The Holistic Anatomy of the Brain's Nose

To breathe is to live and to be alive one has to breathe. In esoteric breathing, life is not measured in terms of years but in the number of breaths. Breathing is a mechanical act of inhalation and exhalation of atmospheric air, in and out of the body. Esoterically, breathing is effected through the " Holistic Nostrils of the Brain " , in the Cribriform Plate at the base of the anterior cranial fossa of the skull.

The brain ventilates and breathes through the perforations in cribriform plate,in the floor of the anterior cranial fossa, partly forming the roof of the nasal cavities.
The filamentary ramifications of the Olfactory Bulb [ 1st Cranial Nerve ], pass through these microscopic openings in the sieve-like cribriform plate into the nasal cavity for the processing of odours. Atmospheric air perfuses directly through the cribriform perforations into the Cerebro-spinal Fluid [CSF ] which is aerated through the thickness of an intracranial membraneous layer from the outer atmosphere.
The perforated cribriform or sieve-like plate is truely the nose of the brain with diffusion of atmospheric air into the circulating Cerebro-Spinal Fluid , bathing the brain and spinal cord serving much the same function as the ventilation of the lungs, with inhalation and exhalation through its " nostrils ".
The Brain is separated from the external environment only by a membraneous layer intracranially which encloses the Cerebro-spinal Fluid ( which cushions the brain ) at the perforated sieve-like cribriform plate.
A blocked nose caused by mucosal swelling or nasal discharge sealing the seive-like cribriform "nostrils " at the roof of the nasal cavities, often produces feverishness, mental confusion and nervous irritability, headache, dizziness, blurred vision and weakness . A disturbed rhythmicity in breathing and diaphragmatic excursions which help extra-cellular irrigation and drainage will lead to stagnation with impaired cerebro-spinal-fluid [CSF ] circulation and the flow of Qi. This may result in congestion of the nervous system due to the impaired CSF circulation , perfusion and diffusion resulting in febrile states.

- an excerpt from
The Healing Properties of CHI, PRANA or VITAL ENERGY
http://lewfh.tripod.com/thehealingpropertiesofwater/

Nasal Hydrorrhea ( Nasal Flux )

" An excellent work of Molinie has clearly separated Nasal Flux or watery discharge , from catarrh of the mucous membrane of the nose. The liquid which is discharged from the nose or nasopharynx, sometimes as much as a quart daily( Poulson ),seems to be composed of blood-serum, to be not a glandular secretion, and to belong probably to a phenomenon of hypertension. This liquid is excreted by the mucous membrane of the nose; in some cases it proceeds from a sinus ( aqueous sinusitis ), and sometimes as a pathological rarity, the discharge comes from the skull ( cranio-hydrorrhea ). "

The hypersecretion of " blood -serum " from the skull ( cranio-hydrorrhea ) is obviously
a cerebro-spinal fluid discharge , through the cribriform plate in the floor of the anterior cranial fossa of the skull, esoterically , the " holistic nostrils " of the Brain.

I have included a few simple graphic pictures of the cribriform plate in my webpage.Those who are curious,please email me for the URL.

The following remedies prove their usefulness in nasal flux with their characteristics.

A: Allium cepa

1. A watery discharge,sometimes dropping slowly into the throat when lying down .
2. The discharge causes an irritationof the nostrils , nose and upper lip.

3. The lachrymation is not excoriating

4. The hypersecretion ceases in the open air but returns in a warm room.


B: Spigelia

Spigelia has also symptoms of a watery discharge with slow dropping into the throat.

C: Euphrasia
The lachrymation of Euphrasia is excoriating and gives visible irritation to
the palpebral commissures . The nasal discharge is bland. The alternation of these two remedies, Allium cepa and Euphrasia give good results.

D: Arsenicum album
The nasal discharge is more excoriating than Allium cepa, causing redness of the skin of the nose and upper lip. Clinically, Arsenicum causes excessive drying of the nose. The remedy is is useful in alternation with another. In gouty coryza, Jousset obtained good results with Kali Chloricum 6x.

E: In an article of Strickler's on the coryzas with watery discharges, in the North American, 1906, besides, Allium cepa and Euphrasia,
a. Kali Iodatum ( inflammation of all mucous membranes,including the sinuses)
b. Arsenicum iodatum ( coryza and hay - fever )
c. Arum triphyllum and Natrum arsenicum were mentioned.

With regards
Lew