Portable non-invasive devices for integrative medicine and holistic healing

Abstract

A therapeutic device is provided that utilizes a microprocessor-controlled assembly having a heater and a ceramic plate which emits a Far Infrared wavelength of 8-10 microns and a Terahertz frequency vibration that flows throughout and deep into the human body. The Far Infrared heat energy produced by the therapy device stimulates the flow of internal energy in a person resulting in many therapeutic benefits.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A therapeutic device, comprising
 a device is in a form of a mat onto which a subject can sit or lie, which mat further comprising one or more flexible protective layers attached to said energy-emitting plate and wherein at least a portion of the one or more protective layers aligned with the energy-emitting plate is transparent or semi-transparent to the Far Infrared light energy emitted by the plate.   
     
     
         2 . The therapeutic device of  claim 1  wherein said protective layers are textured. 
     
     
         3 . The therapeutic device of  claim 1  wherein said protective layers are smooth. 
     
     
         4 . A method of treatment in a subject's body region while concurrently applying a therapeutically effective level of Far Infrared light energy to that region, the method comprising:
 providing a non-invasive therapeutic mat adapted for treatment on a surface region of an individual's body, the device comprising (i) a plurality of plates that are adapted to emit a therapeutically effective level of light energy; (ii) a plurality of heating elements disposed behind and attached to said energy-emitting plate membrane; (iii) a microprocessor in electrical connection with a heater control circuit, which, in turn, is in connection with said heating element; and (iv) said microprocessor is programmed to cause said heater control circuit to pulse said heating element, and in turn, said energy-emitting plate, on and off in a pre-determined pattern along said person's body;   the subject sitting or lying on the therapeutic mat, during its operation, such that one, or more, surface region of the person's body is positioned to a proximity of said energy-emitting plate to have light energy emitted from said membrane contacting the subject's body, or portions thereof, wherein said energy-emitting plate is positioned over at least one or more sensitive points, or a portion of a portions body;   programming the control unit to cause the microprocessor to drive the heating elements to heat and cause the energy-emitting membrane to emit, in a pre-set pattern and duration, a therapeutic level of Far Infrared energy aligning with the anatomical site of the subject's body region while the subject is sitting or lying on the therapeutic mat, while the therapeutic mat is in the vicinity of the subject's body region.