- 著者
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鈴木 仁一
- 出版者
- 一般社団法人 日本心身医学会
- 雑誌
- 心身医学 (ISSN:03850307)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.22, no.5, pp.451-458, 1982-10-01 (Released:2017-08-01)
- 被引用文献数
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1
From time immemorial, it has been well known that fasting has an excellent effect on various diseases and has been practiced in world-wide areas as a religious asceticism. However, nowadays, it has being practiced as a proper medical therapy for psychosomatic disorders. Our scientific study of fasting started from 1967,and has been carried out in 576 cases with an efficacy rate of 87%.The following diseases were considered as suitable indications for the therapy; irritable colon, abnormal eating behavior, functional disorders of the digestive organ, neurocirculatory asthenia, borderline hypertension, variable psychosomatic symptoms of puberty, hyperventilation syndrome, bronchial asthma, various kinds of neurosis especially conversion hysteria, reactive depression and many others of psychosomatic diseases.The patient is put on 10-day fasting allowing to have only drinking water and 5% pentose solution by I.V., after that a 5-day recovery dieting period with settled menu is programed. During the fasting period, NAIKAN therapy is performed which is a special self-examination that method based on Buddhism. With regard to the mechanism of effectiveness, our conclusion is the regulating of the peripheral and central autonomic nervous system and of the endocrine system may change psychophysiological functions. At the result, a spontaneous deconditioning of maladaptive bodily and mental behavior might be induced and led to a homeostatic adjustment of the human body.