1.Research for carbon dioxide bathing. III. Basic points for the artificial CO2-bathing and on the effect of CO2 concentration released in the air.
Hidenori YOROZU ; Yuichiro KUBO ; Yasuteru EGUCHI ; Tomoji KOHMOTO ; Mitsuru SUNAKAWA ; Yoshiaki KOMOTO
The Journal of The Japanese Society of Balneology, Climatology and Physical Medicine 1985;48(2):79-85
It has been well recognized that no known method can produce as strong or as effective a bath as can be given with natural waters.
The method of bubbling gas through the bath water is thought to be almost entirely ineffective; the solubility of CO2-gas in water at 40°C is about 10%, but is much further enhanced about 50% by bubbling through an airstone, making fine bubbles.
Tablet form of the CO2-bath preparation, made from bicarbonate and succinic acid, produces fine CO2 bubbles so that about 80% of water solubility at 40°C can be obtained.
A CO2-bath preparation, 50g tablet, can produce 100ppm in maximum concentration in a bath of 150 liter at 40°C, maintaining the level of more than 60ppm for 2 hours.
In order for the safety to estimate the escaped CO2, a large quantity of the CO2-bath preparation, 20 and 50 tablets, was used in a relatively air tight room; CO2 concentration reached the maximum level of 1.9 and 6.6% respectively with a tendency of rapid falling, so that the critical complications could rarely be happened.
2.Research for Carbon Dioxide Bathing
Hidenori YOROZU ; Yuichiro KUBO ; Yasuteru EGUCHI ; Tomoji KOHMOTO ; Mitsuru SUNAKAWA ; Yoshiaki KOMOTO
The Journal of The Japanese Society of Balneology, Climatology and Physical Medicine 1984;47(3-4):130-136
Increase in dermal blood flow by the artificial CO2-bathing was confirmed by means of a Thermocouple flow meter and by a Laser doppler velocimeter.
The artificial CO2-bath was prepared with 50g tablet, made from sodium bicarbonate and succinic acid, putting simply in plain water at 38°C.
Dermal blood flow was increased nearly 5-fold by the simple bathing, and was further enhanced 1.3-fold by the artificial CO2-bathing.
It has been definitely shown by the artificial CO2-bathing that an increase in oral, finger tip, and forehead temperature and transepidermal water loss is significant compared to the plain bathing, so that the thermal effect equivalent to carbon-dioxated spring will be obtained.
3.Research for Carbon Dioxide Bathing
Hidenori YOROZU ; Yuichiro KUBO ; Yasuteru EGUCHI ; Tomoji KOHMOTO ; Mitsuru SUNAKAWA ; Yoshiaki KOMOTO
The Journal of The Japanese Society of Balneology, Climatology and Physical Medicine 1984;47(3-4):123-129
It was found that no effect of increase in dermal blood flow depended solely on HCO3- or CO32-, but on CO2 gas dissolved in water.
The artificial CO2 bath was prepared with sodium bicarbonate and citric acid, mixing simply in plain water at 38-40°C.
Thermal efficacy was confirmed by a rise in temperature of oral, finger tip and forehead respectively, and by a high transepidermal water loss (TWL) in consequence of increase in dermal blood flow, compared to a plain bathing.
A remarkable effect in artificial CO2 bathing of 400-800ppm has been well-known clinically, however, a substantial increase in dermal blood flow has observed with artificial CO2-bathing of 59.8ppm or greater in this study, so that a CO2-bathing using the preparation would be popularized.