CN111228108A - Acupuncture point moving moxibustion device - Google Patents

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CN111228108A
CN111228108A CN201811433138.5A CN201811433138A CN111228108A CN 111228108 A CN111228108 A CN 111228108A CN 201811433138 A CN201811433138 A CN 201811433138A CN 111228108 A CN111228108 A CN 111228108A
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The invention discloses an acupuncture point moving moxibustion device, which comprises a shell and a cover body, wherein the cover body is arranged at one end of the shell, and a steel wire mesh, a moxibustion cylinder and a moxibustion cylinder seat are arranged in the cover body; the output shaft of the motor and a screw rod form a synchronous rotating connection relation; the fixing plate is arranged in parallel with the screw rod, and one end of the fixing plate is fixed with the motor.

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Acupuncture point moving moxibustion device
Technical Field
The invention relates to an acupuncture point moving moxibustion device.
Background
Moxibustion: moxibustion method in traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture therapy. Moxa cones and moxa sticks made of mugwort leaves are mainly ignited to smoke and bake acupuncture points of a human body so as to achieve a natural therapy for health care and disease treatment. Moxibustion is produced in ancient times of China, and is called acupuncture because its action mechanism is similar to that of acupuncture and its complementary therapeutic action with the acupuncture is usually combined with acupuncture and moxibustion.
The moxibustion has the advantages that: 1. harmonizing yin and yang. The balance of yin and yang in the human body is the root of the onset and development of diseases. The reinforcing and reducing effects of moxibustion therapy are used to achieve the effect of regulating yin and yang. 2. To warm and dredge meridians and dispel cold evil. The moxa leaves are heated and fumigated to make the heat reach the muscle layer deeply, warm qi and promote blood circulation. The moxibustion has the effects of warming and dredging channels and collaterals, dispelling cold and removing dampness, regulating qi and blood, and relieving arthralgia and pain. 3. Move qi and activate blood, resolve stasis and dissipate nodulation. Qi moves when it is hot, while cold it is coagulated, while blood moves when it is cold. Moxibustion is warm stimulation, and can coordinate qi and blood, regulate nutrient and defensive functions, promote blood circulation, promote qi and blood circulation, remove blood stasis and dissipate stagnation. 4. Warming yang and tonifying deficiency, strengthening middle-jiao and replenishing qi. 5. Restoring yang and rescuing from collapse. 6. Preventing diseases, promoting health, strengthening body constitution, and prolonging life.
The moxibustion therapy is applied in many ways, such as different acupuncture points and meridians, different moxibustion methods, different stimulation degrees or different moxibustion materials, so that the efficacy is different, and the efficacy generating effect is related to the heat of moxa, moxa smoke particles and the volatile oil content of the moxa produced by burning moxa and traditional Chinese medicines, so that different acupuncture points, meridians, operation methods and moxibustion tools should be selected according to specific disease conditions in clinical application.
In the existing moxibustion method, generally, a human body lies prone, moxa moxibustion is placed on acupuncture points or moxa sticks are suspended above acupuncture points on the back of the human body or meridians and collaterals for mild moxibustion or sparrow pecking moxibustion, and because the traditional tools are limited, in the tolerance heat of a patient, in order to reach a certain acupuncture point or meridian deep moxibustion heat, only small columns of moxa sticks can be repeatedly replaced on the acupuncture points or the moving speed of the moxa sticks or the distance between the moxa sticks and the human body can be changed manually for a long time. The device is examined for physical strength and patience of doctors, researches a device which can continuously and repeatedly perform automatic warm moxibustion on acupuncture points, can automatically knock ash, can ensure that the running speed of an automatic device is kept constant, and has great significance for improving curative effect and avoiding excessive manpower.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide an acupuncture point moxibustion device.
The technical scheme provided by the invention is as follows:
an acupuncture point moxibustion device, comprising:
a shell, a first cover and a second cover, wherein the shell is provided with a first cover and a second cover,
a cover body arranged at one end of the shell, a steel wire mesh is arranged in the cover body,
the moxibustion cylinder is positioned in the shell, one end of the moxibustion cylinder extends upwards to form a fixed hook, the hook head of the fixed hook faces the axis direction of the moxibustion cylinder, a spring is arranged in the moxibustion cylinder, and the side wall of the bottom end extends radially to form at least two clamping hooks; the top of the moxibustion cylinder can touch the steel wire mesh in the process of the moxibustion cylinder;
a moxibustion cylinder seat; the moxibustion barrel is positioned at one end of the moxibustion barrel far away from the fixed hook, the inner wall of the moxibustion barrel seat is provided with a plurality of grooves which extend up and down and correspond to the clamping hooks, the bottom end of the barrel wall is provided with a fan-shaped groove beside the groove, and the fan-shaped groove is communicated with the bottom of the groove into a whole;
the output shaft of the motor capable of rotating forwards and reversely forms a synchronous rotating connection relation with a screw rod;
the middle part of the screw rod is connected with a sliding seat in a threaded manner, and the sliding seat is fixedly connected with the moxibustion cylinder seat;
the fixing plate is arranged in parallel with the screw rod, and one end of the fixing plate is fixed with the motor;
the auxiliary sliding rod is arranged in parallel with the screw rod and is arranged on the side surface of the sliding seat or is inserted into the sliding seat, and the sliding seat can slide up and down along the auxiliary sliding rod;
one end of the fixing clamp is clamped on the motor, and the other end of the fixing clamp is provided with a fixing rope;
the binding band is arranged on the shell or the cover body.
Preferably, the moxa stick in the moxa-moxibustion cylinder can touch the steel wire mesh by the top moxa ash in the process of travel.
In one embodiment, the moxibustion barrel has two hooks, and the two hooks are axially symmetrically arranged.
In one embodiment, the motor is a motor with a forward and reverse rotation function.
In one embodiment, the cover body is provided with a bandage fixing part.
In one embodiment, the housing and the enclosure are removably connected.
In one embodiment, the steel mesh in the hood body is hemispherical in shape.
From the above description, the advantages of the present invention are as follows:
1. provides an acupuncture point moxibustion device, which can be used by binding the whole device on a human body, so that the acupuncture point moxibustion device can be used by a person standing, sitting, lying or even walking.
2. The steel wire mesh is arranged on the cover body, so that the moxa ash can be prevented from scalding a human body and the moxa sticks can be prevented from directly contacting the human body.
3. The motor is arranged to drive the moxa stick to move up and down, so that the situation that a patient with local moxibustion at a fixed position is hard to accept due to overheating can be avoided, and the acupuncture points and the channels and collaterals can be infiltrated by short-distance high-heat moxibustion, so that the moxibustion infiltration effect is good. The maximum moving distance of the moxa sticks can be adjusted by adjusting the forward and reverse rotation switching time or the rotating speed of the motor, so that the moxa stick is pushed, the top ends of the moxa ashes just touch the wire netting, and the moxa ashes can automatically fall off due to the fact that the moxa ashes at the tops of the moxa sticks can touch the wire netting, so that the moxa sticks can be prevented from being excessively accumulated with ash and being extinguished; also can prevent the temperature of the moxibustion from being influenced by excessive dust deposition.
4. The clamping action of the clamping hook and the spring of the moxibustion tube ensures that the moxa stick can not fall off in normal use no matter the moxa stick is upward or downward, thereby being convenient for using all parts of a human body.
5. When the moxa stick is used, the motor cannot be separated by the fixing clamp, and when the moxa stick needs to be replaced, the fixing clamp is loosened.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an assembled structure of the acupuncture point moxibustion device of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing the construction of a moxibustion unit according to the present invention;
fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of the moxibustion unit and the driving unit.
Fig. 4 is a schematic perspective view of the cover and the housing.
1-semispherical steel wire net cover
2-bandage
3-cover body
4-outer cover
5-connecting the fixing rope
6-moxibustion barrel seat
7-moxibustion cylinder 7-1 fixed hook
8-spring
9-electric machine
10-fixation clamp
11-screw mandrel
12-fixed plate
13-sliding seat
14-auxiliary slide bar
15-Power supply
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The invention, referring to fig. 1, comprises a housing 4, wherein the housing 4 is cylindrical, the diameter of the middle part of the housing is reduced, the upper end of the housing 4 is spirally sleeved with a cover body 3, and the cover body 3 is in a lampshade shape (hollow frustum shape). The cover 3 and the housing 4 form a flashlight shape.
The center of the cover body 3 is provided with a hemispherical steel wire mesh cover 1, which is used for collecting moxa ash on one hand, preventing the moxa ash from falling (when in use, the whole device is reversely buckled), and preventing moxa sticks from contacting human bodies on the other hand. The side of the cover body 3 is externally provided with two fixing hooks 3-1, and the number of the fixing hooks can be two, and the fixing hooks are symmetrically arranged or one or more. The hook is used for fixing the bandage 2.
The moxibustion cylinder 7 is inserted into the bottom of the shell 4 from bottom to top, and referring to fig. 2, one end of the moxibustion cylinder 7 extends upwards to form four fixing hooks 7-1, the hook heads of the fixing hooks 7-1 face the axis direction of the moxibustion cylinder, a spring 8 is arranged inside the moxibustion cylinder 7, and the side wall of the bottom end extends radially to form two clamping hooks 7-2. The two hooks 7-2 are axially symmetrically arranged.
The moxibustion cylinder base 6 is in a cylinder shape, and the bottom thereof is closed. The inner wall is axially and symmetrically provided with two grooves 6-1 extending up and down, the bottom end of the cylinder wall is provided with a fan-shaped groove 6-2 beside the groove 6-1, and the fan-shaped groove 6-2 is communicated with the bottom of the groove 6-1 into a whole. The bottom of the tube cavity of the moxibustion tube seat 6 can be closed, or a cross-shaped bracket or a protruding part is arranged to prevent the spring 8 from falling off.
When in use, firstly, the moxa stick is inserted into the moxibustion cylinder 7 from the bottom, then the spring 8 is inserted, then the two clamping hooks 7-2 of the moxibustion cylinder 7 are aligned with the two grooves 6-1 of the moxibustion cylinder seat 6 to be inserted to the bottom of the moxibustion cylinder, then the moxibustion cylinder 7 is installed on the moxibustion cylinder seat 6 by rotating to enable the two clamping hooks to be respectively positioned in the two fan-shaped grooves 6-2, and the moxa stick in the moxibustion cylinder can not fall off due to the up-and-down clamping action of the fixing hooks 7-1 and the spring 8.
Referring to fig. 3, the side of the moxibustion cylinder base 6 is fixed with a sliding base 13, the sliding base 13 is spirally sleeved in the middle of a screw rod 11, and the bottom end of the screw rod 11 is fixedly connected with an output shaft of a motor 9 to form a connection relation of synchronous rotation. The side surface of the screw rod 11 is further provided with a fixing plate 12 and two auxiliary slide bars 14 in parallel, and the bottom ends of the fixing plate 12 and the two auxiliary slide bars 14 are respectively fixed with the motor 9 through a connecting plate. Two side surfaces of the sliding seat 13 are respectively provided with a groove, and the two auxiliary sliding rods 14 are respectively positioned in the two grooves.
The motor is a motor capable of rotating forward and backward. The maximum moving distance of the moxa sticks can be adjusted by adjusting the forward and reverse rotation switching time or the rotating speed of the motor, so that the top ends of the moxa sticks just touch the wire netting, and the ash on the top of the moxa sticks can touch the wire netting and automatically fall off, so that the moxa sticks can be prevented from being excessively deposited with ash and being extinguished; also can prevent the temperature of the moxibustion from being influenced by excessive dust deposition.
Preferably, the power supply 15 for the motor is a dc power supply. In other embodiments, it may be an ac power source.
The invention also comprises a fixing clamp 10, wherein the fixing clamp 10 is clamped outside the motor 9, one end of the fixing rope 5 is fixed on the fixing clamp 10, and the other end of the fixing rope is fixed on the cover body 3. In other embodiments, instead of using a fixing frame, the position between the motor 9 and the housing 4 may be fixed in other ways. For example, screw holes are formed in the case 4 and the fixing plate 12, respectively, and after a moxa roll is mounted, the case 4 and the fixing plate 12 are locked by screws. But because the moxa stick needs to be replaced, the fixing clamp adopting the embodiment is more convenient.
The use of the invention is as follows:
after the moxa roll is loaded and ignited as described above, the assembled moxibustion cylinder 7, moxibustion cylinder holder 6 and motor 9 are put into the housing 4, and then the fixing clip 10 is clipped. The tightness of the fixing rope 5 is adjusted again so that the moxibustion cylinder 7, the moxibustion cylinder holder 6 and the motor 9 are not separated from the housing 4.
Thereafter, the whole device is tied to the human body, such as the arm, thigh, shoulder, etc., by the strap 2. Wherein, one end of the cover body 3 is reversely buckled on the acupuncture points of the human body. The motor is started, the moxa roll moves repeatedly in the shell 4, the situation that a patient with fixed position local moxibustion and overheating is difficult to accept can be avoided through speed regulation, and the acupuncture points and the meridians can be infiltrated by short-distance high-heat moxibustion, so that the moxibustion infiltration effect is good.
The above description is only an embodiment of the present invention, but the design concept of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any insubstantial modifications made by using the design concept should fall within the scope of infringing the present invention.

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1. An acupuncture point moxibustion device, which is characterized by comprising:
a shell, a first cover and a second cover, wherein the shell is provided with a first cover and a second cover,
a cover body arranged at one end of the shell, a steel wire mesh is arranged in the cover body,
the moxibustion cylinder is positioned in the shell, one end of the moxibustion cylinder extends upwards to form a fixed hook, the hook head of the fixed hook faces the axis direction of the moxibustion cylinder, a spring is arranged in the moxibustion cylinder, and the side wall of the bottom end extends radially to form at least two clamping hooks; the top of the moxa stick in the moxibustion cylinder can touch the steel wire mesh in the process of travel;
a moxibustion cylinder seat; the moxibustion barrel is positioned at one end of the moxibustion barrel far away from the fixed hook, the inner wall of the moxibustion barrel seat is provided with a plurality of grooves which extend up and down and correspond to the clamping hooks, the bottom end of the barrel wall is provided with a fan-shaped groove beside the groove, and the fan-shaped groove is communicated with the bottom of the groove into a whole;
the output shaft of the motor capable of rotating forwards and reversely forms a synchronous rotating connection relation with a screw rod;
the middle part of the screw rod is connected with a sliding seat in a threaded manner, and the sliding seat is fixedly connected with the moxibustion cylinder seat;
the fixing plate is arranged in parallel with the screw rod, and one end of the fixing plate is fixed with the motor;
the auxiliary sliding rod is arranged in parallel with the screw rod and is arranged on the side surface of the sliding seat or is inserted into the sliding seat, and the sliding seat can slide up and down along the auxiliary sliding rod;
one end of the fixing clamp is clamped on the motor, and the other end of the fixing clamp is provided with a fixing rope;
the binding band is arranged on the shell or the cover body.
2. The acupuncture point moxibustion device of claim 1, characterized in that: the moxa stick is in the stroke, and the moxa ash at the top can touch the wire net.
3. The acupuncture point moxibustion device of claim 1, characterized in that: the quantity of the hooks of the moxibustion cylinder is two, and the two hooks are axially symmetrically arranged.
4. The acupuncture point moxibustion device of claim 1, characterized in that: the motor is a motor with positive and negative rotation functions.
5. The acupuncture point moxibustion device of claim 1, characterized in that: the cover body is provided with a bandage fixing part.
6. The acupuncture point moxibustion device of claim 1, characterized in that: the shell and the cover body are detachably connected.
7. The acupuncture point moxibustion device of claim 1, characterized in that: the steel wire mesh in the cover body is in a hemispherical shape.
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