JP6712488B2 - Constitution classification kit and product improvement system for constitution improvement - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a constitution classification kit and a product recommendation system for improving constitution.

In recent years, the progress of Western medicine, which is the mainstream of medicine, has enabled the prevention and treatment of various diseases in people, and the life expectancy has dramatically increased. On the other hand, due to various events in modern society, many people are physically healthy and have stress in their daily lives. When such stress becomes excessive, the biological balance may be disturbed, which in turn may cause a disease, which may threaten a healthy and comfortable daily life. It is difficult to deal properly with. In addition, since there are individual differences in awareness and response to stress, it has not been attempted to objectively judge the constitution or select a coping method based on these.

On the other hand, in Chinese medicine, for example, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, “blood”, “blood deficiency”, “water retention”, etc., based on the measurement results of subcutaneous water content and subcutaneous electrolyte concentration at the forehead. It is known how to classify into the constitution. In addition, as disclosed in Patent Document 2, the invention is not limited to such a medical field and is classified into “outside” or “inside” or “cold” based on a questionnaire conducted to a customer by a specific question. There is also known a determination method for identifying which of the constitutional concepts such as “” or “heat” is applicable.

JP, 2011-254990, A JP, 2011-87919, A

However, in all of the literature, the constitutional classification method based on the person's awareness is the main, and there is still a situation in which it is not even possible to appropriately select a coping method for stress. In addition, the person's awareness of coldness and hot flashes often depends on the environmental temperature and its change, and there is a possibility that the individual constitution may be erroneously recognized. That is, in these documents, no attention is paid to classifying the constitution based on the physiological reaction of an individual caused by stress.

Therefore, the present invention, based on the measurement data of skin temperature caused by the load of psychological stress and its variation, a constitution classification kit capable of classifying the constitution of an individual, a constitution improving product recommendation system, a constitution improving product recommendation It is to provide a system etc.

Therefore, the present inventors have made various investigations, and by using the measurement results of the skin temperature of the face and fingertips after the psychological stress and the constitution classification protocol in combination, a therapeutic action or medical treatment while targeting a healthy person. The present invention has been completed by finding that a constitution classification kit capable of objectively classifying constitutions due to a psychological stress load and a product recommendation system for constitution improvement can be realized without depending on an action, and has completed the present invention.

That is, the present invention relates to a constitutional classification kit containing (A) a device for measuring the skin temperature of the face and fingertips after a psychological stress, and (B) a constitutional classification protocol.
Further, the present invention provides (X) a measurement data input unit for skin temperature of the face and fingertips before and after psychological stress loading,
The present invention relates to a product recommendation system for improving physical constitution, which comprises a database including a constitutional classification protocol (Y) and a database including (Z) advice on treatment means according to the classified constitution.
Furthermore, the present invention uses a measured value of skin temperature of the face and fingertips during normal times and after psychological stress, and according to a constitutional classification protocol, a method for classifying an individual's stress response constitution, and an autonomic nervous activity by such a method. How to adjust.

According to the present invention, only by measuring the skin temperature of the face and fingertips after normal and psychological stress loading, it is possible to classify the stress response constitution of a healthy person without depending on the treatment act or medical act, and According to the result, it is possible to recommend a product for improving physical constitution and effectively regulate autonomic nerve activity.

It is a graph which shows the average of the relative value before applying parasympathetic nerve activity when a cold towel is applied to the forehead, back neck, eyes, and palm of four panelists using the constitutional classification kit of the present invention. It is a graph which shows the average of the relative value before application of parasympathetic nerve activity when a warm hand towel is applied to the forehead, back neck, eyes, and palm of four panelists using the constitution classification kit of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the product recommendation system for physical constitution improvement of this invention. 5 is a graph showing the results of classifying the constitution of panelists using the measurement values of the skin temperature of the face and fingertips after the psychological stress and the constitution classification protocol in the examples.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail.
The constitutional classification kit of the present invention comprises (A) a device for measuring the skin temperature of the face and fingertips after psychological stress, and (B) a constitutional classification protocol.

The device for measuring the skin temperature of the face and fingertips after the psychological stress of (A) contained in the constitution classification kit of the present invention (hereinafter, also referred to as “measuring device of (A)”) is Any device may be used as long as it can measure the skin temperature of the face and fingertips. Specific examples of the measuring device (A) include, for example, thermography having a function of visualizing temperature distribution by using infrared rays, a thermometer having a probe with a built-in sensor, and affixing to the skin. Examples thereof include a thermometer equipped with a probe to be used, a non-contact thermometer, and a contact thermometer. Among them, thermography is preferable from the viewpoint of improving the measurement accuracy and shortening the measurement time.

Examples of the face for measuring the skin temperature include parts such as the forehead, eyes, cheeks, nose, and chin. Above all, from the viewpoint of having a wide site area and accurately performing constitutional classification, a frame is preferable.

The finger tip for measuring the skin temperature may be any of the first to fifth fingers, but from the viewpoint of ease of measurement and the like, the second finger or the third finger is preferable.

The measuring device (A) is for measuring the skin temperature of the face and fingertips in normal times and after psychological stress. Psychological stress loading means loading psychological stress using a method that does not affect the measurement of skin temperature. As such a method, specifically, there is a method of calculating subtraction only in the head, and for example, a method of continuously subtracting 2014 to 17 as in the method described in the embodiment. Also, the same psychological stress can be applied by another calculation type (addition, multiplication, division, etc.) or a different calculation formula. The calculation time (time to apply psychological stress) can be adjusted as appropriate, but is preferably 1 minute or more.

The constitutional classification protocol (B) contained in the constitutional classification kit of the present invention means the values of the skin temperature of the face and fingertips after the psychological stress load measured using the measuring device of (A). Originally, it is a protocol for classifying constitutions, and may be any as long as it includes a display object showing a classification standard for classifying constitutions. Examples of such a display include a character string or a list written on a paper medium, or data input to a PC terminal.

Examples of the classification criteria shown on the display include the following criteria (classification criteria (B) for constitution (I) to constitution (III)).
Constitution (I): The skin temperature of the face and fingertips after the psychological stress, or the skin temperature of only the fingertips is higher than normal. Constitution (II): The skin temperature of the face after psychological stress is higher than normal or No change, and skin temperature of fingertips after psychological stress decreased below normal constitution (III): Face skin temperature after psychological stress decreased below normal and after psychological stress applied Skin temperature of fingertips falls below normal

In addition, the normal skin temperature means the skin temperature before the psychological stress load, and the specific amount of change in the skin temperature in "the facial skin temperature after the psychological stress load is higher than normal" is Since it may depend on the accuracy of the measuring instrument used, it is desirable to appropriately determine according to the measuring instrument used. For example, when a thermography (specifically, for example, an infrared thermography camera (R300W2 manufactured by NEC-AVIO Co., Ltd.)) is used as the measuring device of (A), “the skin temperature of the face after the psychological stress is normal. It is preferable to determine that "the amount of change in the skin temperature of the face after the psychological stress is +0.05°C or more after the psychological stress is applied." Skin temperature)-(skin temperature on face before psychological stress (normal)) (difference) is +0.05°C or more, that is, skin on face after psychological stress. This means that the temperature has risen by 0.05° C. or more.

Further, the specific amount of change in skin temperature in “the skin temperature of the face after psychological stress is lower than normal” is also the same as above, and for example, the thermography as the measuring device in (A) above is used. When used, "the facial skin temperature after psychological stress is lower than normal" means that the amount of change in the facial skin temperature after psychological stress from normal is -0.05°C or more. It is preferable that the result (difference) of (skin temperature of face after psychological stress)-(skin temperature of face measured before psychological stress (normal)) be -0. This means that the temperature is 05° C. or higher, that is, the skin temperature on the face decreases by −0.05° C. or higher after the psychological stress.
The "skin temperature of the fingertip" may be determined in the same manner as above.

Furthermore, "the skin temperature of the face does not change after normal stress after psychological stress" means that the amount of change in the above skin temperature and the amount of decrease in the above skin temperature depend on the accuracy of the measuring equipment used and the measurement environment temperature. Thus, it means that the value of the amount of change in skin temperature that has risen and the value of the amount of change in skin temperature that has fallen are smaller than the specifically determined values. For example, when the thermography is used as the measuring device of (A) above, (the skin temperature of the face measured after the psychological stress)-(the skin temperature of the face measured before the psychological stress (normal)) The result (difference) is less than +0.05°C, and the result (difference) of (skin temperature of face after psychological stress)-(skin temperature of face measured before (normal) psychological stress) Means less than -0.05°C.

According to the constitutional classification protocol (B) including such an indicator, the constitution can be objectively determined without being affected by individual differences in reactions such as consciousness such as coldness and hot flashes when psychological stress is applied. It is possible to classify.
The display object of the classification standard (B) may be, for example, a table displayed on a paper medium (for example, Table 1 below) or data input to a PC terminal or a server. When using the table shown below, according to the change amount of the skin temperature appropriately determined according to the accuracy of the measuring instrument to be used and the measurement environment temperature, the constitution (I) to (III ) Can be classified into.

The skin temperature of the face and fingertips before and after the psychological stress is indicated by the following symbols.
Sb = facial skin temperature (°C) before psychological stress
Sa = facial skin temperature (°C) after psychological stress
Tb=skin temperature of fingertip before psychological stress (°C)
Ta = Skin temperature of fingertip after psychological stress (°C)

As described above, when the constitution classification kit of the present invention is used, Sb (skin temperature of face before psychological stress load), Sa (psychological) are measured by the measuring device (A) contained in the constitution classification kit. The skin temperature of the face after stress loading), Tb (the skin temperature of the fingertip before the psychological stress loading), and Ta (the skin temperature of the fingertip after the psychological stress loading) were measured, and based on these values, The constitutional classification protocol (B) can be used to classify into constitutions (I) to (III).

Further, the constitutional classification protocol (B) may include a protocol for discriminating whether to cool or heat one or more sites selected from the head, neck, and peripheral parts.

Here, for example, by using the constitution classification kit of the present invention, the psychological stress is applied to four panelists, and the thermography is used as the measuring device of (A), and the face before and after the load and After the skin temperature of the fingertip was measured, it was classified into constitutions (I) to (III) using the constitutional classification protocol of (B) including the indication of classification standard (B). Next, a cold (about 25°C) hand towel and a warm (about 40°C) hand towel are applied to the forehead, back neck, eyes, and palm for 5 minutes each so that the contact area is about 75 cm ² , and the active tracer (manufactured by GMS) is applied. ) Is used to obtain the heart rate variability power (LF) in the low frequency band and the heart rate variability power (HF) in the high frequency band from the frequency analysis of the R wave-R wave interval of the electrocardiogram waveform, and the parasympathetic nerve activity that is a stress index. HF/(LF+HF) was analyzed. Regarding the parasympathetic nerve activity of each panelist, the relative value of the parasympathetic nerve activity when applying the hand towel to the normal time (before applying the hand towel) was measured, and the results shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 were obtained. 1 and 2, when the relative value of parasympathetic nerve activity exceeds 1, it is shown that parasympathetic nerve activity is enhanced and stress is reduced.
As described above, the individual constitutional classifications include a change amount value of +0.05° C. or more when the skin temperature rises and a change amount value of −0.05° C. or more when the skin temperature falls, And the value of the amount of change in the case where there was no change in skin temperature was determined to be less than +0.05°C and less than -0.05°C.

According to these results, it is found that the suitable sites for cooling or heating are different depending on the constitutions (I) to (III) in order to enhance the parasympathetic nerve activity and effectively enhance the feeling of relaxation. .. Specifically, for example, in the case of the constitution (I), cooling the eyes effectively enhances the parasympathetic nerve activity, while in the case of the constitution (III), even if the eyes are cooled, the left side effect is effective. It can be seen that the parasympathetic nerve activity can be effectively enhanced by heating without heating.

Therefore, the protocol for discriminating the treatment of cooling or heating for one or more sites selected from the head, the neck, and the peripheral region depends on each constitution (I) to (III). It is a display object of a portion that is appropriately cooled or heated, and may be, for example, a table displayed on a paper medium or data input to a PC terminal or a server. Specifically, for example, the constitutional classification protocol (B) described above includes the display of the classification standard (B) together with cooling for one or more sites selected from the head, neck, and peripheral region or When a display object that is a protocol for discriminating the handling of heating is included, the display object shown in Table 2 below may be used.

Here, the head that is the target of cooling or heating is a region above the neck and includes the face, and means the frontal region and the back of the head, and the crown and the temporal region. In addition, the face is synonymous with the face that is a target for measuring the skin temperature, and examples thereof include parts such as the forehead, eyes, cheeks, nose, and chin. Among these heads, the forehead and the eyes are preferable from the viewpoint of accurately performing constitutional classification. Further, the neck means a site located between the head and the chest, and there are an anterior neck, a side neck, and a posterior neck, but from the viewpoint of enhancing the effect of cooling or heating, the posterior neck Parts are preferred. Further, the peripheral part means a tip part that is likely to come into direct contact with the outside world, and includes hands such as fingertips and palms and feet such as ankles and toes. From the viewpoint of easy handling, the palm is preferable.

In addition, coping with cooling means means for lowering the skin temperature of the target site of coping, preferably 1 to 10°C, more preferably 2 to 7°C, and coping with heating means skin of the target site of coping. It means means for raising the temperature preferably by 1 to 7°C, more preferably by 2 to 5°C. When dealing with such cooling and heating, a cooled or heated hand towel may be used, but it is preferable to attach a cooling sheet or a heating sheet from the viewpoint of operability and the like.

As described above, according to the constitution classification kit of the present invention, classification into constitutions (I) to (III) can be easily performed by only measuring the skin temperature of the face and fingertips before and after psychological stress. When the constitutional classification kit contains the constitutional classification protocol (B), which includes a protocol for discriminating whether cooling or heating is applied to one or more types of sites selected from the head, neck, and peripheral parts Also, since it can effectively and efficiently enhance parasympathetic nerve activity to enhance a feeling of relaxation, it is also useful as a kit for regulating autonomic nerve activity.

The present invention, for example, via a computer network,
(X) Measurement data input section for skin temperature of face and fingertips before and after psychological stress,
The product recommendation system for improving constitution may be provided with (Y) a database including a constitution classification protocol, and (Z) a database including advice on treatment means according to the classified constitution. With this, only by acquiring and inputting the measurement data of the skin temperature of the face and fingertips before and after the psychological stress load, the suitable constitution is extracted, and the product for constitution improvement suitable for the constitution is promptly and appropriately. Can be recommended.

Specifically, for example, the product recommendation system for improving physical constitution of the present invention is shown in the block diagram of FIG. The product recommendation system 100 for improving physical constitution of the present invention comprises: (X) a measurement input unit 200 for measuring the skin temperature of the face and fingertips before and after psychological stress loading; a database 300 including the constitutional classification protocol (Y); The database 400 includes advice of treatment means according to the classified constitution of (Z). The measurement input unit 200 may include a single or a plurality of PC terminals 210. At this time, the skin temperature values of the face and fingertips measured before and after the psychological stress load via the keyboard of the PC terminals 210 are displayed. You can enter.

The input skin temperature value is transmitted to the server 500, which is a general-purpose computer, via the communicable line 220. The server 500 stores a database 300 including a constitutional classification protocol, and may further store a database 400 including advice on a treatment procedure according to the classified constitution. The constitution classification protocol included in the database 300 is synonymous with the “constitution classification protocol (B)” contained in the constitution classification kit, and is a dataized protocol. That is, the constitutional classification protocol (Y) includes data of the classification standard (Y), and the classification standard (Y) is synonymous with the classification standard (B). Further, the advice of the treatment means according to the classified constitution contained in the database 400 is “one or two kinds selected from the head, the neck, and the peripheral part” which may be contained in the constitution classification kit. Similar to the ``Protocol for distinguishing cooling or heating countermeasures for the above parts'', it is necessary to determine cooling or heating countermeasures and, if applicable to cooling countermeasures, use a reformable improvement product that can be cooled. To that effect, if it corresponds to coping with heating, advice to use a constitution-improving product that can be heated is presented, and a part suitable for applying such a product is also presented.

The server 500 to which the value of the skin temperature has been transmitted calculates the value of Sb, Sa, Tb, or Ta based on the data of the value while performing arithmetic processing as necessary. Then, based on the calculated value, the process of classifying into constitutions (I) to (III) is performed by referring to the database 300 including the constitutional classification protocol.

Next, regarding the classified constitution data, referring to the database 400 including the advice of the treatment means according to the classified constitution, as the specific treatment means corresponding to each constitution, the head, neck, and Outputs cooling or heating advice for one or more types of sites selected from the peripheral area. The output (not shown) may be a display on a PC terminal having a display unit, or may be printing on a paper medium via a printer.

Examples of the physical constitution-improving product include a cooling sensation sheet and a warming sensation sheet that can be easily cooled or heated by simply attaching the sensation sheet to a desired site. Therefore, the advice on cooling or heating for one or more kinds of sites selected from the head, neck, and peripheral parts is sticking of a cooling sensation sheet or a warming sensation sheet to appropriate parts, respectively. Is preferred.

As described above, according to the product recommendation system for improving constitution of the present invention, classification into constitutions (I) to (III) is required only by inputting measurement data of skin temperature of the face and fingertips before and after psychological stress. Based on such information, it is possible to determine the appropriate measure for cooling or heating in one or more parts selected from the head, neck, and peripheral parts based on this information, and determine the appropriate It is possible to recommend a treatment target site and a product for improving physical constitution suitable for each constitution.

The present invention may be a method of classifying an individual's stress response constitution according to a constitution classification protocol using measured values of the skin temperature of the face and fingertips during normal times and after psychological stress. The measurement values of the skin temperature of the face and fingertips and the constitutional classification protocol in the normal state and after the psychological stress are the same as those used in the constitutional classification kit or the product recommendation system for improving physical constitution. According to such a method of classifying stress response constitution, it is possible to appropriately classify according to the difference in response to psychological stress, and by utilizing the classification result, it is possible to appropriately cope with the regulation of autonomic nerve activity according to an individual. Can be used as an index for determining.

That is, according to the constitution classified by the method for classifying the stress response constitution, the present invention selects from the head, the neck, and the peripheral portion for the stress response constitution classified into constitutions (I) to (III). The method may be a method of regulating autonomic nerve activity of cooling or heating one or more types of regions to be heated. According to such a method, it is possible to effectively and efficiently enhance parasympathetic nerve activity and enhance a feeling of relaxation.

Specifically, for example, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, for the stress response classified into constitution (I), one or two selected from the head, neck, and peripheral parts It is preferable to control the autonomic nerve activity that cools the above sites, and for the stress response classified into constitution (II), one or more selected from the head and neck. It is preferable to regulate the autonomic nerve activity that cools the part of the body, and for the stress response classified into constitution (III), one or more kinds selected from the head and the neck are selected. A method of adjusting autonomic nerve activity that heats a site is preferable.
As a specific means for cooling or heating, it is preferable to attach a cooling sheet or a heating sheet to a target site, as in the constitution classification kit and the like.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be specifically described based on Examples, but the present invention is not limited to these Examples.

Infrared thermography (25°C 50%RH, NEC-AVIO, R300W2) was used for 100 panelists under the following conditions, and the skin temperature of the forehead and the skin of the fingertip before the following psychological stress were applied. In addition to measuring the temperature, the skin temperature of the forehead and the skin temperature of the fingertip after being subjected to psychological stress were measured. In addition, the amount of change when the skin temperature rises is +0.05°C or more, the amount of change when the skin temperature decreases is −0.05°C or more, and the amount of change when the skin temperature does not change Was determined to be less than +0.05°C and less than -0.05°C.
The obtained results were plotted on a graph, and each panelist was classified into constitutions (I) to (III) using the constitution constitution protocol including the display portion of the classification standard (B) shown in Table 1 above.
The results are shown in Fig. 4.

<<How to load psychological stress>>
With the body still, the calculation of continuously subtracting 2015 to 17 was performed for 1 minute, the calculation of continuously subtracting 2014 to 13 was performed for 1 minute, and the calculation of continuously subtracting 2016 to 17 was performed for 1 minute. .. However, the subject was alerted in advance so that the calculation was not performed aloud.

<< Thermography measurement conditions >>
The skin temperature of the face and palm was measured before and after the psychological stress was applied in an environment of 25° C. and 50% RH. The skin temperature of the forehead and fingertips was calculated based on the results of the data analysis.

As shown in FIG. 4, Sb (face skin temperature before psychological stress load), Sa (face skin temperature after psychological stress load), Tb (before psychological stress load) measured using the thermography Based on the values of the skin temperature of the fingertips in step (4) and Ta (skin temperature of the fingertips after the psychological stress), the constitution of each panelist is determined by the constitutional classification protocol including the display part of the classification standard (B). It can be seen that it can be classified into (I) to (III).

Furthermore, if the display object, which is a protocol for discriminating the treatment of cooling or heating for one or more sites selected from the head, neck, and peripheral parts shown in Table 4 above, the constitution (I) Depending on (III), it is possible to deal with cooling or heating suitable for each constitution and to specify the target site, and enhance the parasympathetic nerve activity of each panelist and effectively enhance the feeling of relaxation. , It becomes possible to adjust the autonomic nerve effectively.

100: Product recommendation system for improving physical constitution of the present invention 200: Measurement input section (X) of skin temperature of face and fingertips before and after psychological stress
210: PC terminal 220: Circulation capable of communication 300: Database including constitution classification protocol (Y)
400: Database (Z) containing advice of treatment means according to classified constitution
500: Server

Claims (7)

A constitutional classification kit containing (A) a device for measuring the skin temperature of the face and fingertips after psychological stress, and (B) a constitutional classification protocol ,
The constitutional classification protocol of (B) above is based on the following classification criteria (B):
Constitution (I): The skin temperature of the face and fingertips or only the fingertips after psychological stress is higher than normal.
Constitution (II): The skin temperature of the face after psychological stress has not risen or changed from normal, and the skin temperature of the fingertips after psychological stress has dropped from normal.
Constitution (III): Face skin temperature after psychological stress is lower than normal, and fingertip skin temperature after psychological stress is lower than normal.
Constitution classification kit including the displayed items . The constitution classification protocol (B) further head, neck, and according to claim 1 including a protocol to determine the cooling or warming measures against one or more sites selected from peripheral portion , Constitution classification kit. The constitutional classification kit according to claim 2 , wherein the measure for cooling or heating is attaching a cooling sheet or a heating sheet. A autonomic nervous activity adjustment set, extender classification kit according to any one of claims 1-3. (X) Measurement data input section for skin temperature of face and fingertips before and after psychological stress,
A product recommendation system for improving physical constitution, comprising: (Y) a database containing a constitutional classification protocol; and (Z) a database containing advice on treatment means according to the classified constitution .
The constitutional classification protocol of the above (Y) has the following classification criteria (Y):
Constitution (I): The skin temperature of the face and fingertips or only the fingertips after psychological stress is higher than normal.
Constitution (II): The skin temperature of the face after psychological stress has not risen or changed from normal, and the skin temperature of the fingertips after psychological stress has dropped from normal.
Constitution (III): Face skin temperature after psychological stress is lower than normal, and fingertip skin temperature after psychological stress is lower than normal.
Product recommendation system for physical constitution improvement including the data of . The constitutional improvement according to claim 5 , wherein the advice of the treatment means of (Z) is attachment of a cooling sheet or a heating sheet to one or more types of sites selected from a head, a neck, and a peripheral part. Product recommendation system. A method of classifying an individual's stress response constitution according to a constitution classification protocol using measured values of skin temperature of the face and fingertips after normal and psychological stress loading ,
The constitution classification protocol is based on the following classification criteria (1):
Constitution (I): The skin temperature of the face and fingertips or only the fingertips after psychological stress is higher than normal.
Constitution (II): The skin temperature of the face after psychological stress has not risen or changed from normal, and the skin temperature of the fingertip after psychological stress has dropped from normal.
Constitution (III): Face skin temperature after psychological stress is lower than normal, and fingertip skin temperature after psychological stress is lower than normal.
A method of classifying stress response constitutions including display items of .