Glossary
Vagus nerve
The longest cranial nerve, running from the brainstem to heart, lungs, gut, liver and spleen, and the main channel of the parasympathetic nervous system. It carries traffic both ways, as the inflammatory reflex shows.
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Where this comes from
In the reference topic that owns this term
Reference topic 39, The Unified Field of Mismatch, states the mismatch as a card: what the system evolved to expect, what it gets instead, and what happens in the gap.
Mismatch card
- What it expects
Inflammation as an emergency, switched on for an infection or a wound and switched off after.
- What it gets
A standing low-grade version of the same signal, fed by inactivity, poor diet, disrupted sleep, chronic stress, pollutants and infection.
- What happens in the gap
Systems that evolved to trade with each other trade downward together, so a single-target fix often works against the rest of the wheel.
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The argument behind this term, its studies and its notes are in Reference topic 39 of the reference library. The book gives the practical version. Get the book.