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Heliotherapy

/ˌhiːli.oʊˈθɛrəpi/noun
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Heliotherapy refers to the medical practice of using sunlight or artificial UV light to treat various ailments, leveraging the sun's natural rays to stimulate healing processes in the body. In contemporary usage, it's often employed for conditions like psoriasis or seasonal affective disorder, but it must be balanced with precautions against overexposure to prevent harm.

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Ancient civilizations like the Egyptians and Greeks practiced early forms of heliotherapy, but it wasn't until the 1920s that it helped reduce rickets cases in children by up to 80% in industrialized nations, thanks to the discovery of vitamin D synthesis from sunlight.

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