This will probably be the last time I really take any serious look at this device or machine that is claimed to work in increasing the height of people in a non-invasive approach from Japan.

In a previous post “The Actual Patent For The Ginza Kojima Non-Invasive Limb Lengthening Height Increase Device Found, With Pictures!” I had shown that I was able to find the actual patent from a Japanese Patent database on the well known ginza kojima device which has been promoted and claimed to increase height since the middle of the last decade. Many people have talked about it’s claims and the ultimate answer was that it was either inconclusive or that it was a scam.

On some websites like on the Make Me Taller forums and the LSJL forums which have asked this question and I think I might try to answer that question completely and fully and finally put a nail in the coffin on this subject and device.

Here is the technical review below…

Technical Review

The device is real and the patent on it seems to be real too. The company was visited by Sky from EasyHeight.com many years and ago and he, at that time studying pharmacology, had given his opinion that the machine looked legitimate.

The device is much bigger than expected but requires a human being to be strapped onto a rotating machine as pic

Under the section for the patent “Effect Of The Invention” , section 0009, I copy and pasted the important part below…

“Since the body reformation device of this application is provided with a leg holding fixture and the towage drive mechanism which tows it, in addition to each above-mentioned effect, there are the following effects.

(1) If an ankle, a knee, a thigh, etc. are held with a leg holding fixture and the leg holding fixture is towed with towage drive mechanism, the joint of the root of a knee or a leg can be lengthened straight and a twist of the body and distortion can be corrected. Height can also be lengthened.“

Also from section 0010

“Since the body reformation device of this application is provided also with the jaw holding fixture holding the jaw of the user who lay on the back on the stand, in addition to each above-mentioned effect, it has the following effects.

(1) If an ankle, a knee, a thigh, etc. are held with the aforementioned leg holding fixture, and the jaw of the person on a stand is held with a jaw holding fixture when towing the leg holding fixture with towage drive mechanism, it can lengthen straight to a leg flatly and a twist of the body and the straightening effect of distortion are high.”

A video of the device can be found from a previous post “What The Ginza Kojima Limb Lengthening Height Increasing Device Actually Looks Like, Cool!” or to the official website for the device (link below)

Let’s note again that the only testimony we find from the actual Ginza Kojima website is from a man named Mr. Rashid who is from Bangladesh. The people notes that while he wants to get 10 cms, he only got a little less than 4 cm.

“I am Mohammed Mamunur Rashid….I am a student of Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan. I found this clinic name through internet and personally. I met with Mr. Kojima and doing height lengthening program clinic here in Japan Ginza Tokyo. I have already gained this program from 162cm to 165.8cm.”

Note the fact that the guy got exactly 3.8 cm, which converts to exactly ~ 1.496 inches. That is indeed a height increase. Note that the website calls their services “body contour correction”, not “height increasing services”.

In general, I have found that most Japanese are honest in their efforts and business deals and I do not wish to insult someone by claiming they are a scam. This device does not appear to be a claim. It is legitimate. 

Technical Analysis

Here is why the device actually seems to really work…

Note that the website gives prices for 1-3 cm but adds an incredible amount for each additional cm, being around 1,500,000 yen per 1 centimeter for additional charge(with tax). That is converted to around $16,300 USD for each additional cm.

The reasons are 5

• 1. The device has one part that holds the lower legs & the tibia in place. – Ankle Weight Principle
• 2. The device has a 2nd part that holds the person’s neck in place by pulling up. – Traction machine
• 3. The device mostly has the person lying in flat down at an angled position, which lets gravity do its work. – Gravity
• 4. The device is spinning, causing what is known as centripedal force to push the person’s upper body and their head further away. –Centripetal Force
• 5. There seems to be some type of surgery to the bone, which I am not sure of. – Surgery??

The inventor has been very clever in combining the forces of gravity, centripedal force, the element of a traction machine, and the effect of ankle weights all together.

Gravity – note that the device does have the person most of the time have their head positioned below their lower body. The device sometimes swings back up (where the level of the head is above the rest of the body) so as the not get the subject to pass out, getting dizzy, etc. due to the rush of blood to the head. Have you ever tried to do a headstand for too long? The push of the gravitational force will cause a tensile load on the entire body stretching it out, elongating it slowly, effectively massaging or “remodeling” or doing “body contour correction”.

Centripetal Force – we learn from elementary physics that there is something known as centripetal force which happens when an object is spinning around an axis. I refer to the idea of a spinning swing like big circular platform one finds in many children’s parks where kids run in circles to push that flat surface to make it go faster and faster in circles. If you are sitting in the middle, the natural effect is that you will be pushed further and further away from the center. For the patent, you are held mainly in place by the fasteners on the lower leg. As the subject is being spun around, the centripetal force generated would push the ends of the body further apart, but very slowly, possibly correcting any spinal or vertebrate curvature that might exist.

Traction machine – from my research into traction machines, I learned that one of the two main types of traction machine is a strap one wears under the chin area to pull the neck up and correct any vertebrate problems in the cervical vertebrate area. (click HERE for a picture). This means that also the elements of a traction device was also implemented into this invention. The subject will have their upper back and lower neck area elongated from decompression.

Ankle Weight Principle – The lower leg is held tightly down to prevent it from moving around. The spinning is supposed to cause the joint empty spaces to expand, in the knee and the ankle. Note what the patent says “the joint of the root of a knee or a leg can be lengthened straight and a twist of the body and distortion can be corrected”. There is twisting, and from twisting it is possible to lossen the ligaments of the ankles or the region of the knee to get slightly bigger for a temporary amount of time. We must remember back to many trials by previous height increase seekers in using the ankle weight principles. Some have said that they have seen results but most have not.

Surgery?? – This is the part which I am not sure of which the people never go into. It states clearly from the main website that the workers will both get an X-ray on the subject to test their bone density but they also say that there is some surgery to be done. What that surgery is I have no information on at this time.

We can see that no bone was really being stretched, except maybe in the surgery part which I could not see or get any information on. The increase in height is from stretching out the spaces and cavities in the vertebrate, the knee and ankles joints.

Again, note the fact that the machine was probably not designed or built to be a height increase device, but a substitute or alternative to body manipulation. Alternatives is rolfing, chiropractor, the Alexander Method, stretching, yoga, etc. On the main website they state “Ginza Kojima gives our clients some advice on how to correct the bone deformity all over the body.” The machine was designed to correct bone curvature or any curvature in the body due to body alignement. This implies that it would help people with slight back curvature or people with bones that bend slightly due to ligament issues. Bow leggedness may be one bone disorder which might be helped using this machine.

The twisting of the machine makes the body more limber, stretch out, and be more likely to be aligned completely vertically. Maybe the researchers noticed that subjects which used the device for just body and bone re-alignment also came out 1-2 cms taller so they rebranded or re-marketed the product as a height increase machine.

Conclusion:

The machine will use many of the same principles we have seen before but what the Japanese inventor has been able to do very cleverly is to use many basic physics principles to give a person some real results. The machine does work, but so will Pierre Pozzuto’s A-Grow-Bics workout based off of London (read my review which showed that it is effective from the post “Review, Another Look At A-Grow-Bics With Pierre Pozzuto And Why It Might Really Work In Increasing Height“) This device uses traction, gravity, centripetal force, weights, pulling, and everything else combined to give most people a chance to get height increase. Note the fact that the website mainly talks about providing 1-3 cm of height increase, not 4 cm. 3 cm is possible from stretching exercises. From Pozzuto’s A-Grow-Bics class this journalist/reporter wwent from 5′ 2” and added 2 inches at least temporarily (HERE).

Let’s remember that scientists have shown that a person can increase their height by 3% when in space so that means that when the pockets of empty space like in the knee, ankles, hips, or intervetebral disk areas aree expanded even a little like by 1 mm, they do add to some real susbstantial gains. For most people between 5 and 6 feet tall, taht 3 % is around 2 inches of possible height increase if the disks in the body are allowed to decompress. It is possible that from the spinning and the generated centripetal force of the Ginza Kojima device the intervertebral disk pockets can be extended slightly further to say 4-5% of a person’s height if the person used the device for enough time.

However it is rather easy to guess that the height a person gets is probably temporary. What will probably happend to a person who gets 3-4 cms of increase is they loose around 50% of it. I remember cases of people who managed to get 2 inches from stretching but they would shrink down 1 inch when they did not stick to a program. Most subjects might not realize this issue when they do get the increase, until say months later when their bodies shrunk back.

The fact that the one testimonial we find on the website shows  a man who wanted 10 cm but “only” got 3.8 cm shows that this case was probably the best and most dramatic of all the subjects the people who used the device got. I am sure that if after the subject went through the device they got no noticeable height increase, the Japanese clinic might refund their money back. Or they might only charge however much the subject did increase by. If a person wanted 10 cms but only got 2 cms, they would be charge the rate for 2 extra cms.

In the end, this device has been designed to incorporate elements which has been shown to work before in other height increase seekers. Without looking at the surgery part, it would work to non-invasively increase height. The patent shows that the invention is cleverly designed to work better than most other devices and ideas due to the ability to spin the subject and create centripetal force. The high price of this device suggest that maybe we could go for something else, like Pierre Pozzuto’s program which is only about $200 and there is a clear refund policy.

The only issue that has not been resolved is over the surgery part. Tyler in a previous post “Kojima’s limb lengthening clinic review” said that the device gets the person’s lower leg bone, the tibia, to be exposed to green light to demineralize the bone but I have never fully accepted that idea or know where he learned of this information. I don’t see any green light being emitted, but only a large table with straps for the lower legs and the neck (like a traction machine) being spun around at a reasonable speed. I think at this point Tyler was wrong about his assessment of the machine, since it is much more different than most people would have believed.

If the surgery part is done for all patients, then it is no longer non-invasive. If however the surgery is done only on people who see no increase after using the device, then maybe the marketers can use a label like that. If the surgery is to pop open the knee joint slightly, then it would be dangerous for the subject. If the surgery is to to a distraction through making some type of cortical bone fracture, then the machine can probably move past the 3-4 cm of height increase that is only possible through normal vertebrate and synovial joint decompression. 2 inches or 5 cm is the maximum for almost everyone.

This device, if it can get even just 6 cm of height increase, even temporarily, for a subject without the need for surgery will prove itself to be the real deal. The surgery part is what is not known at this time of the exact details on what is done. The clinic seems to be real and the machine probably will have some success on most of the people who use it, to at least reach their full height potential by tapping into what I have called “hidden height”.

Something that I sort of forgot about since starting on the research was the fact that there are some clear examples of creatures and animals which have over the many years of Earth’s history increased in size. The best example are the dinosaurs, a group of reptiles which lived millions of years ago and grew to be the biggest creatures that have ever walked on land.

Some of the biggest dinosaurs were the sauropods, long neck and long tails lizard looking creatures walking on 4 legs. Currently the tallest, longest, and biggest sauropods are the Argentinosaurus which is estimated to be around 140 feet long, over 40 feet tall, and over 110 tons in weight.

From two recent articles I read,

• New Theory Tries To Explain Why Dinosaurs Grew So Huge — Especially Their Amazing Necks
• How Dinosaurs Got So Huge

I would wonder whether there is something important we as height increase researchers can possibly take away from looking at the example of these monsters from the past.

Here are the critical points taken from the articles.

From the first articles, the researchers can guessing that these could be the reasons how the dinosaurs could grow so large.

• An increased level of O2 concentration on the plant

• An overabundance of food

• The respiratory system of dinosaurs had air sacs which made the body much lighter and even made the bones lighter. 

• The fact that dinosaurs as reptiles can have much more baby dinosaurs who were already fully developed once they leave the mother’s womb. The size limitation of mammals like us is because human mothers can only have maybe only 1-2 babies at a time, and after birth, it still takes many years of caring before the baby is big and strong enough to fend for itself. 

I think it is important to realize that reptiles and fish have this ability which mammals don’t, which is “indeterminant growth”. There is no physical laws or hard bone contraints which keep them from expanding their bodies and get bigger. A good example are catfish, which can grow to be over 1000 lbs and over 15 feet long as reported by people from many parts of the world in the 19th century before mass fishing reduced their sizes.

The fact that the brains of dinosaurs are jokingly small means that the largest, tallest dinosaurs could have small heads and long necks relative to their large bodies. If the head of the sauropods were in proportion to their bodies like humans, the neck would snap and the dinosaur would die because the head and brain were too heavy due to gravity.

From the 2nd study, we learn more about how the large sauropods were like by looking at their anatomy and physiology. The smaller version of the argentinosaurus, the mamenchisaurus, needed 100,000 calories of food to keep itself alive and the way its teeth seem to be in form suggest that they only ate plants and leaves and they did not chew, but swallowed the food down.

It seems that the chewing is what also limits body size…

“Chewing limits body size,” Sander said, explaining that animals that rely on chewing, like many mammals, depend on big molars and muscles to grind up their food to make nutrients available. As an animal gets larger, it needs progressively more energy, and eventually this cumbersome system can’t provide it with enough calories.”

It seems that for an animal this big, they need calories and energy at such a high rate that chewing would be too slow to get the food down inside of them. What is more amazing is that the baby dinosaurs that hatch from eggs smaller than a soccer ball gain around 12 lbs a day and continues this rate for a long time. The researchers thus seem to show that at least a for a short period of the dinosaurs life, they are warm blooded and have high levels of metabolism.

Implications For Height Increase:

The size of the dinosaurs depended on multiple factors. I would guess that the main thing was that the air sac in their respiratory system made it so that the bones were lighter but still had the same amount of strength.

I don’t think it would be smart to try to emulate the reproductive habits of the dinosaurs just so we as an individual become taller. We will not be producing hundreds of fully developed, mobiel babies and be willing to accept the idea that only a few of them will survive long into to adulthood to reproduce.

Our eating habits and our environment may actually lead to taller bodies though. The issue of constantly eating, having excess amounts of food, and have a smaller head relative to body suggest that maybe have a smaller skull size or brain to the body will make a person taller.

The lighter bones is an interesting idea and it might mean that we should try to decrease the amount of calcium deposits in our bones to make ourselves lighter.

The idea of extra oxygen makes sense in terms of having more energy but cartilage and chondrocytes in general don’t proliferate in the presence of O2 excess, but actually in O2’s absence.

The last post I had did was about the fact that I found through just ordinary search a video of what the device is supposed to look like. The video shows a device much larger than I had imagined or believed about the device. From the Ginza Kojima website they had claimed that the device was patented, with a number 3802917. This got me curious and made me want to find that patent, since I had used Google Patents to find unique ideas and patents for height increase proposed before.

So when I used Google Patents and typed in that #, 3802917, it gave me a patent about Tramp Oil? That was a head scratcher and I would guess that the doctors patented the device in Japan and maybe the country of Japan had a patent device database which is similar to our Google Patent, which they did. Just from typing in the words “japanese patent” into google, I would eventually get directed to the website for Japanese Patent Lawyers Association which had a link to the website http://www.ipdl.inpit.go.jp/homepg_e.ipdl . So I clicked on that link and it took me a website called Industrial Property Digital Library, with a .jp domain showing it was based from some location in Japan. I clicked on the Patent & Utility Model Gazette DB  link and it took me to a input chart page. I entered “B” into the “kind code” section and then entered the number given “3802917” into the “number” part and then clicked search.

The results seems to show that the people at the Ginza Kojima place was serious and being honest in the patent.

This is what I copied from the “translated to english” webpages.

Important: The pictures are below the patent information. The complete Analysis on the device will be done in a later post.

* NOTICES *

JPO and INPIT are not responsible for any damages caused by the use of this translation.

1.This document has been translated by computer. So the translation may not reflect the original precisely.
2.**** shows the word which can not be translated.
3.In the drawings, any words are not translated.

CLAIMS – [Claim 1]

A leaning device (5) which makes a stand (3) where a user can lie on the back, and a stand (3) incline, Right and counterrotation a stand (3) in the state of level or an inclination A near cushion (32) which is provided with a rolling mechanism (6) to carry out, assigns both sides of the body of a user who lay on the back on it in the aforementioned stand (3), and supports the body, A trunk fixing belt (33) which fixes the body of the user concerned to a stand (3), and a jaw holding fixture (35) which hangs under a jaw of the user concerned and holds a jaw, A shoulder fastener (36) which takes out from under both the sides of the user concerned on both shoulders, and supports both shoulders, Towage drive mechanism (47) which can be towed down the stand (3) is provided in a leg holding fixture (49) which can hold an ankle of the user concerned, and a leg holding fixture (49), Operation of the aforementioned leaning device (5), a rolling mechanism (6), and towage drive mechanism (7) is controllable at a distribution power board (9), The aforementioned leaning device (5) can adjust an angle of gradient of a stand (3), If it rotates after a position under a trunk central part of the user who is a back side central part of the stand (3), and lies on the back on the upper surface of a stand provided and a stand (3) has inclined, while the head [ of a user who lay on the back on a stand (3) with the rotation ], and leg side will change to a semicircle [ every ] automatic target up and down, the aforementioned rolling mechanism. A body reformation device characterized by making it rotate.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[Detailed Description of the Invention] – [Field of the Invention] – [0001]

The present invention corrects a twist of the body and distortion, prepares the balance of the body, and relates to the body reformation device which can improve the blood flow of the body and can be used for maintenance of health, and improvement.

[Background of the Invention] – [0002]

Conventionally, methods of correcting a twist of the body and distortion include manual therapeutics (chiropractic), a massage, etc. a twist of manual therapeutics and the body by massage and reformation of distortion go to a bonesetter, a massage room, etc. — special manual therapeutics — it carries out by undergoing [ which massages the body directly ] an operation of pushing [ to unfold ], pulling, striking from a teacher, a masseur, etc.

[Description of the Invention] – [Problem to be solved by the invention] – [0003]

However, there are the following problems in a twist of manual therapeutics and the body by massage, or reformation of distortion.

(1) Qualification and the skilled skill are required, and when an amateur is going to correct the body by force, there is a possibility of damaging the body on the contrary in manual therapeutics or a massage. therefore — going to a bonesetter or the store of a massage one by one, in order to receive manual therapeutics and a massage — special manual therapeutics — I have to have a teacher and a masseur operated on In this case, it must reserve or go to hospital regularly, it is troublesome, and when there is no margin in time, it is very much hard to receive manual therapeutics and a massage.

(2) manual therapeutics and a massage — special manual therapeutics — in order that a teacher and a masseur may carry out, 1 time of operating expense is high.

[Means for solving problem] – [0004]

The body reformation device of the present invention does not need the skilled skill, but anyone can correct a twist of the body and distortion simply and inexpensive, can prepare the balance of the body, can improve the blood flow of the body, and can use it for maintenance of health, and improvement at any time.

[0005]

TECHNICAL FIELD – [Field of the Invention] – [0001]

The present invention corrects a twist of the body and distortion, prepares the balance of the body, and relates to the body reformation device which can improve the blood flow of the body and can be used for maintenance of health, and improvement.

PRIOR ART – [Background of the Invention] – [0002]

Conventionally, methods of correcting a twist of the body and distortion include manual therapeutics (chiropractic), a massage, etc. a twist of manual therapeutics and the body by massage and reformation of distortion go to a bonesetter, a massage room, etc. — special manual therapeutics — it carries out by undergoing [ which massages the body directly ] an operation of pushing [ to unfold ], pulling, striking from a teacher, a masseur, etc.

EFFECT OF THE INVENTION – [Effect of the Invention] – [0008]

The body reformation device of this application has the following effects.

(1) Since the body can be made straight from the point of the head to a tip of a foot by a user’s making a stand incline in the state where it lay on the back on the stand, or rotating a stand in the state where it was level or inclined, a twist of the body and distortion are corrected and the balance of the body becomes good. The blood flow of the body also becomes good and can be used for maintenance and improvement of health.

(2) Since the body is fixed to a stand by a fastener, even if a stand is leaned or it makes it rotate, there is no fear of the body falling from a stand, and reformation can be received after the user has relaxed.

(3) Since a user only lies on the back on a stand, he does not require unreasonableness for the body but can use it in the natural state.

(4) Manual therapeutics, the special knowledge about a massage, and skillful skill are also unnecessary, and anyone can correct a twist of the body and distortion simply at any time.

(5) If it prepares for the house or the place of work, since there is no trouble which reserves or goes to hospital regularly like [ in the case of going to a bonesetter or a massage store ], and it can be used when a user’s convenience is good, it is convenient. Since it can be used expense’s not starting, either but continuing every day, it is effective.

[0009]

Since the body reformation device of this application is provided with a leg holding fixture and the towage drive mechanism which tows it, in addition to each above-mentioned effect, there are the following effects.

(1) If an ankle, a knee, a thigh, etc. are held with a leg holding fixture and the leg holding fixture is towed with towage drive mechanism, the joint of the root of a knee or a leg can be lengthened straight and a twist of the body and distortion can be corrected. Height can also be lengthened.

[0010]

Since the body reformation device of this application is provided also with the jaw holding fixture holding the jaw of the user who lay on the back on the stand, in addition to each above-mentioned effect, it has the following effects.

(1) If an ankle, a knee, a thigh, etc. are held with the aforementioned leg holding fixture, and the jaw of the person on a stand is held with a jaw holding fixture when towing the leg holding fixture with towage drive mechanism, it can lengthen straight to a leg flatly and a twist of the body and the straightening effect of distortion are high.

TECHNICAL PROBLEM – [Problem to be solved by the invention] – [0003]

However, there are the following problems in a twist of manual therapeutics and the body by massage, or reformation of distortion.

(1) Qualification and the skilled skill are required, and when an amateur is going to correct the body by force, there is a possibility of damaging the body on the contrary in manual therapeutics or a massage. therefore — going to a bonesetter or the store of a massage one by one, in order to receive manual therapeutics and a massage — special manual therapeutics — I have to have a teacher and a masseur operated on In this case, it must reserve or go to hospital regularly, it is troublesome, and when there is no margin in time, it is very much hard to receive manual therapeutics and a massage.

(2) manual therapeutics and a massage — special manual therapeutics — in order that a teacher and a masseur may carry out, 1 time of operating expense is high.

MEANS – [Means for solving problem] – [0004]

The body reformation device of the present invention does not need the skilled skill, but anyone can correct a twist of the body and distortion simply and inexpensive, can prepare the balance of the body, can improve the blood flow of the body, and can use it for maintenance of health, and improvement at any time.

[0005]

The leaning device 5 toward which the body reformation device of an application concerned makes the stand 3where a user can lie on the back, and the stand 3 incline, Right and counterrotation the stand 3 in the state of level or an inclination The near cushion 32 which is provided with the rolling mechanism 6 to carry out, assigns the both sides of the body of the user who lay on the back on it in the aforementioned stand 3, and supports the body, The trunk fixing belt 33 which fixes the body of the user concerned to the stand 3, and the jaw holding fixture 35 which hangs under the jaw of the user concerned and holds a jaw, The shoulder fastener 36 which takes out from under both the sides of the user concerned on both shoulders, and supports both shoulders, The towage drive mechanism 47 which can be towed down the stand 3 is provided in the leg holding fixture 49 which can hold the ankle of the user concerned, and the leg holding fixture 49, Operation of the aforementioned leaning device 5, the rolling mechanism 6, and the towage drive mechanism 7 is controllable at the distribution power board 9, The aforementioned leaning device 5 can adjust the angle of gradient of the stand 3, If it rotates after the position under the trunk central part of the user who is a back side central part of the stand 3, and lies on the back on the upper surface of a stand provided and the stand 3 has inclined, while the head [ of the user who lay on the back on the stand 3 with the rotation ], and leg side will change to a semicircle [ every ] automatic target up and down, it is made for the aforementioned rolling mechanism to rotate.
[0006]
[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS – [Brief Description of the Drawings] – [0048]

[Drawing 1] The front view showing an example of the embodiment of the body reformation device of the present invention.
[Drawing 2] The plan view of the body reformation device shown in Fig.1.
[Drawing 3] The plan view of the unused state of the body reformation device shown in Fig.1.
[Drawing 4] The right side view of the body reformation device shown in Fig.1.
[Drawing 5] The front view showing signs that the stand of the body reformation device shown in Fig.1 was made to incline (about 20 angles of gradient).
[Drawing 6] The front view showing signs that the stand of the body reformation device shown in Fig.1 was made to incline (about 45 angles of gradient).
[Drawing 7] The plan view showing other examples of the fastener of the body reformation device of the present invention.

Now we have the actual patent application of ceritficate. Again, I can’t read Japanese so I don’t know what it says. But the patent is clearly legitimate.

So I recently was going through the internet again and I stumbled upon an old blog created by a guy who had done something years ago but still had left his/her written material. The website is called IWantEStatura.Webs.com. The website would have quite a few well written posts which I will eventually add to the Resources page.

However the most interesting thing I found was a video of what the Ginza Kojima device is supposed to look at. After going back to the Ginza Kojima website I would realize that the same video has been on the website the entire time. However the most interesting thing was that the people claim that the Ginza Kojima device or technique has been patented already, with patent # 3802917, which I will find and talk about in the next post.

Analysis & Interpretation:

The video does have sound from the actual ginza kojima website but there is no one talking but only music. I am not Japanese and can’t read Japanese so I can’t help on reading what the words say. The people in the video are the researchers and the test subjects. The device is a lot bigger than I expected. I had originally imagined that the device being sort of small and something that goes around the bottom of the legs, not something so big that a person would be lying on the device.

You can see that the subjects are being spun around and they don’t seem to be in any pain. They seem to be smiling and the people who work at the facility seem to be ather professional and there seems to be around 5 people, each attending 1 of the 4 main devices.

Would It Really Work?

At this point it is really hard to say. In a previous post about the device “A Further Look At The Ginza Kojima Technique and Device” I had expressed the opinion that this facility can not be completely just shunned and easily said to be a scam. The devices, people, website, and contact information all seem to be real. Sky from EasyHeight.com has supposedly flown to Japan years ago and he felt the device looked legitimate. Some people had said that the 1-3, or even 10 cms of extra height increase is only temporary but at this point there is no solid claims or stories.

For a long time, I have noticed that one type of Traditional Chinese or Oriental Medicinal plant or supplement keeps appearing over and over again as a possible height increase or grow taller miracle herb. The name of it translated into English is “Tian Qi”.

From what is written about it on websites which young Chinese and Korean people who are internet savy congregate, it seems that this magical herb has this trait to make at least young children taller. This suggest that the herb may have some real possibilities. In my research, I have found at least 3-4 elements or compounds which a person could take orally which has some slight affect in increasing the endochondral ossification process of young children.

From a webpage that catalogs traditional chinese herbs used for medicinal applications HERE there is a very small section and real information about the plant…

Pseudo Ginseng ( Tian Qi ) 田七 Chinese Herbs Articles

Pseudo Ginseng ( Tian Qi ) 田七 Chinese Herbs Articles, also known as tian san qi 田三七, jin bu huan 金不換, han san qi 旱三七, tian qi 田七, shen san qi 參三七. It belong to the “” family.

Pseudo Ginseng ( Tian Qi ) 田七 sweet, slightly bitter and warm properties. It is use for treating the liver, stomach and large intestine.

Pseudo Ginseng ( Tian Qi ) 田七 Medical Function:

1. Stop bleeding and anticoagulation: anticoagulation of platelets, promotes dissolving of fibrinogens.
2. Anti-inflammation.
3. Relieving pain.
4. Calming.
5. Enhances the effects of adrenocortical hormone: regulate the metabolism of     sugar.
6. Protects liver.
7. Anti cancer.
8. Improve capillary circulation: anti fatigue.
9. Anti aging.
10. Arrest bleeding (active chemical:dencichine, there is more of that in raw tian      qi ).

Pseudo Ginseng ( Tian Qi ) 田七 Cautions Use:

Allergic reaction: face and eyes becomes red and swollen. Numbness in the limbs, dizziness, heaviness in the chest, palpitation, sweating, nausea, arrhythmia.

From another website NaturalNews.com…

(NaturalNews) Chinese Tien Qi root (Panax Pseudo-Ginseng) in a raw fine powdered form is carried by most Asian soldiers as standard military issue. It is carried in a small bottle for pouring into an open wound or for taking internally if necessary.

The reason this is standard issue is its amazing ability to “re-direct” the blood from an open wound and even helps push or “float” metal objects to the surface. It can literally help stop bleeding without necessarily clotting. However, it can aid in clotting if it is necessary. It’s almost as if it has a mind of its own. The Chinese say it “disciplines the blood”; also when taken internally, it can really speed up the healing time of wounds, broken bones, or most any tissue damage.

Tien Qi powder is taken internally for many reasons such as healing from an operation, wounds, internal bleeding and broken bones. This is 100% applicable to female problems of severe menstrual bleeding. Tien Qi is used commonly by Chinese women for this. It is very effective.

About ¼ to ½ teaspoon of the powder dissolved in hot water or tea is taken 2-3 times a day for internal use. I have always noticed a nice warm energy coming from the stomach area and found that when I take it, I am very alert and more focused than usual. Most likely due to the “discipline of the blood” around the brain area.

Tien Qi (Main herb) is also used in a very famous Chinese liniment called Zhang Gu Shui to facilitate healing of broken bones and sprains due to its ability to disperse blood from an injury. It will stop bruises and other hematoma quickly by this dispersion. The exact formula is “kept secret” but everyone knows that it is Tien Qi in a menthol-camphor base. (The Menthol Camphor helps carry the herb deep into the tissue.)

I used to practice the marshal art (Kung Fu) and there was always a bottle of Zhang Gu Shui around at all tournaments in case someone was injured. I have heard countless stories of major Karate tournaments in China where someone’s leg had been broken fighting so they wrapped the leg, putting cotton balls soaked in Zheng Gu Shui under the wrap and sent him back to fight! (and he won)

When I had my small herbal clinic, there were many doctors and nurses that would stop by and get a bottle of Zheng Gu Shui from me because they had seen how fast it speeded the healing of broken bones and sprains.

You will began to get a glimpse of this amazing herb’s healing abilities after you read the following three examples, and I am sure you will understand why I am so impressed by it. The reason I say this is because oddly enough, these three following “case histories” had nothing to do with any of my patients but had everything to do with me and my own stupid misfortunes! And I swear to you! Nothing is made up here (I wish it was), I only hope I don’t get the “privilege” of having any more reasons to “brag” about the amazing healing powers of this herb.

From another internet source, Before It’s News of an article entitled “Chinese Herbs In Western View – San Qi Or Tian Qi (Radix Pseudoginseng) Health Benefits And Side Effects”

San Qi is also known as pseudoginseng root. The sweet, slight bitter and warm herb has been used in TCM as anticoagulation, Anti-inflammation, anti cancers and anti aging agent and to lower cholesterol, stop bleeding, improve capillary circulation, etc., as it eliminates Blood accumulation, stops bleeding, Moves Blood, calms pain, etc. by enhancing the functions of liver, stomach and large intestine channels.

 Ingredients

1. Ginsenoside
2. Gamma-muurolene
3. Cyperene
4. Alpha-elemene
5. Gammma-cadinene
6. Delta-cadinene
7. Alpha-gurjunene
8. Alpha-guaiene
9.  Alpha-copaene
10. Beta-cuabebene PN and EPGF can promote VEC proliferation, migration, DNA synthesis and VEGF mRNA expression. The results suggest that they have a certain effect on the genesis and development of new vessels in the ischemic myocardium.
11. Caryophyllene
12. Delta-guaiene
13. Alpha-cedrene
14. Etc.

Health Benefits
1. HUVEC proliferation and secretion of VEGF
In the study to evaluate  the effects of Radix Ginseng and Radix Notoginseng formula on secretion of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and expression of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 (VEGFR-2) in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) in vitro, indicated that RadixGinseng and Radix Notoginseng formula can promote HUVEC proliferation and secretion of VEGF, as well as the expression of VEGFR-2 protein, which may be one of the mechanisms of Radix Ginseng and RadixNotoginseng formula in promoting angiogenesis(1).

2. Vascular endothelial cell proliferation and migration
In the study to investigate the effects of extracts from Panax notoginseng (EPN) and Panax ginseng fruit (EPGF) on the proliferation and migration of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) in vitro, showed that PN and EPGF can promote VEC proliferation, migration, DNA synthesis and VEGF mRNA expression. The results suggest that they have a certain effect on the genesis and development of new vessels in the ischemic myocardium(2).

3. Angiogenic effect 
In the study to obser the angiogenic effects of PNS on human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) in vitro and zebrafish in vivo, found that PNS can promote angiogenesis, and that the proangiogenic effects involve the VEGF-KDR/Flk-1 and PI3K-Akt-eNOS signaling pathways(3).

4. Renal interstitial fibrosis
In the study to investigate the effects of compound Radix Notoginseng (RN) on renal interstitial fibrosis and kidney-targeting treatment, the result indicated that RN and compound Radix Notoginseng(CRN) can inhibit UUO-induced renal interstitial fibrosis in rats, and CRN treatment is more effective than RN in reducing interstitial fibrosis(4).

5. Herpes simplex virus
In the study of Notoginsenoside ST-4 inhibits virus penetration of herpes simplex virus in vitro, researchers found that analyzed by attachment assay and penetration assay based on plaque reduction assay, the antiviral activity of notoginsenoside ST-4 was principally due to the penetration inhibition effects, which was confirmed by fluorescence microscopy observation that notoginsenoside ST-4 blocked the penetration of virus. Therefore, notoginsenoside ST-4 might be a promising agent for herpes simplex virus infection(5).

6. Ischemic stroke
With the aim to investigate the synergistic action of low dose of aspirin combined with sanchitongshu capsule in the treatment of patients with light and moderate ischemic stroke in acute and subacute stages, with participants  assigned either to receive aspirin (50mg per day) and sanchitongshu capsule (200mg three times a day) or aspirin (50mg per day) and placebo capsule, showed that  low dose of aspirin combined with sanchitongshu capsule significantly ameliorated neurological deficit (increased score of ESS: t=-5.02, p<0.0001) and activities of daily living (increased score of BI: t=-2.4, p=0.0178) after treatment compared with aspirin alone. Adverse reaction which occurred equally in both arms, was light to moderate and disappeared without special treatment. Sanchitongshu capsule, as a complementary medicine to aspirin, was effective in improving outcomes after ischemic stroke. It was a safe drug in our trial(6).

7. Etc.

Side Effects

1. the herb may cause allergic effects
2. Do not use the herb in newborn, children or if you are pregnant or breast feeding without first consulting with the related field specialist.
3. Etc.

Analysis & Interpretation:

What really surprised me about the last source is that the article seems to have been written using articles and studies one finds from PubMed. There is around 5 cited reference articles which I will post below…

Sources
(1) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20388479
(2) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18568327
(3) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19107746
(4) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22455126
(5) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21623512

So the question to ask then is, what should we make out of it?

Does Tian Qi which does seem to have a lot of medical benefits have any sound scientifc basis on why it would make children who are still growing taller?

From this website HERE I would like to quote the last sentence on this unique plant…

“When children exhibit slow growth, Notoginseng may be used to speed up the growth process.”

Notoginseng, also referred to as Panax pseudoginseng, belongs to the same genus as Chinese Ginseng, Panax. Notoginseng or Pseudoginseng is usually found in China and Japan,

Notoginseng is also known as SānQì (three-seven) in Chinese, because it is believed that the best Notoginseng should be harvested between three and seven years. Notoginseng that is harvested earlier or later than that will not be as efficacious, particularly in its haemostatic action.

Because of Notoginseng’s ability to help improve Blood stasis, reduce swelling and pain, and ease bleeding, it is considered an important herb in TCM, and is widely believed to help treat traumatic injuries, various kinds of bleeding, and used in many emergencies. Notoginseng is also dubbed as Jīnbúhuàn, which is translated to mean “cannot be exchanged for gold” because of its precious medicinal value. In fact, the famous anti-inflammation and pain formula Pìanzihuáng includes Notoginseng as a main ingredient.

As one of the earliest herbs ever researched on, Notoginseng has been proven scientifically to be effective in assisting the treatment of Heart diseases, particularly with regards to the narrowing of arteries. It is also effective in managing cholesterol and fat levels.

Analysis & Interpretation:

What is repeated over and over again is the idea that this medicine will…

“…it activates the circulation of Blood and Qi, and helps to restore energy. It also nourishes the Blood and promotes metabolism in the elderly and the weak”

There seems to be another type of traditional chinese medicine which has been claimed by Chinese natives known as HUA SHEN GEN (chinese soup) which is supposed to help increase the growth process and make still growing teenagers taller than if they didn’t use the herb.

What the websites at least on the internet keeps on saying is that this plant which is similar to ginseng has a host of useful properties. It is supposed to help treat or prevent inflammation, infections, cancers, and a host of other chronic problems.

The two things that would be important for our research is that this Traditional Chinese Medicine herb (TCM herb) can…

1. Make blood flow out of the human body stop
2. Make bones that are broken heal 

Traditional Chinese Medicine uses the idea of Chi to explain body function and processes. I don’t want to use that type fo pseudoscience to validate why this herb could possibly work. Since it has been used even in Martial Arts tournaments to stop bleeding and such, there is probably something of an active ingredient found in the Tian Qi which does have some properties. The practitioners of TCM say that the herb can stop bleeding by redirectly blood flow away from the wound where the blood is coming from.

There is a chinese liniment named Zhang Gu Shui which has two parts, the Tian Qi and a base of menthol camphor. The menthol camphor is guessed to be the active ingredient to get the Tian Qi ingredient further down into the human body for effect. It seems that from the few PubMed studies which were cited in the 3rd article pasted above, the Tian Qi has growth factor increasing or stimulating properties. It can increase the VEGF from HUVEC which is basically multipotent stem cells. The HUVEC increase proliferation means that it might be possible to get cells in blood which is being released after a wound to rapidly differentiate skin tissue or blood vessel tissue to develop and redirect any possible lost blood back into the system.

As for our desire to grow taller, since there is evidence from studies from PubMed that show that the pseudo-ginseng can it can help increase the proliferation of stem cells, this can have definite possibilites on how the chondrocytes in the resting zone of the growth plates will end up.

This is one of those posts where an idea is talked about which helps height increase researchers turn their head into a completely new direction of research and study.

Analysis & Interpretation

This new way of developing slow distraction in the long bones of the leg is something I have not seen before. It seems to use principles of material science engineering to expand the long bones. What might be difficult for height increase seekers to accept is that idea that two metal rods might first have to be implanted into the long bones for the distraction to happen non-invasively later.

There is indeed a stage where surgery is need to get the rods in initially. However, the later process would be noninvasive.

What is the most interesting about this idea is that it is beyond anything the traditional medical professional like surgeons or genetic researchers can ever come up with. The smart material that is being suggested is a very new technology and the idea of first implanting a precompressed rod and then letting it decompress is very impressive and something I would not have thought of if the idea was not suggested.

In theory the idea could work. The Shape Memory Implants are something which I would have to do much more research on since the field this idea comes from, Material Science Engineering, and maybe even Nanotechnology is very new.

Implications For Height Increase

This idea of using surgery to implant memory shape rods which will eventually extend and decompress to push the length of bones up is reasonable in theory. However the actual implementation of this idea could take decades of research and testing before it would be reasonable for humans to use for limb lengthening. In addition, the idea of getting very invasive surgery to have form changing rods implanted into the bones would not be appealing to most people, not even the most hard core of height increase seekers.

From the PedMed website entitled “Pediatric Medical Devices – Interactive Idea Campaign

Noninvasive bone distraction using a shape memory implant

D112  Category: Deformity  Submitted by  Avi Feb 24 2010  Status: New idea

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This idea solves an effective, minimally invasive way to treat lower limb leg length inequality

It involves the implantation of shape memory rods on either bone in the leg.  These rods are placed in a pre-compressed state and are intended to provide axial pressure on the bones.  An external cuff is worn to create mild stress fractures in the bone that are no more painful than a shin splint.  The pre-stressed rods cause distraction osteogenesis.