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Dr. Lee Hartley (Licensed marriage, family and child therapist) has been performing light therapy using the Cameron-Spitler Syntoniser, a long tube-like instrument with an internal light source into which you can place colour filters, as well as the Ott-Lite (full spectrum fluorescent light boxes) with success in the treatment of Premenstrual Syndrome and Seasonal Affective Disorder. Together with psychotherapy and approximately an hour a day exposure to the light machine, the symptoms of PMS and SAD was significantly reduced or eliminated in the majority of her patients within three months of the start of treatment. Relapse of PMS symptoms would occur in some cases after a period of time when the light treatment had been stopped. The relapse would disappear after the light treatment was administered again. Dr. Barbara Parry of the University of California San Diego’s Department of Psychiatry has conducted several studies addressing light’s effect on PMS. The PMS symptoms are found to be much worse in the winter months of the year. Her research found that two hours of full spectrum light administered either in the mornings or evenings and dim red light are all equally effective in reversing premenstrual syndrome’s symptoms when used on an ongoing and consistent basis. Further studies recommend that two hours of 2500 lux bright light full spectrum phototherapy one to two weeks before menstruation would eliminate PMS symptoms (Breiling, 1996). 3.1.4.7 Cancer Recent studies imply that calcitriol may exert a number of biological effects on different tissues within the body. Circulating calcitriol enters cells and complexes with the genes in the cell nucleus. This affects DNA and, in turn, overall cell functioning and growth. Because calcitriol maintains normal cell division, it may play a role in the inhibition of cancerous growth. In addition, calcitriol may influence immune-cell activity thereby helping to explain vitamin D’s beneficial role in infectious disease and immune-related disorders, such as multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and diabetes (Johnson, 2005). Insufficient exposure to ultraviolet radiation may be an important risk factor for cancer according to a new study published in the prominent Cancer Journal that questions official advice about sunlight. The research examined cancer mortality in the United States. Deaths from a range of cancers of the reproductive and digestive systems were approximately twice as high in northern areas with poor sunshine quality as opposed to areas closer to the equator with abundant sunlight, despite a diet that varies little between regions. An examination of 506 regions found a close inverse correlation between cancer mortality and levels of ultraviolet B light. The likeliest 28PDF Image | THE USE OF LIGHT AND COLOUR AS A HEALING MODALITY
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