Colors are present wherever we look, being quite varied in thousands of shades, which can be taken advantage of significantly.
It is thanks to a therapy that is based on colors, called chromotherapy, that certain benefits are obtained from different applications.
What is chromotherapy and what is it for?
Chromotherapy is a type of therapy that is based on the use of colors to positively help the health of those who undergo it.
Using one color or a combination of several of these, it is possible to work to achieve balance, harmony, tranquility, and, therefore, health.
Meaning of colors in chromotherapy
It is important to implement the correct colors according to the objectives for chromotherapy, since each one has a different function according to the physical and/or mental aspects they can treat:
Yellow
It is a stimulating color for the nervous system that has the power to increase concentration, which is why it is used in people with dyslexic problems, as it benefits mental abilities.
Red
There are many benefits of red due to its energy and heat contribution for chromotherapy, treating the lack of iron in the blood, increasing the body’s circulation and stimulating physical action along with increasing self-esteem.
Blue
It is great for inducing peace, a color capable of relaxing anyone, which is why it is very present in insomnia treatments, being able to fall asleep thanks to what it is capable of transmitting.
Orange
Being another activating color with energy, these facts are used to strengthen the immune system, especially against respiratory problems, and also combat depression that can cause great mental discomfort.
Green
Due to its presence in nature, it is not surprising that this color has a relaxing and calming effect, which works very well to treat pain, inflammation and even tumors that someone suffers from.
Pink
It provides great tranquility, peace and tenderness for those who experience it in its adaptive forms, directly helping with anxiety and frequent nervousness that is mentally and physically harmful.
Violet
It positively improves mental performance, as it is one of the most spiritual colors within chromotherapy, being incorporated for purification treatments and for diseases associated with the eyes, nose and ears.
Benefits of chromotherapy
Mainly, chromotherapy is a means to restore spiritual imbalance, as it is related to the chakras.
Complemented with the above, we will highlight that another of the benefits of chromotherapy has to do with mental health.
Likewise, discomforts, inconveniences, problems, among others physical or health, are dealt with with chromotherapy to a certain extent.
How is chromotherapy applied?
If you want to experience the benefits that chromotherapy brings, you should know that there are various forms of application, some simple ones are related to the color of the clothing worn or the decoration in the different spaces. Others are the following:
colored lights
Different color filters projected with lamps of different waves are taken for the appropriate intensity, as considered by the therapists.
Colored lights function
- Reduce pain when massages are applied to treat cellulite.
- It is a great help for babies when they are in the incubator.
- Applied to the spine, it helps with ailments.
Environmental coloring
A white wall or white spaces are used as a base in which colored lights are applied to do sessions looking for their main functions:
Environmental coloring functions
- Activates energy to carry out physical activities.
- It allows you to be more focused from now on.
- Fantastic for meditating and connecting with the spiritual.
solarized water
Take a container of a certain color according to its qualities, pour mineral water into it, place it under the sun for hours and then consume it:
Solarized water functions
- It is advantageous for those who want to lose weight and even gain weight if they want.
- It acts on the nervous system, calming stress, anxiety and tension.
- Improves the immune system by being anti-inflammatory and antibacterial.
Contributions on color therapy
- In 1876, Augustus Pleasonton published a book in which he presented his studies on how the color blue influenced crops and livestock.
- By 1877, Seth Pancoast stated in his book that both blue and red light emitted properties that could be applied in medicine for good.
- The following year, in 1878, Edwin Dwight Baditt created a cabin where yellow, blue and red, and the combinations between these, had healing effects.
- It would not be until 1933 that Dinshah Ghadiali would lay the modern foundations of chromotherapy, in which it is indicated as a treatment for 316 diseases.
Controversy in the scientific community
Despite there being studies directly or indirectly related to chromotherapy or color therapy, this has been classified as pseudotherapy, or, in other words, a practice that is carried out to add healing effects, but that has no scientific support.
According to the Collegiate Medical Organization of Spain or the OMC, there is not enough evidence to support the benefits associated with chromotherapy, although at least the benefits are recognized, something that can be seen as another type of therapy.