Helio Therapy And Your Mental Well Being
Jesse Taylor
Since ancient times, natural light was known to have positive
physiological effects on the human body. It dates back to a
time when the famous Greek philosopher and the Father of
Medicine, Hippocrates, used the sun's rays in his naturopathic
treatments for diseases. Heliotherapy is the practice of using
sunlight to fight ailments and restore health.
In the early 20th century, heliotherapy was extensively used to
treat diseases like tuberculosis, rickets in children and
war-wounds. Its importance was formally recognized when Dr.
Niels Finson got the Nobel Prize in 1903 for devising a method
of ultraviolet therapy in tuberculosis-cure.
Heliotherapy involves using sun’s ultraviolet rays to initiate
Vitamin D production in our skin and thereby prevents breast
cancer, osteoporosis, prostate cancer, psoriasis, acne, etc.
The increased metabolism in the body due to vitamin D
production also multiplies enzyme reaction rate, cell
regeneration, tissue repair, blood flow speed and increased
oxygen supply.
Some significant beneficiaries of Heliotherapy
Spinal Cord Injury patients – Paralytic people suffer from
severe loss of lower-extremity bone mass. Vitamin D causes
Calcium (which is the most vital component of bone-growth) to
be absorbed from the intestinal tracts. Vitamin D deficiency
causes deformed bone-growth, increasing the probability of
fractures.
Multiple Sclerosis patients - Studies reveal that people
located in lesser sunlight-exposed areas are more prone to
multiple sclerosis. For example, Norwegians living near the
ocean and consuming vitamin D enriched seafood, report lesser
cases of multiple sclerosis than those living inland.
Old Age patients - Vitamin D production in a body decreases
with age. Studies say that this vitamin acts as a preventive
agent against prostate cancer, which is the second most common
cause of cancerous death in people over 75.
Athletes - Repeated researches in sports medicine have shown
that routine exposure of athletes to the sun not only optimized
their performance capabilities, but also significantly reduced
the incidence and recovery time from minor injuries.
Apart from its medicinal virtues, heliotherapy signifies that
Helios, or the sun, has always been a buoyant factor for
perking up people's moods. This has been reflected over the
ages in several poems, songs and movies. Interestingly,
researchers have also found that exposure to sunlight increases
the production of serotonin, a chemical that stimulates the
human brain's pleasure centers, thereby uplifting our moods in
moments of depression and anxiety. Herein remains the
connection between heliotherapy and our mental well-being.
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