JPH0796045A - Far infrared thermothereutic means for cancer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To allow the heat to arrive at the cancer tissue deep in the body by the effect of the far IR rays radiated from ceramics which has water of crystallization and radiates the far IR rays so that the cancer cells weak to heat are eradicated by sealing the ceramics into a heat resistant bag. CONSTITUTION:This treating means 1 is formed by sealing the ceramics 3 into the heat resistant bag 2 which is made of, for example, cloth, so as not to impart an uncomfortable feel a patient when the means is applied on the skin. The means 1 can be heated by a microwave oven. Ceramics which contain the water of crystallization and release the far IR rays, for example, zeolite, crystabilite, granite porphyry, serpentine, etc., are used as the ceramics 3. The treating means is heated to about 70 deg.C by a microwave oven and is used by applying the heated treating means to the skin near the lesion at the time of the treatment. The entire part of the treating means is covered with a towel, etc., if the means is too hot. As a resultm the cancer cells weak to the heat are effectively eradicated.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a therapeutic device for eliminating cancer by hyperthermia.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a method for treating cancer, there are hyperthermia in addition to a method of cutting out an affected part by surgery, a method of administering an anticancer agent, a method of irradiating cobalt and the like. This hyperthermia therapy is a treatment method that extinguishes cancer tissue by applying heat. Cancer cells are vulnerable to heat, and it is said that they disappear at 42.5 ° C. according to medically accepted theory. There is a method of applying heat in a microwave oven, a method of warming the patient's blood outside the body, and returning it to the body again. However, both of them are physically painful to the patient and impose a heavy financial burden.

[0003] As a folk remedy utilizing heat, there is a method in which a small electric iron is heated to a high temperature (about 140 ° C) and applied to the skin in the vicinity of the affected area to reach the cancer tissue, but it exists deep inside the body. It was difficult to get the heat to the cancerous tissue that was alive, and it was painful, rather than feverish, and it was just a physical pain to the patient.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a cancer treatment tool capable of extinguishing a cancer with little physical pain to a patient and having a low economical burden.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the far-infrared thermotherapy device for cancer according to the present invention has water of crystallization, and a far-infrared emitting ceramic is enclosed in a heat-resistant bag. It has been done.

[0006]

When the treatment tool according to the present invention is placed in a microwave oven, the ceramics enclosed in the heat-resistant bag is heated to emit far infrared rays. When the heated treatment tool is applied to the epidermis near the cancer-generating part, heat reaches the cancer tissue deep inside the body by the action of far infrared rays emitted from the ceramics, and the heat-sensitive cancer cells are eliminated.

[0007] Also, healthy tissue has a cooling action by circulation of blood, but since cancer tissue has few blood vessels, high temperature is maintained and cancer tissue is efficiently heated.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A far infrared thermotherapy device for cancer according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a cutaway part of the treatment tool of the present invention. The treatment tool 1 is a heat-resistant bag 2
The ceramics 3 is enclosed in the inside.

The bag 2 is made of cloth, for example, so as not to cause discomfort to the patient when it is applied to the skin, and is heat-resistant enough to withstand heating by a microwave oven. Ceramic 3 has crystal water,
In addition, those that emit far infrared rays, such as zeolite, cristobalite, barley stone, and serpentine, are used. The therapeutic device of the present invention is heated to about 70 ° C. in a microwave oven and applied to the epidermis close to the affected area for use. If it is too hot, cover the entire treatment device with a towel.

The thermal effect of the therapeutic device according to the present invention was confirmed by the following experiments. <Experiment 1> Two slices of ham cut to a thickness of 10 cm were prepared, a medicine can containing hot water was placed on one sliced ham with the therapeutic device of the present invention sandwiched between them, and the other ham was directly placed on the sliced ham. The temperature change at the upper end of each ham and 5 cm below the upper end was measured with a continuous thermometer by placing a medicine canister.

As a result, since the temperature of the ceramics enclosed in the treatment tool was low at first, the temperature of the set on which the treatment tool was placed was as low as 15 ° C., but the same temperature was reached in about 1 hour and 30 minutes, and eventually the temperature was raised. The lines intersected, and the temperature became higher when the treatment tool was placed. From this, it was found that radiating far-infrared rays through the therapeutic device of the present invention was superior to the thermal effect by directly applying heat from the surface.

<Experiment 2> At room temperature of 20 ° C., the temperature of the inside of the ham was measured by placing a therapeutic tool heated at 50 ° C. on a sliced ham whose ends were cut into a cylindrical shape, and one hour after the start of the experiment. 42 ° C at 12mm below the top of the ham, 35 ° C at 24mm, 32 ° C at 36mm,
Similarly, after 2 hours, the temperature was 47 ° C. at 12 mm, 43 ° C. at 24 mm, and 42 ° C. at 36 mm. From this result, it was found that the far-infrared rays emitted from the treatment tool sufficiently heated the deep part of the ham.

[0013]

According to the therapeutic device of the present invention, the far infrared rays emitted by the ceramics raise the temperature of the cancer tissue in the deep part of the body, so that the therapeutic device itself does not need to be heated to a very high temperature,
No physical distress to the patient. In addition, the treatment tool of the present invention that has been used once can be used any number of times simply by reheating it in a microwave oven, which is economical.

The inventor underwent endoscopic polyp removal of the large intestine. At that time, a tissue culture test revealed that cancerous tissue was present in the large intestine, and the therapeutic device of the present invention was heated to about 70 ° C. in a microwave oven. Then, the epidermis near the affected area was applied and treated. After treatment for about 1 hour every day for 63 days, a tissue in which cancer cells should be present was collected by an endoscope and a tissue culture test was performed again, but the presence of cancer cells was not recognized. During this treatment, there were no cold burns. Only a few red spots appeared on the skin, but within a few days it returned to normal.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a therapeutic device according to the present invention with a part cut away.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 treatment tool 2 bags 3 ceramics

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A far-infrared thermotherapy device for cancer, which is obtained by enclosing a ceramic having water of crystallization and emitting far-infrared radiation in a heat-resistant bag.