1. Music can cure diseases
One of the typical examples of curing diseases with music in Chinese history is that Sun Daozi cured Ouyang Xiu's "quiet and excellent disease" with the "palace sound cited" in the Song Dynasty. Ouyang Xiu made a "preface to seeing Yang off" for this purpose, and recommended music to his friend Yang Jia for "peace of mind" and "recuperation from illness". In his article, he said: "I have a disease of seclusion and superiority, and I can't cure it if I retire and live in seclusion." I learned the piano from my friend Sun Daozi, and I was inspired by the sound of the palace. I enjoyed it for a long time, but I didn't know that the disease was in my body. "
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 "five tones to treat diseases" more than two thousand years ago, and Zuozhuan even said that music has the same taste as medicine, which can make people live a long and healthy life. In real life, it is always a joke to play the lute to a cow. In fact, it is also meaningful to play the lute to a cow. Everyone has heard that listening to music to chickens can improve egg production! Will music and our bodies have some wonderful reactions?
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that excessive emotion leads to excessive changes of qi-flowing, which means "anger leads to qi-flowing, fear leads to qi-flowing, shock leads to qi-flowing disorder, joy leads to qi-flowing, excellence leads to qi-flowing, sadness leads to qi-flowing, and thinking leads to qi-flowing." Excessive emotion can lead to functional imbalance in the body, which is the main factor causing emotional diseases. When a certain emotion goes too far and causes illness, we can "transfer", "restrict" or "balance" it with another "winning" emotion, so that the excessive emotion can be reconciled. The main point of this method lies in emotional transfer, restriction and balance, 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. At the same time, it is considered that zang-fu organs and emotions are mutually restricted and influenced by the law of the five elements to produce grams. In ancient times, the best composer must be a master at reconciling five tones.
Ancient music is different from today's music, with only five tones: horn, sign, palace, business and feather. "Huangdi Neijing" records: "The liver belongs to wood, and the sound is the horn, and the ambition is anger; The heart belongs to fire, the sound is _, and the ambition is happy; The spleen belongs to the earth, and the sound is the palace, and the ambition is thinking; The lung belongs to gold, the sound is business, and the ambition is worry; The kidney belongs to water, the sound is feather, and the ambition is fear. " The five tones of Jiao, _, Gong, Shang and Yu are called "Tian Wuxing". Traditional Chinese medicine, that is, using 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., is compatible with each other, just as there are differences between monarch, minister and assistant in Chinese medicine prescriptions. Of course, music therapy also has positive treatment and negative treatment. It is the most commonly used method to let the emotional exciters listen to peaceful and sad music, and it can also synchronize the music with the emotions and help the listeners vent too many bad emotions, such as taking away the sadness with weeping music and venting the 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. Feather sign in Gong Shang angle, five-tone harmony and collocation are like a dialectical and distinct treatment scheme. Like drug therapy, it not only has the ability to regulate the human body, but also has various characteristics of Chinese herbal medicines such as meridian tropism, ups and downs, cold and hot, and warm and cool. Formed a special health care and treatment method.
In addition, music therapy is divided into three levels, body and mind, or triple realm. This does not mean that music must be targeted at any level, but refers to the phenomenon and perception of individual vibration to music. For example, on the level of "body", after listening to music, it can make people dance, activate blood and refresh themselves; To the "heart" level, it can make people feel comfortable or sad; And the level of "spirit" can even make people have the experience of being absorbed and contemplating the world.
3. Examples of music therapy
Modern therapeutic music based on the five elements theory has made initial progress. China Tianyun Wuxing Music compiled by China Conservatory of Music is a set of music arranged according to the Five Elements Theory of TCM. Each line of the five-element music is divided into two rhymes, yin and yang, which can be used for dialectical treatment. It is briefly introduced as follows.
(1) The mind
belongs to fire, and the sound is the sign, and the ambition is the joy.
Yangyun's track: "Lotus Reflects the Sun", with functions: nourishing the heart yang, nourishing the heart and calming the nerves.
yinyun's track: Rainbow after Rain, which has the functions of clearing away heart fire and calming the nerves.
(2) Spleen
belongs to the earth, and the sound is the palace, and the ambition is the thought.
Yangyun's track: Huangting is scorching in the sun, with efficacy: warming the middle warmer, strengthening the spleen, invigorating yang and benefiting qi.
Yinyun's track: "Jade Liquid Returning to Dan", with efficacy: clearing fire and stomach, clearing accumulation and guiding red blood.
(3) Lung
belongs to gold, and it is business in sound and worry in ambition.
Yangyun's track: Bells and Drums in the Evening Clouds, with efficacy: invigorating lung qi, widening chest and consolidating exterior.
Yinyun's track: Autumn Wind and Dew Clearing, with efficacy: nourishing yin and clearing away heat, moistening lung and promoting fluid production.
(4) Liver
belongs to wood, and it is horn in sound and anger in ambition.
Yang Yun's track: Xuantian Warm Wind, with efficacy: nourishing liver qi, dispelling cold and relieving depression.
Yinyun's track: Blue Leaves and Clouds, with efficacy: clearing liver and purging fire, calming liver and suppressing yang.
(5) Kidney
belongs to water, and it is a feather in sound and a fear in ambition.
Yangyun's track: Fu Yang Lang Zhao, with efficacy: warming and invigorating kidney yang, and consolidating essence and qi.
Yinyun's track: Ice and Snow in Cold Weather, with efficacy: clearing away heart fire and nourishing kidney.
4. Tips
Music therapy is an auxiliary psychotherapy method, which cannot replace formal therapy.
5. Benefits of listening to music
1. Relieve 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, click on your favorite music and feel the happiness brought by music.
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, appropriately change your bad mood and gradually change yourself from the sad mood, which may be very effective in this respect.
3, help sleep
Because music can relieve fatigue and make your whole body very relaxed, it will naturally make people enjoy it. In this process, you will soon fall asleep, gradually bringing drowsiness, accelerating nerve conductivity, making your brain easier, enhancing your memory and relaxing your body and mind.
4. Babies listen to songs
Peaceful music can calm infants, slow their heartbeat, stop them from crying and let them play quietly. At the same time, it can also cultivate musical cells of infants and gradually improve their sensitivity to music.