The BBC recently ran an item about a treatment for Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) called Lightwave Stimulation (LWS). Show a SAD sufferer the right colours, and hormones are triggered that promote happiness.
Does that sound like bollocks to you? The author of a sceptical blog called A canna’ change the laws of physics has checked out the theory of LWS, which is based on a “paper” that claims:
“… The historical lineage of practitioners involved in the use of coloured light in therapy can be traced from the early Egyptians, who reputedly suspended dyed cloth over wall openings to bathe the patient in colour. Other renowned practitioners include Pythagoras, Goethe and Rudolph Steiner. Coloured light therapy is now being practised by many clinician/scientists, mainly optometrists, and also by psychologists, educationalists, general medical practitioners, psychiatrists and chiropractors.”
Yup, bollocks.
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Ah, Rudolph Steiner — the infallible brand name of outmoded crazy.
the Chinese Chiropractor that we have in our village is really good in treating my sprained ankles.~;,
my dad is a chiropractor and he often amazes me how he could treat my sprains.~”-
The BBC recently ran an item about a treatment for Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) called Lightwave Stimulation (LWS). Show a SAD sufferer the right colours, and hormones are triggered that promote happiness.
Does that sound like bollocks to you? The author of a sceptical blog called A canna’ change the laws of physics has checked out the theory of LWS, which is based on a “paper” that claims:
“… The historical lineage of practitioners involved in the use of coloured light in therapy can be traced from the early Egyptians, who reputedly suspended dyed cloth over wall openings to bathe the patient in colour. Other renowned practitioners include Pythagoras, Goethe and Rudolph Steiner. Coloured light therapy is now being practised by many clinician/scientists, mainly optometrists, and also by psychologists, educationalists, general medical practitioners, psychiatrists and chiropractors.”
Yup, bollocks.
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