Colorpuncture

Application of blue light in the acupuncture's "60th point of the lung channel" during a colorpuncture session.
Application of blue light in the acupuncture's "60th point of the lung channel" during a colorpuncture session
Colorpuncture
Alternative medicine
Color light acupuncture
ClaimsApplying colored light to meridian points on the body, derived from acupuncture, has beneficial health effects.
Related fieldsAcupressure, Acupuncture, Biophotonics, Iridology, Kirlian photography
Year proposed1970s
Original proponentsPeter Mandel
See alsoChromotherapy

Colorpuncture, cromopuncture, or color light acupuncture, is a pseudoscientific[1] alternative medicine practice based on "mystical or supernatural" beliefs[2] which asserts that colored lights can be used to stimulate acupuncture points to promote healing and better health. It is a form of chromotherapy or color therapy.[3] There is no known anatomical or histological basis for the existence of acupuncture points or meridians,[4] and there is no scientific support for the efficacy of colorpuncture.[5][6]

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  3. ^ Cocilovo, A (1999). "Colored light therapy: Overview of its history, theory, recent developments and clinical applications combined with acupuncture". American Journal of Acupuncture. 27 (1–2): 71–83. PMID 10513100.
  4. ^ Mann, F (2000). Reinventing acupuncture: a new concept of ancient medicine. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann. pp. 14. ISBN 978-0-7506-4857-8.
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  6. ^ Bajpai, RP; Drexel, M (2008). "Effect of Colorpuncture on Spontaneous Photon Emission in a Subject Suffering from Multiple Sclerosis". Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies. 1 (2): 114–20. doi:10.1016/S2005-2901(09)60031-5. PMID 20633463.