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Music therapy: from Ancient Egypt to the present day her/h1> Piano

four thousand years BC, philosophers and scientists of Ancient Egypt were convinced that through music and singing can not only control the mood of the person, but also to cure him from some somatic diseases. To treat, however, came only those diseases, the causes of which are linked to the mental state of the person. For example, the physicians of Ancient Egypt prescribed to their patients from insomnia choral singing and the same medication is advised to get rid of serious headaches. And now, after nearly six thousand years, music therapy has given a new understanding and rebirth.

First attempt to use music therapy in the 19th century

Knowing from personal experience, that music can change the mood and get rid of unpleasant thoughts, the French psychiatrist Jean Etienne Dominique Esquirol, known for its reform, decided to use in therapy and music. Having studied the study of ancient scholars about the music (presumably adopting the experience of the Persian philosopher Avicenna), Esquirol is on music therapy in the treatment of mental patients.

And after only a short time after this, his experience adopt the German, Swiss and Austrian scientists first treated music of stomach ulcers, second various forms of tuberculosis, and still others sought to anesthetize her through childbirth. As far as their experiments were successful, the issue is still unresolved for science, but after the second world war, the first major scientific discoveries about the impact of music on the human body have led to the widespread fascination with the therapy.

Scientific proof of the effectiveness of music therapy and the formation of schools

the Second world war has brought mankind not only international drama but also a lot of scientific breakthroughs. What yesterday seemed beyond is available today it has become an everyday reality. For example, scientists were able to study the physiological reactions that occur in man, listening particular music.

the Discoveries made by scientists in this field has proved that music can not only change a person's mood, but it also affects:

As it turned out, with the right use of music, a person can not only heal from chronic diseases, but even mentally reprogrammed.

All these discoveries are the reason that music therapy received extensive study and development. Consequently, there appeared once a few schools of music therapy: Swedish, American, German and Russian. Each of them has its own scope and methods of music therapy, but somehow they are all connected with psychotherapy.

the Relationship of music therapy and traditional medicine

of Course, that the therapy is not the traditional treatment. And a regular doctor will not prescribe is pain medication several symphonies before bedtime. However, having accurate scientific evidence, conventional medicine is forced to reckon with this semi-mystical phenomenon of therapy. But regular audiophiles can actively use the works of music therapy in your life in addition to any classical treatment.

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