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> "Intranasal Light Therapy involves the simple process of clipping a small red light diode to the nose to illuminate the nasal cavity. Researchers have found t
by jodrellblank 6y ago
> "Intranasal Light Therapy involves the simple process of clipping a small red light diode to the nose to illuminate the nasal cavity. Researchers have found that this act initiates the process of healing a large number of health conditions such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, sinusitis, dementia and various viral infections." - http://www.drgcohen.com/site/healing-approach/intranasal-light-therapy/ http://www.drgcohen.com/site/healing-approach/intranasal-lig...
The more panacea it is, the more woo it probably is, eh?
[Edit: NB. Nitric Oxide is produced in the paranasal sinus cavities[1], and when inhaling through the nose it gets drawn into the body. It appears to be involved in arterial flexibility, increasing blood flow, decreasing blood pressure, immunity, neurotransmission, and relatedly treating erectile dysfunction. Humming appears to increase the production of Nitric Oxide[3]. Maybe the red light up the nose just makes you breathe through your nose?]
[1] https://thorax.bmj.com/content/54/10/947 https://thorax.bmj.com/content/54/10/947
[3] https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/full/10.1164/rccm.200202-138BC https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/full/10.1164/rccm.200202-138...
- mrob 6y ago[3] does not claim that humming increases production of NO. It claims that humming improves air exchange between the parasinuses (which produce NO) and the nasal cavity. This results in increased exhalation of NO. Production was not measured.
- jodrellblank 6y agoThat's a good point.
- klipt 6y agoSome of it may be woo, but searching Google Scholar for photobiomodulation does seem to bring up some legit looking journal articles. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5215795/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5215795/