Music has the ability to bypass the conscious mind directly access the subconscious mind. The musicotherapy based on this theory has been forward as a means of treating specific ailment.

音乐能绕过意识状态而直接进入潜意识状态，基于这个原理，在对某些疑难杂症的治疗中提出了音乐疗法的治疗方法。

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The WSJ piece is only incidentally about the possible side-effects of a specific treatment for a particular ailment.

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