Neurology Edited by Professor Emeritus Desire' Dubounet, IMUNE

"The vegetative“ (autonomic) "nervous system has the ability to contract and expand. From themiddle position of vegetative“ (autonomic) "equilibrium, it is able to move in the directiontoward the world, (i.e., to stretch), or to retreat into itself, (i.e., to contract). It can also swingfrom one direction to the other or remain fixed in either of the extreme states. Putting it insomewhat simplified terms, the state of vegetative equilibrium“ (autonomic balance) "is onewhere neither expansion positions nor contraction positions have become established."[9]There is another remarkable particularity about the ANS: not only can it fluctuate rhythmicallybetween sympathetic and parasympathetic disposition, but the respective extremes can also blendinto one another. An extreme and chronic sympatheticotonus can turn into an extreme andchronic parasympatheticotonus and vice versa. This is the reason why in situations of extremesympathetic activity, like agitation before an exam, stress-induced diarrhea can occur (whichactually indicates strong parasympathetic stimulation). Accordingly, one could say thatpermanent readiness for fight can turn into resignation, but also regression can turn into readinessfor fight under increasing stress. This mechanism explains why an illness can be induced notonly by persistence of one chronic state, but also by an irregular, uncoordinated "furious back andforth" between sympatheticotonic and parasympatheticotonic conditions.In my opinion, a "healthy tension" is crucial for physical and psychological well-being. A stateof balance is necessary within which the oscillation between the sympathetic andparasympathetic mode can go on unobstructedly from a centered position of the autonomicequilibrium. Unfortunately, due to stress and sex-economy-related reasons, we find rather ashifting from the neutral state towards the sympathetic, so that the relaxing function ofparasympathetic energy cannot sufficiently come to fruition.The American physician Robert A. Dew points out the fact that the biopathies can lead tonon-locatable changes in the organism as a whole, such as hypertension, atherosclerosis ordiabetes, but can also show up as clearly defined organic manifestations, such as gall stones orpeptic ulcers. Dew developed a classification of biopathies in terms of increasing severity, basedon the organism's decreasing autonomic responsiveness[10]:health⇓inflammatory diseases⇓