Clarity,
Office 17622,
PO Box 6945,
London.
W1A 6US
United Kingdom
Phone/ Voicemail:
+44 (0)20 3287 3053 (UK)
+1 (561) 459-4758 (US).
The integumentary system consists of the largest organ in the body, the skin. This extraordinary organ system protects the internal structures of the body from damage, prevents dehydration, stores fat and produces vitamins and hormones. It also helps to maintain homeostasis within the body by assisting in the regulation of body temperature and water balance. The integumentary system is the body's first line of defense against bacteria, viruses and other microbes. It also helps to provide protection from harmful ultraviolet radiation. The skin is a sensory organ in that it has receptors for detecting heat and cold, touch, pressure and pain. Components of the skin include hair, nails, sweat glands, oil glands, blood vessels, lymph vessels, nerves and muscles. Concerning integumentary system anatomy, the skin is composed of a layer of epithelial tissue (epidermis) that is supported by a layer of connective tissue (dermis) and an underlying subcutaneous layer (hypodermis or subcutis).
Integumentary System: Skin Layers Overview
Epidermis - outermost layer of the skin composed of squamous cells. This layer is characterized into two distinct types: thick skin and thin skin.
Dermis - thickest layer of skin that lies beneath and supports the epidermis.
Hypodermis (Subcutis) - innermost layer of the skin that helps to insulate the body and cushion internal organs.
A passage from Neijing: Suwen ...
Yin and yang are the dao of sky and earth (tiandi zhidao ��������, the network
of myriad things, the parents of transformation and change, the root and
the beginning of life-giving and life-taking (shengsha zhi benshi ����������,
the seat of vitality and intellegence (shenming zhi fu ��������. To treat illness,
one must trace this root. Thus, accumulated yang is sky, accumulated yin
is earth. Yin is contained (jing �� and yang restless (zao ��. . . . When cold
reaches an extreme, it gives rise to heat; when heat reaches an extreme, it gives
rise to cold. Cold qi generates turbid (zhuo �� hot qi generates clear (qing ��.
When clear qi (which is supposed to rise) is trapped in the lower parts of the
body, it gives rise to diarrhea; when turbid qi (which is supposed to descend) is
in the upper body, it produces swelling and fullness. This is abnormal action of
yin and yang. This countermovement of yin and yang results in disorders.
Hi Soo, Hi Anemos
I am agree with you about about Hex 11. I apologize because English is not my native language and I formed the sentences inverted and the meaning seems different. One week ago I asked Yj about use
trigrams vs. organs and the answer was Hex 11, from that point I began my research.
Yesterday I was to visit one TCM doctor and I proposed her that please thought questions about my skin, she casted the coins and we interpreted together (she knew my case before but do not know almost nothing of Yj).
1ª We must treat ? Hex 21 L1,2.
Yes, but soft
2.- We must treat directly on the skin? Hex 2 L4
Receive treatment North- West. Caution.
Difficult for us understand Hex in that context..
3.- One cast more to clarify question 2. Hex 49 L2, 6
At the end she thougth that I need receive moxibustion in area N-W near skin wound.
Well, I don.t know what to think about . I see now that maybe we had have to ask one question more ¿what kind of treatment you recomended?. We look for treatments in all the answers
The interpretacion of Yj was more intuitive than technical TCM .It’s not exactly what I am looking for...
Thank you
David
Clarity,
Office 17622,
PO Box 6945,
London.
W1A 6US
United Kingdom
Phone/ Voicemail:
+44 (0)20 3287 3053 (UK)
+1 (561) 459-4758 (US).