Moxibustion device using carbonized moxa cone

Abstract

The invention relates to a moxibustion device using carbonized moxa cones, which comprises a quadrangular frustum pyramid-shaped box body and a quadrangular frustum pyramid-shaped cavity defined by four walls of the box body, and is characterized in that a box cover is arranged at the top end of the box body, and a guide cylinder penetrates out of the box cover from the cavity; a flow regulating valve is arranged at the upper end of the guide cylinder, and a moxa cone support is arranged under the guide cylinder; a moxa ash chute which is made of stainless steel meshes and has a U-shaped cross section is arranged below the moxa cone support; the other side of the box body is provided with a moxa ash outlet opposite to the opening of the moxa ash chute, the outer side of the moxa ash outlet is provided with a drawing and inserting type moxa ash collecting box, and the upper side of the moxa ash collecting box is provided with an air inlet; the air inlet is communicated with an air outlet hole in the upper end of the guide cylinder through a vent hole in the carbonized moxa cone; a miniature direct-current vibration motor is fixed to the head, extending out of one side of the box body, of the vibration rod. The moxibustion device is remarkable in treatment effect.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to a physiotherapy device, specifically an moxibustion device, and particularly an moxibustion device using carbonized moxa columns (or moxa sticks). Background Art

[0002] Carbonized moxa columns or moxa sticks are made by sorting mugwort, drying it in the sun to make fine powder, adding it to a carbonization machine to make moxa charcoal, and then shaping and drying. The moxa sticks made after carbonization contain almost no free water inside, so there is no choking smoke when burning them, but there is a faint fragrance. Because the smoke is extremely small, it is beneficial for patients to accept.

[0003] Although there are more than 4,000 patent applications related to moxibustion devices or moxibustion apparatuses in the Chinese patent database, there are very few patent applications related to moxibustion devices or apparatuses using carbonized moxa sticks (columns). However, since the appearance shapes of carbonized moxa sticks and moxa columns are basically the same as those of traditional moxa sticks and moxa columns, the design ideas can be mutually borrowed.

[0004] The invention patent application with the publication number of CN 112120930 A discloses a smokeless moxibustion device. The moxibustion device includes a moxa column, a housing, and a silica gel sleeve. The moxa column is connected to the housing and placed in the inner cavity of the housing. Through holes are provided on the side wall of the housing. The bottom of the housing is inserted into the silica gel sleeve. Air outlet holes are distributed on the bottom surface of the housing, and the air outlet holes are communicated with the hot air outlet of the silica gel sleeve. A smoke absorber is sleeved on the cover body. The bottom of the smoke absorber covers the through hole of the cover body. A filter body that can adsorb smoke and pass air is provided in the inner cavity of the smoke absorber above the cover body. The filter body divides the inner cavity of the smoke absorber into an upper cavity and a lower cavity. The lower cavity is communicated with the through hole of the cover body. An air extraction device is provided in the upper cavity. The air inlet of the air extraction device is communicated with the upper cavity, and the air outlet of the air extraction device is communicated with the exhaust port above the smoke absorber. Although the solution of the above patent applicant can filter smoke and discharge smokeless air, with the advantages of environmental protection, there are obvious deficiencies as follows: 1. "The moxa column claw 52 is fixed on the cover body 2 by a rivet passing through the magnet and the gasket", that is, the entire moxa column body 5 burns uncontrollably in the air in the inner cavity 12 of the cylinder. Moreover, as the moxa column body 5 is burned and shortened, the distance between the heat source of the moxa column body 5 and the patient's body becomes farther and farther, and the treatment effect becomes weaker and weaker, and even loses the curative effect; 2. The ashes of the burning of the moxa column body 5 fall on the heat conduction plate 4, directly affecting the conduction and radiation of heat energy, and further reducing the treatment effect. Therefore, people are eager for a moxibustion device with better treatment effect to come out. Summary of the Invention

[0005] The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a moxibustion device using carbonized moxa columns, and the treatment effect of the moxibustion device is remarkable.

[0006] The solution of the present invention to the above technical problem is as follows:

[0007] An moxibustion device using carbonized moxa cones, the moxibustion device includes a frustum-shaped box body, and its four walls enclose a frustum-shaped chamber, and is characterized in that

[0008] A box cover is provided at the top of the box body, and a guiding cylinder passes through the box cover from the chamber; wherein, the box cover is buckled on the edge of the upper port of the box body by a first elastic buckle, and the guiding cylinder is buckled in the middle of the lower surface of the box cover by a second elastic buckle;

[0009] A flow regulating valve is provided at the upper end of the guiding cylinder, and the flow regulating valve is composed of an air outlet provided at the upper end of the guiding cylinder and a valve piece hinged at the upper end of the guiding cylinder;

[0010] An moxa cone holder is provided directly below the guiding cylinder, the moxa cone holder is sheet-shaped and L-shaped, its vertical side is fixed on a vibrating rod that penetrates into the chamber from one side of the box body, and the horizontal side is a flat fork and extends horizontally to directly below the guiding cylinder, supporting the carbonized moxa cone placed in the guiding cylinder. The carbonized moxa cone is cylindrical, and there is a clearance fit between its outer wall and the inner wall of the guiding cylinder, and a ventilation hole for assisting combustion is provided along the axis;

[0011] An ash chute with a U-shaped cross-section made of a stainless steel mesh sheet is provided below the vibrating moxa cone holder. One end of the ash chute is sealed by a stainless steel mesh sheet, the other end is open, and the two ends of the U-shape are connected together by a stainless steel thin sheet;

[0012] The ash chute is also fixed on the vibrating rod and extends obliquely downward from one side of the box body to the other side; an ash outlet is provided on the other side of the box body opposite to the open end of the ash chute. An insertable ash collection box is provided outside the ash outlet. An air inlet is provided on the upper side of the insertable ash collection box, and the air inlet is communicated with the air outlet at the upper end of the guiding cylinder through the ventilation hole on the carbonized moxa cone;

[0013] A hollow cup motor vibrator is fixed to the head of the vibrating rod extending out of one side of the box body.

[0014] In order to promote local blood circulation of patients and improve the microcirculation state, an improved scheme of the above moxibustion device is that a pair of electrodes are further provided on both sides of the lower port of the box body, and each electrode is composed of a conductive plate, an electrode piece and a metal buckle connecting the two; wherein, the conductive plate is L-shaped, its vertical side is fixed to the outer wall of the lower port of the box body by screws, and the lower surface of the horizontal side is provided with an upper half buckle, and the electrode piece is made of a conductive silica gel sheet, and the upper surface thereof is provided with a lower half buckle.

[0015] Since the guiding cylinder is directly sleeved on the carbonized mugwort column, the heat generated by the combustion of the carbonized mugwort column will be quickly conducted to the upper end of the guiding cylinder. At this time, if medical staff push or pull the guiding cylinder by hand, it will inevitably cause burns. To solve the above problems, another improvement scheme of the moxibustion device of the present invention is that a handle made of a material with low thermal conductivity (such as polymer material or wood) is provided at the upper end of the guiding cylinder.

[0016] As the moxibustion device is usually designed according to the requirements of suspended moxibustion for the distance between the moxa stick or moxa column and the human skin, the present invention is no exception. Based on this, the height from the upper surface of the moxa column support (i.e., the lower end surface of the carbonized moxa column) to the lower end surface of the box body is usually about 3 cm in the above scheme.

[0017] The moxibustion device described in the present invention has the following beneficial effects compared with the prior art:

[0018] 1. Pushing and pulling the guiding cylinder up and down can change the length of the moxa column burning in the air, and at the same time, the firepower of moxibustion can be changed by cooperating with the flow regulating valve;

[0019] 2. Since the carbonized moxa column is supported on the flat fork of the moxa column support, the distance between the heat source of the carbonized moxa column burning and the patient's skin remains stable. Therefore, once the firepower of moxibustion is set, the energy transmitted to the patient can remain unchanged;

[0020] 3. Since both the moxa column support and the moxa ash chute are fixed on the vibrating rod, the ashes generated by the combustion of the carbonized moxa column can be shaken off in time, and the ashes falling into the moxa ash chute can be smoothly conveyed to the moxa ash collection box, eliminating the blocking effect of the ashes on the energy transfer of the carbonized moxibustion. Description of the Drawings

[0021] Figures 1-6 is a schematic structural diagram of a specific embodiment of the moxibustion device described in the present invention, wherein Figure 1 is the front view ( Figure 2 A - A cross-section of Figure 2 right view, Figure 3 bottom view, Figure 4 top view, Figure 5 is Figure 1 a partial enlarged view in the direction of A of Figure 6 is Figure 1 an enlarged view of the partial area Ⅰ in

[0022] Figures 7-9 is Figures 1-6 a schematic connection diagram of the moxa ash chute and the vibrating rod and the micro DC vibration motor connected thereto in the embodiment shown, wherein Figure 7 front view ( Figure 8 B - B cross-section of Figure 8 top view, Figure 9 right view.

[0023] Figures 10-11 For Figures 1-6 the structural schematic diagram of the box cover in the illustrated embodiment, where Figure 10 is the front view (sectioned), Figure 11 is the bottom view.

[0024] Figures 12-14 For Figures 1-6 the structural schematic diagram of the guide cylinder and the flow regulating valve on its upper part in the illustrated embodiment, where Figure 12 is the front view, Figure 13 is the top view when the flow regulating valve is in the open state (the dotted arrow in the figure indicates the rotation direction of the valve plate), Figure 14 is the top view when the flow regulating valve is in the closed state.

[0025] Figure 15 For Figures 1-6 the usage state diagram of the illustrated embodiment. Specific embodiments

[0026] Refer to Figures 1-6 and Figures 10 - 14. The moxibustion device of this embodiment includes a frustum-shaped box body 1, and the four walls of the box body 1 enclose a frustum-shaped chamber 2; a box cover 3 is provided at the top of the box body 1, and a guide cylinder 4 passes through the box cover 3 from the chamber 2; among them, the box cover 3 is buckled on the edge of the upper port of the box body 1 by a first elastic buckle 5, and the guide cylinder 4 is buckled in the middle of the lower surface of the box cover 3 by a second elastic buckle 6; a flow regulating valve is provided at the upper end of the guide cylinder 4, and the flow regulating valve is composed of an air outlet hole 14 provided at the upper end of the guide cylinder 4 and a valve plate 15 hinged to the upper end of the guide cylinder 4 by a screw; a handle 16 made of a polymer material is provided at the upper end of the guide cylinder 4 to prevent the hands of medical staff from being scalded; in this example, the first elastic buckle 5 is composed of semi-elastic buckles located on both sides of the guide cylinder 4 respectively, and the two ends of each semi-elastic buckle are bent downward and always act on the edge of the inner wall of the upper port of the box body 1; the second elastic buckle 6 is tubular and sleeved on the guide cylinder 4, its upper end turns outwards and acts on the upper surface of the box cover 3, and four elastic claws that always act on the outer wall of the guide cylinder 4 extend symmetrically downward along the lower head of the guide cylinder 4.

[0027] Refer to Figures 7-14 and in combination with Figures 1-6, directly below the guiding cylinder 4 is an oscillating moxa cone holder 7. The moxa cone holder 7 is sheet-shaped and L-shaped. Its vertical side is clamped and fixed to the oscillating rod 8 that penetrates into the chamber 2 from the left side of the box body 1 by a nut. The horizontal side is a flat fork that extends horizontally to directly below the guiding cylinder 4 and supports the carbonized moxa cone 10 placed in the guiding cylinder 4. The carbonized moxa cone 10 is cylindrical, with a clearance fit between its outer wall and the inner wall of the guiding cylinder 4, and a ventilation hole 10-1 for assisting combustion is provided along the axis. By pulling up or pushing down the guiding cylinder 4 with the handle 16 to change the distance H between the lower end of the carbonized moxa cone 10 and the horizontal side of the moxa cone holder 7, the burning length of the carbonized moxa cone 10 can be controlled, thereby achieving the purpose of stabilizing the moxibustion temperature. The carbonized moxa cone 10 in this example is produced by Beijing Guoyiyan Medical Technology Development Co., Ltd., with the specifications: diameter 18mm, length 27mm, and center hole diameter 4mm.

[0028] See Figure 1 , in this example, the height from the upper surface of the flat fork of the moxa cone holder 7 to the lower end surface of the box body 1 is 3 centimeters.

[0029] See Figures 7-9 And in combination with Figures 1-6 , below the moxa cone holder 7 is an ash chute 9 with a U-shaped cross-section made of a stainless steel mesh sheet with a specification of 10 meshes. One end of the ash chute 9 is a head made of a stainless steel mesh sheet, and the other end is an open end. And a stainless steel thin sheet 12 connects the two ends of the U-shape together. The ash chute 9 is also clamped and fixed to the oscillating rod 8 by a nut and extends obliquely downward from the left side of the box body 1 to the right side. At the open end of the ash chute 9 opposite to the right side of the box body 1, there is an ash outlet, and outside the ash outlet, there is a plug-in ash collection box 13. On the upper side of the plug-in ash collection box 13, there is an air inlet, and a mesh sheet 13-1 is embedded in the opening. The air inlet communicates with the upper end air outlet 14 of the guiding cylinder 4 through the ventilation hole on the carbonized moxa cone. The head of the oscillating rod 8 extending out of the left side of the box body 1 is fixed with a coreless motor vibrator 17. The head located in the chamber 2 is provided with external threads that match the nuts clamping the moxa cone holder 7 and the nuts clamping the ash chute 9. In this example, the coreless motor vibrator 17, model LX0408, is produced by Huaqi Technology (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. It is bundled together with the oscillating rod 8 by an iron sheet 17-1, and epoxy resin 17-2 is filled in the gap between the coreless motor vibrator 17 and the oscillating rod 8.

[0030] See Figures 1-6, on the left and right sides of the lower port of the box body 1, there is also a pair of electrodes, each electrode is composed of a conductive plate 18, an electrode piece 19 and a metal buckle 20 connecting the two; among them, the conductive plate is L-shaped, its vertical side is fixed on the outer wall of the lower port of the box body 1 by screws, and the lower surface of the horizontal side is provided with an upper half buckle. The electrode piece 19 is made of conductive silicone rubber sheet, and its upper surface is provided with a lower half buckle. The electrode piece 19 is a non-woven self-adhesive conductive silicone physiotherapy electrode piece produced by Shenzhen Baijianda Company, and its specification is 80×40. Since conductive silicone rubber has strong viscosity at room temperature, another important function of the electrode piece 19 made of conductive silicone rubber is to fix the entire moxibustion device by its viscosity.

[0031] See Figures 1-6 , on the left side of the box body 1, there is a control box 21, and the above-mentioned hollow cup motor vibrator 17 is located inside it; inside the control box 21, there is also a circuit board 22 of a pulsed DC power supply for electrostimulation and a battery 23; the positive and negative poles of the pulsed DC power supply are connected to the electrode pieces 19 on the left and right sides of the lower port of the box body 1 through the conductive plate 18 and the metal buckle 20 respectively, so as to promote the local blood circulation of the patient and improve the microcirculation of the local part of the patient's body (referred to as Ashi point ) . The electrostimulation part in this moxibustion device can work independently. If its power is turned off, simple moxibustion can be performed. If its power is turned on, an electrostimulation and moxibustion combined treatment device can be formed.

[0032] See Figure 15 and in combination with Figures 1-6 , when in use, first remove the box cover 3 (together with the guide cylinder 4), place the lit carbonized moxa stick 10 on the flat fork of the moxa stick holder 7, then install the box cover 3 (together with the guide cylinder 4) and perform up and down pushing and pulling operations to change the burning length of the carbonized moxa stick 10 (see Figure 1 the H in); then, fix the entire moxibustion device 24 on the patient's skin 25 and rotate the valve piece 15 to adjust the air flow, and then start the micro DC vibration motor 17 to perform moxibustion treatment. From the above operation process, it can be seen that this moxibustion device controls the temperature of moxibustion by changing the burning length H of the carbonized moxa stick 10 and the opening degree of the flow regulating valve to meet the needs of the patient and the disease he suffers from; at the same time, since the height of the moxa stick holder 7 in the chamber 2 remains unchanged, that is, the distance between the burning point of the carbonized moxa stick 10 and the human skin 25 remains unchanged, and in addition, during the moxibustion process, the moxa stick holder 7 and the ash chute 9 vibrate synchronously at intervals, the ashes at the burning head of the carbonized moxa stick 10 and the ashes falling into the ash chute 9 can be removed in time, so the preset moxibustion temperature can be ensured to remain stable.

Claims

1. A moxibustion device using carbonized moxa sticks, the moxibustion device comprising a quadrangular pyramid-shaped box body, the four walls of which form a quadrangular pyramid-shaped chamber, characterized in that: A box cover is provided at the top of the box body, and a guide tube passes through the box cover from the chamber; wherein the box cover is buckled to the edge of the upper end of the box body by a first elastic buckle, and the guide tube is buckled to the middle of the lower surface of the box cover by a second elastic buckle; The upper end of the guide cylinder is provided with a flow regulating valve, which is composed of an air outlet hole provided at the upper end of the guide cylinder and a valve plate hinged at the upper end of the guide cylinder; A moxa stick holder is provided directly below the guide cylinder. The moxa stick holder is in the form of a sheet and L-shaped, with its vertical side fixed on a vibrating rod that penetrates into the chamber from one side of the box body, and its horizontal side is a flat fork that extends horizontally to directly below the guide cylinder, supporting the carbonized moxa stick placed in the guide cylinder. The carbonized moxa stick is cylindrical, with a clearance fit between its outer wall and the inner wall of the guide cylinder, and a combustion-supporting ventilation hole is provided along the axial core line; A moxa ash chute with a U-shaped cross section made of stainless steel mesh is provided below the vibrating moxa column holder. One end of the moxa ash chute is sealed by a stainless steel mesh, and the other end is open, and a stainless sheet is used to connect the two ends of the U-shaped chute together; The moxa ash chute is also fixed on the vibrating rod and extends downward from one side of the box body to the other side; the other side of the box body is provided with a moxa ash outlet at the open end of the moxa ash chute, and a plug-in type moxa ash collecting box is provided on the outside of the moxa ash outlet, and an air inlet is provided on the upper side of the plug-in type moxa ash collecting box, and the air inlet is connected with the air outlet at the upper end of the guide cylinder through the ventilation hole on the carbonized moxa column; A hollow cup motor vibrator is fixed on the head of the vibration rod extending out of one side of the box body.

2. A moxibustion device using carbonized moxa sticks according to claim 1, characterized in that: A pair of electrodes are also provided on both sides of the lower port of the box body, and each electrode is composed of a conductive plate, an electrode sheet and a metal buckle connecting the two; wherein, the conductive plate is L-shaped, and its vertical side is fixed to the outer wall of the lower port of the box body by screws, and the lower surface of the horizontal side is provided with an upper half buckle, and the electrode sheet is made of a conductive silicone sheet, and its upper surface is provided with a lower half buckle.

3. A moxibustion device using carbonized moxa sticks according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: A handle made of a material with low thermal conductivity is arranged on the upper end of the guide cylinder.

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