How can therapeutic harp music help the health care professional?
Therapeutic harp music has profound benefits for patients with cardiac and lung disease, as well as patients undergoing chemotherapy and psychotherapy. Drugs play an important role in healing in modern medicine; however, certain drugs have undesirable side effects. For example, the use of Valium and certain sleep aids have led to addiction and dependence in its users. The use of morphine in the hospice setting has had great therapeutic value; however, side effects including constipation and disorientation have their drawbacks. Therapeutic harp music is non-addictive and has no harmful side effects and is a valuable adjunct therapy with drug therapy. The use of therapeutic harp music as a mood lifter has direct beneficial use for the depressed patient, and a hospice patient on a large dosage of morphine may be able to lower the dosage when therapeutic harp music is used, so that the patient is more alert and has more quality time with loved ones. Patients with lung disease respond to th
