Method for setting massage pattern of thermotherapy device

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for setting a massage pattern of a thermotherapy device, and more specifically, to a method for setting a massage pattern, wherein the movement of a moxibustion device is patterned according to diseases so as to allow a bone of the spine associated with a disease to be intensively massaged, and thus if a disease is selected, a moxibustion device is operated by a motor according to the set massage pattern so as to enable an automatic customized massage according to the disease.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A method for setting a massage pattern of a thermotherapy device comprising a moxibustion device, a motor, a transfer unit, a controller, an input unit and a memory unit, the method comprising:
 a first operation of driving the moxibustion device to scan the entire spine of a user, setting articulation points between vertebrae of the user as reference points for the human spine composed of cervical vertebrae, thoracic vertebrae, lumbar vertebrae, and a sacrum/coccyx, and storing the articulation points in the memory unit at the controller; 
 a second operation of receiving storing information on related vertebrae associated with dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc, and storing the information in the memory unit at the controller; 
 a third operation of receiving information on determining a moving path on which the moxibustion device actually moves with respect to the reference points while performing a massage on the vertebrae associated with dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc, receiving information on and determining what times the moxibustion device repeatedly performs the massage while moving along the moving path, setting to set a massage patterns pattern according to the dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain and or lumbar disc, and storing the massage pattern in the memory unit at the controller; and 
 a fourth operation of searching for the corresponding massage pattern, receiving the corresponding massage pattern from the memory unit, and controlling the moxibustion device and the motor to perform a massage according to the set massage pattern stored in the memory unit at the controller when information on the dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc is input through the input unit, 
 wherein the reference points are points for establishing landmarks to set the massage pattern, and wherein the reference points become starting points and end points of the massage patterns pattern; 
 the massage pattern is different depending on the dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc; 
 the massage pattern includes the moving path, a movement repeat count, a moving speed, a massage pressure and a temperature of the moxibustion device; 
 the moving path is divided into a plurality of sections, the plurality of sections being adjacent to the vertebrae related with dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc; and 
 the movement repeat count, the moving speed, the massage pressure and the temperature of the moxibustion device are differently set for each section of the moving path according to the dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc. 
 
     
     
       2. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the second operation comprises:
 operation 2-1 of receiving information on determining related organs, muscles or body parts according to user's dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc; 
 operation 2-2 of receiving information on determining vertebrae corresponding to the organs, the muscles or the body parts when the organs, the muscle or the body parts are determined. 
 
     
     
       3. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the massage pattern is repeated more than once for the dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc. 
     
     
       4. The method of  claim 3 , wherein the controller transfers a signal value to the motor to control a massage moving path, a repeat count, a moving speed and a massage pressure in the massage pattern, and transfers the signal value to the moxibustion device to control a temperature of the moxibustion device. 
     
     
       5. A thermotherapy device comprising:
 a moxibustion device  110  configured to move in a longitudinal direction of the spine of a user; 
 a transfer unit  126  coupled to the a motor  140  and configured to provide a turning force of the motor  140  to translocate the moxibustion device; 
 an input unit configured to receive a user's operation signal and provide the operation signal to the a controller; 
 a memory unit configured to store information on a massage pattern according to dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc including a moving path of the moxibustion device, a massage count, a moving speed of the moxibustion device, a massage pressure, and a temperature of the moxibustion device; 
 athe controller configured to search for the corresponding massage pattern, receive the corresponding massage pattern from the memory unit, and control the moxibustion device and the motor to perform a massage according to the set massage pattern stored in the memory unit when information on the dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc is input through the input unit, 
 wherein information on reference points of the user spine and related vertebrae associated with dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc is further included in the memory unit, wherein the information on the reference points comprises articulation points between the vertebrae of the user set as the reference points by causing the controller to drive the moxibustion device to scan the entire spine of a user, wherein the reference points are points for establishing landmarks to set the massage pattern, wherein the reference points become starting points and end points of the massage patterns pattern; 
 the massage pattern is different depending on the dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc; 
 the massage pattern includes the moving path, a movement repeat count, a moving speed, a massage pressure and a temperature of the moxibustion device; 
 the moving path is divided into a plurality of sections, the plurality of sections being adjacent to the vertebrae related with dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc; and 
 the movement repeat count, the moving speed, the massage pressure and the temperature of the moxibustion device are differently set for each section of the moving path according to the dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc. 
 
     
     
       6. The thermotherapy device of  claim 5 , wherein the controller stores set information on a moving path of the moxibustion device, a movement repeat count, a moving speed, massage pressure, and a temperature of moxibustion device in the memory unit. 
     
     
       7. A method for setting a massage pattern of a thermotherapy device comprising a moxibustion device, a motor, a transfer unit, a controller, an input unit, and a memory unit, the method comprising:
 a first operation of driving the moxibustion device to scan the entire spine of a user, setting articulation points between vertebrae of the user as reference points for the human spine composed of cervical vertebrae, thoracic vertebrae, lumbar vertebrae, and a sacrum/coccyx, and storing the articulation points in the memory unit at the controller; 
 a second operation of dividing an autonomic nerve zone of the spine into a sympathetic nerve zone and a parasympathetic nerve zone with respect to the reference points according to distribution of the peripheral nerves of the spine, and storing the sympathetic nerve zone and the parasympathetic nerve zone in the memory unit at the controller; 
 a third operation of receiving storing information on a relationship between dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc and sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves, and storing the information in the memory unit at the controller; 
 a fourth operation of receiving information on determining a moving path on which the moxibustion device actually moves while performing a massage on the sympathetic nerve zone and/or the parasympathetic nerve zone in the case of dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc showing a relationship between the sympathetic nerves and the parasympathetic nerves, receiving information on and what times the moxibustion device repeatedly performs the massage while moving along the moving path to set a massage pattern according to the dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc, and storing the massage pattern in the memory unit at the controller; and 
 a fifth operation of searching for a massage pattern, receiving the massage pattern from the memory unit, and controlling the moxibustion device and the motor to perform a massage according to the set massage pattern stored in the memory unit at the controller when information on the dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc showing the relationship between the sympathetic nerves and the parasympathetic nerves is input through the input unit, 
 wherein the reference points are points for establishing landmarks to set the massage pattern, wherein the reference points become starting points and end points of the massage patterns pattern; 
 the massage pattern is different depending on the dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc; 
 the massage pattern includes the moving path, a movement repeat count, a moving speed, a massage pressure and a temperature of the moxibustion device; 
 the moving path is divided into a plurality of sections, the plurality of sections being adjacent to the vertebrae related with dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc; and 
 the movement repeat count, the moving speed, the massage pressure and the temperature of the moxibustion device are differently set for each section of the moving path according to the dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc. 
 
     
     
       8. The method of  claim 7 , wherein the massage pattern comprises a moving speed of the moxibustion device, a massage pressure, and a temperature of the moxibustion device in the third operation. 
     
     
       9. The method of  claim 8 , wherein the massage is performed on the sympathetic nerves followed by the parasympathetic nerves when the massage has to be performed on both of the sympathetic nerve zone and the parasympathetic nerve zone. 
     
     
       10. The method of  claim 7 , wherein the massage pattern comprises the massage order determining which of the sympathetic nerve zone and the parasympathetic nerve zone is massaged first in the third operation when the sympathetic nerve zone and the parasympathetic nerve zone have to be massaged. 
     
     
       11. The method of  claim 7 , wherein the massage pressure applied to the sympathetic nerves is stronger than that applied to the parasympathetic nerves. 
     
     
       12. A method for setting a massage pattern of a thermotherapy device comprising a moxibustion device, a motor, a transfer unit, a controller, an input unit, and a memory unit, the method comprising:
 a first operation of driving the moxibustion device to scan the entire spine of a user, setting articulation points between vertebrae of the user as reference points for the human spine composed of cervical vertebrae, thoracic vertebrae, lumbar vertebrae, and a sacrum/coccyx, and storing the articulation points in the memory unit at the controller; 
 a second operation of receiving determining information on positions of related moxibustion points and acupressure points associated with dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc, and storing the information in the memory unit at the controller; 
 a third operation of receiving information on determining a moxibustion intensity, a moxibustion temperature, and a moxibustion time for the moxibustion points, setting to set a moxibustion pattern, and storing the moxibustion pattern in the memory unit at the controller; 
 a fourth operation of receiving information on determining an acupressure intensity, an acupressure time, and an acupressure operation for the acupressure points, setting to set an acupressure pattern, and storing the acupressure pattern in the memory unit at the controller; and 
 a fifth operation of searching for a corresponding moxibustion pattern and a corresponding acupressure pattern, receiving the corresponding moxibustion pattern and corresponding acupressure pattern from the memory unit, and controlling the moxibustion device and the motor to perform moxibustion and acupressure according to the corresponding moxibustion pattern and the corresponding acupressure pattern stored in the memory unit at the controller when the moxibustion device reaches the reference points at which predetermined moxibustion points and acupressure points are positioned as the moxibustion device is performing a massage according to a set massage pattern according to the dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc when dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc is selected through the input unit, 
 wherein the reference points are points for establishing landmarks to set the massage pattern, wherein the reference points become starting points and end points of the massage patterns pattern; 
 the massage pattern is different depending on the dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc; 
 the massage pattern includes the moving path, a movement repeat count, a moving speed, a massage pressure and a temperature of the moxibustion device; 
 the moving path is divided into a plurality of sections, the plurality of sections being adjacent to the vertebrae related with dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc; and 
 the movement repeat count, the moving speed, the massage pressure and the temperature of the moxibustion device are differently set for each section of the moving path according to the dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc. 
 
     
     
       13. The method of  claim 12 , wherein the moxibustion points and the acupressure points in the second operation are positioned at the reference points. 
     
     
       14. The method of  claim 13 , wherein the acupressure operation in the fourth operation is divided into a horizontal vibration, a vertical vibration, a rotation, and a combination thereof. 
     
     
       15. A method for setting a massage mode of a thermotherapy device comprising a moxibustion device, a motor, a moving unit, a controller, an input unit, and a memory unit, the method comprising:
 a first operation of performing a scanning mode which is performed by driving scanning with the moxibustion device to scan the entire spine of a user, setting articulation points between vertebrae of the user as reference points for the human spine composed of cervical vertebrae, thoracic vertebrae, lumbar vertebrae, and a sacrum/coccyx, and storing the articulation points in the memory unit at the controller; 
 a second operation of receiving setting a standby mode comprising patterns in which tension applied to all spinal nerves or muscles is eased so that the spine sufficiently endures massage stimuli without any pain, combining the patterns to set a standby mode, and storing the standby mode in the memory unit at the controller; 
 a third operation of receiving setting a treatment mode comprising predetermined patterns based on vertebrae, moxibustion points and acupressure points, all of which are associated with dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc, in order to treat the dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc, combining the patterns to set a treatment mode, and storing the treatment mode in the memory unit at the controller; 
 a fourth operation of receiving setting a finishing mode comprising patterns for inducing balancing of autonomic nerves and normalizing a user's condition, combining the patterns to set a finishing mode, and storing the finishing mode in the memory unit at the controller; and 
 a fifth operation of controlling the motor and the moxibustion device in a sequential order at the controller according to the scanning mode, the standby mode, the treatment mode, and the finishing mode when information on dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc is input through the input unit, 
 wherein the controller is controlling the moxibustion device to perform a massage according to a set massage pattern, wherein the reference points are points for establishing landmarks to set the massage pattern, wherein the reference points become starting points and end points of the massage patterns pattern; 
 the massage pattern is different depending on the dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc; 
 the massage pattern includes the moving path, a movement repeat count, a moving speed, a massage pressure and a temperature of the moxibustion device; 
 the moving path is divided into a plurality of sections, the plurality of sections being adjacent to the vertebrae related with dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc; and 
 the movement repeat count, the moving speed, the massage pressure and the temperature of the moxibustion device are differently set for each section of the moving path according to the dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc. 
 
     
     
       16. The method of  claim 15 , wherein the scanning mode in the first operation is set with a “slow” moving speed, and a single pattern of one reciprocation. 
     
     
       17. The method of  claim 15 , wherein the treatment mode in the third operation is configured to select a plurality of patterns from an intensive pattern in which a massage is intensively performed on vertebrae associated with a disease, a whole pattern in which a massage is performed on the entire spine, an area pattern in which a massage is performed on an area adjacent to the vertebrae associated with the disease, an area-by-area pattern in which a massage is performed on vertebrae associated with a certain area of the human body, a sympathetic nerve pattern in which a massage is performed on the sympathetic nerve zone, a parasympathetic nerve pattern in which a massage is performed on the parasympathetic nerve zone, a moxibustion pattern in which moxibustion is performed on moxibustion points associated with the disease, and an acupressure pattern in which acupressure is performed on acupressure points associated with a disease. 
     
     
       18. The method of  claim 15 , wherein the finishing mode in the fourth operation is configured to select a pattern from a parasympathetic nerve pattern in which balancing of the autonomic nerves is induced, a straining pattern in which relaxed muscles are normalized, and a relax pattern in which strained nerves are relaxed. 
     
     
       19. A method for setting a massage pattern of a thermotherapy device, the method comprising:
 driving a moxibustion device of the thermotherapy device to scan at least a portion of a spine of a user, and setting articulation points between vertebrae of the user as reference points;   storing information on one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc;   determining information on a path on which the moxibustion device is configured to move with respect to the reference points while performing a massage on the vertebrae of the user associated with the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc, determining information on how many times the moxibustion device is configured to perform the massage while moving along the path, and storing one or more massage patterns corresponding to the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc; and   setting a massage pattern corresponding to a user-selected therapy of the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc, and controlling the moxibustion device and a motor of the thermotherapy device to perform a user massage according to the massage pattern,   wherein the reference points are points for establishing landmarks to set the one or more massage patterns, and wherein the reference points become starting points and end points of the one or more massage patterns;   the massage pattern corresponding to the user-selected therapy of the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc is different from another massage pattern corresponding to another therapy different from the user-selected therapy;   the massage pattern includes a moving path, a movement repeat count, a moving speed, a massage pressure and a temperature of the moxibustion device;   the moving path is divided into a plurality of sections, the plurality of sections being adjacent to a subset of the vertebrae of the user associated with the user-selected therapy of the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc; and   the movement repeat count, the moving speed, the massage pressure and the temperature of the moxibustion device are differently set for each section of the moving path according to the user-selected therapy of the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc.   
     
     
       20. The method of  claim 19 , further comprising:
 determining organs, muscles or body parts associated with the user-selected therapy of the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc; and   determining vertebrae corresponding to the organs, the muscles or the body parts when the organs, the muscle or the body parts are determined.   
     
     
       21. The method of  claim 19 , wherein the massage pattern is repeated more than once for the user-selected therapy of the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc. 
     
     
       22. The method of  claim 19 , further comprising instructing the motor to control one or more of the moving path, the movement repeat count, the moving speed and the massage pressure of the massage pattern, and instructing the moxibustion device to control the temperature of the moxibustion device. 
     
     
       23. The method of  claim 19 , further comprising determining the user-selected therapy based on an input received through an input unit of the thermotherapy device. 
     
     
       24. A thermotherapy device comprising:
 a motor;   a moxibustion device configured to move in a longitudinal direction of a spine of a user;   a memory unit configured to store information on one or more massage patterns according to one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc; and   a controller configured to set a massage pattern corresponding to a user-selected therapy of the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc, and control the moxibustion device and the motor to perform a massage according to the massage pattern,   wherein information on reference points of the spine of the user and related vertebrae associated with the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc is further included in the memory unit, wherein the information on the reference points comprises articulation points between the vertebrae of the user set as the reference points by causing the controller to drive the moxibustion device to scan an entire spine of the user, wherein the reference points are points for establishing landmarks to set the one or more massage patterns, wherein the reference points become starting points and end points of the massage patterns;   the massage pattern corresponding to the user-selected therapy of the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc is different from another massage pattern corresponding to another therapy different from the user-selected therapy;   the massage pattern includes a moving path, a movement repeat count, a moving speed, a massage pressure and a temperature of the moxibustion device;   the moving path is divided into a plurality of sections, the plurality of sections being adjacent to a subset of the vertebrae of the user associated with the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc; and   the movement repeat count, the moving speed, the massage pressure and the temperature of the moxibustion device are differently set for each section of the moving path according to the user-selected therapy of the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc.   
     
     
       25. The thermotherapy device of  claim 24 , wherein the controller is configured to store information on one or more of the moving path, the movement repeat count, the moving speed, the massage pressure, or the temperature of the moxibustion device in the memory unit. 
     
     
       26. A method for setting a massage pattern of a thermotherapy device, the method comprising:
 driving a moxibustion device of the thermotherapy device to scan at least a portion of a spine of a user, and storing articulation points between vertebrae of the user as reference points;   dividing an autonomic nerve zone of the spine into a sympathetic nerve zone and a parasympathetic nerve zone with respect to the reference points according to distribution of peripheral nerves of the spine, and storing the sympathetic nerve zone and the parasympathetic nerve zone;   storing information on a relationship between dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc, sympathetic nerves and/or parasympathetic nerves;   determining information on a path on which the moxibustion device is configured to move while performing a massage on the sympathetic nerve zone and/or the parasympathetic nerve zone for one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc exhibiting a relationship between the sympathetic nerves and the parasympathetic nerves, and determining information on how many times the moxibustion device is configured to perform the massage while moving along the path for one or more massage patterns according to the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc;   determining a massage pattern corresponding to a user-selected therapy of the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc, wherein the user-selected therapy exhibits a relationship between the sympathetic nerves and the parasympathetic nerves; and   controlling the moxibustion device and a motor of the thermotherapy device to perform a user massage according to the massage pattern corresponding to the user-selected therapy of the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc,   wherein the reference points are points for establishing landmarks to set the one or more massage pattern, wherein the reference points become starting points and end points of the one or more massage patterns;   the massage pattern corresponding to the user-selected therapy of the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc is different from another massage pattern corresponding to another therapy different from the user-selected therapy;   the massage pattern includes a moving path, a movement repeat count, a moving speed, a massage pressure and a temperature of the moxibustion device;   the moving path is divided into a plurality of sections, the plurality of sections being adjacent to a subset of the vertebrae of the user associated with the user-selected therapy of the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc; and   the movement repeat count, the moving speed, the massage pressure and the temperature of the moxibustion device are differently set for each section of the moving path according to the user-selected therapy of the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc.   
     
     
       27. The method of  claim 26 , wherein the user massage is performed on the sympathetic nerves followed by the parasympathetic nerves based on the user massage having to be performed on both of the sympathetic nerve zone and the parasympathetic nerve zone. 
     
     
       28. The method of  claim 26 , wherein the massage pattern comprises a massage order indicating which of the sympathetic nerve zone and the parasympathetic nerve zone is to be massaged first based on the sympathetic nerve zone and the parasympathetic nerve zone both having to be massaged. 
     
     
       29. The method of  claim 26 , wherein the massage pressure applied to the sympathetic nerves is stronger than that applied to the parasympathetic nerves. 
     
     
       30. A method for setting a massage pattern of a thermotherapy device, the method comprising:
 driving a moxibustion device of the thermotherapy device to scan at least a portion of a spine of a user, and storing articulation points between vertebrae of the user as reference points;   determining information on positions of one or both of moxibustion points or acupressure points associated with one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc;   performing one or both of: (i) determining information on one or more of a moxibustion intensity, a moxibustion temperature, or a moxibustion time for the moxibustion points, setting a moxibustion pattern, and storing the moxibustion pattern, or (ii) determining information on one or more of an acupressure intensity, an acupressure time, or an acupressure operation for the acupressure points, setting an acupressure pattern, and storing the acupressure pattern; and   determining one or both of (a) a corresponding moxibustion pattern corresponding to a user-selected therapy of the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc, or (b) a corresponding acupressure pattern corresponding to a user-selected therapy of the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc, and controlling the moxibustion device and a motor of the thermotherapy device to perform one or both of (1) moxibustion according to the corresponding moxibustion pattern or (2) acupressure according to the corresponding acupressure pattern when the moxibustion device reaches the reference points at which predetermined moxibustion points or acupressure points are positioned as the moxibustion device is performing a user massage according to a massage pattern according to the user-selected therapy of the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc,   wherein the reference points are points for establishing landmarks to set one or more massage patterns, wherein the reference points become starting points and end points of the one or more massage patterns;   the massage pattern corresponding to the user-selected therapy of the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc is different from another massage pattern corresponding to another therapy different from the user-selected therapy;   the massage pattern includes a moving path, a movement repeat count, a moving speed, a massage pressure and a temperature of the moxibustion device;   the moving path is divided into a plurality of sections, the plurality of sections being adjacent to a subset of the vertebrae of the user associated with the user-selected therapy of the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc; and   the movement repeat count, the moving speed, the massage pressure and the temperature of the moxibustion device are differently set for each section of the moving path according to the user-selected therapy of the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc.   
     
     
       31. The method of  claim 30 , wherein the moxibustion points or the acupressure points are positioned at the reference points. 
     
     
       32. The method of  claim 30 , wherein the performed acupressure comprises one or more of a horizontal vibration, a vertical vibration, a rotation, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
       33. A method for setting a massage mode of a thermotherapy device, the method comprising:
 scanning, in a scanning mode, with a moxibustion device of the thermotherapy device, at least a portion of a spine of a user, and storing articulation points between vertebrae of the user as reference points;   setting a standby mode comprising one or more first patterns in which tension applied to spinal nerves or muscles is eased so that the spine sufficiently endures massage stimuli without any pain, and storing a combination of the one or more first patterns as the standby mode;   setting a treatment mode comprising one or more second patterns based on one or more of vertebrae, moxibustion points or acupressure points associated with one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc, in order to treat the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc, and storing a combination of the one or more second patterns as the treatment mode;   setting a finishing mode comprising one or more third patterns for inducing balancing of autonomic nerves and normalizing a condition of the user, and storing a combination of the one or more third patterns as the finishing mode; and   controlling a motor of the thermotherapy device and the moxibustion device according to one or more of the standby mode, the treatment mode, or the finishing mode according to a user-selected therapy of the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc,   wherein the moxibustion device is configured to perform a user massage according to a massage pattern corresponding to the user-selected therapy of the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc, wherein the reference points are points for establishing landmarks to set one or more massage patterns, wherein the reference points become starting points and end points of the one or more massage patterns;   the massage pattern corresponding to the user-selected therapy of the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc is different from another massage pattern corresponding to another therapy different from the user-selected therapy;   the massage pattern includes a moving path, a movement repeat count, a moving speed, a massage pressure and a temperature of the moxibustion device;   the moving path is divided into a plurality of sections, the plurality of sections being adjacent to a subset of the vertebrae of the user associated with the user-selected therapy of the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc; and   the movement repeat count, the moving speed, the massage pressure and the temperature of the moxibustion device are differently set for each section of the moving path according to the user-selected therapy of the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc.   
     
     
       34. The method of  claim 33 , wherein the scanning mode is set to another moving speed that is slower than the moving speed associated with the massage pattern, and also set to a single pattern of one reciprocation. 
     
     
       35. The method of  claim 33 , wherein the treatment mode is configured to select the massage pattern from a plurality of patterns including an intensive pattern in which the user massage is intensively performed on vertebrae associated with the user-selected therapy, a whole pattern in which the user massage is performed on the entire spine, an area pattern in which the user massage is performed on an area adjacent to the vertebrae associated with the user-selected therapy, an area-by-area pattern in which the user massage is performed on vertebrae associated with a certain area of the user's body, a sympathetic nerve pattern in which the user massage is performed on a sympathetic nerve zone, a parasympathetic nerve pattern in which the user massage is performed on a parasympathetic nerve zone, a moxibustion pattern in which moxibustion is performed on moxibustion points associated with the user-selected therapy, and an acupressure pattern in which acupressure is performed on acupressure points associated with the user-selected therapy. 
     
     
       36. The method of  claim 33 , wherein the finishing mode is configured to select the massage pattern from a parasympathetic nerve pattern in which balancing of the autonomic nerves is induced, a straining pattern in which relaxed muscles are normalized, and a relax pattern in which strained nerves are relaxed. 
     
     
       37. A thermotherapy device comprising:
 a motor;   a moxibustion device;   a memory unit configured to store information on one or more massage patterns according to one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc; and   a controller configured to:
 drive the moxibustion device to scan at least a portion of a spine of a user, and store articulation points between vertebrae of the user as reference points; 
 divide an autonomic nerve zone of the spine into a sympathetic nerve zone and a parasympathetic nerve zone with respect to the reference points according to distribution of peripheral nerves of the spine, and store the sympathetic nerve zone and the parasympathetic nerve zone; 
 store information on a relationship between dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc and sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves; 
 determine information on a path on which the moxibustion device is configured to move while performing a massage on the sympathetic nerve zone and/or the parasympathetic nerve zone for one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc exhibiting a relationship between the sympathetic nerves and the parasympathetic nerves, and determine information on how many times the moxibustion device is configured to perform the massage while moving along the path for one or more massage patterns according to the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc; 
 determine a massage pattern corresponding to a user-selected therapy of the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc, wherein the user-selected therapy exhibits a relationship between the sympathetic nerves and the parasympathetic nerves; and 
 control the moxibustion device and the motor to perform a user massage according to the massage pattern corresponding to the user-selected therapy of the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc, 
   wherein the reference points are points for establishing landmarks to set the one or more massage pattern, wherein the reference points become starting points and end points of the one or more massage patterns;   the massage pattern corresponding to the user-selected therapy of the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc is different from another massage pattern corresponding to another therapy different from the user-selected therapy;   the massage pattern includes one or more of a moving path, a movement repeat count, a moving speed, a massage pressure, or a temperature of the moxibustion device;   the moving path is divided into a plurality of sections, the plurality of sections being adjacent to a subset of the vertebrae of the user associated with the user-selected therapy of the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc; and   the movement repeat count, the moving speed, the massage pressure and the temperature of the moxibustion device are differently set for each section of the moving path according to the user-selected therapy of the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc.   
     
     
       38. A thermotherapy device comprising:
 a motor;   a moxibustion device;   a memory unit configured to store information on one or more massage patterns according to one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc; and   a controller configured to:
 drive the moxibustion device to scan at least a portion of a spine of a user, and store articulation points between vertebrae of the user as reference points; 
 determine information on positions of one or both of moxibustion points or acupressure points associated with one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc; 
 perform one or both of: (i) determining information on one or more of a moxibustion intensity, a moxibustion temperature, or a moxibustion time for the moxibustion points, setting a moxibustion pattern, and storing the moxibustion pattern, or (ii) determining information on one or more of an acupressure intensity, an acupressure time, or an acupressure operation for the acupressure points, setting an acupressure pattern, and storing the acupressure pattern; and 
   determine one or both of (a) a corresponding moxibustion pattern corresponding to a user-selected therapy of the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc, or (b) a corresponding acupressure pattern corresponding to a user-selected therapy of the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc, and control the moxibustion device and a motor of the thermotherapy device to perform one or both of (1) moxibustion according to the corresponding moxibustion pattern or (2) acupressure according to the corresponding acupressure pattern when the moxibustion device reaches the reference points at which predetermined moxibustion points or acupressure points are positioned as the moxibustion device is performing a user massage according to a massage pattern according to the user-selected therapy of the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc,   wherein the reference points are points for establishing landmarks to set one or more massage patterns, wherein the reference points become starting points and end points of the one or more massage patterns;   the massage pattern corresponding to the user-selected therapy of the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc is different from another massage pattern corresponding to another therapy different from the user-selected therapy;   the massage pattern includes one or more of a moving path, a movement repeat count, a moving speed, a massage pressure, or a temperature of the moxibustion device;   the moving path is divided into a plurality of sections, the plurality of sections being adjacent to a subset of the vertebrae of the user associated with the user-selected therapy of the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc; and   the movement repeat count, the moving speed, the massage pressure and the temperature of the moxibustion device are differently set for each section of the moving path according to the user-selected therapy of the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc.   
     
     
       39. A thermotherapy device comprising:
 a motor;   a moxibustion device;   a memory unit configured to store information on one or more massage patterns according to one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc; and   a controller configured to:
 drive, in a scanning mode, the moxibustion device of the thermotherapy device to scan at least a portion of a spine of a user, and store articulation points between vertebrae of the user as reference points; 
 set a standby mode comprising one or more first patterns in which tension applied to spinal nerves or muscles is eased so that the spine sufficiently endures massage stimuli without any pain, and store a combination of the one or more first patterns as the standby mode; 
 set a treatment mode comprising one or more second patterns based on one or more of vertebrae, moxibustion points or acupressure points associated with one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc, in order to treat the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc, and store a combination of the one or more second patterns as the treatment mode; 
 set a finishing mode comprising one or more third patterns for inducing balancing of autonomic nerves and normalizing a condition of the user, and store a combination of the one or more third patterns as the finishing mode; and 
 control the motor and the moxibustion device according to one or more of the standby mode, the treatment mode, or the finishing mode according to a user-selected therapy of the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc, 
   wherein the moxibustion device is configured to perform a user massage according to a massage pattern corresponding to the user-selected therapy of the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc, wherein the reference points are points for establishing landmarks to set one or more massage patterns, wherein the reference points become starting points and end points of the one or more massage patterns;   the massage pattern corresponding to the user-selected therapy of the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc is different from another massage pattern corresponding to another therapy different from the user-selected therapy;   the massage pattern includes one or more of a moving path, a movement repeat count, a moving speed, a massage pressure, or a temperature of the moxibustion device;   the moving path is divided into a plurality of sections, the plurality of sections being adjacent to a subset of the vertebrae of the user associated with the user-selected therapy of the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc; and   the movement repeat count, the moving speed, the massage pressure and the temperature of the moxibustion device are differently set for each section of the moving path according to the user-selected therapy of the one or more therapies for dyspepsia, blood circulation, immune boosting, sexual dysfunction, attention deficit disorder, insomnia, obesity, cervical vertebrae pain or lumbar disc.