The unique melodies and rhythms of certain music can lower people's blood pressure, slow down their basal metabolism and breathing speed, and make people's physiological reactions when they are stressed more moderate.
On the other hand, the therapeutic function of music is to directly produce a stimulating effect on the organs in the body through the physical effect of music. Because sound is a kind of vibration, and the human body itself is also composed of many vibration systems, such as the beating of the heart, gastrointestinal peristalsis, and brain wave fluctuations. When the vibrations produced by music are heard and the organs in the body vibrate, the body will secrete a physiologically active substance that regulates blood flow and nerves, making people energetic and energetic.
In addition, music has active and positive functions. It is a way to improve creativity and thinking, make the right brain flexible, and can guide important alpha brain waves. The unique rhythm and melody of music can rest the left brain, which is more commonly used in our daily life, and is responsible for language, analysis, and reasoning. In contrast, it stimulates the right brain, which is responsible for emotions, creativity, and imagination. The improvement of potential abilities such as creativity and information absorption has a strong effect.
Music can be used to promote sleep in patients. Doctors point out that insomnia patients can indeed reduce the use of sleeping pills and sedatives by listening to suitable music. The rhythm of music affects the body's hormones; compared with young people, the elderly have a significant increase in neo-adrenaline; recent medical studies have confirmed that this hormone is related to the occurrence of sleep and the number of awakenings at night. Music all has one thing in common: the beat of music is roughly equal to the rate of human heartbeat. Music that is too fast or too slow is not suitable for inducing sleep; music that is too fast can make people nervous, while music that is too slow can create a sense of suspense.
The rhythm of music affects pregnant women and can also affect the circadian rhythm of the fetus, so that the fetus can receive education from music.
Music can easily penetrate people's hearts and influence people very quickly. Pregnant women often listen to some beautiful and sweet music, which has a very good effect on cultivating sentiment, living harmoniously, strengthening self-cultivation, improving health, and stimulating imagination.