ʻO ka PBMT kahi lāʻau lapaʻau laser a i ʻole LED e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā ʻiʻo (nā ʻeha ʻili, nā ʻiʻo, ke aʻalolo, ka iwi, nā aʻalolo), hoʻemi i ka mumū a hoʻemi i ka ʻeha ma nā wahi a pau e hoʻopili ʻia ai ke kukuna.
Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo PBMT e hoʻolalelale i ka hoʻōla hou ʻana, e hōʻemi i ka hōʻino ʻana o nā ʻiʻo a hōʻemi i ka ʻeha ma hope o ka hoʻoikaika kino.
I ka wā o ka Space Shuttle, makemake ʻo NASA e aʻo pehea e ulu ai nā mea kanu i ka lewa. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole i kūpono nā kumu kukui i hoʻohana ʻia e ulu i nā mea kanu ma ka Honua i kā lākou mau pono; ua hoʻohana lākou i ka mana nui loa a ua hana i ka wela nui loa.
I nā makahiki 1990, ua hui pū ʻo The Wisconsin Center for Space Automation & Robotics me Quantum Devices Inc. e hoʻomohala i kahi kumu kukui ʻoi aku ka pono. Ua hoʻohana lākou i nā diode hoʻomālamalama (LED) i kā lākou mea i hana ai, ʻo ka Astroculture3. He keʻena ulu mea kanu ka Astroculture3, me nā kukui LED, a NASA i hoʻohana pono ai ma kekahi mau misionari Space Shuttle.
Ma hope koke iho, ua ʻike ʻo NASA i nā noi kūpono o ke kukui LED ʻaʻole wale no ke olakino o nā mea kanu, akā no nā astronauts ponoʻī. Noho i ka umekaumaha haʻahaʻa, ʻaʻole wikiwiki ka hana hou ʻana o nā cell kanaka, a ʻike nā astronauts i ka nalowale o ka iwi a me nā ʻiʻo. No laila ua huli ʻo NASA i ka photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT). Ua wehewehe ʻia ka photobiomodulation therapy ma ke ʻano he ʻano o ka light therapy e hoʻohana ana i nā kumu kukui non-ionizing, me nā lasers, nā diodes emitting light, a/a i ʻole ke kukui broadband, ma ka electromagnetic spectrum ʻike ʻia (400 - 700 nm) a kokoke-infrared (700 - 1100 nm). He hana nonthermal ia e pili ana i nā chromophores endogenous e hoʻoulu ana i nā hanana photophysical (ʻo ia hoʻi, linear a me nonlinear) a me nā hanana photochemical ma nā ʻano biological like ʻole. ʻO kēia kaʻina hana e hopena i nā hopena therapeutic maikaʻi e pili ana akā ʻaʻole i kaupalena ʻia i ka hōʻoluʻolu o ka ʻeha, immunomodulation, a me ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka ho'ōla ʻana o ka ʻeha a me ka hana hou ʻana o nā ʻiʻo. Ke hoʻohana ʻia nei ka huaʻōlelo photobiomodulation (PBM) therapy e nā mea noiʻi a me nā mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa ma kahi o nā huaʻōlelo e like me ka low level laser therapy (LLLT), cold laser, a i ʻole ka laser therapy.
Hoʻohana nā mea hoʻōla kukui i nā ʻano kukui like ʻole, mai ke kukui ʻike ʻole ʻia, kokoke i ka infrared ma o ke kukui ʻike ʻia (ʻulaʻula, ʻalani, melemele, ʻōmaʻomaʻo, a me ka uliuli), e kū ana ma mua o nā kukuna ultraviolet ʻino. I kēia manawa, ʻo nā hopena o ke kukui ʻulaʻula a me ke kukui kokoke i ka infrared ka mea i aʻo nui ʻia; hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ke kukui ʻulaʻula e mālama i nā maʻi ʻili, ʻoiai hiki i ka infrared kokoke ke komo hohonu, e hana ana i kona ala ma o ka ʻili a me ka iwi a hiki i loko o ka lolo. Manaʻo ʻia he maikaʻi loa ke kukui polū i ka mālama ʻana i nā maʻi a hoʻohana pinepine ʻia no ka ʻākena. ʻAʻole maopopo loa nā hopena o ke kukui ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me ka melemele, akā hiki i ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo ke hoʻomaikaʻi i ka hyperpigmentation, a hiki i ka melemele ke hōʻemi i ka photoaging.
