General Perspective of Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) For Reducing Anxiety and Stress in Integrative Medicine (IM)

Recently, Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) has been in focus. It is a sense of thrilling feeling with pleasure or joy that appears from the nape of the neck to the head scalp region. ASMR has been often found by the triggers of sound, music and video, which can induce relaxation and smooth sleep with reducing anxiety and stress. It is often caused by the triggers of sound, music and video, and shows possible relationship with anxiety, trait, neuroticism and misophonia. Based on auditory sensation, ASMR may play a main role for Brain–computer interface (BCI) from now on

Various Care Option of Integrative Medicine from the Viewpoint of Patient-Oriented Medicine

Authors and colleagues have managed Shikoku Island division of Integrative Medicine Japan (IMJ) and continued various activities. There were several important conferences in 2019 concerning Integrative Medicine (IM) and Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM). World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies held the 4th cancer rehabilitation seminar in Nagoya, as cooperation with IMJ in May. There was annual congress of our Shikoku division in October, with 14 various lectures such as music therapy, chiropractic, rehabilitation, Hinohara-ism and so on. Annual IMJ congress was held at Kagoshima in December with 1000 attendees and 100 presentations. The keynote speech by Dr. Noriko Yoshida was impressive for remarkable projects, such as national health project, long life & treasure child project, music exercise therapy with traditional song and dance, centenarian research project, island health thalasso-tourism, and psychotherapy. Author gave comments about mindfulness originated from Budhism, Pythagoreanism from Pythagoras and Hinohara-ism from famous Japanese physician Shigeaki Hinohara. These philosophies have common aspect of patient-oriented medicine, which are crucial element for IM and CAM

Pairing Situation of Soundscape and Flavors from Integrative Medicine (IM) Point Of View

For Integrative medicine (IM), the authors have continued to practice music therapy and manage the Integrative Medicine Japan (IMJ), Shikoku Island Division for years. This article describes the pairing situation of soundscape/hearing and flavor/smell. Several crossmodal correspondences include flavorful stimuli, sound stimuli, shapes, colors, textures, and so on. Various kinds of food include chocolate, coffee, wine, whiskey, cognac and others. The perceptual association between them is called sonic seasoning. When tasting wine with music, possible perspectives include pleasure, response, analysis and description. Basic perceptual similarities in the olfactory and auditory stimuli show high or low notes, harmonies and chords

Music Engagement Contributes Reduced Psychoneurological Problems and Increased Wellbeing and Happiness

As psychosomatic medicine, music has been implicated in the contexts of biological, emotional and social influence. For mental health, benefits of music would include reducing several symptoms for various psychological and neurological disorders, such as depression and dementia. Thus, music engagement provides positive associations among QOL, wellbeing, emotional growth, social connection and prosocial behavior. Music has been multi-modal existence. It is related to various fields and systems, including emotional regulation, psychophysiological responses, cognition network, and neuroscience. Researchers study music for neuroplasticity, well-being optimism, intervention approaches, and biological and cognitive path development. Music has various power in itself, leading to human happiness

Mental Health Problems Associated With the Concept of “Ikigai” As Purpose in Life or “Raison D’etre”

Mental health has become crucial problem over the world. Difference is observed between Western and Eastern countries. The concept of “ikigai” exists in Japanese culture, meaning of reason for living or purpose in life, which is nearly well-being, “raison d’etre” or “raison de vivre” in French. For some reports, ikigai has certain relationship with well-being, anxiety, stress and depression. People with having ikigai showed lower risk of functional disability (-31%) and dementia (-36%) compared with people not having ikigai. Furthermore, related words include Hinohara-ism and also “life crafting” that means a framework searching for a life purpose

Music and Man in Art : The Future of Media and Technology

Music can provide psychological benefit, and music therapy has been accepted for many people across the world. Iso-principle has been known as an important concept in music therapy. Art is roughly divided into two categories, which are visual arts and reproducing arts. An attempt to overlap these categories would be a method of recording and playing back music. Historically, human could come to experience polyphonic music like the instrument of Carillon, to listen to reproducing music by music score and phonograph, and to be enjoy music anytime by use of media and technology. Recent music environment includes the voice synthesis technology "VOCALOID", a video distribution site on the internet. In the future, music will make people happier if new technologies are widely recognized and personalized use is widespread

Combination of Health Concepts of Reason for Life, Ikigai Well-Being and Hinohara-Ism

From medical and philosophical points of view, primary care (PC) medicine, psychosomatic medicine and integrative medicine (IM) have been prevalent. Among them, the concept of ikigai has attracted attention as well-being, reason for life or eudaimonia of ancient Greek word. Ikigai well-being in the mental health can be covered by the philosophy of Hinohara-ism by New Elderly Association (NEA). Ikigai can promote the sensation of self-awareness and autonomy. Ikigai shows relationship with cognitive frailty, social frailty, physical situation, depression, anxiety, stressful matter, and other psychological issues. Consequently, research on ikigai will contribute combined development of well-being, eudamimonia and Hinohara-ism

Music Has Various Aspects as Culture, Communication, Medicine and Music Therapy

In the evolution of mammals, human beings have often felt anxiety and fear, but sometimes felt safety, euphoria, love and well-being with communicative musicality and linguistic circumstance. For a baby, her mother will present proto-conversation by music and verbal communication for interactive relationship. There has been a question how music may have originated associated with some features. Several factors are involved including transmission of the culture, gathering of people, various music pattern, human vocal singing and entrainment with synchrony. Consequently, music includes its great meaningful power in the human body and soul for music therapy, leading to human happiness

Basic Function of Sensory-Motor Transformations for Music Activity Associated with Human Six Senses

In the field of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM), music therapy (MT) has been known and widely accepted. Authors are registered music therapists (rMTs), and continued research for MT and piano-playing. Human has five senses including hearing, sight, smell, taste and touch. Stimuli of auditory, visual and somatosensory data assemble into post parietal region, which are transmitted to prefrontal cortex. This is called as sensory-motor transformations (SMT). Consequently, neuroimaging can demonstrate several factors for activation of various brain areas, which generate the perception of musical and emotional feeling. Further research development is expected for brain function, SMT and piano-playing

Beneficial Efficacy during Bedtime Sleep by Small Music Player “Lullaby Reverberation”

Effect of music on sleep quality was studied. Subjects were 15 female aged 40s-70s, and received listening to music when going to sleep every night using sound sleep support sound player. It is Lullaby reverberation (Komoriuta-no-Hibiki) and the protocol continued 8 weeks with evaluation of Athens Insomnia Scale (AIS). Total average AIS point was 4.6 and 3.1 in 0 and 8 weeks, respectively. For natural sound such as water, wave and wind, positive (n=3) and negative (n=3) responses were found. For favorite music, positive (n=4) and negative (n=0) responses are found. Consequently, music brought beneficial effect for sleep quality