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and feeling are also coloured. In short, our entire body is colour incarnate. Whenever equilibrium of colours in an organ is vitiated, one becomes ill. If, by colour therapy, the balance is re-established, the illness is cured.
Seven Colours and their Classification
There are seven colours in the sunlight-red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. Colour therapy is entirely based on these seven colours. For simplicity these are divided into three groups:
Group no. 1- red, orange and yellow Group no. 2.- blue, indigo and violet Group no. 3.- green.
The first group is hot, the second is cold and the third is moderate or in between. Generally speaking, diseases like cough and cold are treated by group no. 1; those caused by bilious humor or heat are treated by group no. 2; and those caused by wind humor are treated by the third group i.e.
green.
Preparation of Medicines
The technique of preparing the medicines of different colours is simple. Coloured glass bottles-orange, blue or green-are three-quarters filled with drinking water and kept in sunlight for 6 to 8 hours. The water becomes medicine after this time period and can remain useful for 5 days. The normal dose is 2 ounces, two or three times a day. Medicine of the first group is taken after meals and those of the other two groups are taken before meals. The medicines can also be mixed together.
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