LED Therapy FAQ

Why can't I see light from some of the LED's?

These LEDs (880 nm) are on and working properly. You cannot see them because they are in the in rared spectrum! which is not "isible to the human eye. #ome digital cameras and camcorders will display the in rared lights.
What is the difference between Laser or LED?

LED$s produce (non%coherent! monochromatic light& spontaneous emission) % Laser$s produce (coherent! monochromatic light! stimulated emission) Tiina 'aru (())8* The #cience o Low%+ower Laser Therapy) states that ,...the coherence o light is o no importance in low%power laser clinical e ects, and ,the primary di erence between lasers and LED$s is that the laser$s coherent beam produces ,speckles, o relati"ely high power density which can cause local heating o inhomogeneous tissues,. -urrently researchers . scientist agree that LED$s are e ecti"e in generating a response within li"ing tissue and hence has a therapeutic e ect i used properly. /ost published research on photore0u"enation has been conducted using Lasers and not LED$s. 1nly within the the last decade ha"e LED$s been produced with a strong enough output power to be bene icial or photo re0u"enation 23#3 has produced the best research documentation to date supporting the e ecti"eness o LED$s to stimulate plants and human tissue. 4ntil more research is completed on the success o LED$s or photore0u"enation the e ecti"eness is still not supported by e5tensi"e research. To summari6e! both LED$s and Laser$s work! but more research is needed to determine their best suited role LED$s will play in photo%re0u"ination.

Speed the Healing of Cuts

By pulsing red and infrared light emitting diodes (LEDs) on cuts, the speed of healing is greatly increased. ed and infrared !a"elengths from ##$ nm (nanometers) to %%$ nm penetrate the s&in more effecti"ely than other !a"elengths. 'hotons stimulate the mitochondria and this triggers a healing response. This is (ecause the machinery of our cells is photosensiti"e. By pulsing the LEDs at )*) +,, the healing is speeded e"en more (y raising the "i(rational rate of the damaged s&in up to the fre-uency of healthy s&in tissue

(y entrainment. The disco"ery that LEDs can help cuts heal faster !ould not ha"e (een possi(le if laser therapists hadn.t (een paying attention. /hen normal lasers are used, not only does the target area get (urned, (ut the surrounding s&in gets (urned as !ell. 0"er time, it !as o(ser"ed that the surrounding s&in that !as (urned heals faster than s&in normally does !hen (urned (y other means. 1t !as thought that turning the po!er on the lasers !ay do!n and directing the (eam o"er damaged s&in might speed the healing of cuts and (urns. This is one form of Lo! Le"el Laser Therapy or LLLT. 2upporters of LLLT claim that it !or&s (etter than LEDs, (ut the fact is !hen the laser light hits the s&in, it (ecomes non3coherent. LEDs are a "ery ine4pensi"e non3coherent light source at the same !a"elengths that the lasers use and much less po!er is re-uired. 5ost people are familiar !ith LEDs and don.t e"en &no! it. 5ost po!er indicator lights on electronic de"ices are LEDs. 2o are the ones on the ends of remote controls. The po!er indicator lights emit light that is in the "isi(le spectrum and the LEDs at the end of remote controls emit light in the in"isi(le infrared range. LEDs are &no!n as p3n semiconductors. The p is the positi"e electrode and the n is the negati"e electrode. They connect to the semiconductor material on each side of a 6unction. /hen enough "oltage is supplied to the positi"e end it recom(ines !ith the negati"e side (y (ridging the gap. The e4cess energy is con"erted into light. The color of light emitted depends on the ratio of each material that is mi4ed together to ma&e the silicon diode. 'ulsing these LEDs at different fre-uencies can increase the effecti"eness of the LED treatments. Dr. 'aul 7ogier, the father of ear acupuncture, disco"ered that each tissue type in the (ody resonates at different fre-uencies depending on the em(ryologic origin of tissue. 2omeone !ould lie do!n on his or her (ac& and he !ould chec& their radial artery pulse. 8sing a fre-uency generator, he dialed in different fre-uencies and aimed them at different parts of the (ody and also on different acupuncture points. 1f the fre-uencies !ere (eneficial, the pea& !a"e amplitude of the pulse !ould shift in a certain direction. 1f the fre-uencies !ere not (eneficial, the shift !ould (e in the opposite direction. +e found that tissue deri"ed from ectodermal tissues had a positi"e response to )*) +,. Tissue deri"ed from endodermal tissues responded (est to 9%: +, and tissue deri"ed from mesodermal tissues responded (est to ;;#% +,. These fre-uencies are all harmonics of each other and happen to (e harmonics of the D note. 5ost of these lights are in porta(le hand held de"ices or in fle4i(le foam (lan&ets !ith the LEDs em(edded throughout them. These (lan&ets are used to treat large areas. The hand held de"ices and (lan&ets ha"e mostly (een used (y holistic "eterinarians and especially (y e-uestrian acupuncturists for a(out )$ years already. 2hining a pulsed red LED set to )*) +, on a cut has (een sho!n to increase the speed of healing. E"en !ithout pulsing the LEDs, the speed of healing is incredi(ly increased. /hen su(mariners !ith lacerations !ere treated !ith non3pulsed LEDs, the !ounds healed t!ice as fast as in the untreated controls. E"en the 7a"y 2eals and astronauts are

(enefiting greatly from this technology and they aren.t e"en using any of the pulsed fre-uencies. /here are !e headed !ith all of this healing light technology< /ith (ig interests such as 7A2A di"ing deeply into the research and de"elopment of this technology, it is sure to get more and more attention. 0("iously the costs of these de"ices !ill (egin to get more afforda(le as !e find cheaper !ays of ma&ing them. Quantum De"ices is a LED therapy de"ice company that 7A2A is !or&ing !ith and they ha"e a relati"ely lo! priced LED de"ice a"aila(le for =;9,$$$ that is lo! compared to a =;9$,$$$ diode laser system. 0ther companies such as >hee Energy located in >oeur d.Alene, 1daho ha"e de"ices a"aila(le for around =9$$ plus or minus a fe! hundred dollars and they can e"en fit in a poc&et. /ith more afforda(le pricing li&e that, the mar&et is enormously enlarged. 1f you !ould li&e to try and e4perience the (enefits of this 2tar Tre& medicine yourself, go to your local adio 2hac& and purchase the (rightest red LED, (attery, resistor, small pro6ect (o4 and s!itch. The fol&s there !ill (e a(le to tell you !hich parts you need and ho! to put together this simple pro6ect. The !hole thing should cost (et!een =93 ;$. 1t.s as simple as the circuitry in a flashlight e4cept that the light is not a (ul(? it is a LED. The !hole thing !ill fit easily in the palm of your hand depending on !hat you use for a case. This &ind of cheap homemade unit !on.t ha"e the (enefits of the 7ogier.s fre-uencies and it !on.t loo& too fancy, (ut for minimal effort, you !ill (e a(le to ha"e a !or&a(le unit. @ust use your o!n imagination. 8se it on minor cuts as soon as they happen for ;9 minutes t!ice a day until it is totally healed and 1.m sure you !ill (e ama,ed at 6ust ho! fast light emitting diodes speed the healing of cuts.