WO2000004837A1 - Moxa - Google Patents

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WO2000004837A1
WO2000004837A1 PCT/EP1999/005009 EP9905009W WO0004837A1 WO 2000004837 A1 WO2000004837 A1 WO 2000004837A1 EP 9905009 W EP9905009 W EP 9905009W WO 0004837 A1 WO0004837 A1 WO 0004837A1
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Robert Hauptmann
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B18/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
    • A61B18/04—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by heating
    • A61B18/06—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by heating caused by chemical reaction, e.g. moxaburners

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  • the invention relates to a device for treating the human or animal body with heat and moxa smoke (moxa advice) with a smoke chamber which receives the moxa herb and with an electrical consumer.
  • Moxa herb is the deposited and dried herb of common mugwort.
  • the use of this moxa herb has proven itself in pain therapy.
  • a moxa stick which consists of dried and subsequently pressed mugwort, is lit at the front end in the manner of a cigar.
  • the development of heat irritates certain skin zones, which causes certain reactions, such as, for example, embryo rotation and the like.
  • the additional development of smoke causes an amphetamine release associated with psychological harmonization.
  • a device with the features mentioned above is known, for example, from DE-OS 29 17 426 or DE-Ul 78 31 974.
  • a herbal burner for acupuncture purposes which has a combustion chamber for receiving the moxa herb to be burned. There is also an opening for the flue gases generated during combustion.
  • An electric motor-driven fan is integrated in the device, the outlet of which communicates with the combustion chamber.
  • the second-mentioned publication discloses a smoking device for medical purposes for moxa smoking in connection with an acupuncture treatment, the smoking device being a sleeve-shaped device Has housing with a blow pipe arranged at one end.
  • An inner end of the blow pipe is connected to a smoke chamber, the smoke chamber being connected upstream of an electric motor-driven fan and a battery for the electric motor being located inside the housing.
  • an instrument for indirect treatment with warm air flow and moxa smoke which has a smoke chamber which receives the moxa herb.
  • the smoke chamber has one or more openings, with a centrally arranged opening being additionally provided in the upper region of the smoke chamber, through which a so-called moxa cigar can be inserted into the smoke chamber in a fitting manner.
  • the other end of the smoke chamber is formed by a removable cap that has a lattice guard.
  • an elongated handle is provided for handling the instrument.
  • a fuel body for therapy by moxabustion wherein a fuel element which slowly burns off under the development of heat and which is thermally active gases is placed on a gas- or heat-permeable base plate.
  • the second group of the above Devices only provide heat treatment for the body, but the additional beneficial effects of moxa smoke on the body are not available.
  • the present invention has for its object to provide an improved moxa rate, which avoids the aforementioned disadvantages.
  • the device should be easy to handle, the temperature and heat emission in particular being easy to control and the patient to be treated enjoying the moxa smoke at the same time.
  • This object is essentially achieved in the device with the features mentioned at the outset by having one on the Has skin of the body attachable support surface, the electrical consumer is designed as a heating element and in the support surface and / or adjacent support surface one or more openings are provided, from which the moxa smoke exits from the smoke chamber.
  • the device according to the invention essentially makes use of the basic idea that, in addition to the moxa smoke, the heat transferred to the human body at the same time in the moxa treatment is not provided solely by the heat energy occurring during the combustion of the moxa herb, but rather by means of an electrical, easily controllable or controllable electrical heat energy Release heating element. While the electric heating element is thus essentially responsible for releasing the thermal energy required for moxa treatment, moxa herb is additionally burned in a smoke chamber arranged in the device, the resulting moxa smoke being able to escape through openings arranged in the bearing surface of the device.
  • This contact surface of the device thus ensures, on the one hand, that the moxa smoke escapes from the smoke chamber, and, on the other hand, the contact surface is heated by the electrical heating element arranged inside the device, the heat emitted being easily and precisely controllable by means of the electrical heating element.
  • the heating element is arranged in a central chamber of the device and the smoke chamber as a separate chamber laterally adjacent to the central chamber. Due to this measure, the moxa stick can be easily inserted into the smoke chamber or ash from the burned moxa herb can be easily removed from the chamber.
  • the Support surface has a closed head part. This angle of the head part makes handling the device very easy.
  • the smoke chamber ending in the region of the head part has one or more openings which are in flow connection with the openings in the support surface.
  • the openings are preferably formed by webs which prevent the moxa rod from escaping.
  • the smoke chamber it also makes sense for the smoke chamber to have an opening at the other end that can be closed, for example, by means of a cover. This further simplifies the insertion of the moxa stick into the smoke chamber.
  • the heating element ends below the support surface and preferably has a mushroom-shaped widening for uniform, indirect heating of the support surface. Furthermore, the head part in the area of the support surface can preferably be widened in a mushroom shape, so that a further enlargement of the treatment area is achieved.
  • An electrical insulation, a protective grille or the like is advantageously arranged between the support surface and the heating element, as a result of which the moxa device complies with the electrical safety standards.
  • thermal insulation for the heating element is arranged in the region of the handle part, so that the handle part is not or only slightly heated by the heating element. Furthermore, it has proven to be advantageous and economically sensible to use the heating element with an operating voltage of approx.
  • the heating element is designed such that the heating power can be controlled or regulated.
  • PTC elements or similar heating elements are used.
  • the electromagnetic load on the patient is also minimized in that the heating element has two coils which are associated with one another in opposite winding directions.
  • the single figure shows an embodiment of the moxa device according to the invention in longitudinal section and schematic representation.
  • the device 10 for treating the human or animal body with heat and moxa smoke has a smoke chamber 14 which receives the moxa herb 12 and an electrical consumer 16.
  • the device 10 has a contact surface 18 which can be placed on the skin of the body.
  • the electrical consumer 16 arranged in the interior of the device is designed as a heating element 20.
  • the heating element 20 is arranged in a central chamber 24 of the device 10.
  • the smoke chamber 14 is arranged as a separate chamber laterally adjacent to the central chamber 26.
  • the heating element 20 can be equipped with a temperature sensor in order to control the temperature.
  • the device 10 has an elongated grip part 28 and an angled head part 30.
  • the longitudinal axes of the grip part 28 and of the head part 30 preferably close an angle of
  • the smoke chamber 14 has one or more openings 32 in the area of the head part 30 through which the moxa smoke can exit the smoke chamber 14 and flow towards the openings 22 in the support surface 18. At the other end, the smoke chamber 14 is closed with a removable cover 34, it being possible for the smoke chamber 14 to be filled with moxa herb 12, for example in the form of a moxa stick, through the opening 36.
  • the heating element 20 ends just below the support surface 18 and preferably has a mushroom-shaped widening 38 for uniform, indirect heating of the support surface 18.
  • electrical insulation 48 can be arranged between the support surface 18 and the heating element.
  • thermal insulation 40 for the heating element 20 is arranged in the region of the handle part 28. This heat insulation 40 keeps the grip part 28 relatively cool and the heat emitted by the heating element 20 is conducted into the front area of the heating element 20 in the area of the widening 38.
  • the heating element 20 itself is operated, for example, with a 24 V AC voltage, the heating power of the Heating element 20 is controllable or adjustable. Coils 44, 46 arranged in opposite directions in the heating element 20 minimize the electromagnetic load on the patient. With a power supply unit, the AC voltage or operating voltage 42 can be varied up to approximately 450 ° C. for stepless temperature control.
  • the smoke chamber 14 is filled with moxa herb, the moxa stick being ignited in the region of the front end. Furthermore, the heating element 20 is put into operation, as a result of which the contact surface 18 is brought to the desired temperature.
  • the moxa smoke which arises during the combustion of the moxa herb 12 can emerge from the smoke chamber 14 through the one or more openings 32 and through the openings 22 and act in the desired manner on the patient's skin as well as the heat emitted by the contact surface 18.
  • the moxa advice described above ensures extremely simple moxa treatment, is easy to use and ensures controlled heat and moxa smoke development.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un appareil (10) (moxa) servant au traitement du corps d'un homme ou d'un animal avec de la vapeur et de la fumée de moxa, comportant une chambre à fumée (14) dans laquelle est logée l'herbe de moxa (12), ainsi qu'un consommateur électrique (16). Pour que la manipulation de cet appareil soit facilitée, en particulier pour que la température ou l'émission de chaleur soit bien régulée et que le patient à traiter profite simultanément du bienfait de la fumée de moxa, il est proposé que l'appareil (10) présente une surface d'appui (18) pouvant être appliquée sur la peau du corps, que le consommateur électrique (16) se présente sous la forme d'un élément chauffant (20) et qu'au moins une ouverture (22) soit ménagée dans la surface d'appui (18) et/ou à côté de cette surface d'appui (18), ouverture par laquelle la fumée de moxa sort de la chambre à fumée (14).
PCT/EP1999/005009 1998-07-23 1999-07-15 Moxa WO2000004837A1 (fr)

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EP99941426A EP1096893A1 (fr) 1998-07-23 1999-07-15 Moxa

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DE29813128U DE29813128U1 (de) 1998-07-23 1998-07-23 Moxagerät
DE29813128.5 1998-07-23

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US4203438A (en) * 1979-02-08 1980-05-20 Shiu Desmond K Moxa burner and mount for multiple moxa burners
DE2917426A1 (de) * 1979-04-28 1980-11-06 Walter Strasdas Kraeuterbrenner fuer akupunkturzwecke
EP0228152A1 (fr) * 1985-10-02 1987-07-08 Chung Choi Jei Dispositif de chauffage thérapeutique

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4203438A (en) * 1979-02-08 1980-05-20 Shiu Desmond K Moxa burner and mount for multiple moxa burners
DE2917426A1 (de) * 1979-04-28 1980-11-06 Walter Strasdas Kraeuterbrenner fuer akupunkturzwecke
EP0228152A1 (fr) * 1985-10-02 1987-07-08 Chung Choi Jei Dispositif de chauffage thérapeutique

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