Alfred Pischinger
The Extracellular Matrix and Ground Regulation; Basis for a Holistic Biological Medicine
Published 2007
Page XII
“Stated simply, every function and every process in the living body involves the [living connective tissue] matrix in one way or another. The reason for this is that every cell in the body is nourished via the matrix, and all waste products of cellular metabolism likewise pass through the ground substance, which is the actual milieu. The matrix is also the terrain in which all immune responses and tissue repair processes take place.”
“Recent research has also demonstrated that the matrix components are actually semiconducting liquid crystals, materials known to have a variety of remarkable properties for the transmission, storage, and processing of information involved in regulations.”
“The collagenous matrix and ground substance of the human body form a totally pervasive system, a major organ, that reaches into every part and whose properties are absolutely vital to the operation of the whole.”
“The systemic aspect of the matrix arises because of the continuously interconnected ground substance gel composed of proteoglycans and related molecules, with strong collagen fibers embedded within it.”