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Chromotherapy is a technique in which diseases are treated using different colors. It is based on the principle that lack of colors lead to various diseases in the human body. During this therapy lights of different colors are applied to the body parts. It is an attempt to restore the body’s balance through colors.

We can practice chromotherapy is our daily lives too by eating those vegetables/fruits which contain these colors. Different colors can have a different affect on your body.

Yellow: Joy and happiness are associated with this color. It stimulates the brain, liver and the spleen. It also acts as a diuretic and laxative. Yellow is found in grapes, lemon, lime, banana, mango, melon and pumpkin.

Red: The color represents anger, fire and heat. Red energizes and stimulates the human body. It makes the cold extremities warm by stimulating arterial blood. Tomatoes, radish, water melon, red berries contain this color. Red is found in most of the red skinned fruits.

Purple: The color is made up from red and blue. It has a soothing and calming effect on the nervous system, ears and eyes. It’s also a great stimulant. Purple is found in all food items with violet and blue colors.

Orange: The color is associated with pride and prosperity. It helps is energizing the nerves and stimulating the blood supply. Orange is found is various vegetables and fruits like orange, carrot, peach, papaya, mango and apricot.

Blue: this beautiful color helps in alleviating pain and reducing bleeding. It also helps in healing of burn wounds. Blue is found is blueberries and blue grapes.

Green: This color results from a combination of soothing blue and stimulating yellow. Green is often seen as a color of harmony. It has a mild sedative effect on the human body. The color is quite naturally found in most of the green vegetables like lettuce, spinach, gourds, pears and peas.