Flat static applicators and applicator's platens are used for influence on the basic, additional and auxiliary zones. Platens also use for reflex diagnostics.
Grounded is the topicality of application of non-medicine therapeutic methods, in particular the method of surface multi-needle therapy as one of the forms of acupuncture. Accent is laid on multi-factor action on the skin layer, high safety and possibility of its use for a wide range of pathological states.
Organism, being an open biological system, experiences complicated relations with the environment, carries out constant interchange of matter, energy and information. Forms of the interchange vary. Some of them are sufficiently studied (nourishment interchange), others are at the stage of intensive studies (informational interchange), ideas of the rest are being actively formed and are passing the stage of theoretical basis (quantum interaction).
Besides the positive, civilization progress has brought to existence factors which are not characteristic of the nature (chemical and radioactive pollution, informational stress, etc.); they negatively affect the man as a biological system resulting in reduction of adaptive potential, disorders of homeostatic functions and, consequently, in causing pre-disease and disease itself. This fact has served as a stimulus to boosting of pharmaceutical industry and creating a range of medicines which influence etiological and pathogenic mechanisms of the disease; it is often the case that they exclude participation of the body in the process of treatment. Besides, there has been outlined a tendency of creating and promoting medicines which tackle separate symptoms of a certain disease. Apart from positive results, it has led to the rise of allergic reactions, chronic diseases and complications after pharmacotherapy.
At the same time, in the last two or three decades there crystallized a tendency of applying methods which enable stimulation of natural adaptive powers of the organism (nutritiology, homeopathy, homo-toxicology, physiotherapy). Simultaneously, in this country there was observed decreasing interest in such powerful healing and therapeutic method as acupuncture. This is connected with a number of objective and subjective factors, the most significant of which are the following: invasiveness of action, risk of infectious complications, lack of information, etc.
Success of medical and biological sciences (metameric character of somatic and vegetative systems organization, existence of afferent vegetative fibres, teaching on mediator systems, antinociceptive theory and others) enable to explain the acupuncture effects not only from the position of traditional eastern medicine, but also from the position of demonstrative medicine.
Reflex reactions of the human skin layer, which is the main participant of interaction of the organism and environment, are known to appear as an answer to the action of various agents: physical, chemical, electrical, wave and other. The character of the response depends on the type and intensity of action, functional state of the organism and a number of other factors. It has been determined that the most adequate are those actions parameters of which remain within the physiological bounds that are characteristic of the body. In addition to this, biologically active zones will mostly absorb those types of energy, the lack of which the body is suffering at the moment of being acted on. The more various in type actions are conducted on the reflect zone of the skin, the more chances there will be for saturation of the organism with energy.
The applicator created on the basis of Chinese traditional medicine by Doctor N.G. Lyapko meets many of the requirements. Assuming as a basis a method of acting with a bunch of needles (mei-hua-jen), Doctor suggested using needles made of various metals, which function as microelements and play an important part in the processes of interchange in the organism (iron, copper, zinc, nickel, silver), locating them on the rubber base. It contributed to the enhancement and diversification of the actions on the skin layer: immediate mechanic action with purposefully sharpened needles which exclude the skin damage; electrical action with micro-currents that appear between the needles because of difference in potentials; galvanic diffusion of microelements; electric fields of low intensity.
Simplicity of the application, the minimum risk of involving complications and high efficiency enable to use applicators in case of a number of pathological conditions. Various forms and dimensions as well as diverse ways of fixation make it possible to dose out the action on the skin, up to many hours of stimulation.
The above mentioned simplicity and safety of the method enable to widely recommend its self-dependent application by patients at home (only 7% of patients have an access to acupuncturist) to eliminate pains in case of chronic diseases, for enhancement of adaptive functions of the body, prophylaxis of diseases, which makes it possible to exclude medicines or to reduce their doses.
Many years’ experience of the use of applicators in neurological clinic has proved high efficiency of the method in case of neurological syndromes of osteochondrosis, emotional disorders, diverse vegetative algic syndromes and asthenia conditions.
