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Heilpraktiker in Vellberg
Karl Willeit

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What is light therapy?

Our living and working environment is only equipped with illumination of 500 lux. That means for the dark season - you stand on under artificial light, goes to work in dim light, operating at about 500 lux at dusk and goes back home. As a result of this lack of light, people feel it the worst, when the days are shortest. And in 10-20% of the general population, can be a "winter depression" develop depression, listlessness, decreased performance and various physical symptoms. One way to break this cycle, provides light therapy.

Applications of Light Therapy

• Winter depression
• Insomnia
• "Days before the days"
• Eating Disorders
• Not seasonally dependent depression
• jet lag problems with time zone changes

In healthy individuals, the drive-enhancing effect of light therapy and lead to an improvement in mental state.

Effect of light therapy

Light therapy acts exclusively on the eye, not through the skin. Light is the strongest external timer from the people and leads to a light intensity of about 2,500 lux at a payout of certain hormones and neurotransmitters in the brain. By a bright light increases the activity of the neurotransmitters serotonin and norepinephrine, which are called "good-mood-maker." At the same time the production of the sleep-inducing hormone melatonin is inhibited.

In up to 80 percent of cases, the healing properties of light even occur after a week.

Side effects of light therapy

Rare and usually of short duration can lead to headache, irritability, nausea and burning eyes. For pre-existing eye diseases before an eye doctor should be consulted. Taking certain medications that increase the sensitivity of the eye, an ophthalmologist should be monitoring. Please consult your doctor.

Diseases, alternate in which a strong drive growth and elevated mood with down-tuned moods) Caution in patients with manic-depressive illness This may - as with other treatments and in the natural course - with the light therapy is a manic (clear drive increase) or hypomanic ( slightly manic excitement) phase occur.

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Light Therapy

Please note: therapies may be exercised only by members of the healthcare profession.
Among therapies and cures experienced provider of Light Therapy do not show itself off automatically as members of a health professional and do not necessarily intend to do so. For your safety, please inquire with the respective vendors for Light Therapy for a qualification.

The therapies presented in this directory, methods, holistic healing (eg. Reiki), counseling services (eg psychotherapy, life coaching) will be partially practiced for centuries and even today teached in courses and seminars.
These practises will not substitute help and advice of a doctor. The provider of this website is not liable for damages arising from the use or misuse of the presented here, possibly with therapies and cures.