How to use music to treat illness

It is said that in ancient times, the really good Chinese doctors did not use acupuncture or herbs, but music. At the end of a song, the disease receded and the person was at peace. The classic work of Chinese medicine, the Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine, put forward the theory of “five sounds to cure diseases” more than 2,000 years ago, and the “Zuo Zhuan” even said that music has a taste like medicine, which can keep people from getting sick and living a long and healthy life. The ancient noble court was equipped with an orchestra of singers, not purely for entertainment, but also an important role is to use music to soothe the spirit and calm the sex, nourish the body and mind. Music can penetrate into the heart, and in Chinese psychology, music can infect and regulate the emotions, which in turn affects the body. In TCM psychology, music can infect and regulate the emotions, which in turn affects the body. In listening, the tune, the emotions and the dirty qi resonate and interact, achieving the effect of stirring the blood and unblocking the spirit and the heart. Physiologically, when the music vibrations match the physiological vibrations in the body (heart rate, heart rhythm, breathing, blood pressure, pulse, etc.), physiological resonance and resonance will occur. This is the physical and mental basis of the “Five Tones of Healing”. Music is like medicine. Music can soothe the body and the mind, circulate the qi and blood, and promote the meridians, and has the same ability to regulate the body as medicine. Music has various characteristics of herbal medicine, such as the meridian, rising and falling, hot and cold, and warm and cool. The same music can be used with different orchestrations, rhythms, strengths, harmonies, and so on, in the same way that Chinese herbal medicine has the distinction between the ruler and the minister. In music therapy, there are also positive and negative treatments. The most common method is to let the emotionally excited person listen to calm and sad music, but also to synchronize the music with the emotion, to help the listener vent excessive bad emotions, such as sobbing music to take away the sadness, and fast-paced music to vent excessive excitement. The heart: the sovereign of the five organs The heart is usually not lazy, and its constant beating is perfectly in line with the characteristics of fire. The heart controls the circulation of the spirit and blood, however, the reality of life and work stress, constantly decreasing sleep, little exercise of the body …… is not harming our heart, so it is easy to heart system discomfort. Common discomforts of the heart: insomnia, panic, heart and chest congestion, chest pain, irritability, ulcers on the tip of the tongue. The scale of the heart: levelling, which is equivalent to the “5” in the simple score. The music of levelling type: warm and cheerful, lively and relaxed, forming a layered and cheerful atmosphere, with the characteristics of “fire”, can enter the heart. Best piece: “Purple Bamboo Tune”. This piece is unique in that it uses the levelling tone of fire and the feather tone of water, which can make the fire of the heart not too strong, and the fire can make the water not too cold, which is conducive to the functioning of the heart. The best time to enjoy: 21:00-23:00. Chinese medicine is most concerned about the nap, so be sure to let the heart qi calm down before the ziqi. Accompanying tea: prepare a cup of black tea, slightly with a small amount of green tea, can benefit the heart. Second, the liver: the five organs of the general liver prefer to be cheerful and open-minded. If we are troubled by some troubles for a long time, the liver will make our body should be flowing Qi in a stagnant state, a little time, it will gradually consume the liver’s energy, resulting in various discomforts. Common discomforts of the Liver: depression, irritability, breast swelling, bitterness in the mouth, dysmenorrhea, ulcers on the side of the tongue, dry eyes, timidity, easily frightened. The scale of the liver: the angular tone, equivalent to the “3” in the simple score. Horn tuned music: there is the earth back to spring, everything sprouting, vibrant melody, the tune is friendly and bright, with “wood” characteristics, can enter the liver. The best music: “Hu Jia 18 beats”. The liver needs to practice wood Qi, this song belongs to the gold of the Shang sound element is a little heavy, just to restrain the body’s excessive wood Qi, while the tune is gently paired with a more appropriate belong to the water of the feather sound, water and can well nourish the wood Qi, making it soft and smooth. The best time to enjoy: 19:00-23:00, this is the heaviest Yin time of the day, one can restrain the exuberant liver qi, so that too much liver qi does not turn into fire, and the other can use the exuberant Yin qi at this time to nourish the liver and make it balanced and normal. Accompanying tea: prepare a cup of green tea with less white tea inside to play the role of combing the liver qi. The spleen is an important source of energy in our body. Almost all of the energy needed for bodily activities comes from the spleen and stomach, which is digested and absorbed by food in order to be transformed into energy supply for various organs. Overeating, overloading with five flavors, and overthinking can overload our spleen and stomach and stop production. Common discomforts of the spleen: abdominal distension, loose stools, obesity, ulcers in the mouth and lips, yellowing of the face, low menstrual volume and color, fatigue, and prolapse of the stomach or uterus. The scale of the spleen: Gong tone, equivalent to the “1” in the simple score. Gong tuned music style is quiet, simple and solemn, as thick and strong as “earth”, can enter the spleen. Best piece: “Ambush from Ten Faces”. The spleen needs to be gentle, and this piece uses the more frequent levelling and gong tones, which can well stimulate our spleen and stomach to digest and absorb food rhythmically under the stimulation of the music. The best time to enjoy the music is during meals and within one hour after meals. Accompanying tea: prepare a cup of yellow tea, slightly with a small amount of black tea, can gently regulate the function of the spleen and stomach. Fourth, the lungs: the five organs of the prime minister lungs in the body is the management of respiratory organs, the whole body of the oxygen carried in the blood through the lungs for external gas exchange, and then transported to all parts of the body. Because of the frequent contact between the lungs and the outside world, polluted air, various kinds of dust and disease-causing bacteria can take over your lungs at the moment when your body’s resistance is slightly low. Common discomforts of the lungs: painful ulcers in the throat, cough, nasal congestion, shortness of breath, easy to catch a cold, easy to sweat. The scale belonging to the lungs: Shang, which is equivalent to “2” in the simple score. Shang tuned music has a high and majestic style, with the characteristics of “gold”, and can enter the lungs. The best piece: “Yang Chun Bai Xue”. The lung qi needs to be nourished. This piece has a high tune, including the Gong tone, which belongs to the earth, and the Zheng tone, which belongs to the fire, one of which helps to grow the lung qi, and the other to balance it. Please search the public number “Guoxue Zhiyin” to read more classics of Chinese studies. The best time to enjoy the music is from 15:00 to 19:00, when the sun starts to set in the west and the lung energy is strongest in the west, so with the melody of the music, you can get twice the result with half the effort with one breath. Accompanying tea: prepare a cup of white tea, with less black tea and yellow tea inside, in order to play the effect of raw lung energy, while removing impurities in the lungs. Five, the kidney: the five organs in the work of the strong official kidney in the body of the five organs, is considered the body’s savings institutions, all other organs in our body to produce energy, after meeting the daily consumption, will be excess energy transferred to the kidney, the future of the other organs in the body lack of sufficient energy, usually from the kidneys will be drawn. In the long run, the energy in the kidney is still in a state of scarcity in general. Common discomforts of the kidney: dark complexion, frequent urination, back pain, low libido, diarrhea at dawn. The scale of the lung: feather tone, equivalent to “6” in the simple score. Feather tuned music: pure style, mournful and mournful, cool and soft, like a crystal curtain hanging from the sky, flowing clouds and water, with the characteristics of “water”, can enter the kidneys. Best piece: “Three Blossoms of Plum Blossom”. Kidney energy needs to be stored, this piece of music has a soothing and appropriate combination of the five tones, inadvertently using the principle of mutual generation of the five elements, repeatedly, one by one, the energy generated is constantly transported to the kidneys. After listening to the song, you will feel refreshed and relaxed. The best time to enjoy: 7:00-11:00, this time of the day is a process of continuous high temperature, people and nature are mutually influenced, in this period, the sun is gradually rising, the body’s kidney qi is also excited to be called by the outside world, if you can use the gold nature of the Shang sound and the water nature of the Yu sound with a more harmonious tune to promote the kidney in the essence of prosperity. Accompanying tea: prepare a cup of black tea, put less white tea inside, in order to play the effect of the five elements.