THE COLOUR CURE.

Otago Witness, Issue 3743, 8 December 1925, Page 76

THE COLOUR CURE.

LORD CLIFFORD’S EXPERIMENTS. ACTION ON VEGETATION. (Fboii Our Own Correspondent.) LONDON, October 15. Lord Clifford of Chudleigh, who was lecturing in Australia and New Zealand a yea,r or two ago, has been studying the action of coloured light upon the growth of vegetation. “All the colours of the spectrum,” said Lord Clifford, in an interview, “may be utilised for different complaints, and in future doctors may describe their patients by their colour rather than by their symptoms “One shade of red is the most effectual in all cases of blood poisoning. Ultraviolet produces a fermentation in the body which reduces hardness of tissue and also builds up blood tissies. A particular shade of violet causes the growth of bone; an indigo produces hydrocarbonates and body tissues; a shade of blue produces muscular generation and strength; a shade of green increases the vitality and general energy of the system and also the growth of fat; yellow restores the nerves. But, of course, the greatest care must be taken that only the right shade of each colour is used or opposite results may be obtained. “The treatment would also benefit most people suffering from premature old age and mental worry produced by past illnesses. Ido not claim that it can make people of 60 feel like 35, but it certainly can restore them to the state of activity and fitness they enjoyed a dozen years before. •* I hope that the new method will eventually lead to a cure for consumption.”