem only stopped where the authorities managed to call on instrumentalists in time, who played a slow, pacifying melody.
The use of the healing properties of music in ancient times did not bypass the plague. In cities with such misfortune, bells never stopped ringing. Scientists have proved that the activity of microbes fell by 40%.
The idea to cure with the help of sounds was born long before the advent of civilization. You can read about this in the Old Testament. In one of the biblical parables, David King Saul was healed of his playing the harp by the healing of David from sulfur melancholy. Aesculapius of Ancient Egypt recommended from insomnia to listen to the singing of the choir. Scientists such as Pythagoras and Aristotle argued that it was the melody that could establish balance and order in the entire Universe, as well as recreate harmony in the physical body. Music for the treatment of nerves was used by the Arab philosopher Avicenna 1000 years ago.
Effect on children
Kids respond positively to everything related to sounds and singing. Therefore, there are certain recommendations for them:
- restless and excitable useful classic at a slow pace;
Melodies with words (arias, songs) influence much more strongly than without them.
Music treatment prohibited:
- babies who have a predisposition to cramps;
- children with a serious condition, accompanied by intoxication of the body;
- patients with otitis media;
- patients with rapidly increasing pressure.
It was proved by scientists that it is the occupation of music from the age of 5-15 years that will significantly improve intellectual potential, develop analytical abilities, memory and orientation. Also, such therapy has a positive correction of the nervous system. In many European countries, receiving lessons in singing or music, playing instruments is an indispensable element of education, since this is what has the strongest emotional impact.
There is certain music for the treatment of diseases that can be used independently at home. In such therapy, you need to adhere to certain recommendations.
1. It should be powerful, inviting and leading to positive experiences.
2. It is best not to use alarming and discordant works.
3. You need to stay away from songs that could convey a certain message with their content, or suggest incorrect information.
4. When compositions with vocals are used, they must be in foreign languages ââso that the human voice is perceived as another instrument and does not interfere with the integrity of the process.
5. For the same reason, melodies that cause specific associations, say, Mendelssohnâs wedding march, should be avoided.
Music therapy for children can be divided into two types, used both separately and together:
1. The active form is a game on various instruments. For each baby their own song is selected for performance. One has the best effect with the audience, and the other must be alone.
2. Singing is most often used as a supplement, since it has a small healing effect, because sound is born inside the body and does not pass through all stages of penetration.
Music recipes
Scientists conducted a huge number of tests and studies, after which they came to the conclusion that some melodies really have strong therapeutic effects.
For the treatment of smoking and alcoholism in conjunction with acupuncture and hypnosis, Beethoven's âMoonlight Sonataâ, âAve Mariaâ Schubert, âMetelâ Sviridov and âSwanâ Saint-Saens can help.
There is still music for the treatment of nerves, namely the works of Pakhmutova, Tchaikovsky and Tariverdiev. In order to remove the effects of stress and concentrate on a specific task, to retire and create a feeling of free space, the masterpieces of such composers as Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Liszt and Schubert are suitable. A waltz of flowers can defeat a stomach ulcer. In order to overcome fatigue, it is recommended to listen to "Seasons" by Tchaikovsky and "Morning" Green. To get rid of irritation and uplift, jazz, dixieland, blues, reggae and calypso will help , all these genres have their origin in the temperamental African melody.
There is also music in the treatment system for mentally ill people, it helps to completely relax and arrange all thoughts correctly, namely, âWaltzâ from Shostakovich from the movie âGadflyâ, a romance from harmonious pictures to Pushkinâs novel âSnowstormâ by Sviridov and the creation âMan and Woman Leia. Mendelssohn's âWedding Marchâ restores heart activity and blood pressure. Beethoven's Sonata No. 7 is suitable for the prevention of gastritis. Griegâs âPeer Gyntâ and Oginskyâs polonaise will relieve headaches.
Japanese doctors claim that there is music for joint treatment, to which they include Dvorak's Humoresques and Mendelssohn's Spring Song.
The development of children's intelligence is facilitated by listening to Mozart.
Harmful effects
A variety of melodies can improve well-being and help the work of all body systems, but they also sometimes cause certain changes, which in the future are difficult enough to lead to the initial state.
Works in which intermittent rhythms are observed and which do not take into account the laws of harmony adversely affect the cardiovascular system. Even special music from depression can negatively affect the body when it is listened to with a volume of more than 120 decibels.
If today there is still a debate about the power of the classics, then the harm of deafening cacophony has been proven long ago with numerous negative examples. Famous rock musicians have problems with the central nervous system and hearing aid.
One of the most famous rockers of his time, Kurt Cobain, committed suicide. Fans of his work systematically fell into a trance at the time of listening to works. But with a regular play of aggressive rhythms and deafening sounds, the work of the subconscious was disrupted, which could become one of the causes of suicide.