Many people love music, but not everyone knows about its healing properties. Even 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 radiates its own energy, so it is important to choose the right melody.
Music treatment - myth or reality?
Scientists have been debating for a long time about how sounds can help and how sounds affect the human brain. Most often, Mozart works are used in the sessions, there is even such a special therapy that has not yet been fully explored.
Scientists have been developing this project for a long time. Initially, the test subjects were rats. The animals would go into the maze and the doctors would see how long it would take them to find their way out. After that, they were divided into several groups, settled in separate cells and turned on music. For some, the classics were played, and for others, a variety of loud sounds. After a few weeks had passed, the rodents were sent back toTreadmills. The rats who were turned on Mozart found a way out much faster than the first time, while others were looking for the coveted white light for 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 various compositions also affect people, and even stronger. At the time of listening, the auditory center is initially excited, then the impulses go to the part of the brain that is responsible for emotions. After that, in the case when the product came to taste, the nervous system is excited, and if not, it is blocked.
Scientists have explored different genres. It was found that the subconscious perceives classical and soothing music much better than rumbling music. It was stated that positive and light melodies are useful for both pregnant women and young children.
There is a statement: if two children with the same intelligence are given the same task to solve, and at that moment the first one sits in silence, and the second listens to a calm composition, then the "music lover" will cope much faster.
Therefore, today the treatment of various diseases by classical music is increasingly used by physicians. Completely he althy people should listen to pleasant sounds if they want to remain the same.
Views
Music therapy is passive and active. In the first case, the patient is engaged in listening to the compositions, and in the second he himself participates in the performance. If the patient has a severe degree of illness, then he begins the session as a listener. After all, initiallymust learn to distinguish sounds correctly. Exercises that allow you to feel the vibration can perfectly help with this. For example, a doctor touches a guitar string and in doing so presses it against the patient's back.
In active therapy, a person always uses his voice, performs various compositions to relax and get the desired effect, and music treatment is based on this. Sound therapy helps to focus and relieve spasms.
An individual and group approach is also applied. Initially, a person stays on the procedures exclusively by himself, and after the positive dynamics, the classes begin to take place collectively.
Influence methods
The healing properties of music have been known for a very long time. The main idea of this therapy is the effect of sound on the thalamic area of the brain, which is responsible for emotional and sensory perception. Smooth instrumental vibrations pass through the nerve endings and give the strongest impulse to the whole body and the system in general.
Such a wave awakens the production of a variety of biologically active elements that help regulate the work of all internal organs. Soothing music unconsciously turns on intuition and makes a kind of reboot of consciousness. Smooth melodies direct a person to a refined perception of the surrounding world and light reflections.
Rhythmic and loud composition actively stimulates physical features. The impact is felt as a surge of strength, vivacity, joy, and also allows you to cope with strong physicalloads. Such constant artificial stimulation quickly exhausts the body.
Disharmonious and intrusive sounds, as well as noise can, on the contrary, lead to mental instability, 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 heavy metal and hard rock bands for a long time, as they generate negative emotions. Therefore, this influence changes the qualitative characteristics of the individual.
Impact on alcoholism
Treatment with music of such an ailment showed positive results. To do this, a person must listen to certain compositions. Most often these are classics or songs with a motivating character. Good results were obtained due to the perception of organ sounds, as well as singing along with them. The patient should listen to the game in a calm environment, with complete abstraction 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 are not enough, but thanks to them, you can achieve a more stable and faster result. In modern clinics, such therapy is often combined with medication and other procedures.
The healing properties of music affect the alcoholic as a calming effect, as well as they cheer up and direct it in a positive direction. Through the procedure, the patient becomesmore balanced and his appetite increases, as a result of which he begins to recover. The mood created by the compositions helps not to resist the treatment and accept it with enthusiasm.
In parallel, this therapy creates certain vibration waves that have a positive effect on 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 a variety of diseases increases. Therefore, the treatment of such an ailment with music is fully justified and proven.
Classics for strengthening memory
Traditional melodies have a beneficial effect on a person's ability to memorize. These conclusions were made by scientists from the Italian city of Chieti. They deduced the so-called Vivaldi effect and proved that with constant listening to his famous composition “The Four Seasons”, memory improved in older people.
During the study, 24 volunteers were required to memorize a certain series of numbers. The group, which spent a lot of time listening to this work, coped with its task much more easily than its competitors. This phenomenon can be explained by increased attention, as well as stress. Classic, no doubt, stimulates the improvement of physiological capabilities, and therefore such procedures are justified. Science already knows the treatment of the brain by Mozart's 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 in scientific circulation will beintroduced a new term - "Vivaldi effect".
Influence of soothing music
The most beneficial effect on the body has a classic. Studies conducted by scientists at the University of Florence showed that if hypertensive patients listen to calm and light melodies every day for at least half an hour, then their he alth will become noticeably better. And at the initial stage, music treatment can even replace the use of medicines. In order to stabilize blood pressure, quiet sounds are recommended for listening, causing a feeling of serenity. If at the time of therapy you breathe calmly and sit inaudibly, the result will be significantly enhanced. Thanks to this approach, physical relaxation occurs, and the resulting positive emotions help relieve mental stress.
For headaches and heartaches, listening to Oginsky's Polonaise, Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody and Beethoven's Fidelio is perfect. Soothing melodies are a universal remedy. They help with various pains, hypertension, mental stress and insomnia. In order to increase the heart rate, work at a fast pace with a high volume is suitable.
Music for the treatment of the heart should give a person pleasure, increase myocardial contractions and help achieve good physical he alth. Annoying sounds have the exact opposite effect, most often they can do harm.
Ancient times
History has cases where the right tune worked wonders. ToFor example, in the 16th century in Italy, the inhabitants of several settlements were seized by an unusual mental epidemic. A large number of people froze in immobility, fell into a deep stupor, stopped drinking and eating. All the victims were sure that they were bitten by a rare species of tarantula. Only a special dance melody could get out of such a state, which began with a very slow rhythm and gradually turned into a frantic dance. From this came the tarantella known today.
Healing with music also took place in the 14th century in Western Europe. Then the country was seized by a grandiose epidemic of the dance of St. Vitus. Crowds of possessed and twitchy people moved around the cities and villages, who made inarticulate sounds, blasphemy and curses, and also fell foaming at the mouth. This problem only stopped when the authorities were able to call in the instrumentalists in time to play a slow, soothing melody.
The use of the healing properties of music in ancient times did not bypass the plague. In cities with such a misfortune, the bells did not stop ringing. Scientists have proven that the activity of microbes fell by 40%.
The idea of healing with sounds was born long before the advent of civilization. You can read about this in the Old Testament. In one of the biblical parables, it was told how the Israeli king Saul was healed by David from sulfuric melancholy by his playing the harp. The Aesculapius of Ancient Egypt recommended listening to the singing of the choir for insomnia. Scientists such as Pythagoras and Aristotle argued that it was the melody that was able to establishbalance 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.
Influence on children
Babies respond positively to everything related to sounds and singing. Therefore, there are certain recommendations for them:
- classics at a slow pace are useful for restless and excitable;
-melodies with words (arias, songs) influence much more than without them.
Music treatment is forbidden:
- babies who are prone to seizures;
- children with a serious condition, accompanied by intoxication of the body;
- sick with otitis media;
- patients with rapidly increasing pressure.
It has been proven by scientists that playing music at the age of 5-15 will help to significantly improve intellectual potential, develop analytical skills, memory and orientation. Also, such therapy has a positive correction of the nervous system. In many European countries, taking lessons in singing or music, playing instruments is an indispensable element of education, since this is what has the strongest emotional impact.
There is a certain music for the treatment of diseases that can be used independently at home. In such therapy, certain recommendations must be followed.
1. It should be powerful, appealing and leading to positive experiences.
2. Best not to usedisturbing and dissonant pieces.
3. It is necessary to avoid songs that, by their content, could convey a certain message, or suggest incorrect information.
4. When compositions with vocals are used, they must be in foreign languages so that the person's voice is perceived as another instrument and does not interfere with the integrity of the process.
5. For the same reason, tunes that evoke specific associations, such as Mendelssohn's 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 the playing of various instruments. Each child has their own song to play. One gets the best effect in front of the audience, while the other needs to retire.
2. Singing is used most often as an addition, as it has little healing effect, because the sound is born inside the body and does not go through all the stages of penetration.
Music recipes
Scientists have conducted a huge amount of testing and research, 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 Moonlight Sonata, Schubert's Ave Maria, Sviridov's Snowstorm and Saint-Saens' Swan can help.
There is still music for the treatment of nerves, namely the works of Pakhmutova, Tchaikovsky andTariverdiev. In order to remove the effects of stress and concentrate on a specific task, retire and create a feeling of free space, masterpieces of composers such as Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Liszt and Schubert are suitable. A stomach ulcer can be defeated by the W altz of the Flowers. In order to overcome fatigue, it is recommended to listen to "The Seasons" by Tchaikovsky and "Morning" by Green. To get rid of irritation and cheer up, jazz, dixieland, blues, reggae and calypso will help, all these genres originate from a temperamental African melody.
There is also music in the system of treatment of mentally ill people, it helps to completely relax and arrange all thoughts correctly, namely "W altz" from Shostakovich from the movie "The Gadfly", a romance from harmonious pictures to Pushkin's story "The Snowstorm" by Sviridov and the creation of "Man and Woman" by Leia. Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" restores heart activity and blood pressure. For the prevention of gastritis, Beethoven's Sonata No. 7 is suitable. Grieg's Peer Gynt and Oginsky's Polonaise will relieve headaches.
Japanese doctors claim that there is music for the treatment of joints, to which they include Dvořák's "Humoresque" and Mendelssohn's "Spring Song". Listening to Mozart helps develop the intelligence of children.
Harmful effects
Various 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 quite difficult to bring to the originalcondition.
Works that have intermittent rhythms and that do not take into account the laws of harmony adversely affect the cardiovascular system. Even special music for depression can negatively affect the body when it is listened to at a volume of more than 120 decibels.
If today the debate about the strength of the classics is still ongoing, then the harm of deafening cacophony has long been proven by 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 the works. In his case, with the regular play of aggressive rhythms and deafening sounds, the work of the subconscious was disrupted, which could be one of the reasons for suicide.
