ʻO ka lāʻau lapaʻau he lāʻau lapaʻau e hoʻohana ana i ka mālamalama i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e hoʻoulu i kahi kaʻina i kapa ʻia photobiomodulation (PBM ʻo ia ka photobiomodulation). I ka wā PBM, komo nā kiʻi kiʻi i loko o ka ʻiʻo a launa pū me ka cytochrome c complex i loko o ka mitochondria. Hoʻokumu kēia pilina i kahi cascade biological o nā hanana e alakaʻi i ka piʻi ʻana o ka metabolism cellular, hiki ke hoʻemi i ka ʻeha a me ka wikiwiki i ke kaʻina hana ho'ōla.
Ua wehewehe ʻia ka lāʻau Photobiomodulation ma ke ʻano he ʻano o ka lāʻau māmā e hoʻohana ana i nā kumu kukui non-ionizing, me nā lasers, light emitting diodes, a / a i ʻole nā kukui broadband, i ka ʻike ʻia (400 - 700 nm) a me ka infrared kokoke (700 - 1100 nm) electromagnetic spectrum. He kaʻina nonthermal ia e pili ana i nā chromophores endogenous e kiʻi ana i nā hanana photophysical (ʻo ia hoʻi, linear a me nonlinear) a me nā hanana photochemical ma nā ʻano unahi olaola. ʻO kēia kaʻina hana i nā hopena lapaʻau maikaʻi e pili ana akā ʻaʻole i kaupalena ʻia i ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i ka ʻeha, immunomodulation, a me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka ho'ōla ʻeha a me ka hoʻōla hou ʻana o ka ʻiʻo. Ke hoʻohana ʻia nei ka huaʻōlelo photobiomodulation (PBM) therapy e nā mea noiʻi a me nā loea ma mua o nā huaʻōlelo e like me ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa laser therapy (LLLT), ka laser anuanu, a i ʻole ka lāʻau laser.
ʻO nā loina kumu e kākoʻo ana i ka lāʻau photobiomodulation (PBM), e like me ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia manawa ma ka palapala ʻepekema, maʻalahi. Aia ka ʻae ʻana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi ʻano lapaʻau o ka māmā i ka ʻiʻo impaired a dysfunctional paha e alakaʻi i kahi pane kelepona i hoʻopili ʻia e nā mīkini mitochondrial. Ua hōʻike nā haʻawina e hiki i kēia mau hoʻololi ke hopena i ka ʻeha a me ka mumū, a me ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā kiko.