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THE SKIN

Understanding some of the relationships between the skin and the internal functions of the body may be helpful in appreciating the techniques and technologies associated with interactive neuro stimulation.

   The skin is more than an external barrier to the outside world. The skin has numerous functions, one of the most important being communication. It may be helpful to understand that the skin and the nervous system share a common embryological source. called the ectoderm.   In essence, the skin and nervous system develop from the the same source in the fetus and grow together as one piece. One part eventually becomes the skin and the other the entire nervous system.  It is important to realize that they stay connected throughout one's life, sending sensory information back and forth.
   It is thought that this common origin may explain at least some of the reasons why therapies that stimulate the skin and its associated tissues may have such a significant effect on so many internal functions. In a way, the skin can be visualized as an extension of the nervous system with its outside environment.
  Environmental signals affect the skin, and this signal information is passed through the neural pathways to various parts of the body including the central nervous system. The movement of information however, is not just from the outside skin to the inside of the body. There is also information flowing from the inside of the body out to the skin.  At the end of the 19th century, it was recognized that the internal organs of the body projected themselves onto the skin as predictable patterns.  Similar ideas are found historically in acupuncture, reflexology, Andean body mapping, and many other  around the world. This 'concept' was most recently "rediscovered" by western science in the mid 19th century as "The Projected Reflex Zones of
Zakhar'in-Head".  These are standardized areas on the skin in which organ dysfunction can be recognized.

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