JP5706748B2 - Diet equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a diet instrument in which an oriental medical diet function is imparted to an earring or the like generally used as a female accessory.

  In recent years, with the satiating era of eating, the diet menu has become a high-calorie meal of Western style, and obesity caused by over-calorie is increasing in Japan. The calories ingested in excess of the amount of metabolism accumulate in the body as subcutaneous fat and trigger lifestyle-related diseases such as hyperlipidemia and arteriosclerosis. It was. Conventionally, the accumulation of subcutaneous fat over time by elderly people has been regarded as a problem, but in recent years, overeating and lack of exercise have spread to younger people, which has become a major social problem. In particular, women are extremely wary of “overweight” from a cosmetic point of view, and there is no doubt about the so-called diet from the younger generation.

  In addition to exercise, various dietary methods such as forced vibration of obese areas, low-calorie eating, and intake of fat-excluding functional foods have been advertised. ) Is the most reasonable diet method. However, in the era of overeating, if you are over calories as a result of your past lifestyle habits, it is quite difficult to self-suppress and suppress “overeating”. For this reason, physical therapy that works on the vagus nerve that controls appetite to suppress appetite has recently attracted attention.

  This therapy uses meridian acupuncture points of oriental medicine, and activates the action of the parasympathetic nerve (vagus nerve) that suppresses the function of the gastrointestinal tract to gently suppress appetite. According to Oriental Medicine, there are 365 acupoints in the whole body, each of which is connected to the meridian and performs various functions. Among these, acupuncture stimulation (body needle) and low-frequency energization of the abdomen are mainly performed as acupoint treatment effective for obesity in China and Korea, but in Japan, the ear acupoint diet is popular.

  The acupoint diet is a method of physically stimulating acupoints that increase appetite suppression and metabolism in the auricles that make up the outer ear. Has been done. In addition, it is also encouraged that the subject himself stimulates acupuncture points using toothpicks. However, dieting with acupuncture points has a gradual effect and must be performed continuously and reflexively over a long period of time. Embroidery of short trousers has cosmetic problems and cannot be performed easily by amateurs. Moreover, since the irritation by acupuncture points or toothpick is not a continuous irritation, the diet effect is weak.

  For this reason, various devices have been proposed in the past for continuously and automatically stimulating such acupoints of the ear. For example, the following Patent Publication 1 proposes a fixture configured such that a pressing protrusion that presses an acupuncture point of an ear is fixed to the ear by a fixing portion. Further, in Patent Document 2 below, an ear acupuncture health device is proposed in which a fixing portion that is attached to the outer edge of the auricle is provided with a support portion that extends to the acupuncture point side, and a tip stimulation portion is provided at the tip of the support portion. ing. In Patent Document 3 below, a diet earring having a protrusion for stimulating an ear point on one end side of the ring portion is proposed. Patent Document 4 below proposes an ear acupuncture stimulator provided with a tourmaline-containing body that comes into contact with the ear acupoint at the tips of the first and second ring members. Furthermore, in the following Patent Document 5, a device casing is provided in a substantially mushroom-type mounting portion that can be inserted into an ear hole, and a contact electrode extending from the device casing is brought into contact with an acupoint of the ear to apply electrical stimulation. An acupoint stimulating device has been proposed.

JP 2008-12256 A JP 2005-6919 A Utility Model Registration No. 3126179 Utility Model Registration No. 3074764 JP-A-9-28812

  However, since the acupuncture stimulating device as proposed in Patent Documents 1 to 3 merely presses the tip of the ring or the acupuncture stimulating portion against the acupuncture point, the effect of stimulating the acupuncture point is poor, and it is somewhat unnatural. Because it is worn on the auricle in an uncomfortable state, it stands out and looks bad. In addition, the ear acupuncture stimulator proposed in Patent Document 4 stimulates the acupoint by semi-permanently generating a faint static current from the tourmaline-containing body, but the effect can hardly be confirmed. However, since the first and second ring members are configured such that the acupuncture portion is simply sandwiched from the front and back of the ear, the first and second ring members are easily displaced or detached. In the case of the acupuncture point stimulator as shown in Patent Document 5, it is conspicuous and looks unattractive, and it is very difficult to attach and remove daily in normal life, and its practicality is low.

  Therefore, the present invention has been devised to solve these problems, and its purpose is to provide a novel diet appliance that can effectively stimulate the acupoints of the ear and that is excellent in appearance and wearability. To do.

In order to solve the above problems, the first invention
A diet instrument comprising: acupuncture point stimulating means for stimulating acupuncture points present in the auricle, attachment means for attaching the acupuncture point stimulation means to the auricle, and a decorative member attached to the attachment means.

  According to such a configuration, the acupoint stimulating means for stimulating the acupuncture points (ear acupoints) present in the auricle is configured to be attached to the auricle by the attaching means, so that the acupoints of the ear can be effectively stimulated. , Can exhibit excellent wearability. Moreover, since a decorative member can be attached to this attachment means and function as an earring or the like, the appearance is also greatly improved.

  Here, the acupuncture points (ear acupoints) present in the auricle referred to in the present invention are not particularly limited as long as they are said to be particularly effective for dieting, but for example, stresses such as stresses that stabilize the mind. "Shinmon" is said to calm down the irritated feelings, "Stomach" said to increase digestion and abdominal pain and discomfort due to hunger, enhance the functions of the intestine, stomach, liver, pancreas, etc., and create a constitution that is difficult to gain weight The esophagus, which is said to help, and the cardia, which is said to improve digestion and absorption by normalizing the function of the stomach, suppresses appetite, facilitates the conversion of body fat into energy, and works the lungs of the respiratory tract "Lung", which is said to increase the blood pressure, smooth secretion of hormones, etc., eliminates irregular menstruation, etc. "Endocrine", said to have the effect of preventing obesity, the effect of suppressing excessive appetite Yes, there is such as "飢点" which is said to be effective even if given a stimulus by pinching not only the press.

According to a second invention, in the first invention,
The acupuncture stimulating means places at least a pair of small electrodes and one small electrode of the pair of small electrodes in close contact with the skin of the acupuncture point, and puts the other small electrode on the skin behind the acupuncture point An apparatus for dieting, comprising: an electrode holding part that is arranged in close contact and that applies a direct current between the small electrodes.

  According to such a configuration, the acupuncture points of the ear can be stimulated continuously and effectively from both sides of the auricle by the weak DC current that always flows in one direction between the pair of small electrodes.

According to a third invention, in the second invention,
One small electrode of the pair of small electrodes is made of metal, and the other small electrode is made of a conductive mineral having a standard unipolar potential lower than that of the metal, and holds the pair of small electrodes. A diet appliance characterized in that an electrode holding portion is formed of a conductive material.

  According to such a configuration, a conductive closed circuit in which current flows from one small electrode to the other small electrode through the ear point and returns to the one small electrode through the electrode holding portion made of a conductive material. Can be configured.

According to a fourth invention, in the third invention,
The dietary instrument is characterized in that the one small electrode is formed of a material mainly composed of gold (Au) and the other small electrode is formed of a material mainly composed of zinc oxide.

  According to such a configuration, as will be described in detail later, these pair of small electrodes also function as a DC power supply, so that the structure is simplified and a weak DC current can be continuously generated and energized. . Note that zinc alloy, tin oxide, germanium, or the like may be used instead of zinc oxide.

According to a fifth invention, in the first invention,
The acupoint stimulation means arranges at least one pair of small electrodes and one small electrode of the pair of small electrodes in close contact with the skin of one acupuncture point and the other small electrode in close contact with the skin of another acupuncture point. And an electrode holding part for passing a direct current between the small electrodes.

  According to such a configuration, two or more points on the ear can be simultaneously and continuously stimulated by a weak direct current that always flows in one direction between a pair of small electrodes.

A sixth invention is the second or fifth invention, wherein
The electrode holding section is a dieting instrument characterized by comprising a direct current power source for directing direct current between the pair of small electrodes.

  According to such a configuration, a weak DC current having a constant value can be stably energized between a pair of small electrodes by an independent DC power source.

A seventh invention is the sixth invention, wherein
A dietary instrument characterized in that a direct current flowing between the pair of small electrodes is 0.1 to 50 μA.

  If it is a weak direct current of this level (0.1 to 50 μA), it is possible to more effectively stimulate the ear point. That is, if it is less than 0.1 μA, the effect on the ear acupuncture is small and the effect is poor, whereas if it exceeds 50 μA, living tissue such as skin may be excessively stimulated and cause unnecessary trouble. In the case of alternating current, since current flows to muscle and bone components through the capacitive component of the human body and is used for tissue heating, the efficiency with respect to nerve stimulation is low and undesirable.

In an eighth aspect based on the sixth aspect,
The acupuncture stimulating means is a dieting instrument characterized by having a current limiting resistance so as to adjust a current value of a DC power source.

  When a direct current power source is provided independently as described above, a desired weak direct current can be stably energized by providing a current limiting resistor to adjust the current value.

A ninth invention is the first to eighth inventions,
The attachment means is a diet instrument characterized in that the acupuncture stimulation means is attached to the auricle using a pinna of the auricle.

  Thus, if it attaches using the pinna of the pinna, the acupoint stimulating means can be easily and stably fixed at a desired position on the pinna.

  According to the present invention, the acupoint stimulation means for stimulating the acupuncture points (ear acupoints) present in the auricle is configured to be attached to the auricle by the attachment means, so that it is possible to effectively stimulate the acupuncture points of the ear, and excellent It can show the wearability. Moreover, since a decoration member can be attached to this attachment means and it can be made to function as accessories, such as an earring, an appearance is also improved significantly.

1 is an overall perspective view showing a first embodiment of a diet device 100 according to the present invention. It is a figure which shows the acupuncture point position of the pinna (outer ear) E. It is a whole perspective view which shows 2nd Embodiment of the diet instrument 100 which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the acupuncture point position of the pinna (outer ear) E. It is a whole perspective view which shows 3rd Embodiment of the diet instrument 100 which concerns on this invention. It is the perspective view which looked at the insulated substrate 14 from the back surface side.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of a diet device 100 according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, the diet device 100 includes an acupoint stimulation unit 10 that stimulates an acupuncture point (acupuncture point) present in the auricle E, an attachment unit 20 that attaches the acupuncture stimulation unit 10 to the earlobe E1, and an attachment unit 20 attached to the attachment unit 20. The decorative member 30 is mainly configured.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the acupuncture point stimulating part 10 is composed of a pair of small electrodes 11a and 11b and an electrode holding part 12 for holding the pair of small electrodes 11a and 11b. Each of the small electrodes 11a and 11b has a conical shape with a rounded tip, and one small electrode 11a is formed of a metal such as gold (Au) and the other small electrode 11b is , Formed from a conductive mineral such as zinc oxide (conductive mineral having a low standard monopolar potential) that works as an n-type semiconductor.

  On the other hand, the electrode holding portion 12 is formed in an upward U-shape, and includes a base portion 12a integrated with the mounting portion 20 and a pair of rockers provided at both ends of the base portion 12a so as to be swingable by pin coupling. The holding pieces 12b and 12c and a coil spring 12d that urges the holding pieces 12b and 12c toward each other are configured. The pair of small electrodes 11a and 11b are provided at the tip portions of the holding pieces 12b and 12c so as to face each other, so that one small electrode 11 is attached to the skin of a predetermined acupuncture point (acupuncture point) of the auricle E. The other small electrode 11b is arranged in close contact with the skin on the back side so as to sandwich the acupuncture point and is held. Further, the base portion 12a and the holding pieces 12b and 12c constituting the electrode holding portion 12 are each made of a conductive material such as a metal and an excellent aesthetic material, for example, a noble metal material made of 18 gold or another metal is plated with gold. It is desirable to use gold vapor deposition, sputtering, gold paste printing, or the like.

  The mounting portion 20 includes a downward U-shaped base portion 21 integrated with the acupuncture point stimulating portion 10, and a pressing portion 22 and a screw 23 provided inside the base portion 21 so as to face each other. ing. Then, by inserting the earlobe E1 between the pressing portion 22 and the screw 23 and turning the screw 23 to tighten the earlobe E1, the attachment portion 20, that is, the diet device 100 according to the present invention can be attached to the auricle E. It is like that. In addition, the base part 21, the holding part 22, and the screw 23 that constitute the mounting part 20 are also made of 18 gold precious metal material similarly to the electrode holding part 12, or gold plating or gold vapor deposition on another metal. It is desirable to enhance the beauty by sputtering, gold paste printing, or the like.

  The decorative member 30 is formed of, for example, a pearl decorative ball, a precious metal, a jewel, or the like in order to improve the decorativeness, and is directly on the base portion 21 of the mounting portion 20 or via a ring-shaped suspension member 31 as shown in the figure. Attached.

  Next, the attachment method and operation / effect of the diet instrument 100 having such a configuration will be described. First, in order to attach this diet apparatus 100 to the auricle E, the holding pieces 12b and 12c constituting the electrode holding part 12 of the acupoint stimulating part 10 are opened, and as shown in FIG. The holding pieces 12b and 12c are closed so that the small electrodes 11a and 11b are in contact with the inner and outer skins of the cartilage at the position, and the portions are sandwiched between the small electrodes 11a and 11b. At this time, the small electrodes 11a and 11b may be inside or outside the cartilage.

  Even if the hand is released in this state, the small electrodes 11a and 11b are held in that position by the clamping action of the holding pieces 12b and 12c and the coil spring 12d, and the acupuncture point (starvation point) is pressed. Next, the earlobe E1 is inserted between the pressing portion 22 of the attachment portion 20 and the screw 23, the screw 23 is tightened and sandwiched, and the attachment portion 20 is fixed to the earlobe E1. Thus, the entire diet device 100 according to the present invention can be attached to the pinna E in a state where the acupuncture points (starvation points) of the pinna E are pressed by the small electrodes 11a and 11b.

  When the diet device 100 of the present invention is attached to the auricle E by such a method, not only the acupuncture points (starvation points) are moderately compressed by the small electrodes 11a and 11b, but also a weak DC current of about several μA is generated. A closed conductive circuit is formed in which the small electrode 11a flows from the small electrode 11a to the other small electrode 11b through the acupuncture point (starvation point) and returns to the small electrode 11a through the electrode holding portion 12 made of a conductive material. Therefore, the acupuncture point (starvation point) can be stimulated continuously and effectively by the weak current flowing through the conductive closed circuit.

  That is, one small electrode 11a is formed of gold (Au), and the other small electrode 11b is formed of zinc oxide (a conductive mineral having a low standard monopolar potential among a pair of small electrodes) or the like. By doing so, a closed conductive circuit of small electrode 11a-acupuncture point (fast spot) -small electrode 11b-holding piece 12c-base portion 12a-holding piece 12b-small electrode 11a is obtained. At this time, based on the chemical potential difference between the small electrode 11a (gold) and the small electrode 11b (zinc oxide), the small electrode 11b → the small piece 11b → the holding piece 12c → the base portion 12a → the holding piece 12b → the small electrode 11a. Free electrons pass through the holding piece 12c, the base portion 12a, and the holding piece 12b and move to the small electrode 11a, and excess electrons enter the skin of the acupuncture point (starvation point) from the small electrode 11a and The free holes in the small electrode 11b are injected into the acupuncture point (starvation) skin by a built-in potential formed at the interface between the small electrode 11b and the skin.

  And in the acupuncture point (starvation point) skin, the ion reduction action in the skin by the injected electrons is simultaneously generated by the oxidation action by the injected holes, and a stable electromotive force is maintained. A weak direct current flows. That is, the pair of small electrodes 11a and 11b function not only as electrodes that contact the acupuncture point (starvation point) surface but also as a power source that supplies a direct current. Such a skin electromotive power source is generally on the order of μA, and power generation is automatically stopped (energization is stopped) when the acupuncture point (starvation point) skin gets wet due to sweating or the like, so that the safety is extremely high. In the case of the diet instrument 100 of the present invention, when a measuring instrument was introduced into the conductive closed circuit and measured, the voltage was 0.6 to 0.8 V and the current was 0.5 to 3 μA.

  By such an action, the ear acupoint diet can be performed effectively, and it also functions as an earring for decorating the auricle E portion by providing the golden main body with a decorative member 30 such as a pearl ornamental ball or a noble metal. Since it can be used, the feeling of strangeness is eliminated and the appearance is improved. Then, the diet apparatus 100 of the present invention was worn on the auricle E on both sides of five subjects for 10 hours and one day per day, and the effect was examined. An average of 4.2 kg / month (5 subjects) 6.8%) weight loss was observed. The diet device 100 of the present invention may be attached to only one of the auricles E, or may be attached to both of the auricles E. It goes without saying that one set (two) of the diet apparatus 100 is used.

(Second Embodiment)
FIG. 3 shows a second embodiment of the diet device 100 according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, the diet device 100 is similar to the first embodiment, and the acupoint stimulation part 10 for stimulating acupoints existing in the auricle E and the acupuncture stimulation part 10 are attached to the earlobe E1. It is comprised from the attaching part 20 and the decoration member 30 attached to this attaching part 20. As shown in FIG. The main difference between the present embodiment and the diet device 100 according to the first embodiment is that the acupuncture stimulating unit 10 has an independent DC power supply (battery) 13.

  That is, the acupoint stimulating portion 10 according to the present embodiment has a pair of spring plates 12d-1, 12d- on a flat base portion 12a provided with a DC power source 13 made of a button-type battery or the like as shown in FIG. The holding pieces 12b and 12c are provided via 2 and the small electrodes 11a and 11b are attached in parallel to the holding pieces 12b and 12c, respectively, and the pair of small electrodes 11a and 11b are connected to the DC power supply 13 via the lead wires 13a and 13b. In this structure, the positive electrode side and the negative electrode side are respectively electrically connected. The pair of spring plates 12d-1, 12d-2 and the holding pieces 12b, 12c are in a state of being electrically insulated from the small electrodes 11a, 11b, and the small electrode 11a, No electricity flows through 11b.

  On the other hand, as in the first embodiment, the mounting portion 20 is provided so as to be opposed to each other inside the upward U-shaped base portion 21 integrated with the acupoint stimulating portion 10 and inside the base portion 21. The holding portion 22 and the screw 23 are formed. Then, by inserting the earlobe E1 between the pressing portion 22 and the screw 23 and turning the screw 23 to tighten the earlobe E1, the attachment portion 20 can be attached to the auricle E. In the present embodiment, the base portion 21, the restraining portion 22, and the screw 23 that constitute the mounting portion 20 may be formed of a non-conductive material such as plastic in order to prevent a current flow. desirable.

  On the other hand, similarly to the first embodiment, the decorative member 30 is formed of, for example, a pearl decorative ball or a noble metal in order to enhance the decorativeness, and is directly on the base portion 21 of the mounting portion 20 or the first portion. It is attached via a ring-shaped suspension member 31 as in the embodiment.

  Next, the attachment method and operation / effect of the diet device 100 according to the present embodiment will be described. First, in order to attach this diet device 100 to the pinna E, as shown in FIG. 4, the small electrodes 11a are respectively applied to the skin of the acupuncture point (starvation point) at the upper part of the ear hole and the acupuncture point (stomach) at the end part of the earring leg. , 11b is attached to the earlobe E1 so that the tips of the two ends are in contact with each other. In other words, in the present embodiment, the small electrodes 11a and 11b are attached so that the tips of the small electrodes 11a and 11b are always in contact with the two acupuncture points (starvation point and stomach). The small electrodes 11a and 11b may be conductive metals, and their combination is not limited, but considering long-time contact with the skin, they are not easily corroded even if they are exposed to sweat or oil ( It is desirable to form with gold or platinum, which is difficult to chemically react.

  When the diet device 100 according to the present embodiment is attached to the auricle E so that the pair of small electrodes 11a and 11b are crimped to the two acupuncture points (starvation point and stomach), the pair of small electrodes 11a , 11b can not only stimulate two acupuncture points (starvation point and stomach) simultaneously, but also a weak DC current of about several μA from the DC power source (button battery) 13 through the lead wire 13a can be applied to the skin from one small electrode 11a. A conductive closed circuit is formed in which the other small electrode flows through the surface to the other small electrode 11b and returns to the DC power source (button battery) 13 through the other lead wire 13b. The current can stimulate two acupuncture points (starvation point, stomach) simultaneously and continuously.

  At this time, the direct current is widely distributed on the auricular skin surface between the small electrodes 11a and 11b, but since the contact area with the small electrodes 11a and 11b is small, the current density is at two acupuncture points (starvation point and stomach). High, that is, effective acupoint stimulation will be performed. In addition, in this Embodiment, since it has the independent DC power supply 13 like a button battery, the comparatively big DC current more than necessary may be supplied. Therefore, although not shown in FIG. 3, in order to limit the energization current value, it is desirable to insert a current limiting resistor into the lead wires 13a and 13b to suppress the circuit current to several μA.

  Moreover, in each said embodiment, although comprised so that it might fix to the earlobe E1 by the attaching part 20, you may make it fix the acupoint stimulation part 10 using an overhead type holder like a headphone system, for example.

(Third embodiment)
FIG. 5 shows a third embodiment of the diet device 100 according to the present invention. Similarly to each of the embodiments, the diet device 100 also stimulates the acupuncture points (acupuncture points) existing in the pinna E, the attachment unit 20 that attaches the point stimulation unit 10 to the pinna E, The decorative member 30 is attached to the attachment portion 20. And this embodiment differs greatly from each of the above embodiments in that the mounting portion 20 is composed of an adhesive sheet 24 that directly adheres to the skin, such as a bandage, and the acupuncture stimulating portion 10 is in this adhesive sheet 24. It is formed in a strip shape (chip shape) that can be hidden.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 5, the mounting portion 20 is composed of a circular flexible adhesive sheet (rubber, plastic, etc.) 24 whose center is swollen in a dome shape, and at least the lower surface of the adhesive sheet 24. The peripheral part (preferably the entire lower surface) of the skin has a structure in which an adhesive or adhesive tape for skin adhesion is attached. And it has the structure accommodated so that the strip-like acupoint stimulation part 10 whole which wraps inside the inside of this adhesive sheet 24 may be wrapped.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the acupoint stimulating unit 10 includes a pair of small electrodes 11 a and 11 b each having a chip shape on the lower surface of a strip-shaped insulating substrate 14, and a DC power source on the upper surface of the insulating substrate 14. 13 is arranged, and the positive electrode side and the negative electrode side thereof are connected to the small electrodes 11a and 11b via a pair of lead wires 13a and 13b each having a tape shape.

  Similarly to each of the above embodiments, the decorative member 30 is also formed of, for example, a pearl decorative ball, a noble metal, or a jewel as shown in the drawing, and an adhesive is provided on the top of the adhesive sheet 24 of the mounting portion 20. It is attached by.

  In the diet device 100 according to the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, small electrodes are respectively applied to the skin of the acupuncture point (starvation point) at the upper part of the ear hole and the acupuncture point (stomach) at the terminal part of the ear ring leg. The adhesive sheet 24 of the attachment portion 20 is pasted on the auricle E so that 11a and 11b are in contact with each other. As a result, as in the second embodiment, the tips of the small electrodes 11a and 11b are always in contact with the two acupuncture points (starvation point and stomach). A weak DC current of about several μA flows through the lead wire 13a from one small electrode 11a to the other small electrode through the skin surface to the other small electrode 11b, which is connected to the DC power source (button type battery) via the other lead wire 13b. ) A closed conductive circuit is formed to return to 13, and a weak current flowing through this circuit can simultaneously and effectively stimulate two acupoints (starvation point, stomach) simultaneously.

  In the case of the present embodiment as well, in the same way as in the second embodiment, current limiting resistors 15 and 15 are inserted into the lead wires 13a and 13b to limit the energization current value, and the circuit current is reduced to several μA. You may make it suppress to. Similarly to the first embodiment, one of the small electrodes 11a and 11b is made of gold (Au), and the other is zinc oxide that functions as an n-type semiconductor (of a pair of small electrodes having a standard unipolar potential). If it is made of a low conductive mineral), a weak direct current can be continuously supplied without using an independent direct current power source 13 such as a button type battery.

  As described above, the diet device 100 according to the present invention can provide an effective physical stimulus to the ear acupuncture during the time that a woman is carrying as an accessory everyday. In addition, by adjusting the DC current value to a few μA without relying on a specialized method of storing foreign objects such as wrinkles in the body, anyone can safely achieve the same effect (not only on the skin surface) , The effect of reaching the inner depth) can be continued for a long time, and the nerves of the acupoints can be effectively stimulated to perform a diet without difficulty.

  In addition, although this instrument is mainly for women considering the use of jewelry, it goes without saying that it can also be applied to men considering the shape of the holder. In each of the above embodiments, an example using a pair of small electrodes 11a and 11b has been described. Of course, two or more pairs of small electrodes 11a and 11b may be provided.

100 Diet apparatus 10 Acupuncture point stimulation part (Acupuncture point stimulation means)
11a, 11b Small electrode 12 Electrode holding portion 12a Base portion 12b, 12c Holding piece 12d Coil spring 12d-1, 12d-2 Spring plate 13 DC power supply 13a, 13b Lead wire 14 Insulating substrate 15 Current limiting resistance 20 Mounting portion (attachment means) )
21 Base part 22 Holding part 23 Screw 24 Adhesive sheet 30 Decoration member 31 Hanging member E Ear pinna E1 Ear lobe

Claims (5)

In a diet instrument comprising: acupuncture point stimulation means for stimulating acupuncture points present in the auricle, attachment means for attaching the acupuncture point stimulation means to the auricle, and a decorative member attached to the attachment means ,
The acupoint stimulation means includes at least a pair of small electrodes, an electrode holding portion that holds the pair of small electrodes, and a current limiting resistor,
One small electrode of the pair of small electrodes is composed of a metal and the other small electrode is composed of a conductive mineral having a standard unipolar potential lower than that of the metal,
The electrode holding portion is formed of a conductive material, and one small electrode of the pair of small electrodes is disposed in close contact with the skin of the acupuncture point and the other small electrode is placed on the skin on the back side of the acupuncture point. A closed circuit in which electricity flows while holding the pair of small electrodes so as to be closely arranged is configured,
The current limiting resistor is provided in the closed circuit, and controls a direct current value flowing through the closed circuit to 0.1 to 50 μA . In a diet instrument comprising: acupuncture point stimulation means for stimulating acupuncture points present in the auricle, attachment means for attaching the acupuncture point stimulation means to the auricle, and a decorative member attached to the attachment means,
The acupoint stimulation means includes at least a pair of small electrodes, an electrode holding portion that holds the pair of small electrodes, and a current limiting resistor,
One small electrode of the pair of small electrodes is composed of a metal and the other small electrode is composed of a conductive mineral having a standard unipolar potential lower than that of the metal,
The electrode holding portion is made of a conductive material, and one small electrode of the pair of small electrodes is disposed in close contact with the skin of the acupuncture point and the other small electrode is disposed in close contact with the skin in the vicinity of the acupuncture point. A closed circuit through which electricity flows while holding the pair of small electrodes,
The current limiting resistor is provided in the closed circuit, and controls a direct current value flowing through the closed circuit to 0.1 to 50 μA . The diet device according to claim 1 or 2,
  The dietary instrument characterized in that the one small electrode is formed of a material mainly composed of gold (Au) and the other small electrode is formed of a material mainly composed of zinc oxide. In the diet instrument in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 3,
  A diet instrument comprising a direct current power source for passing a direct current between the one small electrodes. In the diet instrument according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
  The attachment means attaches the acupoint stimulation means to the auricle using a pinna of the auricle.

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