Music is soothing to body, mind and soul. Those of us who enjoy a certain type of music know that is so.
There have also been extensive experiments showing that obnoxious music, such as heavy metal and hard rock, is damaging to living tissues.
Now there is a new piece in the jigsaw. It seems that operatic music is healing and nurturing to an organism under stress and likely to experience inflammation.
Classical music is good.
Mice with transplanted hearts listening to soothing classical music lived TWICE AS LONG as those that were deaf or listening to pop music.
Time to change the content of your iPod, I think!
Masateru Uchiyama of Juntendo University Hospital in Tokyo, Japan, gave mice heart transplants from an unrelated donor which were therefore expected to be rejected. For a week following the operation, the mice continuously listened to Verdi’s opera La Traviata, a selection of Mozart concertos, music by Enya, or a range of single monotones.
Mice exposed to opera fared best – they survived an average of 26 days, with those who listened to Mozart close behind at 20 days. Mice who listened to Enya survived for 11 days and the monotone group only seven days.
I’m sad about the Enya; I have always thought her music soothing. However, it can be gloomy, as in the Watermark album.
Interestingly, mice that were deaf but were subjected to La Traviata did badly, as did mice exposed to pop music. So it really was a listening effect, not just vibrations.
Blood samples from the mice exposed to classical music appeared to slow organ rejection by calming the immune system. The mice had lower concentrations of inflammatory cytokines and higher levels of substances that dampen inflammation (Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, in press).
Remember, as you ponder this, that slowing of the immune system is good against inflammation but would be a poor result when, say, fighting cancer or an infection.
However, I think the body is intelligent enough to know the difference and we can safely say the sweet music heals body and mind!
i am desperate for your help as i can not get any in england at the moment ive recently had a uterine ablation 5 weeks ago and still having problems i cant go out and get on with every day life ;keep making stupid mistakes like taking oregano oil for bladder infection not knowing it brings on more bleeding coz it contracts the uterus i only took some oil in a pint of water the doctor said he thinks ive got a low grade infection and gave me metronidazole i suffer from candida alblicans and last antibiotic he gave me i could not walk for 8 weeks i was so sore do you know a alternative antibiotic coz grapefruit extract i think kills friendly bacteria i am on a healthy diet fresh raw juices with barley grass ect fresh salads and supplements im scared which is not helping me i have numerous allergies especially to fruit since the antibiotic my phone number is 01427 667114 if you can talk to me or i could phone you the good news is all tests came back all clear for cancer and i know its down to life style and diet i love enya have you listened to iona a singing group similar music and a group called rin japaneese music look forward to hearing from you nicki
This is a blog Nicki
Not a consultation service.
Dr K cannot answer questions like this, it would irresponsible and certainly illegal in the USA.
Perhaps ;you are having a healing crisis.
sometimes we have to get worse before we can get better.
Like taking an Auto apart to fix it .
Then it runs better.
Keep searching for alternatives and you will succeed.
mac