Our Cellular Network

1. A Discussion of how Holistic therapies such as acupuncture, believed to enhance physiological homeostasis, is of value to a space faring population . By Amanda Shayle MAcS MPCHM Cert Nat Sci

2. Our Cellular Network • Some key concepts • 1. Input • 2. Intercellular communication • 3. Information processing and interpretation • Cells behaving badly

3. Implications, Theories and Evidence • Achieving homeostasis • PH • Importance of diet • Minerals – example of affects of adrenaline and other neurotransmitters • Preserving life • Strategies using TCM concepts and reasons behind these…….

4. I. Nerve Conduction

5. Brain Activation Cascade • Pons/Medulla • Mid-brain • Frontal lobe (somato-sensory cortex)

6. Bruce Lipton – The Biology of Belief

7. Caveman and Sabretooth Tiger • A state of protection or growth?

9. SIGNALLING CASCADELigand arrives2nd MessengerActivationGene Transcription

10. Under attack!

11. The relationship of Homeostasis to ageing and healing

12. Epigenetics in Context • Cell ageing • Cell plasticity – including brain tissue – and its effects on gene expression • Bone Density • Fertility • Evolutionary potential pelvis size stress

14. FOOD IS MEDICINE Mediating Factors • Traditional Chinese Medicine diet • Food has specific qualities affecting health • Postively Negatively • Herbal medicine as vegetable soup

15. Our Body under threatRoutes of Exposure • Ingestion • Inhalation • Skin Absorption

16. Our Body under threat • Duration of exposure • Mechanisms of Toxicity • Chemical Interactions • Functional • Chemical • Dispositional • Receptor-mediated

17. Good information v Bad information • Trojan horse concept • Endocrine disrupting exogenous factors • The chemical mix • Phthalates • pesticides

18. Dose Response Exposure Dose Environmental Concentration Exposure:InhalationSkinAbsorption, ingestion Internal Dose Target organ or tissue Absorption, excretion, Distribution

19. Factors affecting mid to long term exposure in Space • Cosmic Radiation • Gravity • Nutritional deficiency • Effects of chronic medication • Endocrine disrupting factors

20. Gil Hedley Anatomist & Somanaut Somanaut: Like the astronaut who navigates outer space, the somanaut is dedicated to exploring the inner space of human form. Gil Hedley

21. Connective Tissue and Fascia • Traditional anatomy has tended to dissect out the fascia • We see muscles, organs, nerves, vessels but not the tissue that binds it together • Adipose tissue, fluffy and loosely connected – an endocrine organ • Protective layer connected to skin • Tensegrity – structure of cells held under tension and its affect on function and shape

22. Still Hung up on Muscles?

23. Fascia • Concept of an Onion Tree • Models are functional simplification • Our relationship with skin • Levels of fascia • Acupuncture and its effect on fascia

24. Qualities of fascia and its relevance to Cosmetic Acupuncture • Skin is: • Sensual/perceptive • Colourful • Always changing • Self healing • Flexible • In service to the whole • A construct

27. Maintaining movement within the body – an issue in space

28. FASCIA AS A CONDUCTIVE MEDIUM Acupuncture as an electrical inducer and modulator of the signalling cascade also Touch Heat Pressure Sound/Vibration/Wave Light Ligands

29. III. The Meridian Theory • Ordered water as a liquid continuum allowing for coherent signal transmission in the body. • Brain consciousness via nervous system and body consciousness via a liquid crystalline structure of water molecules on collagen fibre. • First postulated by physicist Dr May Wan Ho (Open University) et al in 1998.

30. Water Molecules • H2O

31. Water in the Organism • Body = mostly water and collagen • Water + collagen = an ideal medium for intercommunication between the approx. 70-100 trillion cells in the adult body. Water arranges itself in an ‘ordered fashion along-side collagen fibre. Meridians = pathways of highly ordered water promoting proton-jump conduction.

32. Proton-Jump Conduction • Protons jump along the liquid crystalline continuum • Much faster than nerve conduction • Much faster than electrical conduction • Amplifies tiniest electrical signal to illicit major physiological responses • Enables immediate signal transduction to distal parts of the body

33. Quantum Coherence • Water molecules vibrate coherently. • In their coherence they amplify signals rather than swamping them out. Chi = positive electric current carried by proton-jump conduction along hydrogen bonds of highly ordered water.

34. Conclusion ‘Meridian Transduction’ the science of quantum coherent signal transduction in organisms characterized by the presence of liquid crystalline meridian pathways. Kirsten Dhar

35. TCM – an opportunityAcupuncture v Western medicine • Acupuncture • Microsystems Acupuncture • Herbal Medicine • Tai Chi an Qi Gong Chronic v Acute Prophylactic v response Core knowledge Safety Cost effective

36. Needles? But not as we know it… A wide range of options exist for space explorers Options include laser and electro stimulation

37. An example protocol to create homeostasis Tonify yin points: Kid 3 Sp 6 Sp 9 Sp 10 Also Kid 27 and Lu 1 if required Reduce/Sedate Yang points BL 60 GB 39 GB 34 Balance/Sedate/Tonify St 36 for constitution Also St 44 (and St 40 for damp heat If required use Du 20 to clear off excess Use LI 4 energy to face, pain relief

38. The Microsystem

40. Evidence Base • Established clinically for use in nausea • Used widely in prisons • NICE guidelines for back pain • German study for osteoarthrosis of the knee • VAS Research (Vascular Autonomic Signal - Nogier)

41. Research • International studies but issues with pharmaceutical model – a complex intervention • Bias and barriers from the medical community Simple steps……nausea study in zero gravity novel approach to treatment