Research shows that pure green light can relieve migraine

According to the statistics of the American Academy of pain medicine, about 100 million people in the United States suffer from chronic pain Although opioids (http:// (powerful painkillers) may help relieve pain, they can cause serious side effects such as dizziness, vomiting and constipation, and even lead to drug "addiction" in patients with pain But now research at the University of Arizona has come up with a possible alternative: exposure to green light Published in the journal pain, a team led by mohab Ibrahim and Rajesh Khanna, Ph.D., of the University of Arizona, studied three groups of experimental mice with neuropathic pain They placed the first group of mice in a transparent plastic container lit only by a green LED strip - the light lasts eight hours a day for five days The second group was placed in containers lit by ordinary indoor lights and equipped with contact lenses, allowing only the green spectrum to pass through their eyes In addition, the researchers did not allow the third group of mice to see any color of light In subsequent tests, the first two groups showed greater tolerance to tactile stimulation than the control group After four days of continuous exposure to the green light, no side effects were noted Scientists believe that this may be because green light increased the level of endogenous opioids circulating in mice In addition, the researchers are conducting a 10 week clinical trial in 10 patients with fibromyalgia (http:// and the current results are encouraging In 2016, a Harvard study also showed that pure green light can relieve migraine.