Balneotherapy of Skin Diseases.
| Accession number;00A0297111 |
| Title;Balneotherapy of Skin Diseases. |
| Author;NOGUCHI JUN'ICHI(Hakuaikai Uedabyoin) |
Journal Title;Journal of the Balneological Society of Japan
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Journal Code:F0950A
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ISSN:0030-2821
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VOL.47;NO.3;PAGE.111-114(1997)
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| Pub. Country;Japan |
| Language;Japanese |
| Abstract;In balneotherapy, itching is contained by bathing in high temperature or stimulating spring. Once the crust builds up after bathing in acid sulfur spring, the skin is protected from scratching through conditioned reflex, which will be contained. After bathing in acid sulfur spring, inflammation is strengthened, but this is called:"doku o dasu", and the eruption improves after that. To cope with infections, inflammation is indispensable, but applying steroid medicine is still common in current therapy. In balneotherapy, washing off, sterilization by heat or chemical components of springs are used to cure infection. The normal skin has an ability to resist infection by encouraging desquamation or acid mantle. It is desirable that the skin be usually trained with a feed back system, so that is can tolerate certain changes in environment, like heat and coldness, ultraviolet rays, pH, humidity and pressures. It is my treatment policy in balneotherapy, that in applying the bathing therapy or water therapy, the following is important: to maintain an appropriate amount of horny layer; to train the function of the skin, such as vascular accommodation in corium; to make the skin adjustable to environmental changes; to secure the function of sweat glands and sebaceus glands, and to bring up the skin's normal conditioned reflex. (author abst.) |
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