著者

野原 浩

出版者

一般社団法人 日本温泉気候物理医学会

雑誌

日本温泉気候学会雑誌 (ISSN:03694240)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.23, no.4, pp.547-558, 1959 (Released:2010-08-06)

参考文献数

60

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Of late many studies have been reported upon the permeability of the skin to sulfateions in spring waters.Kusatsu Hot Springs (hydrogen sulfide-containing acid springs, pH at 1.5-1.7, SO4 1.1-3.2g/kg) have a peculiar way of bathing, that is, so-called “Jikan-yu” (or time-limit bath). Bathers take thermal bath under the command of a bath master at a high temperature of 43-48°C, 4 times a day, for 3 minutes. This custom has been known from old days, and is still today kept by some bathers, though day by day diminishing in number, as a home cure for chronic diseases. As a result of such spa treatment many of the bathers would come to suffer from an acid spring dermatitis in the axillary or genitofemoral regions. And increases in bactericidal activity of the blood, phagocytosis of leucogtes, PBI, urinary excretion of 17-KS and estrogen, etc. were proved.To give a clue to solve the mechanism of these strongly stimulative actions of acid spring bath the author intended to investigate the percutaneons absorption and excretion of sulfate in the spring waters by using S35-labeled sulfate.I. Absorption of Sulfate through the Mouse SkinAfter bathing in with S35O4 labeled spring waters under varing conditions, mice were killed and their skins were removed. The carcasses were ignited to ashes, dissolved in HCl and then precipitates were obtained by adding BaCl2.Radioactivity measurement of S35 in each sample indicated that the longer the duration of bath and the higher the temperature of bath-water was, the more the amount of absorbed sulfate increased.No significant difference was found, however, concerning the percutaneous absorption between the controls and the animals that had been bathed for three weeks in non-radioactive spring waters. It did not coincide with previously reported findings that the frequent baths had decreased the ionic absorption from bath-water. A presumptive explanation for it may he that a stimulative effect of acid spring might have produced some change in the skin through repeated bathing which might result in an increase of the percutaneous sulfate absorption. Indeed with animals which got burnt, sulfate absorption proved to increase remarkably. This fact suggests a probable increase in permeability of the impaired skin.II. Excretion of Sulfate through the Rabbit SkinWet dressing soaked with bath-water in question was applied to the abdominal slain of each rabbit, to which an isotonic solution of S35-labeled Na2SO4 was intravenousiy administered beforehand.The percutaneous excretion of S35 was confirmed. But it failed in this study to prove significant difference in sulfate excretion, if there be any, among soaking fluids such as fresh water, natural spring water, and H2SO4 solution (pH 1.7).III. Absorption of Sulfate through the Human SkinTest subjects, including both sexes, were divided into three groups according to the skin conditions, that is:(A) Five persons with manifest acid spring dermatitis: flush, crosion and secretion in the genitofemoral or axillary regions.(B) Three persons without recognizable dermatitis in spite of their repeated thermal hathings for one month or over.(C) Three persons as control subjects, who had not bathed in the spring for some time before the experiment.Every one of them was applied a wet dressing soaked with the labeled spring waters to the inflammatory part, or otherwise to the corresponding region during thirty to sixty minutes. Then, their 36 hour-urines were collected and radioactivity of the excreted S35 was measured.Elimination of S35 in the urines from the dermatitis group was strikingly increased as compared with that from the control group—roughly one thousand times on the average.The percutaneously absorbed SO4

著者

野田 茂寿 福井 圀彦

出版者

一般社団法人 日本温泉気候物理医学会

雑誌

日本温泉気候学会雑誌 (ISSN:03694240)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.22, no.1, pp.70-75, 1958-06-25 (Released:2010-08-06)

参考文献数

17

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Thirty six intact and hypophysectomized rats were treated with acupuncture or moxibustion, 3 times on each site: “Chukan”, “Shinchu” and “Jinyu”.Three hours after the treatment eosinophil leucocyte counts in peripheral blood, adrenal weight, adrenal ascorbic acid and cholesterol contents of the animals were determined.Results obtained were as follows.1) In the intact group, both treatments decreased eosinophil counts remarkably but adrenal weight was not significantly influenced.A considerable diminution in ascorbic acid content was seen in the group of acupuncture but a decrease in cholesterol content proved rather remarkable in the group of moxibustion.2) Even in the hypophysectomized animals following results were observed: eosinophil leucocytes decreased slightly after acupuncture, adrenal weight showed a tendency to decrease, ascorbic acid and cholesterol were diminished by both treatments, especially by acupuncture.3) From these experiments it was concluded that acupuncture was more effective to stimulate the adrenals than moxibustion under the above mentioned erprimental condition.4) The authors proved that acupuncture and moxibustion could influence the adrenals even not via pituitary.

著者

斎藤 幾久次郎

出版者

一般社団法人 日本温泉気候物理医学会

雑誌

日本温泉気候学会雑誌 (ISSN:03694240)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.24, no.3, pp.297-324, 1960 (Released:2010-08-06)

参考文献数

122

著者

杉山 尚

出版者

一般社団法人 日本温泉気候物理医学会

雑誌

日本温泉気候学会雑誌 (ISSN:03694240)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.25, no.1, pp.1-15, 1961-04-25 (Released:2010-08-06)

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This study was done in an attempt to clarify the significance of balneal reaction, which was often observed in the course of balneotherapy. Balneal reaction has been known for long time as “Yuatari” but no systematic study has been carried out. We have been studying balneal reaction systematically and in detail with respect to frequency, symptoms, course of development and various kinds of vital reactions at several hot springs in Tohoku Region.This paper is a summary of these studies.According to the statistic survey, the frequency of balneal reaction was estimated to be 15-41%. Incidence was high in acid and vitriol springs. The statistics made from the accurate survey of 1086 bathers at Narugo Spa, however, revealed that the frequency of balneal reaction was 80.6%. This figure was greatly different from the 40.9%, calculated from the subjective realization of balneal reaction in same group. Of these bathers, 79.2% showed generalized symptoms, 9.5% showed localized symptoms and 10.3% showed symptoms with pronounced feeling of sickness.Frequency greatly differed with the chemical properties of hot springs. For example, it was as high as 86.1% in strongly acid spring, while it was as low as 40.3% in simple thermal spring. It was also directly proportional to the number of times that patients bathed in a day. More than 90% of those who bathed over six times per day experienced balneal reaction.According to our survey, generalized symptoms appeared within a week, and there were some cases in which they appeared later than a week. Especially localized symptoms usually appeared 7 to 10 days after the institution of treatment in most cases. It was recognized that there were two types of symptoms of balneal reaction, namely generalized and localized. Generalized symptoms were feeling of fatigue and weariness, increased or decreased appetite, constipation or laxity, lethargy or insomnia, headache, palpitation, dizziness, etc. As for localized symptoms, 75 patients (6.9%) had what was called balneal dermatitis and only 27 (2.5%) showed the symptoms of reactivation of old foci. Dermatitis was mostly observed in those who bathed in acid or sulphur springs, and for this reason it was called sulphur dermatitis.The erythrocyte sedimentation rate became unstable in the early stage of balneal reaction, but it gradually decreased and became stable. The fatiguability progressed in parallel with balneal reaction, but it was temporary in nature. Urobilinogenuria showed most interesting facts; it increased qualitatively and quantitatively in parallel with the severity of balneal reaction and sometimes it appeared prior to balneal reaction. Therefore, we may say that urobilinogenuria is a diagnostic test of balneal reaction. When balneal reaction was studied by means of the liver function test such as Takada reaction, Santosol test and Bromsulfalein test, abnormal results were observed in some cases. But mostly it was not significant. And the author was of opinion that such changes were not indication of dysfunction, but merely due to a stimulation of the liver, because it was transitory and disappeared altogether when curative bathing was discontinued or sometimes even when continued.The various kinds of biological reaction observable in slight balneal reaction was not of high degree, and subsided with the disappearance of symptoms of balneal reaction; they were temporary and reversible in nature. When balneal reaction progressed to such a degree that it produced a sense of sickness, these vital reactions sometimes lost their temporarity and reversibility.From the preceding description, it appeared that so-called “balneal reaction” was wide in range. If the balneal reaction in the broad sense was defined as merely a vital reaction to balneal stimulation, then balneal reaction could be observed in 60 to 90per cent of bathers who bathed five to six times a day in high temperature hot springs. If t

著者

芹沢 勝助

出版者

一般社団法人 日本温泉気候物理医学会

雑誌

日本温泉気候学会雑誌 (ISSN:03694240)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.24, no.4, pp.389-459, 1960 (Released:2010-08-06)

参考文献数

53

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The ideas of “Keiraku” and “Keiketsu” are fundamental principle in acupuncture and moxibustion which have been developed in the East since ancient times. The system of “Keiraku” derives from a philosophical idea of the East and is the result of analysis and synthesis of many years experiences by Chinese medical men. “Keiraku” are the lines of reaction points, while “Keiketsu” are the points on “Keiraku” determined upon human body surface where therapeutic stimuli are to apply.“Keiraku” and “Keiketsu” are functional reaction zone and points, which are projected upon the surface of the body corresponding to the disorders of the internal organs. They are supposed to be located not only planely upon the skin but also expand three-dimensionally so deeply as far as into the subcutaneous tissues. It has been scarcely discussed, whether they should really exist or not, and whether they might have or not such special meaning as is believed in the field of practical therapists.In order to clarify the special characters of “Keiraku” and “Keiketsu” the author measured the cutaneous electric resistance in relation to the changes of the superficial structure of the skin and detected subcutaneous induration objectively with a massagekymograph corresponding to the changes in the deeper structure. And then the existence of “Keiraku” and “Keiketsu” was discussed through experimental researches and consequently following results were obtained:To measure the electric resistance of a minute area of the skin an apparatus with a small sharp electric pole, devised by Professor Ishikawa of the Kanazawa University, was used and the distribution of the cutaneous points with markedly decreased electric resistance was investigated in healthy and diseased subjects.It was revealed that there are several localized spots on the skin (with dimension of about 1×1mm2) which showed a distinguished decrease in the electric resistance. In some cases these “points of decreased cutaneous electric resistance” (P. d. c. e. r.) coincided with the sites of “Keiketsu”. The relative values of electric resistance at these points and the surrounding skin area are about one to hundred.And these P. d. c. e. r. changed their sites and degree of decrease by hours, clays, and weeks. Namely they showed daily or weekly changes in their distribution and character.In the dorsal region of 3 cases out of 5 subjects (60%) the zone of P. d. c. e. r. appeared paravertebrally 4cm both sides of the spinal column and on the middle line between the proc. spinosi. In 4 out of the 5 cases groupings of the P. d. c. e. r. were recognized between the mammae, in the mesogastric area, hvpochondrium, and on the abdominal middle line. This finding corresponds with “Keiraku” (reflected line) of “Yu” points and “Bo” points which are highly estimated in the diagnostic examination on dorsal and ventral regions in the Eastern Medicine.In 85 cases of healthy subjects it was discovered that the distribution of the P. d. c. e. r. appeared densely in the neck, upper abdominal regions, hypochondrium, loins, and cubital regions. This dense distribution of the P. d. c. e. r. coincides also with clinically important “Keiketsu” (reflected or reaction point) in the Eastern Medicine. And in these areas a dense distribution of the subcutaneous indurated nodules was detected too. The distribution of the P. d. c. e. r. on the upper and lower limbs indicated the existence of longitudinally line shaping distribution of reaction points, e. g. “Keiraku”. Especially in 9 cases of 85 subjects a distribution of P. d. c. e. r. was found which closely resembles with “Keiraku” and “Keiketsu”.Throughout the whole experiments th

著者

正木 俊二 二川 虎雄

出版者

一般社団法人 日本温泉気候物理医学会

雑誌

日本温泉気候学会雑誌 (ISSN:03694240)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.4, no.1, pp.1-14, 1938 (Released:2010-08-06)

参考文献数

17

著者

増山 元三郎

出版者

一般社団法人 日本温泉気候物理医学会

雑誌

日本温泉気候学会雑誌 (ISSN:03694240)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.8, no.1, pp.8-12, 1942

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The present author has critisized the n-method used by the German school of bioclimatologists. The n-method is not a perfect statistical method, for it may give an absurd result. The author gives here an example from the Fisher-Yates' table of random sampling numbers. Von Schelling has given a significant test for the n-method, but his schema of urnes and balls is not applicable in this case without reservations. He considers only the difference between the maximum value anti the minimum value of total frequencies scattered in the R cells in the sample, where these extremes may not correspond to those of the population in the R ordered cells. He does not distinguish the measure of correlation itself from that of the mode of correlation and does not consider the probability law of the qualitative event in question. The author proposes here a new method called “the temporal m-method” for the investigation of the measure of correlation between a temporal qualitative event A (t) and a temporal quantitative or qualitative event B (t) based on the analysis of variance proposed by R. A. Fisher. The main idea is as follows: We introduce a parameter m in B (t) and denote the measure of B (t) by y (m; t), where m means the time interval between the time of the appearance of the event A and the time of observation of the event B. Then we study the probability distribution of y (m; t) considering m as a variable and t as a parameter. We apply the test of significance in two way for the quantitative event B, viz. the test of variation in sub-sets of means y (m) and that of linearity of regression of y on m (not regression of m on y). Here, of course, these two tests must be used with reservations when we can not consider the variance as a random sampling one of the variance of population.

著者

星野 重雄

出版者

一般社団法人 日本温泉気候物理医学会

雑誌

日本温泉気候学会雑誌 (ISSN:03694240)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.4, no.2, pp.312-319, 1938

著者

正木 俊二 二川 虎雄

出版者

一般社団法人 日本温泉気候物理医学会

雑誌

日本温泉気候学会雑誌 (ISSN:03694240)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.4, no.1, pp.1-14, 1938

著者

増山 元三郎

出版者

一般社団法人 日本温泉気候物理医学会

雑誌

日本温泉気候学会雑誌 (ISSN:03694240)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.7, no.3, pp.147-168, 1942

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The author has intended to investigate the pathogenetic mechanism of the so-called meteorotropic diseases, particularly that of the cyclonopathia, and this is the second paper on this line. In order to analyse the pathogenesis of these diseases, he compares the prefrontal states of patients (not necessarily weather-hypersensitive patients!) with the postfrontal ones.<br>At first he has studied statistically the characteristics of the depression near Japan. The main results obtained from over 2000 cases may be summed up as follows;<br>1) there are at most 29% frontless depressions, <br>2) there are 96% frontal lines of the straight line type and only 4% those of &lambda; type, <br>3) the mode of the angle between frontal line and parallel is nearly equal to 40 degrees.<br>Thus it would be sufficient for the present purpose to determine the spatial distribution of the biological measure of autonomic regulation around the moving center of depression. He applies here the spatial n-method introduced in his previous paper (this journal vol. 6) to get quantitatively the statistical law of the autonomic regulation caused by the passage of depression.<br>He obtains the following results:<br>1) the imidazol bodies contained in the urine increase postfrontally, <br>2) the volume of urine decreases prefrontally, <br>3) the specific gravity of urine increases prefrontally, <br>4) the body temperature increases prefrontally, <br>5) the Biernaeki's reaction is acceralated prefrontally, <br>6) the negativity of the Citochol reaction increases postfrontally.<br>The figures Nos. 4-11 show that there is a prefrontal extremal zone which is nearly parallel to the frontal line and the distance between them is equal to ca. 500km. This suggests us that there exist the extremal biological states in the body ca. 12 hours before the passage of frontal line, which would correspond to the weather forecasting of some weather-hypersensitive patients.

著者

増山 元三郎

出版者

一般社団法人 日本温泉気候物理医学会

雑誌

日本温泉気候学会雑誌 (ISSN:03694240)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.7, no.3, pp.147-168, 1942-01-25 (Released:2010-08-06)

参考文献数

53

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The author has intended to investigate the pathogenetic mechanism of the so-called meteorotropic diseases, particularly that of the cyclonopathia, and this is the second paper on this line. In order to analyse the pathogenesis of these diseases, he compares the prefrontal states of patients (not necessarily weather-hypersensitive patients!) with the postfrontal ones.At first he has studied statistically the characteristics of the depression near Japan. The main results obtained from over 2000 cases may be summed up as follows;1) there are at most 29% frontless depressions, 2) there are 96% frontal lines of the straight line type and only 4% those of λ type, 3) the mode of the angle between frontal line and parallel is nearly equal to 40 degrees.Thus it would be sufficient for the present purpose to determine the spatial distribution of the biological measure of autonomic regulation around the moving center of depression. He applies here the spatial n-method introduced in his previous paper (this journal vol. 6) to get quantitatively the statistical law of the autonomic regulation caused by the passage of depression.He obtains the following results:1) the imidazol bodies contained in the urine increase postfrontally, 2) the volume of urine decreases prefrontally, 3) the specific gravity of urine increases prefrontally, 4) the body temperature increases prefrontally, 5) the Biernaeki's reaction is acceralated prefrontally, 6) the negativity of the Citochol reaction increases postfrontally.The figures Nos. 4-11 show that there is a prefrontal extremal zone which is nearly parallel to the frontal line and the distance between them is equal to ca. 500km. This suggests us that there exist the extremal biological states in the body ca. 12 hours before the passage of frontal line, which would correspond to the weather forecasting of some weather-hypersensitive patients.

著者

河野 誠

出版者

一般社団法人 日本温泉気候物理医学会

雑誌

日本温泉気候学会雑誌 (ISSN:03694240)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.14, no.2, pp.36-40, 1948-10-25 (Released:2010-08-06)

参考文献数

9

著者

木村 健二郎

出版者

一般社団法人 日本温泉気候物理医学会

雑誌

日本温泉気候学会雑誌 (ISSN:03694240)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.5, no.1, pp.1-11, 1939 (Released:2010-08-06)

参考文献数

12

著者

武田 泉

出版者

THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF BALNEOLOGY, CLIMATOLOGY AND PHYSICAL MEDICINE

雑誌

日本温泉気候学会雑誌 (ISSN:03694240)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.20, no.4, pp.305-320, 1957

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The author prescribed experimental bathing in Genzo-yu and the Hot-spring of Narugo-Branch Hospital in the Tohoku University, all in Narugo Spa, Miyagi-ken, to study the effect of the bathing on the serum Ch-E values of children, as well as the bearing they have on the liver function, and arrived at the following conclusion:<br>1) The effect of once bathing on the serum Ch-E, values was most marked directly after the bath, falling in some cases and rising in others, thus revealing individual differences, but returned to the pre-bath values in 3 hours. The rise or fall was found widest upon bathing in Genzo-yu. No change was seen in the liver function before and after once bathing.<br>2) During continuous bathing, the serum Ch-E values decreased on the 3rd-7th but reincreased by the 14th day. This fluctuation of the values also was day the most manifest upon bathing in Genzo-yu. The change in the values ran parallel with anomalies appearing in the liver function.<br>3) The fluctuation of the serum Ch-E values following once bathing became narrowed down in scope by continuous bathing.<br>4) As symptoms of bathing reaction in children, accentuated 2nd pulmonary sounds, audible femoral sounds, a slight reduction of the serum Ch-E values and a very mild dysfunction of the liver were observed. All these were transient and could be attributed to an anomaly in the function of the liver. In particular, the symptoms could be detected in sucklings on earlier dates of the continuous bathing than in adults, and were apparently more prevalent in the cases with lowered nutrition.<br>5) The change of the serum Ch-E values following hot-spring bathing seems to be induced by the general and non-specific stimulative exerted by the hot-spring bathing.

著者

北村 勇 柴田 俊郎

出版者

一般社団法人 日本温泉気候物理医学会

雑誌

日本温泉気候学会雑誌 (ISSN:03694240)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.22, no.2, pp.97-119, 1958-09-25 (Released:2010-08-06)

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The problem of water and electrolyte metabolism, an essential regulation in the living body of its internal environment, has been investigated by many researchers. In this paper, we have summarized our study concerned with the effects of thermal bath (plain water or hot spring) on the water and electrolyte metabolism. Also, some related changes in circulatory and endocrine systems were considered.Twelve young men were selected and series of comparative study before and after each bathing for 10 minutes duration at temperature of 40 to 43°C have been performed.I Water and electrolyte metabolism(1) Immediately after the bathing no change was observed in the total body water. The extracellular fluid and the plasma volume increased; hematocrit values were lowered, while the total blood water as well as the plasma water was both increased and the water content of blood corpuscles was decreased. This result was inferred to a replacement of body water from inside to outside of the cells.(2) The minute volume of urine voided immediately after the bathing showed a transient increase, whereas it was decreased after the period of bath and also less than the pre-bathing stage.(3) Plasma Na was lowered after the bathing, while K and Cl remained unchanged. Na content of blood corpuscles showed a rise and K was lowered. The same tendency has also been observed in the skeletal muscle.(4) Reabsorption of Na as well as excretion of K in the urine was slightly increased after the bathing.(5) There was a loss of electrolytes into sweat.(6) The permeability of Na24 across the capillary wall was increased during and immediately after the bathing.II Changes in circulatory and endocrine systems related with water and electrolyte metabolismAmong many changes induced by thermal bathing which may cause alteration in circulatory and endocrine systems, a rise of body temperature and an induced hyperfunction of adrenal glands were considered to play a major role in the whole processes.

著者

北村 大藏 添田 漸

出版者

一般社団法人 日本温泉気候物理医学会

雑誌

日本温泉気候学会雑誌 (ISSN:03694240)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.7, no.4, pp.257-264, 1942-04-25 (Released:2010-08-06)

著者

杉山 尚 鈴木 桂伍

出版者

一般社団法人 日本温泉気候物理医学会

雑誌

日本温泉気候学会雑誌 (ISSN:03694240)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.19, no.4, pp.318-330, 1956-04-25 (Released:2010-08-06)

参考文献数

21

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The authors have studied the effect of the single bathing in the hot spring on the time required for the blood circulation and its relation to the character of the spring and the age, the disease and the blood pressure of the patient, and obtained the following results:1) The circulation time in healthy persons is shortened immediately after the bathing both in the simple carbonate spring (37°C) and in “Unagi-yu” (alkaline sulphur spring, 44°C), but it is prolonged one hour after the bathing, being gradual in the simple carbonate spring bathing (37°C) and rapid in the alkaline spring bathing (44°C).2) As almost similar phenomena are seen in the case of fresh water bathing (37°C and 44°C), they seem to be due to the thermal action of the bathing water.3) Generally speaking, the bathing in the hot spring tends to lower both the maximal and the minimal blood pressures, and the fall keeps on going even one hour after the bathing. It is a characteristic feature of the hot spring bathing that the duration of the fall of the blood pressure is longer in the hot spring bathing than in the fresh water bathing.4) The fall in the blood pressure induced by the bathing in “Unagi-yu” (alkaline sulphur spring) is somewhat irregular and rapid, but that induced by the bathing in the simple carbonate spring is gradual.5) No changes are observed in the pulse after the bathing both in the simple carbonate spring and in the fresh water at 37°C, but a remarkable increase is observed immediately after the bathing in “Unagi-yu” end in the fresh water at 44°C. It returns to the normal pulse after one hour.6) The shortening of the circulation time induced by the hot spring bathing is more remarkably observed in persons with low blood pressure and in younger persons, and the fall in the blood pressure is more remarkable in persons with high blood pressure and in older persons.7) The shortening of the circulation time induced by the hot spring bathing is more remarkable in persons suffering from articular rheumatism than in healthy persons.The return to the normal circulation time is quickest in healthy persons, followed by those suffering from diseases of the stomach, and it is clearly slow in persons suffering from tuberculosis and from rheumatism.