JPS586501B2 - magnetic moxibustion device - Google Patents

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[Detailed description of the invention] The present invention relates to a magnetic moxibustion device.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION In the treatment of Oriental medicine, a method has long been used to cure diseases by stimulating acupuncture points (so-called "acupoints") on the human body using acupuncture or moxibustion.

There are various theories regarding this treatment method, but the general consensus is that the human body has circulation channels called "pathways" (routes connected to acupuncture points), through which energy called "qi and blood" flows, and the activities of the whole body are controlled. However, excess or deficiency of qi and blood can cause abnormalities in the channels, and symptoms can be alleviated by applying thermal stimulation to important acupuncture points in the channels using acupuncture or moxibustion to restore the abnormal state of the channels to normal. It is said to be curative.

Traditionally, moxibustion treatment involves placing moxa on acupuncture points and lighting it to provide thermal stimulation. However, there were drawbacks such as the risk of excessive skin burns, which made it difficult to perform.

The present inventor has completed the magnetic moxibustion device of the present invention as a result of research into a means to facilitate the moxibustion treatment method and to accurately achieve the purpose of healing without unnecessarily burning the acupuncture points. .

The present invention provides a magnetic moxibustion device including a probe made of a high magnetic permeability material having a circular head tip, and a probe built in the probe,
a resistance heating element that heats the circular head tip of the probe to 50 to 150°C; and a magnetization that is provided on the outer periphery of the probe and applies a positive or negative magnetic field of 100 to 1000 Oe to the circular head tip of the probe. The present invention provides a magnetic moxibustion device comprising a coil and a pulse current generator, and one of the output terminals of the pulse current generator is connected to the probe.

The present invention will be explained in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In FIG. 1, probe 1 is a rod-shaped material with high magnetic permeability.
A resistance heating element 2 is built inside the probe, and the probe tip 4 is heated by this.

By incorporating the resistance heating element into the probe, it is possible to reduce the loss of generated heat and heat the probe more effectively.

Therefore, by bringing the pointed end 4 into contact with an acupuncture point and appropriately adjusting the amount of current flowing through the heating element 2, the temperature of the pointed end 4 can be easily adjusted to about 50 to 150°C.

Note that metals such as soft iron and nickel, or alloys such as ferrite or iron and nickel or iron and silicon are particularly effective as the material of the probe 1, and the tip 4 does not cause pain when it comes into contact with acupuncture points. It is desirable to have an appropriate roundness so that it does not.

Further, if the temperature of the tip portion 4 is about 50° C. or less, thermal stimulation given to the acupuncture points will be insufficient, and if it is about 150° C. or more, the acupuncture points will be excessively burnt out.

In order to heat this part to a temperature of 50 to 150℃,
For example, if a 50W nichrome wire is used as the heating element 2, the current may be adjusted to 0.1 to 0.5A.

Further, a magnetizing coil 3 is provided around the outer circumference of the probe 1, and when a direct current is passed through this, a magnetic flux is effectively generated within the probe.

The generated magnetic flux is then concentrated and radiated from the circular head tip 4 to the acupuncture points.

Further, by changing the direction of the direct current flowing through the magnetization coil 3, a positive magnetic field or a negative magnetic field can be applied to the acupuncture points as desired.

Note that the direct current flowing through the magnetizing coil 3 is approximately 100 to 1
By adjusting the magnetic field so that a magnetic field of 000 Oe is radiated from the tip 4, it becomes easy to effectively bring about the synergistic effect of magnetism and moxibustion.

If the magnitude of the magnetic field is less than 100 Oe, the effect is weak, and if it is more than 1000 Oe, the device becomes too large.

Preferably, a magnetic field of 100 to 800 oersteds is used.

Furthermore, the higher the magnetic permeability of the material of the probe 1, the more efficiently magnetic flux can be generated therein.

By using a device configured in this manner, the moxibustion effect can be further enhanced without damaging the skin more than necessary.

Now, in order to perform magnetic moxibustion using the above-mentioned device, it is necessary to accurately find acupuncture points on the human body, but it is difficult to easily and quickly find 657 acupuncture points on the whole body, and about 60 particularly important acupuncture points. It is.

By using the magnetic moxibustion device combined with the pulse current generator of the present invention, acupuncture points can be recognized extremely easily.

At this time, it is preferable to apply a rectangular wave, sine wave, sawtooth wave, triangular wave, differential wave, etc. as the pulse current.

That is, in FIG. 3, one end of the output terminal of the approximately 150-1,000 Hz pulse current generator 7 is connected to the probe 1, the other end 9 of the pulse current generator 7 is grasped with one palm, and the pointed end is By moving part 4 while touching the human body, it is possible to find points where current flows abnormally.

This is an acupuncture point. That is, since there are many acupuncture points in the palm of the hand, an electrical short circuit occurs between one of the acupuncture points and the acupuncture point located by the probe 1, causing an abnormally large current to flow.

Therefore, an ammeter or receiver 8 is included as part of this electric circuit.
By inserting the acupuncture point, the position of the acupuncture point can be easily determined from the sudden increase in the pointer of the ammeter or the sudden increase in the sound of the receiver.

In this case, the output voltage of the pulse current generator is kept at a constant value between approximately 6 and 20V.

In this case, sensitivity is insufficient below 6V, and
V or more is not preferable because it may give a shock to the human body.

Furthermore, it has been experimentally confirmed that especially when a rectangular wave is used as the pulse current, acupuncture points can be discovered with higher sensitivity than when using any of a sine wave, a sawtooth wave, a triangular wave, and a differential wave.

In addition, using the magnetic moxibustion device configured as shown in FIG. By passing an electric current through the resistance heating element 2 and bringing the tip 4 of the probe 1 into contact with the position of the previously detected acupuncture point, it is possible to quickly detect the acupuncture point and treat diseases using heat and magnetic fields.

It goes without saying that the DC power source for the magnetizing coil 3 and the pulse current generator 7 may be switched to one power source as shown in FIG. 3, or may be used as a separate power source. Nor.

Below, the magnetic moxibustion device of the present invention will be explained in more detail with reference to reference examples and examples.

Reference Example A 6 mm hole is provided in the center of a probe 1 made of a soft iron rod with a diameter of 10 mm and a length of 150 mm, and a nichrome wire resistor 2 is inserted.

The voltage applied to the nichrome wire resistor 2 was varied from 0 to 60V using a slider.

At this time, the tip 4 of the probe 1 was heated to 50 to 150°C, and could be adjusted freely as desired.

Using this moxibustion device, apply the tip 4 to the acupuncture points on the foot.8
When the temperature was adjusted to 0-90℃, the sluggishness in the legs was reduced.
It achieved the same goals as traditional moxibustion without causing any pain.

A magnetizing coil 3 is formed by covering the outer periphery of the probe 1 of the reference example with an ebonite bobbin and winding a 0.3φ cotton wire 424 times thereon, and applying 12 V DC to this to reduce the current to 0.
．． It was adjusted to a range of 1 to 1 ampere.

At this time, the strength of the magnetic field of the circular head tip 4 is 100 to 1,0
It was 00 Oersted.

Furthermore, a 1,000Hz (1KH) circuit with a circuit as shown in Fig.
Connect one of the output terminals of the square wave generator 7 (Matsushita 2SC1215 type) of z) to the probe 1, adjust the output voltage to 10V by passing a square wave current through the coil, and When the tip 4 was held in the palm of the hand and moved while making contact with the human body, the sound of the receiver inserted into a part of the electric circuit suddenly increased, making it possible to easily identify the location of the acupuncture points.

Using this magnetic moxibustion device, when the tip 4 was applied to the acupuncture points on the back of the head of a person with a headache, and the temperature was adjusted to 80-90°C and the magnetic field was adjusted to 500 oersteds, the headache was alleviated and painless and more effective than conventional moxibustion. I was able to get it.

It should be noted that half of the respondents thought that a positive magnetic field was better, and half of those said that a negative magnetic field was better.

Similarly, apply the tip 4 to the left and right acupuncture points of the thoracic vertebrae of people with weak stomachs and intestines once a day for a week, adjust the temperature to 60 to 80 degrees Celsius, and adjust the magnetic field to 300 to 1,000 oersteds.
When the moxibustion was changed to positive and negative every other time, after one week, there was no gastrointestinal discomfort, the appetite increased, and the effect was greater than that of conventional moxibustion.

Almost no effect could be observed when only a positive or negative magnetic field was applied continuously.

Similarly, when the tip 4 was applied to the acupuncture points on the feet of a person with hypertension who was taking antihypertensive drugs and a positive magnetic field adjusted to 800 Oe was applied at 80°C, the ringing in the ears stopped and the blood pressure decreased painlessly. The results showed that the treatment was more effective than conventional treatments.

Note that a positive magnetic field was more effective.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic sectional view showing the probe portion of the magnetic moxibustion device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the connections of the magnetic moxibustion device of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram of a rectangular wave generator (1 KHz) used in Examples. 1... Probe, 2... Resistance heating element,
3... Magnetizing coil, 4... Probe tip, 5... Insulator bobbin, 6... Rectifier, 7... Pulse current Generator, 8...
...Receiver, 9...Terminal to hand.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a magnetic moxibustion device, a probe made of a high magnetic permeability material having a circular head tip, a resistance heating element built into the probe and heating the circular head tip of the probe to 50 to 150°C, and an outer periphery of the probe. and a pulse current generator, and a magnetizing coil that applies a positive or negative magnetic field of 100 to 1000 oersteds to the tip of the circular head of the probe, and one of the output terminals of the pulse current generator is connected to the probe. A magnetic moxibustion device characterized by being connected to.