Color/Light and Facial Rejuvenation
by Darren Starwynn, O.M.D., Dipl. Ac.
Lighting Up The Body
Light therapies have been used to energize and re-balance the body's energy systems since ancient times. In ancient Egyptian and Greek temples, huge prisms were reputedly used to refract sunlight into therapeutic colors. You have probably already heard about modern applications of light therapies for such conditions as S.A.D. (seasonal affective disorder), jet lag and depression.
Yet the uses of light as medicine goes way beyond this. Light is such a powerful healing modality because it is the medium all living things use to function and communicate with each other. By looking into the sub-atomic particles that make up all matter, physicists have indeed confirmed that light is life itself.
Notable scientists such as G. Lakhovsky and F.A. Popp have demonstrated how living things communicate through interplay of electro-magnetic fields. Popp coined the term "biophotons" to describe the energy communication between organisms, and how these regulate physiologic functions including growth, maturation, cell differentiation, enzymatic activity and the immune system.
Following the informational principle, James Oschman, PhD states in his article, 'Exploring the Biology of Phototherapy': "... the immediate effect of light is on the communications pathways. Specifically, it is proposed that light stimulates the flow of solitons, which are waves of energy and information that travel rapidly through the protein fabric of the body. The flow of solitons opens gates and switches and organizes dynamic living matrix pathways. Cells can then 'whisper' to each other using their own languages. These whisperings orchestrate the repair of traumas of all kinds."
Light is also what flows through our meridian system. In a striking experiment, a group of researchers led by Professor Kaznachejew in Novosibirsk, Russia focused a beam of light on various areas of skin to determine how the body reacts to light radiation. Using a photomultiplier device, they discovered light emanating from distant, unradiated points. After studying this phenomenon further, they found that light beamed into certain acupuncture points will propagate through known meridian pathways, but that this phenomenon does not occur between areas not connected by meridians. It appears that the meridian system acts in the same way as fiber-optic communication systems. It is likely that the physical substrate for this system is also the body's fascial network.
Therefore both light energy and subtle electrical energy appear to be transported throughout the body via chains of protein molecules. Based on available evidence, it appears that electrical currents work more on a physiologic level, while light currents work more on an informational level. These two forms of energy stimulation may be administered together, and can enhance each other's effects. This combination of technologies is the heart of the VBT™ system.
The specific therapeutic effects of each color of light have been rigorously documented by researchers such as Dinshah Ghadialic and Peter Mandel. Mandel's Colorpuncture system borrows many diagnostic and treatment principles from acupuncture, including meridian theory and 'as above, so below' cosmology.
Mandel uses the word 'information' to describe the input of light on the body. In his view, external trauma, toxicity and psychological stresses of the past and present create incoherent information in our bodies. Giving appropriate colored light stimulation is a way to introduce pure information to restore coherence.
For example, orange colored light brings the information of activation, joy and release of new ideas to meridians and body areas it is applied to, as well as possessing many specific medical benefits for relieving spasm and congestion, aiding calcium metabolism and stimulating milk production after childbirth.
The light spectrum moves from the most warming and activating colors - infrared and red - to the most cool and relaxing colors - violet and ultra-violet. Green is the fulcrum or balance point of the spectrum, and so is extensively used for balancing brain and body function and detoxification. In the works of both Mandel and Dinshah, opposite, or complementary, colors are often used together to balance body energetics.
The most commonly used color pairs are orange-blue, red-green and yellow-violet. The yang and yin pairing would be as follows:
| Yang Color (warming,tonifying) |
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Yin Color (cooling, sedating) |
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| Orange |
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Blue |
| Red |
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Green |
| Yellow |
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Violet |
Reprinted with permission from East-WestSeminars.com |
