This piece is the latter part of Chapter 8 of Stones in the Body: More Frightening Than Cancer (Yoon Jong-won). It is a narrative that contains the author's academic hypothesis, and the body, figures, and citations follow the manuscript as written.
To the Next Chapter: From Lockdown to Manifestation
Let us confirm once more the position of this chapter.
The DIAH-7M Aging and Chronic Disease Pathway System is composed of five stages.
[Table 13] The Five Stages of the DIAH-7M (DIAH-Seven-M) Pathway System (the position of this chapter)
| Stage | English | Theory Name | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| ① Factor | Factor | DIAH Four-Gate Funnel Theory | |
| ② Start | Start | DIAH Trigger Bone Calcium Efflux Theory | |
| ③ Lockdown | Lockdown | Calcium Absorption and Microcalcification Dual Blockade Theory | ◀ This chapter |
| ④ Manifestation | Manifestation | Calcification 7M Pathological Manifestation Theory | ◀ Next chapter |
| ⑤ Result | Result | 7M Collapse of the Life System |
The CAM Dual Blockade (CAM-DLT) treated in this chapter, that is, the Calcium Absorption and Microcalcification Dual Blockade Theory, corresponds to the third of the five stages, namely the domain of ③ Lockdown. We examined how instability in calcium absorption breaks down cell signaling, how microcalcification blocks the channel, how energy production declines, and even how these three blockades reinforce one another.
In the next chapter we look at what actual "disease" this blockade appears as. This is the fourth stage, the domain of ④ Manifestation. When the dual blockade persists, seven forms of pathological change appear in each tissue. 1M Obstruction & Rupture that blocks and bursts, 4M Hardening that hardens, 5M Overflow & Burst that proliferates excessively... Though they begin from the same blockade, depending on which tissue is blocked first, they manifest as diseases of different names.
To summarize, if the Calcium Absorption and Microcalcification Dual Blockade Theory (CAM-DLT) showed "why the cell is blocked (Lockdown)," the Calcification 7M Pathological Manifestation Theory (Ca-7M, Calcium-Seven-M) shows "what disease the blockade appears as (Manifestation)." The pathway that leads from the dual blockade (CAM-DLT) to the seven manifestations (7M), that world of manifestation, will unfold in earnest in the next chapter.
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