JPH07100182A - Moxibustion machine using electronic electric heat - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a moxibustion applying unit capable of freely adjusting the stimulus and temperature according to the operation state by providing a stimulating rod with a heater and a temperature sensing sensor therein, and bringing a conical rod needle kept at a proper temperature into contact with an acupunctural point to give a stimulus. CONSTITUTION: A pair of guide lugs 5 are arranged in the longitudinal direction on the inner peripheral face of a main body 1 bored with a rectangular hole 4 on one side face, and a cover 7 formed with a round hole 6 at the center section is screwed to the upper screw section 3 of the main body 1. A stimulating rod 9 formed with a conical rod needle 10 at one end and provided with a round rod 11 at the other end is stored in the main body 1, a heater 13 is stored in an insertion groove 12 formed on the round rod 11, and a connecting member 40 storing a heat insulating material 14a and a temperature sensing sensor 14 in sequence is arranged at the upper section of the round rod 11. The rod needle 10 can be drawn via the action of a push button 19 to adjust its length. A circuit board 20 containing a power switch 21, a digital display section 22, an addition switch 23, a subtraction switch 23a, and a variable resistor 24 is assembled in the rectangular hole 4.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a hot moxibustion machine using electronic electric heat for stimulating a moxibustion (acupuncture point) point with a mechanical device and a temperature (heat) adjusting circuit.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art According to the science of bedding medicine, both moxibustion (moxibustion) and acupuncture (stimulation) need to stimulate only acupuncture points to give an effective reaction to acupuncture points. There is no separate method, and the method that uses wormwood is the main method, and the range of moxibustion areas is wide, and in some cases unexpectedly high heat causes burns to the skin, which is surprisingly often accompanied by great pain. There was a problem that the affected part received a long healing period and the scar remained for a long time.

However, it can be said that there is no great difference in effect between the conventional method of wormwood hot moxibustion and the improved method described later. Both the conventional method and the improved method are methods in which both the wormwood and the wormwood are burned and the heat is applied to the affected part or acupuncture points without stimulating the affected part or acupuncture points. That is, even if a proper film or gap is placed between the skin and the gusset to prevent the fire of the gusset from directly contacting the skin, the center temperature of the burning wormwood is high at several hundred degrees. As a result, some people and parts of the body suffer severe pain and burns very often.

There is also a method of putting dry sagebrush in a sagebrush burning cylinder or the like and applying smoke, but this method is different from the principle of moxibustion by acupuncture and moxibustion acupuncture, and it is a moxibustion method by smoke of sagebrush. However, when this method is used, it is a hot moxibustion method in which a wide range of treatments are performed at one time.

[0005]

When moxibustion is applied, the sensible temperature differs between men and women of all ages, such as the back of the hand and the palm of the hand, and there is a great difference between the soft and hard parts. However, low-temperature irritation should be given to sensitive skin or soft areas, and slightly high-temperature strong irritation to areas such as hard skin, but this is not the case with conventional or improved moxibustion. There was a drawback that was impossible.

[0006] Korean Patent No. 46739, which was filed and filed by the applicant earlier, has a temperature (heat) control circuit of 60 ° C.
The cone-shaped acupuncture needle held inside and outside is applied to the moxibustion (acupuncture point) for stimulation, and it may be stimulated at a speed of about 0.5 to 3 seconds at an appropriate temperature, and thermal stimulation by pressure of the acupuncture needle. The temperature and heat of the lamp can be adjusted freely depending on the operating conditions by varying the degree of penetration of the lamp. Heat is transferred to the stimulating rod and the heat conducting plate by heat generation, and this heat is made to sense the temperature of the stimulating rod by the temperature sensing rod inserted on one side of the heat conducting plate. It is difficult to control the temperature because the rod does not sense the temperature accurately and the temperature is controlled by the heat generated by the lamp. Also, since the lamp has a built-in lamp, the volume is large and the structure is complicated. was there. The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems and devises a more efficient and efficient rapid and accurate moxibustion treatment method.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the method of moxibustion according to the present invention is a conical acupuncture needle which is maintained at an appropriate temperature of 45 ° C. by a temperature (heat) adjusting circuit. Acupuncture point) to give a stimulus to the point, about 0.5
It is enough to stimulate at an interval of ~ 3 seconds, and the degree of penetration of thermal stimulation changes depending on the pressure of the rod acupuncture, and temperature control and stimulation control can be freely adjusted according to the situation of the treatment. Has been.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, a detailed description will be given with reference to the accompanying drawings. In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a main body in which a hole is drilled in the lower part, a spiral part 3 is formed in the upper part of the outer peripheral edge, and a rectangular hole 4 is drilled in one side surface. A pair of guide protrusions 5 are provided in the spiral portion 3, and an insertion hole 6 is formed in the center of the spiral portion 3. Circular concentric circular grooves 6a and 6b are provided in the insertion hole 6 to insert a cushioning material 6c. The lid 7 having the spiral portion 3a formed therein is fastened, and the fitting protrusion 8 is formed on the outer side of the rectangular hole 4.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a stimulating rod in which a conical acupuncture needle 10 is formed at one end, an insertion groove 12 is formed in a circular rod 11 at the other end, and the outer peripheral edge thereof is coated with an epoxy resin coating 9a.
A heater 13 wound around the outer peripheral edge of an insulator 13a having a power supply hole 13b bored therein is incorporated in the insertion groove 12 of the stimulating rod 9, and a connecting member 40 is fitted to the upper end of the stimulating rod 9. A groove 40a is formed on one side of the connecting member 40, and the insertion rod 15 is axially formed and the guide rod 16 is vertically formed in the axial direction.
, The heat insulating material 14a and the temperature detecting sensor 14 are sequentially built in the insertion groove 12a of the connecting member 40, and are inserted and fixed to the insertion rod 15 by the connecting member 17, and the spiral portion 3 at the other end.
A push button 19 is screwed onto b so as to adjust the withdrawal length of the conical rod acupuncture needle 10, and a nut 19a is fastened to the lower portion of the push button 19 with a nut 19a.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a circuit board fitted in the rectangular hole 4, and the circuit board 20 comprises a power switch 21, a digital display unit 22, addition / adjustment switches 23 and 23a, and a variable resistor 24. Reference numeral 25 is a spring provided between the conical acupuncture needle 10 and the hole 2. Reference numeral 26 is a cover plate which forms and fastens the fitting protrusion 8a so as to correspond to the fitting protrusion 8 of the main body 1. The cover plate 26 has a power switch 2
The insertion hole 27 of No. 1, the display window 28 of the digital display unit 22, the insertion holes 29 and 29a of the addition and adjustment switches 23 and 23a, and the insertion hole 30 of the variable resistor 24 are punched. Reference numeral 100 denotes a projecting annulus which is fitted to the outer peripheral edge of the main body 1 so as to slide and prevents the main body 1 from coming off during stimulation.

FIG. 3 is an electric circuit diagram incorporated in the mechanical device section of the present invention. That is, the AC voltage is converted into the DC voltage by the converter A / D, and the output voltage of the converter A / D is supplied to the heater 13 via the rectifier diode D, and the capacitor C, the resistor R, the constant voltage diode D1 and The power supply section 32 that supplies the current amplified by the amplifier circuit 31 including the transistor Q1 to each end, and the output current of the power supply section 32 is controlled by the temperature of the oscillation circuit 33 and the temperature sensor 14 to change the oscillation frequency of the oscillation circuit 33. Generate the transistor Q
A clock generating circuit 35 for generating a clock and a microcomputer U operated by the clock generating circuit 35, a digital display unit 22, an adding / adjusting switch 23, 23a depending on the oscillating unit 34 for conducting 3 and the oscillating frequency of the transistor Q3. The temperature control circuit 39 includes a control section 36 and a dry section 38 including a switching circuit 37 for turning on / off the heater 13 in response to a control signal from the control section 36.

The operation and effect of the mechanical device section and the electrical temperature control circuit section of the present invention thus constructed will be described as follows. First, if the power switch 21 is applied,
An alternating voltage of 12 V DC is applied via the converter A / D. The direct current input through the converter A / D is supplied to the heater 13 through the rectifying diode D, and is stabilized at 5 V by the amplifier circuit 31 including the capacitor C, the resistor R1, the transistor Q1 and the constant voltage diode D1. It is converted into direct current and sent to the microcomputer U and each circuit. At this time, the resistor R1 is a bias adjusting resistor for the constant voltage diode D1, and the current amplified through the transistor Q1 is applied to the power supply current of each circuit.

Therefore, the transistor Q2 for applying the power supply current of the amplifier circuit 31, the capacitor C3, and the resistor R2.
The oscillation circuit 33 includes 2, R20, R18, and the variable resistor VR, and the oscillation frequency of the oscillation circuit 33 is determined by the variable resistor VR, the resistor R22, and the capacitor C3.

Then, the resistance value of the temperature sensing sensor 14 built in the insertion groove 12 of the connecting member 40 changes depending on the temperature of the stimulating rod 9, and the resistance value R22 changes according to the resistance value.
Changes to an equivalent resistance, and the transistor Q
The oscillation frequency of 2 will change. Therefore, if the temperature of the stimulating rod 9 rises, the equivalent resistance of the resistor R22 decreases and the oscillation frequency rises.
8, transmitted to the microcomputer U through the transistor Q3 and the resistor R21.

Contrary to the above, if the temperature of the stimulating rod 9 decreases, the resistance of the temperature detecting sensor 14 increases and the resistance R2
The equivalent resistance of 2 becomes high and the oscillation frequency is lowered, and the lowered value is transmitted to the microcomputer U. By fitting the heat insulating material 14a between the heater 13 and the temperature detecting sensor 14, the temperature detecting sensor 14 does not detect the temperature of the heater 13 but detects the temperature conducted by the heater 13 to the stimulation rod 9. By sensing it, the precise treatment temperature is sensed.

The oscillation frequency entered from the transistor Q3 of the oscillating unit 34 is read by the control unit 36, the temperature of the stimulating rod 9 is judged, and the temperature of the stimulating rod 9 is adjusted in comparison with the preset temperature. That is, the computer U of the control unit 36 is initially set to the minimum temperature of 45 ° C., and every time the addition and adjustment switches 23 and 23b are pressed, a signal is received to increase or decrease by 1 ° C. and set. The temperature is always displayed on the digital display unit 22.

Therefore, when the oscillation frequency entered through the transistor Q3 of the oscillating unit 34 is low, that is, lower than the set temperature of the stimulating rod 9, the digital display unit 22 blinks (this is the stimulating rod). (Indicating that the temperature of 9 and the set temperature are different) makes the transistor Q4 of the switching circuit 37 of the dry section 38 conductive, and the resistor R24,
Through R25, the transistor Q5 is turned on to supply power to the heater 13. The temperature of the heater 13 rises, which raises the oscillation frequency that enters through the oscillator 34.

When the oscillation frequency input through the oscillator 34 is high, that is, when the temperature of the stimulating rod 9 is higher than the set temperature, the controller 36 turns off the transistor Q4, thereby causing the transistor Q4 to be turned off. The power of the heater 13 is cut off while Q5 is cut off. Therefore, the temperature of the stimulation rod 9 naturally decreases due to convection.

Further, by coating the outer peripheral edge of the stimulation rod 9 with an epoxy resin film 9a, the stimulation rod 9 is formed.
By preventing heat radiation to the outer circumference of the circular rod 11 and the conical acupuncture needle 10, and radiating heat only at the tip of the conical acupuncture needle 10,
Try to improve the treatment effect.

Further, the normal-time microcomputer U is
The temperature of the stimulating rod 9 is constantly monitored by observing the oscillating frequency input through the transistor Q3 of the oscillating unit 34, and by comparing the value with the set temperature,
The power source of the heater 13 of the stimulating rod 9 is adjusted so as to keep it at a constant temperature. The state where power is applied to the heater 13 can be confirmed through the digital display unit 22. That is, if the digital display unit 22 is extinguished, the heater 13 is heated, and if it is turned on, no power is applied to the heater 13. Also, a crystal unit Y1, capacitors C4, C5
The clock generating circuit 35 consisting of is for operating the microcomputer U, and the resistor R19 is for initializing when the power of the microcomputer U is first applied.

Therefore, when the digital display section 22 shows the proper temperature (the temperature at which the therapeutic effect is the maximum without causing burns to the skin) by the temperature adjusting circuit 39, the stimulating rod 9 of the main body 1 maintains the proper temperature. But in this case,
The stimulating rod 9 having an appropriate temperature, that is, the conical acupuncture needle 10 is stimulated according to the point of moxibustion (acupuncture point), and the temperature control and the stimulus control can be freely adjusted by changing the degree of stimulation depending on the temperature and the pressure. It is a thing.

The operation relationship will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 (A) and 2 (B). First, the lower end hole 2 of the main body 1 is applied to the point of moxibustion (acupuncture point) to be stimulated, and the push button 19 protruding through the insertion hole 6 of the lid on the upper part of the main body 1 is pushed. The push button 19 screwed into the spiral portion 3b of 18 is rotated to adjust the withdrawal length of the conical acupuncture needle 10 to determine the degree of stimulation, and then the push button 19 is pushed, While pressing the spring 25 supporting between the hole 2 portion of the main body 1 and the stimulation rod 9, the actuation rod 18 and the stimulation rod 9 are pressed.
The guide rod 16 fixed vertically to the axial direction of the connecting member 40 is accurately lowered at this time by the guide protrusions 5 provided on the inner peripheral edge of the main body 1, and the conical acupuncture needle 10 performs moxibustion ( Acupuncture points), and moxibustion (acupuncture points)
After the point has been stimulated for a certain period of time, the cone-shaped needle acupuncture device 10 returns to its original state by the elastic force of the spring 25 elastically installed between the hole 2 portion of the main body 1 and the stimulation rod 9. At this time, in order to prevent the push button 19 from being separated from the insertion hole 6 of the lid 7 by the elastic force of the spring 25, the push button 1
A nut 19b is fastened to the lower end of 9.

Further, when the push button 19 is pushed by the cushioning material 6c by fitting into the circular grooves 6a, 6b formed concentrically above and below the insertion hole 6 of the lid 7 and when the original shape is restored, the conical rod acupuncture needle 10 is used. Try to prevent runout. Further, the plurality of small holes 2a formed in the outer peripheral edge of the main body 1 enable convection of air with the inside of the main body 1.

[0024]

As described above, according to the present invention, the temperature control circuit allows the proper temperature (the highest temperature at which the skin is not burned).
The cone-shaped acupuncture needles held in the body are applied to the moxibustion (acupuncture points) to give a stimulus. The cone-shaped acupuncture needles at the proper temperature are used to stimulate cold skin to irritable skin or soft areas, and hard skin or areas In contrast, it is possible to freely adjust the temperature and the treatment situation by changing the strong stimulation to a certain degree depending on the speed and pressure.Also, since the temperature of the stimulation rod is digitally adjusted, This is a very useful invention because not only the adjustment is accurate, but also the structure is simple and the size can be reduced by incorporating the heater in the stimulation rod.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing an example of a moxibustion machine according to the present invention.

2A and 2B are cross-sectional views of the operating state of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a circuit diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a usage state of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Main Body 2 Hole 2a Small Hole 3, 3a, 3b Spiral Part 4 Rectangular Hole 5 Guide Protrusion 6 Insertion Hole 6a, 6b Round Groove 6c Cushioning Material 7 Lid 8, 8a Fitting Protrusion 9 Stimulation Rod 10 Conical Rod Acupuncture 11 Circular Rod 12 Insertion groove 13 Heater 13a Insulator 13b Power hole 14 Temperature sensor 14a Insulation material 15 Insert rod 16 Guide rod 17 Connecting tool 18 Actuating rod 19 Push button 19a Nut 20 Circuit board 21 Power switch 22 Digital display 23, 23a Addition, adjustment Switch 24 Variable resistor 25 Spring 26 Cover plate 27, 29, 29a, 30 Insert hole 28 Display window 31 Amplifying circuit 32 Power supply section 33 Oscillating circuit 34 Oscillating section 35 Clock generating circuit 36 Control section 37 Switching circuit 38 Dry section 39 Temperature adjustment Circuit 40 Connecting member 40a Groove

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A hole is formed in a lower portion and a plurality of small holes is formed in an outer peripheral edge, a protruding annular band is fitted to be slid, a spiral portion is formed in an upper portion of the inner peripheral edge, and a rectangular hole is formed on one side surface. Perforation is performed by protruding a pair of guide protrusions in the lengthwise direction on the inner peripheral surface, and an insertion hole is bored in the center of the spiral portion, and the insertion hole is provided with circular grooves vertically on a concentric circle. Insert
A body with a spiral part formed at the lower end and a fitting protrusion formed on the outer side of the rectangular hole; a conical acupuncture needle at one end and an insertion groove in the circular rod at the other end. Formed and coated with an epoxy resin film on the outer periphery of the insulator, a heater wound around the outer periphery of an insulator with a power hole in the insertion groove is built-in, and a spring is provided between the conical acupuncture needle and the hole. A stimulating rod provided with; a groove is formed on one side, the insertion rod and the guide rod are fixed in the axial direction and perpendicular to the axial direction, and a heat insulating material and a temperature sensor are sequentially built in the insertion groove, A connecting member adapted to be fitted to the upper part of the stimulating rod; fixed to the inserting bar by a connecting tool, a pressing button is screwed into the spiral portion at the other end, and a nut is fastened to the lower part of the pressing button. Actuating rod; fit in the above rectangular hole, power switch, digital display, addition, adjustment switch A circuit board consisting of the variable resistor and; to form a fitting projection to correspond to the fitting protrusion, the insertion hole of the power switch, the display window of the digital display,
A mechanical actuating part provided with a cover plate which is formed by punching through the insertion hole of the addition and adjustment switch and the insertion hole of the variable resistor, respectively; and an AC voltage is converted into a DC voltage by a converter. The output voltage of the converter is supplied to the heater through the rectifier diode, and a power supply unit that supplies the current amplified by the amplification circuit to each end; the output current of the power supply unit is controlled by the temperature of the oscillation circuit and the temperature sensor. An oscillating circuit for generating an oscillating frequency in the oscillating circuit to bring the transistor into conduction, a clock generating circuit for generating a clock by the oscillating frequency of the transistor, a microcomputer operated by the clock generating circuit, and a digital display section,
A control unit composed of an increase / decrease switch; and a temperature control circuit having a dry unit composed of a switching circuit for turning on / off the heater in response to a control signal from the control unit are used. Hot moxibustion machine.