About The Daylight Therapy Lamp - Beurer TL 80 Gebrauchsanweisung

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1. About the daylight therapy lamp .................... 9
2. Signs and symbols ....................................... 10
3. Notes ............................................................ 10
4. Unit description ............................................ 11
5. Initial use ....................................................... 12
6. Operation ...................................................... 12

1. About the daylight therapy lamp

Dear valued customer,
Thank you for choosing one of our products. Our name stands for high-quality, thoroughly tested products
for applications in the areas of heat, weight, blood pressure, body temperature, pulse, gentle therapy,
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Your Beurer team
Why use a daylight therapy lamp?
When the hours of daylight are noticeably decreased in autumn and people increasingly stay inside, the
effects of a lack of light may cumulate. This is often described as „winter depression". The symptoms can
present themselves in a number of ways:
• Imbalance
• Subdued mood
• Lack of energy and listlessness
• Generally feeling under the weather
The cause of these symptoms is the fact that light, particularly sunlight, is essential for life and has a direct
effect upon the human body. Sunlight indirectly controls the production of melatonin, which is released
into the blood only in darkness. This hormone tells the body when it is time to sleep. In the months when
there is less sunlight, therefore, production of melatonin increases. This makes it harder to get up in the
morning, since the body's functions are shut down. If you use the daylight therapy lamp immediately after
waking up in the morning-thus as early as possible-you can end the production of melatonin so that
your mood can take a positive turn. In addition, light deficiency also hinders production of the happiness
hormone serotonin, which decisively affects our well-being. So application of light involves quantitative
changes in hormones and neurotransmitters in the brain, which can affect our level of activity, our feelings
and our well-being. Light can help reverse this hormone imbalance. To compensate for such a hormonal
imbalance, the daylight therapy lamp can create a suitable replacement for natural sunlight.
In the medical field, daylight therapy lamps are used to compensate for the effects of a lack of light. Day-
light therapy lamps simulate daylight over 10,000 lux. The light can influence the human body and be used
as a treatment or as a preventative measure. Normal electric light is not sufficient to influence the hormo-
nal balance. Because in a well-lit office the illuminance level amounts to just 500 lux.
Included in delivery: • Daylight therapy lamp
• These operating instructions
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7. Replacing the lamp tubes/starter ............... 13
8. Cleaning and care of the unit ...................... 13
9. Disposal ...................................................... 13
10. Technical specifications .............................. 13
11. Warranty/service .......................................... 14
• Need for more sleep
• Loss of appetite
• Difficulty concentrating
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