The Miracle of MUSIC THERAPY

Hi all.
Do u Believe in Music Therapy??
I have read a book on Music therapy. I felt it is interesting. The books says..
'Music is a universal lanuguage. It influences all levels of human existence. It is a medium of communication, which can be both a pleasant and healing experience. Modern science and medicine are now rediscovering the healing powers of MUsic. And Music therapy- the specialised use of the music in treating persons with special needs in mental and physical health, rehabilitation and special education -is gaining ground. In the west it is now accepted form of treatment even within orthodox medical practice.'

Music is also considered as age -old part of ayurveda, the holistic Indian science that promtes a happy and healthy lifestyle.

It is beleived that music stimulates the pituitary gland, whose secretions affet the nervous system and the flow of blood. The right kind of music helps one relax and refresh. Even during the course of working, light music improves efficinecy.

Learning Music helps control negative aspects of our personality like worry, bias and anger. In addition , it can help cure headache, abdominal pain and tension. Music therapy is one of the most effective ways of controlling emotions, blood pressure and restroing the functioning of the liver. ( The Ananda Bairavi raga in carnatic music is supposed to be very good to relieve BP) .
The raga research Centre in Chennai, India is currently making a comprenhensive study of Indian ragas and evaluating their threapeutic potential with the help of musicians, doctors and psychiatrists.It is believed that classical Indian ragas can benefit a hose of conditions ranging from insomnia, high and low blood pressure to schizophrenia and epilepsy.
Research is also underway to understand how it can fight ageing and pain.
Indian Music , with its many ragas, is known to be particularly therapeutic in value.
For example, Ahir Bhairav helps indigestion, Asavari helps build confidence, Bageshri is good for insomnia, Basant Bahar for gall-stones, Bhairavi for rheumatic artritis, Bhim Palas for anxiety, Chandrakauns for anorexia and so on... The list is long and quite comprehensive with detailed ragas for specitfic disorders.
I have seen some doctors follwing this.
Listen to good music,
Take care and keep smiling
usha..

You are right! Music has deep-reaching powers to make us fitter and happier.

And for those of us that love it Indian music is especially efficacious.

I do worry, though, about things like attribution of specific effects to specific ragas. It is like those ragas that are suposed to bring rain: play them in the right place at the right time of year and it very well might rain!

I'm not saying that it can't be true; I'm sure that it can, but it needs lots of research and noting of effects, probably over years.

Difficult: say I have a headache: I sit down and relax to a favourite song, the headache goes, I say, "Oh! Raga X cures headaches!". Another song might have soothed my headache away.

The work you mention in Chennai sounds interesting, I know many others are researching this too.

Hey Nick at times dont we fee like listening to particular ragas?
Some ragas have some soothening effect. Like personally i feel very happy when i listen to Ananda bhairavi. I dont know why , but wenever i am little low i do put on this and i feel that my mood is changing.
similarly wen ur having a spliting headache u wont like to listen to some fast numbers rite?
cheers
usha

Yes, Usha, what you say is simple and straightforward and we can all relate to it. I also understand that is is almost impossible to apply laboratory-science type testing in fields like this. A lot of intuition is involved, and intuition doesn't like scientific 'testing'.

By chance (or maybe it was fate, not chance ) , within a few minutes of seeing your thread I came across this....

Link to The Hindu article on effects of Ragas

If you haven't seen it yet, take a look: you'll be interested

Thanks nick,
Let me get busy reading that now.
see ya
usha

Yes His flute was the reason for enough miling of cows those time>
I still know a big diary firm where they have experimented using music to keep them happy and more milky.dont have time now..there are a lot of reason to believe in music therapy