Explanation 

Cranial nerves emerge directly from the brain, in contrast to spinal nerves, which emerge from the spinal cord. The cranial nerves have different functions as shown briefly here:

  • CN1: The olfactory nerve
    • carries information from the upper part of the nasal sinuses directly into the brain, enabling our sense of smell.
  • CN2: The optic nerve
    • transmits information from retina into the brain enabling sight.
  • CN3: The oculomotor nerve
    • controls the muscles of the eyes enabling us to move our eyes as well as constrict our pupils and adjust our lenses to view objects both close up and at a distance.
  • CN4: The trochlear nerve
    • also involved with eye movement, controlling a muscle that allows our eyes to point downward and inward.
  • CN5: The trigeminal nerve
    • the largest nerve of all the cranial nerves, helping in chewing, clenching the teeth and giving sensation to the muscles and to the eardrum. In addition, the trigeminal nerve gives sensation to parts of the face, sinuses, lower teeth, tongue, etc. Trigeminal neuralgia is a disorder of this nerve that can cause intense discomfort as well as facial tics.
  • CN6: The abducens nerve
    • also helps control eye movements, enabling sideways glances.
  • CN7: The facial nerve
    • made up of four different nerve centers that control the muscles of facial expression, the sensation of taste, external ear sensation and certain facial glands.
  • CN8: The vestibulocochlear nerve
    • involved with both hearing and maintaining balance.
  • CN9: The glossopharyngeal nerve
    • enables taste sensation from the back of the tongue, as well as sensory information from the back of the throat, the tonsils, and middle ear, and also is involved with enabling the throat to shorten and widen.
  • CN10: The vagus nerve
    • is the longest of all the nerves, as it starts in the brain and ends in the abdomen. The vagus nerve provides many functions, including regulating heart rhythm and connecting to the smooth muscles in the lungs, airway, and the gastrointestinal tract. The vagus nerve also provides sensation to the throat, heart, abdominal organs and the outer part of the ear, and also helps with our ability to taste. In addition, the vagus nerve enables movement of the throat and soft palate. 
  • CN11: The accessory nerve
    • connects to muscles in the neck that enable rotation, extension and flexion of the neck and shoulders
  • CN12: The hypoglossal nerve
    • connects to the muscles of the tongue enabling movement of the tongue.

If you have been guided to this page by the subconscious mind through testing, it indicates that one of the above cranial nerves is imbalanced in some way. 

Decoding 

Ask: Is it necessary to determine which cranial nerve is imbalanced? 

  • If no, move to Association.
  • If yes, determine the nerve from the above list and continue to Association.
  • Additional option: Identify right or left side.

Association 

Ask: Is there an associated imbalance that needs to be decoded?

  • If no, skip to Intention.
  • If yes, return to the home page, decode and address any associated imbalance(s), then return here and repeat the above question.  

Intention 

Swipe three times with a magnet or your hand on any length of the governing meridian, while holding the intention to reset the cranial nerve.

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