Beautiful music can not only cultivate people's temperament, but also be a good medicine to keep people in a good mood, prevent diseases and improve human health. Music therapy is a method to adjust people's mood and eliminate fatigue by singing, playing or selectively enjoying music, so as to prevent and treat diseases and promote physical and mental health.
Some scholars in modern times believe that listening to relaxing classical music for half an hour has no less hypnotic effect than taking 1 mg of valium tablets. In fact, music therapy has a long history, which began in ancient times. The earliest music accepted by human beings is the wind and waves of nature, the exultation of waterfalls, the gurgling of streams, the roaring of tigers and apes, the singing of birds in the empty mountains, the chirping of cicadas and frogs … that is, the movement of nature. By the tribal times of Fuxi, Shennong, Huangdi, Yao, Shun and Yu four or five thousand years ago, it had gradually developed into natural entertainment music. Huangdi Neijing pointed out that "there are five internal organs, which should correspond to five tones", and combined the five tones of "Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng and Yu" with five emotional activities of "spleen, lung, liver, heart and kidney" and "worry, sadness, anger, joy and fear", and many music therapy theorists and music therapy theorists appeared in many doctors in later generations.
Modern neurophysiological research shows that music can adjust the physiological and psychological functions of cardiovascular system and nervous system through its various effects on human body, such as melody, rhythm, tone and timbre. Slow and light music played at medium speed can make people feel calm, keep their heart rate calm and stable, reduce rising blood pressure, relax nervous nerves, improve the function of cerebral cortex and adjust their agitated mood, all of which are related to music therapy.
Music therapy can be enjoyed collectively in wards, but more patients receive music therapy at home. The popularity of home audio equipment, music tapes and CDs provides convenience for hypertensive patients to carry out home music therapy. Personal appreciation can wear headphones, lower the volume, take a sit-in or repose posture, and enjoy and taste in a quiet environment without interference. Music selection of music therapy for hypertension should be dialectically selected.
(1) Hypertensive patients with hyperactivity of liver fire, hyperactivity of yang due to yin deficiency and hyperactivity of liver wind: You can choose calming music such as Brahms' Lullaby, Debussy's Moonlight, Saint Sang's Swan and Haydn's Serenade; Our national music can be listened to "Fishing Boat Singing Late", "Autumn Moon in Pinghu" and "Autumn Moon in Han Palace". Because this kind of music is beautiful and lyrical, simple and smooth, light and elegant, with steady rhythm, slow and pleasant, broad and soft, slow and slow, soft in tone, stretched or slightly deep, quiet and serene in style, and often listened to, it has obvious antihypertensive effect.
(2) Patients with hypertension with phlegm and turbidity: You can enjoy folk music such as Flower Full Moon, Happy Birthday, Flower Tune, Rain Beating Banana, River Water and Man Tingfang. Because this kind of music has a smooth melody and bright rhythm, it can cheer up the mood, relieve depression and phlegm, soothe the liver and lower blood pressure.
(3) Patients with hypertension due to yin deficiency of liver and kidney: You can choose traditional music such as Plum Blossom Sannong, Two Springs Reflecting the Moon, Running Water, Pastoral and Gusuxing. This kind of music with soft melody and slow rhythm has the functions of refreshing the brain, invigorating the spirit and lowering blood pressure.
(4) Patients with hypertension due to deficiency of both yin and yang: You can choose ancient music such as Hundred Birds Facing the Phoenix, Birds in the Empty Mountain, Partridges Flying, Listening to Pines, Moonlight on the Spring River, Three Stories in the Sunshine, Wild Goose in Pingsha, which are soft, delicate and beautiful.
Patients receiving music therapy should pay attention to the following matters:
(1) Music with crazy rhythm and noisy sound, such as rock music and disco, should not be used. Harsh music and crazy rhythm will destroy the normal increase of human heart and blood circulation, leading to stroke, angina pectoris and even sudden death.
(2) The treatment environment should be beautiful, quiet and away from noise. Indoor requirements soft light, elegant furnishings, beautiful and clean. When listening to music, we should eliminate interference and immerse ourselves in the artistic conception of the music. It is best to use stereo headphones. Before playing music, we should give psychological counseling to patients and guide them into silence. When listening to music, patients should concentrate, relax, listen attentively and quietly, and understand all kinds of benign effects produced by beautiful music.
(3) The time for listening to music should not be too short or too long. Generally, it is 3-6 minutes each time, 2-3 times a day. Those with insomnia can be treated before going to bed, and those with dyspepsia can be treated during or after eating. When playing music, the volume should not be too loud, just to sound comfortable, generally around 4 decibels.