Music and health
In recent years, many scientists have confirmed through scientific research that music has a positive effect on people's physical and mental health, and music has many wonderful functions.
An American medical scientist once counted the ages of 35 famous American music directors who died. Their average life expectancy is 73.4 years, five years higher than that of American men. According to surveys in Germany, Italy and other countries, people who often listen to music usually live 5~ 10 years longer than those who don't listen to music.
Music therapy has been popular in many countries, and the medical community has confirmed through clinical experiments that music is very effective in relaxing the body and mind, refreshing the mind and inducing sleep. Physiologically, music can cause changes in breathing, blood pressure, heart beating and blood flow. Some types of music can also stimulate the body to release a natural opium called endorphin, which can relax the body and mind and relieve pain.
From 65438 to 0972, the Polish government, at the suggestion of several pathologists and musicians, established the first "Music Therapy Institute", which was quite effective. Soon, state-owned hospitals such as Britain, America and Japan also adopted the method of music therapy. For example, listening to music three times a day after meals can treat neurogastritis; Listening to lyric music to hypertensive patients can lower blood pressure; Listening to soft and relaxing music to frightened people can make patients calm down and even return to normal.
Why does the human body react in a specific musical environment? Medical researchers believe that this is closely related to the rhythm of human cells themselves. When the vibration of human cells is in harmony with the external rhythm, people feel comfortable.
Westerners believe that listening to western music, especially classical music, has the best effect. Some experts pointed out that Schubert's music can help insomnia patients fall asleep, Bach's music can relieve indigestion, and Mozart's music can relieve the pain of rheumatoid arthritis. It is also said that Mozart's music can relieve fatigue and cheer up the spirit.
Medical circles in China have also conducted extensive research on the health-preserving function of music. According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, China's five tones (Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng and Yu) are consistent with the five elements (gold, wood, water, fire and earth). For example, Gong Yin is magnificent and broad, has the characteristics of "earth" and can enter the "spleen" in the five internal organs; Shang yin is pure and solemn, has the characteristics of "gold" and can enter the "lungs"; Horn sound belongs to "wood" and can enter "liver"; The phonetic symbol belongs to "fire" and can enter "heart"; Feather sound belongs to "water" and can enter "kidney" and five internal organs. Two seemingly different concepts interact through "five elements".
The so-called "suitable music environment" in the West is chosen according to the individual's physique in the East. For example, the "fire" type people should choose the music of "water" to reduce their impetuous emotions, the "water" type people should listen to the music of "fire" to enhance the function of kidneys, and the "wood" type people are indecisive and can listen to the music of "gold" to motivate themselves.
However, not all music is beneficial to people's physical and mental health. A foreign psychologist once analyzed 208 members of three different symphony orchestras. The results show that most band members who mainly play classical music are emotionally stable and happy. More than 70% of the members who play or mainly play modern music are nervous, more than 60% are impatient and more than 22% are depressed. Some people often suffer from insomnia, headache, earache and diarrhea. Others made a survey of some music lovers and found that people get along well with each other in families that often enjoy classical music; People who often enjoy romantic music are cheerful and positive; In a family keen on noisy modernist music, members often quarrel with each other. It is said that listening to this kind of concert for a long time strongly stimulates the nervous system and even destroys the normal function of the heart and vascular system. -(Turn around)