Abstract
The purpose of this study is to study the application to healthcare with carbon dioxide micro-bubbles from a micro-bubble generator patented by Sadatomi and Kawahara. Carbonate spring is known to be effective to improve bloodstream in human body medically and warm the body. In this study, a hand and foot were immersed in carbonate hot water which was produced by using the present generator. Every five minutes, the surface temperatures of the hand and the foot were measured. The effects of carbon dioxide flow rate and carbon dioxide concentration on the surface temperature were examined. As the results, the produced carbonate spring was found to be effective to increase the temperature.
