1, music can cure diseases
One of the typical examples of treating diseases with music in China's history is that Sun Daozi cured Ouyang Xiu's "recluse and excellent disease" with "the sound of attracting the palace" in the Song Dynasty. Ouyang Xiu wrote "Preface to Send Yang" for this purpose, and recommended music to his good friend Yang Jia, in order to "feel at ease" and "recuperate". He said in the article: "I have a disease of seclusion and superiority, and retirement and seclusion can't be cured." I learned the piano from my friend Sun Daozi, and I was inspired by the sound in the palace. I enjoyed it for a long time, but I didn't know I was sick. "
It can be seen that the therapeutic effect of doctors on music has long been affirmed. Huangdi Neijing, a classic work of traditional Chinese medicine, put forward the theory of "treating diseases with five tones" more than two thousand years ago, and Zuozhuan even said that music has the same taste as medicine, which can make people healthy and live longer. In real life, casting pearls before swine is always a joke. In fact, it is meaningful to play the lute to a cow. Everyone has heard that listening to music for chickens can improve egg production! Will music and our bodies have some wonderful reactions?
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that excessive emotions lead to excessive changes in qi activity. "Anger leads to anger, fear leads to anger, shock leads to anger disorder, joy leads to anger stagnation, Excellence leads to anger accumulation, sadness leads to anger elimination, and thinking leads to depression." Excessive emotions can lead to physical dysfunction, which is the main factor causing emotional diseases. When an emotion goes too far and leads to illness, we can "transfer", "restrict" or "balance" it with another "victory" emotion, so that the excessive emotion can be reconciled. The key point of this method lies in the transfer, restriction and balance of emotions, and music-assisted therapy can be well realized.
The theory of five tones put forward in Huangdi Neijing holds that five tones are related to heaven, earth, body and mind, and are closely related to health status; At the same time, it is believed that zang-fu organs and emotions restrict and influence each other, and follow the law of five elements producing grams. In ancient times, the best composer had to be a master of harmonizing five tones.
Ancient music is different from now, with only five sounds: horn, sign, palace, Shang and feather. "Huangdi Neijing" records: "The liver belongs to wood, the sound is the horn, and the ambition is anger; The heart belongs to fire, the sound is _, and the ambition is fun; Spleen belongs to the earth, sound is the palace, and ambition is thinking; Lung belongs to gold, voice is business, and ambition is worry; The kidney belongs to water, the sound is feather, and the ambition is fear. " Jiao, _, Gong, Shang and Yu are called "no stars in the sky". Chinese medicine, that is, the use of music, can be deeply rooted in people's hearts, infect and regulate emotions, and then affect the body.
2. Use music as medicine
The same music, using different instruments, rhythms, dynamics, harmony, etc. They are compatible with each other, just as there are differences in the assistance of monarch and minister in Chinese medicine prescriptions. Of course, music therapy also has positive treatment and negative treatment. Letting emotional exciters listen to peaceful and sad music is the most commonly used method. It can also synchronize music with emotions and help listeners vent too many bad emotions, such as taking away sadness with crying music and venting over-excited emotions with fast-paced music.
In the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the five zang-organs can influence the five tones, and the five tones can regulate the five zang-organs. The feather sign in the upper corner of the palace, the harmony and collocation of five tones, is like a dialectical and clear treatment plan. Like drug therapy, it not only has the ability to regulate the human body, but also has various characteristics of Chinese herbal medicine such as meridian tropism, ascending and descending, cold and heat, warm and cool. Formed a special health care and treatment method.
In addition, music therapy is also divided into three levels, body and mind, or triple realm. This does not mean that music must be directed at any level, but refers to the phenomenon and perception of individual vibration of music. For example, on the level of "body", after listening to music, people can dance, promote blood circulation and refresh themselves; On the level of "heart", it can make people feel comfortable and sad; And the level of "spirit" can even make people have the experience of concentrating and watching the world.
3. Examples of music therapy
Modern therapeutic music based on the theory of five elements has made initial progress. The Five Elements Music of China and Tian Yun compiled by China Conservatory of Music is a set of music works arranged according to the Five Elements Theory of Chinese Medicine. Each line of Wuxing Music is divided into two rhymes, Yin and Yang, which can be used for syndrome differentiation and treatment. A brief introduction is as follows.
(1) heart
Belonging to fire, sound is a sign, and ambition is fun.
Yang Yun's track: Lotus Reflects in the Sun, with functions of nourishing the heart, strengthening yang and calming the nerves.
Yinyun track: "Rainbow after Rain", efficacy: clearing the heart and calming the nerves.
(2) Spleen
Belonging to the earth, the sound is the palace, and the ambition is thinking.
Yang Yun's track: Huang Ting Lie Ri, efficacy: warming the middle warmer, strengthening the spleen, tonifying yang and benefiting qi.
Yinyun track: "Jade liquid returns to Dan", efficacy: clearing fire and stomach, clearing accumulation and guiding red.
(3) Lung
Belonging to gold, sound is business, and ambition is worry.
Yang Yun's music: Bells and Drums in the Evening Clouds, which has the functions of invigorating lung qi, widening chest and consolidating exterior.
The track of dark clouds: autumn wind and clear dew, efficacy: nourishing yin and clearing heat, moistening lung and promoting fluid production.
(4) Liver
Belonging to wood, the sound is the horn, and the ambition is anger.
Yang Yun's track: "Tian Xuan Warm Wind", efficacy: nourishing liver qi, dispelling cold and relieving depression.
Yinyun track: Blue Leaf Cloud, efficacy: clearing liver and purging fire, calming liver and suppressing yang.
(5) Kidney
Belonging to water, sound is feather, ambition is fear.
Yang Yun's track: Fu Yang Lang Zhao, efficacy: warming and tonifying kidney yang, and consolidating essence and qi.
Yin Yun's track: "Ice and Snow in Cold Weather", its efficacy: clearing heart, reducing fire and nourishing kidney.
4, warm tips
Music therapy is an auxiliary psychotherapy method, which cannot replace regular therapy.
5. The benefits of listening to music
1, relieving fatigue
When people are very tired, there are many ways to relieve fatigue, but music can be considered as the first choice, because music does not require too much physical activity. Put on headphones, turn on your favorite music and feel the happiness brought by music.
Step 2 change your mood
When you are unhappy or sad, you can try to consider the changes brought by music. Music can change your thinking, immerse yourself in the pleasure of music, moderately change your bad mood, and gradually change yourself from sad mood, which may be very effective in this respect.
3. Help sleep
Because music can relieve fatigue and relax your whole body, it will naturally make people enjoy it. In this process, you will fall asleep quickly, gradually bring drowsiness, accelerate nerve conduction, make your brain more relaxed, enhance your memory and relax your body and mind.
4. Babies listen to songs
Peaceful music can calm babies, slow their heartbeat, stop them crying and let them play quietly. At the same time, it can also cultivate children's musical cells and gradually improve their sensitivity to music.