阅读说明：本技术 一种测量营气卫气强弱及变化的方法和系统 (Method and system for measuring strength and change of nutrient qi and defensive qi ) 是由 魏强 于 2020-07-14 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明公开了一种通过测量红外热辐射和体表温度来推断经络营气卫气强弱及变化的方法和系统：在人体经络走行路径上将组织加热到设定温度,再测量红外热辐射来计算红外遮蔽比例,可以得到营气强弱的数值化表征。通过在人体多个经络同时进行营气强弱测量,再比较获得的结果可以获得不同经络间的相对营气强弱。相应的营气测量系统包括至少2对红外温度传感器和接触式温度传感器、CPU和存储设备,其中接触式温度传感器直接和人体接触且红外温度传感器和接触式温度传感器可配对测量同一部位的温度。本发明所述的方法和系统,可以推断使用者是否存在血瘀或痰饮。此外,营气的波动情况以及不同经络的营气/卫气相对强弱,还可为六经辨证提供辅助依据。(The invention discloses a method and a system for deducing the strength and the change of meridian nutrient qi and defensive qi by measuring infrared thermal radiation and body surface temperature, wherein the method comprises the following steps: the tissues are heated to a set temperature on a human body meridian running path, and infrared radiation is measured to calculate the infrared shielding ratio, so that the numerical representation of the strength of the nutrient qi can be obtained. The relative strength of the nutrient qi among different channels can be obtained by simultaneously measuring the strength of the nutrient qi in a plurality of channels of the human body and comparing the obtained results. The corresponding nutrient gas measurement system comprises at least 2 pairs of infrared temperature sensors, contact temperature sensors, a CPU and storage equipment, wherein the contact temperature sensors are directly contacted with a human body, and the infrared temperature sensors and the contact temperature sensors can be matched to measure the temperature of the same part. The method and the system can deduce whether the user has blood stasis or phlegm-fluid retention. In addition, the fluctuation of nutrient qi and the relative strength of nutrient qi/defensive qi of different meridians can provide auxiliary basis for differentiation of six meridians.)

1. A method for measuring nutrient qi strength is characterized in that: the part is selected on the human body meridian running path, the surrounding tissues are all heated to the set temperature, and then the infrared radiation at the position is measured to calculate the infrared shielding ratio, so as to obtain the numerical representation of the strength of the nutrient qi.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein: the nutritive qi strength is measured at the same time by a plurality of meridians of the human body, and then a plurality of obtained results are compared, so that the relative nutritive qi strength between different meridians is obtained.

3. A method for measuring nutrient qi strength is characterized in that: the temperature of a certain depth under the skin is measured by a puncture type temperature sensor near the meridian running path of a human body, and then the infrared radiation at the position is measured to calculate the infrared shielding proportion, so that the numerical representation of the strength of the nutrient qi is obtained.

4. A method for measuring the strength of defensive qi is characterized in that: the heating medium coated with the heat insulating layer is pasted on the meridian and collateral positions of the human body, the temperature rise curve of the medium is recorded, and the indexes such as the temperature rise rate of the medium are calculated to evaluate the strength of the defensive qi of the corresponding position.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein: the strength of defensive qi is measured at the same time on a plurality of meridians of the human body, and then the relative strength of defensive qi among different meridians is obtained by comparing a plurality of obtained results.

6. The utility model provides a system for measure human body nutrient qi strength and change which characterized in that: the temperature measurement device comprises at least 2 pairs of infrared temperature sensors, contact temperature sensors, a CPU and a storage device, wherein the contact temperature sensors are directly contacted with a human body, and the infrared temperature sensors and the contact temperature sensors can be matched to measure the temperature of the same part.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein: the infrared temperature sensor uses a waterproof structure.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein: the storage device simultaneously stores two temperature data and time marks thereof, and the storage time is more than 30 minutes.

9. The utility model provides a system for measure defend gas strength weak which characterized in that: the device comprises a CPU, a storage device, at least 2 media capable of being heated by human body contact and a corresponding temperature sensor, wherein the CPU records a temperature rise curve of the heated media and calculates indexes such as temperature rise rate and the like for evaluating the strength of the defensive qi of the corresponding part.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein: the heated medium is covered with a heat insulating layer.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of traditional Chinese medicine, in particular to a method and a system for deducing strength and change of meridian, nutrient and defensive qi by measuring infrared thermal radiation and body surface temperature.

Background

For many years, extensive and intensive research has been conducted on the meridians, both in research on the meridians themselves and in research using information on the meridians to assist in diagnosis. The methods used include resistance/conductivity methods, vibro-acoustic methods, spectroscopy, laser intensity methods, isotopic tracing methods, and the like. However, these methods have corresponding disadvantages, such as unstable values of the resistance/conductance method, damage to meridians by the high frequency vibro-acoustic method, small differences between normal persons and patients by the spectroscopic/laser intensity method, and so on. In addition, most of the existing research methods consider qi and blood of meridians as a whole without distinguishing nutrient qi from defensive qi, which causes the measurement result (such as the measurement result in the resistance/conductance method) to be affected by both at the same time, thus causing disorder.

The meridian research by using the body surface temperature or the thermal infrared imager is another important branch, and a lot of achievements are achieved at present. For example, celery and toast, phoenix-leaved sweetgum herb, etc. found that the temperature at acupuncture points is generally higher than that at non-acupuncture points. The high temperature lines along the meridians and collaterals are obtained by infrared thermal imaging after the acupoint heating of the xu jin Sen and the Hu Xianglong, etc., and the existence of the meridians and collaterals is proved from a new perspective. The infrared thermal imager measurement of Zhanglian, Liuruiting, etc. finds that the temperature of Yingxiang acupoint rises when the needle pricks the grain, while the infrared temperature of Quchi, Wenxui and Zusanli drops when the Mahuimin, etc. finds that the needle pricks the Quchi. However, these studies are still far from the goal of aided diagnosis. In addition, thermal infrared imagers are generally used in later-stage research, infrared temperature is considered as an accurate representation of temperature, and the influence of emissivity is ignored. However, according to the method of the present invention, the infrared radiation intensity on the meridians and acupoints of the human body is changed along with the nutrient gas exudation (if the emissivity concept is mechanically applied, the emissivity is changed), so the thermal infrared imager can only obtain approximate information, and can not accurately reflect the condition of the human body. Furthermore, it is difficult for a thermal infrared imager to provide a temperature profile of a location over time, which can provide very rich information.

Measuring the temperature of the acupoints to determine the strength of qi and blood in the meridians or whether the disease is present (auxiliary diagnosis) is another direction. The original Hui chapter shows that the temperature difference of the left and right acupuncture points is more than 0.5 ℃, and then the patient feels uncomfortable. Zhao Rong Zhu and Gao Yan Bin, etc. find that the temperature difference of the same acupoint between the patient with gastropathy and the patient with diabetes is higher than that of normal one. The tests of Liyaoshishu and Lin orchid, etc. find that the liver Shu and Taichong temperature of the patients with liver disease are higher than those of healthy people. The main idea of the current auxiliary diagnosis is to measure the skin surface temperature by using a thermal resistor or a thermocouple, or measure the temperature by using an infrared thermal imager, and then compare the temperatures of the same acupuncture points on the left side and the right side, wherein if the temperature difference is too large (for example, more than 0.5 degrees), the corresponding channels and collaterals/viscera have problems. However, this evaluation method and conclusion are too simple to be combined with the eight principles of traditional Chinese medicine or six meridians according to their syndrome differentiation, and thus, it is difficult to be practical.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to solve the technical problem of providing a method and a system for measuring strength and change of meridian nutrient qi by simultaneously measuring infrared heat radiation temperature and body surface temperature, and a method and a system for measuring strength and change of meridian defensive qi. Although the method and the system can not directly obtain the information of whether the human is healthy or not (most of people are in sub-health state, the qi and blood of the channels and collaterals are insufficient) and can not obtain the disease diagnosis result (or prescription), the method and the system can provide more auxiliary (intermediate) information for the reference of users.

A method of measuring nutrient gas strength, comprising: the part is selected on the human body meridian running path, the surrounding tissues are all heated to the set temperature, and then the infrared radiation at the position is measured to calculate the infrared shielding ratio, so as to obtain the numerical representation of the strength of the nutrient qi.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, further, the strength of the nutrient qi is measured at a plurality of meridians of the human body at the same time, and the obtained results are compared to obtain the relative strength of the nutrient qi between different meridians.

A method of measuring nutrient gas strength, comprising: the temperature of a certain depth under the skin is measured by a puncture type temperature sensor near the meridian running path of a human body, and then the infrared radiation at the position is measured to calculate the infrared shielding proportion, so that the numerical representation of the strength of the nutrient qi is obtained.

A method of measuring the strength of a defensive atmosphere, comprising: the heating medium coated with the heat insulating layer is pasted on the meridian and collateral positions of the human body, the temperature rise curve of the medium is recorded, and the indexes such as the temperature rise rate of the medium are calculated to evaluate the strength of the defensive qi of the corresponding position.

According to an embodiment of the invention, further, the strength of defensive qi is measured at the same time in a plurality of meridians of the human body, and then the obtained results are compared to obtain the relative strength of defensive qi between different meridians.

A system for measuring the strength and change of human body nutritive qi comprises: at least 2 pairs of infrared temperature sensor and contact temperature sensor, CPU and storage equipment, wherein the contact temperature sensor directly contacts with the human body and infrared temperature sensor and contact temperature sensor can pair the temperature of measuring same position.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, further, the infrared temperature sensor uses a waterproof structure.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, further, the storage device simultaneously stores two temperature data and time stamps thereof for more than 30 minutes.

A system for measuring the strength of a defensive atmosphere, comprising: CPU, storage equipment, at least 2 media that can be heated by human contact and corresponding temperature sensor, wherein CPU records the intensification curve of heated medium and calculates index such as rate of rise for the strength of the defensive qi of aassessment corresponding position.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, further, the heated medium is externally covered with a heat insulating layer.

The method and the system can visually see the sudden change of the nutritive qi along with time, and further infer whether the user has the condition of qi and blood blockage such as blood stasis or phlegm and retained fluid. Whether the qi and blood can not be continued can be inferred through obvious abnormality of the infrared ray/body surface temperature correlation. In addition, by analyzing the fluctuation of nutrient qi and comparing the nutrient qi/defensive qi strength of different meridians, auxiliary basis can be provided for differentiation of six meridians. Thereby having remarkable progress and practical value.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below.

Fig. 1 is a waveform diagram of the body surface temperature change and the infrared radiation constant obtained by using the nutrient gas measuring system of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a waveform diagram of an abnormal (burr) caused by unsmooth qi and blood in the channels and collaterals obtained by using the nutritive qi measuring system of the invention.

Fig. 3 is a diagram showing abnormal (reversed) waveforms caused by meridian obstruction obtained by using the nutritive qi measuring system of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a body surface layer model diagram for the convenience of understanding the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a structural diagram of a nutrient gas measuring system according to the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a block diagram of a sanitary gas measurement system according to the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a block diagram of a heated medium used in the sanitary gas measuring system and its accompanying structure.

Fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of a temperature rise curve obtained using the system for measuring the amount of foul air of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Before describing the embodiments, three basic principles used by the present invention are first described: first, qi moving along the inside and outside of meridians includes nutrient qi and defensive qi, that is, the "middle-energizer and outer-defensive-qi" meridians refer to meridians (meridians) rather than blood vessels. Second, there is a slight amount of nutritive qi oozing out while moving through the meridians, and the more nutritive qi oozes out (but more oozing out after the meridians are blocked). Heat is generated when nutrient gases are exuded and the product affects (masks) infrared radiation. Thirdly, the defensive qi outside the meridians and collaterals has the function of keeping warm, and if the defensive qi is strong, the speed of heat dissipation through convection and conduction is slow, the temperature (especially the internal temperature) of the corresponding human body part is higher, but the defensive qi basically does not influence the transmission of infrared rays.

Based on the fact that these three principles hold, the following analysis (materials) can be provided: firstly, according to the implementation method of the invention, the situation that the body surface temperature changes and the infrared radiation is not changed (figure 1) often occurs in the human body test (especially before and after the twelve-hour turning moment), and the phenomenon can be well explained by the defensive qi, namely, the human body generates heat and the internal temperature is not changed at the moment, and the defensive qi basically does not shield the infrared rays, so the infrared radiation is not changed. However, the change of the defensive qi causes the change of the heat dissipation speed, so the body surface temperature changes along with the change of the heat dissipation speed. Secondly, for patients with blood stasis or phlegm retention, the waveform of fig. 2 can be seen, i.e. the infrared radiation shows peak change (burrs) and the body surface temperature does not change much. When the hand is measured, the existing finger measurement waveform often has burrs, and adjacent fingers do not have burrs, so that the infrared radiation change caused by the blood flow velocity change can be eliminated. The waveform cannot be explained by defensive qi, but only by introducing the mechanism that nutritive qi can generate heat. That is, for these patients, the flow of nutrient qi is not smooth and intermittent, and then nutrient qi is intermittently exuded to generate heat, and the sudden change of infrared radiation occurs. The explanation of fever caused by the oozing of nutrient qi is consistent with the existing research results that the temperature on the meridians is higher than that around the meridians. Again, as explained by the heat generated by the nutrient gas leaking, the temperature in the body should rise upstream of the reverse meridian nutrient gas running direction (e.g. upstream of the valley when the curved pool is punctured) during the needling process (because the nutrient gas leaks when the nutrient gas forward road is blocked). However, the prior studies have shown that the infrared radiation (infrared temperature) upstream of the needle in the direction of travel of nutrient gases through the meridians drops during acupuncture. So the most reasonable explanation is that the products of the heat generated by the nutrient gas exudation will block the infrared radiation. Tests conducted in accordance with the following implementation of the present invention also show that when finger tissue is fixed at a constant temperature bath temperature, infrared radiation from a healthy person with vigorous blood and blood (as compared to a person with weak blood and blood) is more widely different than the set temperature. This phenomenon also proves the explanation of the infrared radiation shielding by nutrient gas exudation. Finally, if the above inference is agreed, it is necessary to identify that the nutrient qi and the defensive qi are both in the interior and exterior of the meridians, and that the "in-nutrient vessels, outside-defensive vessels" are meridians (channels) rather than blood vessels.

The meridian model shown in fig. 4 may be constructed according to the foregoing principles. The model comprises a body inner layer, a meridian layer, a nutrient-qi exudation layer, a defensive-qi layer and an epidermis (the nutrient-qi exudation layer and the defensive-qi layer are fused with each other instead of being Jingwei clear). The inner layer of the body in the model is a heat source, and the heat of the limbs mainly comes from tissues such as blood, muscles and the like (but also includes the heat of the nutrient-qi exudation layer); the meridian layer is a thin line with the diameter of one millimeter or several millimeters and corresponds to the meridians of the human body; the nutritive gas exudation layer can generate heat and cumulatively increase the temperature of the inner layer of the human body, and can also shield infrared rays emitted by the inner layer of the human body (of course, the layer also emits infrared rays, but the numerical value is relatively small, so the proportion of the infrared rays which are shielded again can be ignored); the sanitary gas layer plays a role in keeping warm, the stronger the sanitary gas, the less the heat lost through convection conduction (namely, the embodiment of the meat separating function of the sanitary gas), the higher the corresponding temperature of the inner layer of the human body and the temperature of the surface of the human body, but the penetration of infrared radiation is not influenced by the sanitary gas layer.

It should be noted that this model is an equivalent model, that is, the model is mainly given for easy understanding of the subsequent inventive method, and its structure is completely different from a physiological skin model. It is neither possible nor desirable to equate a layer in this model with a structure in human tissue.

The method and system of the present invention are presented below in terms of the foregoing principles and models:

a method of measuring nutrient gas strength, comprising: the part is selected on the human body meridian running path, the surrounding tissues are all heated to the set temperature, and then the infrared radiation at the position is measured to calculate the infrared shielding proportion, so that the numerical representation of the strength of the nutrient qi can be obtained.