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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an apparatus which diagnoses the
functional condition of every internal organ and the balance condition of
the autonomic nervous system in the living body.
Generally speaking, Western medicine mainly uses the method of bio-chemical
clinical inspection for inspecting and diagnosing the function of
respective internal organs and the diseases thereof, except for
electrocardiograms and the like utilized for detecting the function of the
heart. In many cases, however, said method necessitates a lot of money,
time and labor and, moreover, pain on the part of the patients who undergo
the inspection.
On the contrary, it has been well-known that Oriental medicine, especially
those aspects known as acupuncture and moxa cautery medicine, performs
medical treatment by the following method. It acknowledges through its
clinical experiences that there exists in the whole living body the
systems called "Keraku". The systems can be designated as the stimulation
sensitivity systems or stimulation reaction systems. It also acknowledges
that these systems have a close relationship with some of the internal
organs and with autonomic nerves which control these organs. It detects
abnormal conditions of each reaction point of these systems (this point is
called the Keketsu or, popularly, the Tsubo) and from these conditions
diagnoses the existence of disease in each internal organ which is related
to the corresponding reaction point. Furthermore, it restores the internal
organ to the normal condition by means of giving physical stimulation,
such as needle insertion, heat etc. to the reaction point which is in the
abnormal condition.
BRIEF REVIEW OF THE PRIOR ART
Among numerous reaction points, those points which exhibit an abnormal
condition have thus far been discovered and confirmed by the sensitivity
of the finger tips of the diagnostician and the conscious reactions of the
subjects themselves. However, said method requires much skill and many
years of experience on the part of the diagnostician. Thus, there have
been devised types of apparatus which can perform electrical detection and
diagnosis of the condition of the reaction points not by depending upon
the experience and skill of the diagnostician but by taking advantage of
the fact that electric resistance falls off greatly at the reaction points
in the skin. An apparatus called a "Skin Ammeter" or "Neurometer" is one
example of such an apparatus. In using this apparatus, an electrode is
firmly attached to the skin surface of a part of the body and a roller
electrode is placed against and moved around the skin surface of another
part of the body such as, for instance, the main body, hands, feet etc.
Electric resistance or impedance which is developed between said two
electrodes is detected and the change in resistance or impedance at every
checking point is observed to diagnose the functional condition of each
internal organ and the existence of disease and, in some cases, to perform
medical treatment. However, the use of a skin ammeter has many
shortcomings as follows.
a. In inspecting the main body etc., it takes a lot of time since there are
too many reaction points (for instance, about 30 points) with respect to
one system which corresponds to one internal organ.
b. The reaction points are located at various distances from the skin
surface and have various sizes, and sometimes this makes it difficult to
discover a particular point among them.
c. On account of the comparatively high voltage, i.e. 9 - 27 V, being
applied to the skin, the electrical reaction incurred everywhere on the
body surface provokes an excitation reaction as the roller electrode is
touched repeatedly to the body surface for inspection, and frequently it
becomes impossible to obtain accurate measured values.
A heat sensitivity meter is another kind of apparatus used to detect
abnormality at the reaction points. Taking advantage of the fact that
there are terminals of all systems in the tips of the fingers and toes,
this apparatus gives a constant heat stimulation continuously to these
tips until the subject begins to feel the heat. Every degree of the heat
being felt is designated with a numerical value and conspicuously abnormal
systems are indicated by the difference of the values to show the degree
of sensitivity to the heat. This apparatus is useful, indeed, in checking
the change of heat sensitivity around so-called terminal points of the
stimulating sensitivity system and inspecting heat sensory nerves.
However, it sometimes happens that the heat used for the measurement
stimulates the fingers so as to raise the temperature of them as a whole
or to change the sensitivity of the measured part, making it difficult to
obtain accurate numeral values. In addition, said method sometimes causes
considerable pain to the subjects.
Apart from said problem, another problem is that there exists a
polarization phenomenon. Namely, a stimulation such as voltage etc. given
to the living body, including the human body, generates therein reverse
voltage trying to prevent the stimulation voltage from flowing through the
body.
FIG. 7 shows a known equivalent circuit in the skin of a living body. When
a conventional resistance meter is used to measure resistance to applied
electric current between the terminals of said equivalent circuit, a
pattern such as that of FIG. 7 (b) is obtained by recording the
time-progressive change of the measured voltage value, but a pattern such
as that of FIG. 7 (c), which is obtainable from the living body, is not
obtainable.
It should be understood that said pattern of FIG. 7 (c) is obtainable when
a reverse voltage producing cell, more particularly, an electrolyte cell
is inserted into the equivalent circuit. This means that, when the voltage
etc. is applied to the living body, the reverse voltage is generated
therein trying to prevent current flow in the circuit. In its broadest
meaning, such a polarization phenomenon as this is one of the functions of
the home-o-static system to try to keep the living body in a constant
condition and also it may be regarded as a defensive function of the
living body. It is considered that the reverse voltage is generated in
this instance in an extremely short time, such as 5 - 30 microseconds, and
thenceforth equalizes with the average value of the measured voltage.
However, a skin ammeter or a neurometer etc. of the type used thus far has
a conventional meter, such as an ammeter, for measuring the resistance
value or impedance of the living body and, since such a conventional meter
as this can only check a change which takes place in 15 - 20 milliseconds
at most, it cannot detect said polarization phenomenon accurately but can
only measure the equalized voltage value after a certain time has passed.
Incidentally, the present inventor invented a diagnosing apparatus (Patent
Application in Japan No. 59,776 filed 1971) which can examine electrically
the abnormal conditions of the reaction points at the finger tips of the
hands and feet in order to inspect the functional condition of every
internal organ.
These reaction points in the skin represent so-called terminal points of
the systems called in Japanese "keiraku" which exist in the whole living
body. These points exist at the finger tips of the hands and feet as one
or two specific minute points, of which there are 28 terminal points in
all. These terminal points are called, in Japanese, the "Seiketsu", which
means a well or well-hole. They are located in the skin at a position
spaced about 3 mm from the finger nails of the hands and feet. As shown by
black points in FIG. 4, it is acknowledged through clinical experience
that these respective minute points have a close relationship with some of
the corresponding internal organic meridians. Further, these terminal
points are located symmetrically at the finger tips of the hands and feet,
respectively.
The diagnosing apparatus comprises a reference electrode, a plurality of
differential electrodes and a resistance measuring meter connected to
those electrodes.
By using said device, the present inventor conducted the following
experiment. Each differential electrode was firmly attached to one of the
28 terminal points of all stimulation sensitivity systems, and a reference
electrode was firmly attached to another part of the body. Then 2 - 3 V of
DC voltage was applied between the reference electrode and the
differential electrodes in order to measure the skin resistance value at
every terminal. The difference between the measured values of
corresponding symmetrical points on the left and right sides of the body
was figured out and the average value of all differences was calculated
and then the value of the difference between the left and right terminals
was divided by the average value, i.e. the percent of the difference
between individual left and right terminals relative to the average
difference for all terminals.
The result of said experiment shows that a terminal of a system which
corresponds to an internal organ having a subjective symptoms in any
degree apparently shows a high percentage, namely, not lower than 1.21% of
the difference between the left and right terminals. Also, much of the
data confirmed that the use of this apparatus gave no pain to the subjects
at all and that the inspection was very effective.
Said diagnosing apparatus was devised so as to make it possible to attach
stimulating electrodes to the parts of the living body where neither a
reference electrode nor a differential were attached and the resistance
values of terminals which were located near the electrically stimulated
parts were measured. The differences of the measured values were
calculated and utilized as one of the standard values for judgment.
However, the present inventor realized that these measured values could not
be perfectly effective by themselves since the polarization phenomenon in
the living body was not sufficiently taken into consideration in using
this apparatus. Also, it was considered possible that a functional change
might be provoked in the living body as the result of the high voltage,
such as 22 V, being applied through the stimulating electrodes.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is a further improvement of the apparatus previously
devised.
Accordingly, the object of the present invention is to provide such an
apparatus with the following function. Namely in inspecting the function
of the living body by attaching electrodes to it and measuring the
resistance values, the apparatus of the present invention measures the
value of electric current which flows momentarily before said polarization
phenomenon is generated, together with the current value after
polarization. As a result, the measurement precision of said apparatus is
excellent and the probability of correct diagnosis by using the same is
very great.
The basic configuration of the apparatus of the present invention consists
of:
a detection part which detects, at the user's option, the resistance of the
surface layer of a living body between a reference electrode firmly
attached to a part of the living body and a plurality of differential
electrodes firmly attached to specific minute positions which are located
symmetrically at the tips of the fingers and toes of the living body,
an average value measuring part which calculates the average value from the
output of the detection part, and a maximum value measuring part which
calculates the maximum value from the output of said detection part.
In using this apparatus, the differential electrodes are firmly attached in
a stable manner to 14 terminals which exist as reaction points, according
to acupuncture and moxa cautery medicine, in given positions in the tips
of the fingers in the left and right hands and the toes of the feet and,
at the same time, a reference electrode is attached to another part of the
body. The skin resistance of each terminal is measured separately and, at
that time, both of the values of the current which flows momentarily
before polarization and the same after polarization are simultaneously
measured. As a result of finding out the correct difference of the current
values by conducting measurements in this way, the apparatus is quite
effective and accurate in performing inspection of the functional
condition of the internal organs and autonomic nerves.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
In the Figures:
FIGS. 1a and 1b are block diagrams of the whole configuration of the
apparatus of the present invention;
FIG. 2a is a sectional view of a differential electrode;
FIG. 2(b) is a front view of a differential electrode attached to the
finger tip;
FIGS. 2(c) - 2(f) are front views of other embodiments of differential
electrodes;
FIGS. 2(g) and 2(h) are plan views of reference electrodes;
FIG. 3 is a diagram of terminals for attachment of the apparatus to a
living body;
FIG. 4 is a diagram of the positions of terminals in the tips of the
fingers and the toes of the human body;
FIG. 5 is a circuit diagram of the apparatus according to the invention;
FIG. 6 is a series of graphs of a part of the measured values obtained by
the use of an embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention; and
FIG. 7a is an equivalent circuit diagram, and FIGS. 7b, 7c and 8 are graphs
of current values for explaining the theory of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
A reference electrode 1 is provided which is to be firmly attached to an
optional position on a living body m, such as shown in FIG. 3. A plurality
of differential electrodes 2a, 2b . . . are provided which are to be
firmly attached to the symmetrical tip parts of the living body m, for
example, a given position on every finger tip of the both hands m.sub.1,
m.sub.2 and the tips of the toes of both feet m.sub.3, m.sub.4 (see FIGS.
3 and 4).
Reference numeral 3 designates an electrode box containing a detection
circuit. The said electrodes 1 and 2a, 2b . . . are connected to the
circuit in this electrode box, which in turn is connected to the remainder
of the apparatus with a shielded cable having a shield effect. Reference
numeral 4 designates a switch group which functions as an average value
measurement part which is constructed as shown in the circuit diagram of
FIG. 5, and it electrically detects the skin resistance, generally in
terms of amperes, by supplying 2 .about. 3 V DC between each differential
electrode 2a, 2b . . . and the reference electrode 1. In this case, each
differential electrode can be switched into the circuit selectively under
the control of a rotary switch S.sub.4. This rotary switch S.sub.4
comprises four interlocking rotary switches S.sub.4a, S.sub.4b, S.sub.4c
and S.sub.4d in which there are provided with seven terminals respectively
which are connected to a plurality of differential electrodes attached to
the finger tips of the hands and feet. This rotary switch S.sub.4 is
constructed so that it can be changed over to respective differential
electrodes attached to the tips of the fingers of the left and right hands
and the toes of the left and right feet by means of the other switch
S.sub.5. Further, the rotary switch S.sub.4e is connected with the
intermediate terminals (n) disposed between the respective seven terminals
of the four interlocking rotary switches S.sub.4a, S.sub.4b, S.sub.4c and
S.sub.4d above described. When the switch is changed over to the
intermediate terminal, relays r.sub.a and r.sub.b are energized to reset a
level value which is memorized in the integral circuit of an analogue
holding part described below. Moreover, a switch POL is provided to
reverse the polarity of voltage between said differential electrodes and
said reference electrode.
Reference numeral 5 designates an amplifier which amplifies input current
from said detection circuit 3 and switch group 4 and supplies the current
values to an average value analogue holding part 6 and a maximum value
analogue holding part 8, respectively. As shown in the circuit diagram of
FIG. 5, this maximum value analogue holding part 8 comprises a plurality
of amplifying circuits, "Nand" circuits and an integral circuit, and can
detect and hold the peak voltage value of the input signal thereto.
Average value analogue holding part 6 can hold the average level value of
the signal detected by the detection circuit 3 after polarization. The
holding parts 6 and 8 are connected to an average value displaying part 7
which displays a digital value and maximum value display part 9,
respectively. Also, the amplifier 5 is connected with analogue storage
etc. through output amplifier 10. Reference numeral 33 in FIG. 5
designates the power supply for the apparatus in said AMI.
As shown in FIG. 2 (a), each differential electrode has a hollow generally
hemispherical part 11 about 9 mm in diameter made of an insulator such as
synthetic resin or rubber and the like. There is a recess in the bottom of
the hollow interior having a depth on the order of 1.1 mm and a
depolarization electrode 12 about 4 mm in diameter constituted by a base
of silver plated with silver chloride is fixed at the bottom of the
recess. Said electrode 12 is connected with an external lead 13 and the
remainder of the hollow interior is filled with conductive electrode paste
14 for example, a chloride. As shown in FIG. 2(b), the electrode paste is
fixed by a rubber band 15 or the like to a terminal p in a tip of a finger
or toe of a living body.
Alternatively, the differential electrodes can be provided at the end of a
clip. FIG. 2(c) shows such clip with a differential electrode of FIG. 2a
thereon. The differential electrode 2a is attached to the end part of one
arm 17a of the clip and a supporting ball 18 is mounted on the end part of
another arm 17b, the arms 17a and 17b being connected at a spring means 16
tending to move the arms toward each other. Ring 19 is hooked on the arms
where they cross each other to prevent separation of the two arms. As
shown in FIG. 2(d), the clip clamps a finger tip m.sub.1 between the
differential electrode 2a and the ball 18.
In an alternative embodiment shown in FIG. 2(e), differential electrodes 2a
and 2b are provided at the end of each arm 17a and 17b or the clip. FIG.
2(f) shows the electrodes 2aand 2b clamped to two points on a finger tip
m.sub.1.
The reference electrode as shown in FIG. 2(g), can be a rectangular silver
plate, which is 3 cm in length, 2 cm in width and about 0.3 mm thick, for
example. Alternatively, four silver discs 2 cm in diameter as shown in
FIG. 2h can be attached to the wrists of both hands and the ankles of both
feet, respectively. The plate of FIG. 2g of the disc of FIG. 2h can be
provided on a clip as shown in FIG. 2c.
FIG. 1b shows a fully automatically controlled measuring apparatus which
has a calculating circuit wherein measurement of the electric resistance
and the necessary calculation are carried out, and the result of the
calculation can be printed out according to a predetermined format.
The construction of said calculating circuit will be described in brief in
the following. Reference numeral 16 designates a controller which changes
over switch group 4 and then counts out the measured value at that time by
controlling channel selector 25 through computer 22 and switch selecting
resistor 23 according to the program memorized in memory 21, said value
being printed out by printer 24 according to the predetermined format.
Furthermore, reference numeral 34 designates an analog-digital converter to
convert the analog measurement into digital signals. Reference numeral 26
designates a digital multiplexer to process these digital signals. Numeral
27 designates a computing program input to the computer 22. Numeral 28
designates decoder to decode signals from an indicator 29 for controlling
a switch selecting resistor. Further, numeral 30 is a selector switch for
manually operating a switch group resistor. Reference numerals 31 and 32
designate operating plates to control the START and STOP etc. of the
controlling part. Namely, the controller 16 changes over automatically
among the various terminal points located in the skin by changing over
switch group 4. Simultaneously with this operation, said controller can be
used to reset the memorized values in the maximum value holding part 8 and
the average value holding part 6 obtained by measuring the skin resistance
at the terminal points, thereby starting preparation of the following
measurement. In addition, this controller is constituted so as to supply
the measured values to the computer 22 through the digital multiplexer 26
to control the performing of the desired calculation.
OPERATION OF THE APPARATUS
The operation of the apparatus of the present invention will now be
described.
1. As shown in FIG. 3, the reference electrode is attached to an optional
position on the body and, at the same time, differential electrodes 2a,
2b, . . . are attached to 14 terminal points on the left side of the body.
As shown in FIG. 3, these terminal points are located symmetrically in the
tips of the fingers of the left and right hands and the toes of the left
and right feet and each terminal point has its own name related to each
internal organ which has a relationship with one of 14 systems.
2. A voltage of 3 V DC is applied between the reference electrode and each
of the differential electrodes and the DC resistance value (or current
value) of the skin surface at each terminal point is measured separately
for the left and right position by sequentially switching a lead contact.
In each measurement, the resistance value before polarization and after
polarization is measured as the maximum current value and the average
current value, respectively.
3. Calculation
A. The polarization current value P relating to L (left) and R (right),
respectively, is calculated by the following equation.
BP (Maximum Value) - AP (Average Value) = P
b. each of the following items is calculated with respect to BP, AP and P.
(a). /Di/ = LI - Ri
where Li, Ri are the measured value at left and right terminals i.
##EQU1##
Said calculation can be automatically conducted with said counting circuit
simultaneously with the measurement of the electric resistance. The
results of the calculation are shown in Tables 1 and 2. (The subject is
male. The chief complaints and disease record is as shown in Table 3.)
Then, the difference of the values between the left and right are compared
with the subjective symptoms of the subject or with the results of a
general examination of the subject.
From the results of said measurements, a judgment can be made as follows.
When the difference between the values at the left and right terminal
points for a given system related to an internal organ is great,
especially when the numerical value of the difference between the left and
right terminals divided by the smaller value is not less than 1, it can be
judged that the function of the internal organ is instable.
For example, the difference between the values for the left and right for
the liver system, stomach system, kidney system, lung system, adrenal
glands system etc. in Table 1 (all underlined) are judged abnormal.
As shown in Table 2, these judgments mostly coincide with the chief
complaints reported by a subject in the present disease record, for
example, as follows:
1. "I have loose bowels at times."
2. "I have been advised to take care of the liver since a group physical
examination."
3. "I had undergone an operation for the lungs 10 years ago."
(Table 1)
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3V
Foot Li/ Ri/
Resistance
Left
Right
Terminal
Diffe-
% xLR xLR
value rence
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Before
Polariza-
149 172 1.06 1.22
tion Spleen
Meridian
After
polariza-
7.5 8.7 1.2 0.2 0.75 0.87
tion
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BP 123 178 0.87 1.26
Liver
Meridian
AP 19.4
10.3 9.1 1.56
1.94 1.03
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BP 137 126 Stomach 0.94 0.89
meridian
AP 3.2 16.6 12.6
2.16
0.32 1.66
__________________________________________________________________________
BP 140 155 0.99 1.1
Second
meridian
AP 7.5 6.8 of stomach
0.7 0.12
0.75 0.68
__________________________________________________________________________
BP 141 165 1.0 1.17
Gall-bladder
meridian
AP 8.6 5.1 3.5 0.6 0.86 0.51
__________________________________________________________________________
BP 129 153 0.92 1.09
Kidney
meridian
AP 6.4 24.6 18.2
3.12
0.64 2.46
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BP 133 131 0.94 0.93
Urinary-
bladder
AP 3.1 5.1 2 0.34
0.31 0.51
meridian
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(Table 2)
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3V
Hand Li/ Li/
Resistance
Left Right Terminal
Diff- % xLR xLR
Value erence
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BP 148 133 1.05 0.94
Lung
meridian
AP 14.4 10.2 4.2 0.72 1.44 1.02
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BP 139 145 0.99 1.03
Large
AP 14.7 12.6 intestine
2.1 0.36 1.47 1.26
meridian
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BP 143 138 1.01 0.98
Heart-
Constric-
AP 11.8 6.6 tion 5.2 0.89 1.18 0.66
meridian
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BP 120 144 0.85 1.02
Diaphragm
meridian
AP 6.2 9.2 3 0.51 0.62 0.92
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BP 144 149 1.02 1.06
Triple
AP 12.6 23.3 heater 10.7 1.83 1.26 2.33
meridian
______________________________________
BP 128 126 0.91 0.89
Heart
meridian
AP 10.8 4.8 6 1.02 1.08 0.48
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BP 128 109 0.91 0.77
Small
AP 6.1 3.0 intestine
3.1 0.53 0.61 0.3
meridian
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(Table 3) Date of inspection: October 14, 1972. Past and present disease
record and Chief complaints:
Have loose bowls at times.
Advised to take care of the liver.
Underwent operation for the lungs 10 years ago.
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Terminal Left & right hands
Difference
Measured value
Left & right feet
(L-R)
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.SIGMA. X
3926.0
Before
polari-
.SIGMA. X.sup.2
556904.0
zation
X 140.2142
.sigma. 15.1461
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.SIGMA. X
279.2 81.6
After
polari-
.SIGMA. X.sup.2
3664.06 809.18
zation
X 9.9714 5.8285
.sigma. 5.6062 4.8813
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Note .sigma..sub.1 is .sigma. of each measured value of 28 terminals.
.sigma..sub.2 is .sigma. of each difference of values between the left and
right of 14 systems.
% of difference is obtained by dividing difference i by difference.
x of the difference values is the average value of 14 difference values.
FIG. 6 is a series of graphs of some of the measured values taken out
analogically from the values measured at the terminal pionts of each
system for another subject (female). In this graph, L.sub.2 /xLR = 3.78
for the left large intestine terminal is higher than the values of the
other parts. Also, .theta. = 62.degree., which is the angle at the extreme
point of the curve after polarization with respect to the vertical
direction, is comparatively great (about 50.degree. or so for the other
parts) and, accordingly, it can be judged that this internal organ is
abnormal.
In connection with said embodiment, an explanation will be given regarding
the electro-physiological meaning of the value of electric current
generated by the polarization phenomenon in measuring the skin resistance
of the living body.
When a stimulation-like voltage is given to the skin of the living body,
there is generally generated a waveform having the shape as shown in FIG.
8. In this figure, a = the value before polarization, b = the time of
polarization (usually 2 m s), c = the current value observable by an
ammeter and d = the amount of polarization.
Now, as the result of obtaining said waveforms, it becomes possible to set
up various patterns which will indicate when the function of the organ is
abnormal. When the value before polarization is small as in said example,
electrically it means that the intrinsic skin resistance has become great.
In this case, it can be physiologically considered that the cells of the
surface skin etc. have degenerated and the resistance of cellular membrane
is great; metabolization is lowered; the voltage inside and outside of the
cells becomes stationary; the blood flow into this region decreases and so
on.
Secondly, a low value of polarization indicates that the defensive function
is lowered.
As the result, the current value after polarization is large in spite of
the current value before polarization being small. This is a typical
pattern of the case where the function of the concerned system and the
corresponding internal organ is instable and abnormal.
The apparatus of the present invention can obtain the measured values
separately in several stages ranging from the maximum value before
polarization to the value after polarization by means of the analogue
recording apparatus and this makes it possible to obtain various patterns
of polarization shown in FIG. 6.
The pattern of polarization in FIG. 6 shows that the angle .theta. at the
extreme point of the curve is not sharp but round. Also, the time of
polarization is long and instable. Electrically speaking, the round angle
.theta. at the extreme point is formed due to the leakage of the cell
capacity. In other words, this indicates such condition as the cells have
degenerated, their proper function as a condenser is lowered and their
insulating capacity is worsened.
The result of checking and comparing the values measured before and after
polarization sheds light on many things, which have not been clear so far,
such as the condition of polarization, the condition of the defensive
function of the living body, the condition of the cellular organ at the
measuring points etc. and eventually makes the diagnosis more accurate.
ADVANTAGES OF THE INVENTION
As explained in connection with the embodiments described hereinabove, the
present invention is an apparatus with the following configuration and
function. In order to inspect the functional condition of the living body,
the skin resistance values (or the current values) between the
differential electrodes and the reference electrode are measured
individually. In this instance, the differential electrodes are firmly
attached with little effort to 14 terminal points of respective
stimulation sensitivity systems which are located near the tips of the
fingers of the left and right hands and the toes of the left and right
feet. The reference electrode is firmly attached to another optional part
of the living body. The functional condition of every internal organ and
the existence of a disease thereof is diagnosed by making use of the
difference of said resistance values at the left and right terminal points
for the same system.
The use of this apparatus has the following excellent effect when compared
with the methods of diagnosis used in the past and the use of apparatus so
far devised for the same purposes as this apparatus.
1. The examination of the function of the internal organs in the past used
to be conducted mostly by the biochemical method and it necessitated a lot
of time, expense and labor. On the contrary, when the apparatus of the
present invention is used, it is possible to grasp the functional
condition of every internal organ in a very short time (20 minutes) and
the labor and expense for the examination are relatively low.
2. In the clinical inspection in the past, it was often the case that a
subject had to endure pain on account of being injected with liquid
medicine or having a stomach-camera or some similar diagnostic instrument
inserted into him, but the apparatus of the present invention causes no
such pain.
3. The clinical inspection in the past could tell nothing further than the
present functional condition or the condition of present illness. However,
the use of the apparatus of the present invention makes the following
things practicable: diagnosing the present functional condition of the
autonomic nerves in the whole body; judging the reaction of the same at
the time before and after polarization; telling the kind of the internal
organs which show functional abnormality or instability; foreseeing
illness which is subject may have in the future and so on. For example, if
the reaction before and after a stimulation being given is a sympathetic
nervous excitation type and it is observed that the autonomic nerves are
mentally instable, it can be diagnosed that the subject can possibly be
affected with high blood pressure, angina pectoris, etc.
4. The use of a skin ammeter involves many problems as follows:
a. It takes long time for examination.
b. It is difficult to find out the reaction points needed. c. It is
impossible to obtain accurate measured values on account of electrical
reaction on the surface of the body, and so on.
On the other hand, the apparatus of the present invention makes it possible
to diagnose accurately the abnormal condition of the systems related to
every internal organ since the apparatus has the following advantages:
a. The operation of installing the differential electrodes is very simple
and it does not take any significant time to prepare for examination since
the measuring points are minute spots located in specific positions on the
tips of the fingers and toes at the terminals of the systems which
correspond with the internal organs, respectively, and in attaching the
electrodes, rubber loops etc. can be used to make the operation smooth.
b. Using the electrode paste insures that the points corresponding to the
terminals and the differential electrodes maintain uniform contact with
each other and maintain a stabilized electrical connection, which in turn
makes the measurement of the values accurate.
c. Since the voltage applied is as low as onl | | |
