Balneotherapy for Hypertension with Special Reference to the Factor Analysis of the Effects of Spa Treatment on Hypertensive Patients

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(1) The bathing cure in the Spa Kageyu produced a long-term hypotensive effect on the patients with hypertension.
(2) The beneficial effects of the spatreatment on hypertensive patients were not limited to the hypotensive effect alone but extended to the improvement in the ECG and renal functions and to the fall in arterial pressure of ocular fundus and in body temperature.
(3) The factor analysis with respect to the measured systolic and diastolic blood pressures, pulse pressure, pulse rate, and body temperature showed 3 independent axes, 2 of which composed a circulatory plane. The patterns of the test vectors on a circulatory system were constant until the 10th day, then changed abruptly to an opposite pattern concerning pulse rate and diastolic blood pressure on the 12-14th day.
In view of the fact that diastolic blood pressure was correlated with chemical constituents of the body fluids, further studies in this field will be carried out to elucidate the mechanism of the abrupt change in the circulatory pattern.