Chromotherapy

The benefits of Chromotherapy are

Practitioners of ayurvedic medicine believe the body has seven "chakras," which some claim are 'spiritual centers', and which are held to be located along the spine. In New Age thought each of the chakras is associated with a single color of the visible light spectrum, along with a function and organ or bodily system. According to this view, the chakras can become imbalanced and result in physical diseases but it is believed that these imbalances can be corrected through application of the appropriate color. The purported colors and their associations are described as:

A New Age conceptualisation of the chakras of Indian body culture and their positions in the human body

Color	Chakra	Chakra location	Alleged function	Associated system
Red	First	Base of the spine	Grounding and Survival	Gonads, kidneys, spine, sense of smell
Orange	Second	Lower abdomen, genitals	Emotions, sexuality	Urinary tract, circulation, reproduction
Yellow	Third	Solar plexus	Power, ego	Stomach, liver, gall bladder, pancreas
Green	Fourth	Heart	Love, sense of responsibility	Heart, lungs, thymus
Blue	Fifth	Throat	Physical and spiritual communication	Throat, ears, mouth, hands
Indigo	Sixth	Just above the center of the brow, middle of forehead	Forgiveness, compassion, understanding	Eye, pineal glands
Violet	Seventh	Crown of the head	Connection with universal energies, transmission of ideas and information	Pituitary gland, the central nervous system and the cerebral cortex