Ua loaʻa ka lāʻau lapaʻau māmā i ka wā e noho ana nā mea kanu a me nā holoholona ma ka honua, ʻoiai ua pōmaikaʻi mākou a pau i kekahi pae mai ka lā maoli.
ʻAʻole wale ka hui pū ʻana o ke kukui UVB mai ka lā me ka cholesterol i loko o ka ʻili e kōkua i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka huaora D3 (ma laila e loaʻa ai ka pōmaikaʻi o ke kino piha), akā ʻo ka ʻāpana ʻulaʻula o ke kiko kukui ʻike ʻia (600 - 1000nm) pili pū kekahi me kahi enzyme metabolic kī. i loko o ka mitochondria o kā mākou pūnaewele, e hoʻokiʻekiʻe ana i ka poʻi ma luna o kā mākou ikehu.
Ua puni ka lāʻau māmā o kēia manawa mai ka hopena o ka makahiki 1800, ʻaʻole i liʻuliʻu ma hope o ka lilo ʻana o ka uila a me nā kukui home i mea, i ka wā i hānau ʻia ai ʻo Faroe Islands ʻo Niels Ryberg Finsen i hoʻāʻo me ka māmā i mea lapaʻau no ka maʻi.
Ua lanakila ʻo Finsen i ka makana Nobel no ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka makahiki 1903, 1 makahiki ma mua o kona make ʻana, a ua lanakila nui ʻo ia i ka mālama ʻana i nā maʻi maʻi liʻiliʻi, lupus a me nā maʻi ʻili ʻē aʻe me ka māmā māmā.
ʻO ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa māmā mua ka mea nui i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻōpuʻu incandescent kuʻuna, a ua hana ʻia he 10,000 mau haʻawina ma ka mālamalama i ke kenekulia 20.Loaʻa nā haʻawina mai nā hopena i nā ilo, a i ʻole nā manu, nā wahine hāpai, nā lio a me nā iniseti, bacteria, nā mea kanu a me nā mea hou aku.ʻO ka hoʻomohala hou loa ʻo ia ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā mea LED a me nā lasers.
I ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kala ʻē aʻe e like me nā LED, a ua hoʻomaka ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana o ka ʻenehana, ua lilo nā LED i koho kūpono a maikaʻi loa no ka lāʻau māmā, a ʻo ia ka ʻoihana maʻamau i kēia lā, me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka maikaʻi.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Sep-06-2022