Medically, laughter has a wonderful effect on our body

 Medically, laughter has a wonderful effect on our body

Laughter-the best medicine

Laughter is way of showing happiness. We laugh only when we are really happy. Every one of us loves to laugh. That’s why funny films or comedies are so popular. Is there any one whom jokes or tit-bits do not tickle to laugh? -Hardly any.   

 Laughter refreshes and relaxes us. It lightens our minds by removing stress and strain. It lessons our worry. In this way, it proves to be a very good tonic for the mind. When our mind is free from all sorts of worry and tension, we enjoy good mental health. And good mental health contributes a lot to our good physical health. That is why laughter is known as `the best medicine.’

 One of the well-known advantages of laughter is that it helps us forget our sorrow and anger. Suppose, if we are in an angry mood. Somebody tries to lighten the atmosphere by cracking a joke. Now the humor and lighter content of the jokes is bound to have its effect on us.  As a result, we will stop sulking and find ourselves laughing. After a good laugh, nobody can continue to be angry. Laughter melts anger. It does the same to sorrow.

 Medically, laughter has a wonderful effect on our body. It is said that deep breathing brings more air into the lugs and is very good for better circulation of blood in the body. Now when a person laughs he takes in six times more air than would even in deep breathing. This dramatic finding has given laughter a new status in the field of health and medicine.

 Further, laughter has the power to cure even major diseases. Laughter therapy cures different kinds of diseases.  Other medical therapies have to be endured. For example, one has to endure the pain of an injection and the bitterness and negative side effects of medicine. But in laughter therapy, you laugh and enjoy yourself and get cured. In this way laughter is a wonderful medicine.   

 This does mean that a sick person can stop taking medicine and laugh to get cured. No, if he is open to the idea of merriment while taking his regular treatment, he will certainly get better faster.

 Read jokes and humors articles and watch funny movies and serials to get laughter. Besides, we should see the lighter side of life in our day to day happenings. It is with the aim of using laughter as a tonic for health that these days there are laughter clubs in almost all big cities and towns. There people try to have a hearty laugh to remain healthy. But let us not forget that we should laugh with people but ever at people. Laughter at people hurts them but laughing with people gives them joy and lightens the atmosphere.