Herbal Medicines
The Unset Emotion
In short
The Effect of Wearable Devices on Reducing Anxiety
Category
Personal Project
Tag
Innovative Biomaterials & Wearable Design
Completed
August 6, 2022
Whether or not being silent is not subject to inward control, but the environmental noise which results in anxiety. If some attempt can find a solution, Chinese herbal formula may be the answer.
I hope that by wearing wearable devices to hear and smell, Patients with selective mutism could sense still objects, feel the wonderfulness of pleasure, alleviate the symptoms and even become known and valued by the public.
Based on the research, Selective mutism is an anxiety disorder where a person is unable to speak in certain social situations, such as they are expressionless and silent at school, but they can talk at home or play with their relative normally.
Yiqian Huang, a psychiatrist, pointed out that people who are sensitive to sound and prone to anxiety tend to feel more anxious in a noise environment of 80 decibels for a long time.
About the material, Huang Suiping, a renowned Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said: “Aromatic Chinese herb, such as Pogostemon Cablin and Herba Eupatorii makes people happy and relives anxiety. Meanwhile, 80% to 90% of kapok is composed of fiber thus has good effect on absorbing noises.”
From the investigation of the symptoms of Selective Mutism, it can be seen that children with selective mutism are expected to be able to speak, but this makes the mutism worse. Based on this, I decided to design wearable hats, ties.
The experimental materials close to the ear and nose, thereby easing the anxiety of children with selective mutism.
The material will be covered with soft and short fluff, to offer the children better wearing experience and a more artistic appearance.
In order to better solidify the Chinese herbal medicine so that the device is wearable, I tried to integrate flour and gelatine with the herbals by a series of different proportions until I got a more stable material.
Then I decided the color – I used the food color to heat herbal medicines- Pogostemon Cablin, Herba Eupatorii and Kapok- with various proportions, then added colored herbal medicines in order and boil other materials together.
The final product are the wearable accessories mainly made from herbal medicines.
