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KMID : 0615720090260020041
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Jouranl of Korean Acupuncture and Moxibustion society
2009 Volume.26 No. 2 p.41 ~ p.48
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Development of the Special Heat Generating Terminal of Cauterizer for Prostate
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Jo Bong-Kwan
Lee Yun-Ho
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Abstract
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Objectives: The conventional direct and indirect moxibustion therapies for prostate treatment could not been applied to the acupuncture point of CV1(Conception Vessel Meridian 1, ?陰) because of its boring body region. The position of CV1(?陰) is the back side of hard part between the anus and the genital organ. The conventional moxibustion methods have many troubles in operating to the acupuncture point of CV1(?陰). In order to get rid of these problems, we have suggested the special heat generating terminal especially for prostate. The features of the special heat generating terminal for prostate are the low temperature infrared heater and the adhesive moxa-pad. These features are no burnt, no fiery and especially suitable for the point of CV1(?陰).
Methods: The heat generating terminal which is a part of the moxa-extract moxibustion cauterizer is composed of a PTC(Positive Temperature Coefficients) ceramic heater and the adhesive moxa-pad. We had got the experimental demonstrations by the stimulating the acupuncture points which are CV1(?陰), BL28(Bladder Meridian 28, 膀胱兪), and CV3(Conception Vessel Meridian 3, 中極) with the special heat generating terminal for the prostatitis and the benign prosthetic hypertrophy. And the stimulation level was 43℃ infrared heat for one hour. The type of thermography is IRIS-5000.
Results: With one subject suffering the prostatitis and another subject suffering the benign prosthetic hypertrophy, we cauterized the acupuncture points CV1(?陰), BL28(膀胱兪) and CV3(中極) with the special heat generating terminal for prostate. We measured the temperature variations by the thermography before and after stimulations. Finally we estimated the tendency of temperature decreasing in the region of post-stroke urinary symptoms and the improvement of nocturnal enuresis after the stimulations.
Conclusions: We suggest that the special heat generating terminal of moxa-extract moxibustion cauterizer proposed herein is effective for the treatment of prostate by NIH-CPSI and IPSS.
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KEYWORD
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Prostate, Moxibustion, Thermograph, NIH-CPSI, IPSS
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