This may be the best article on total health and wellness that I've ever seen.
"If you can:
- Turn the power on (this is a balanced nervous system)
- Get the communication excellent (this is a balanced hormonal system),
- Get the nutrients in the cells (this is a balanced digestive system) and
- Get the toxins and waste products out from the cells (this is a balanced elimination system).
Then you can heal from any symptom, condition or disease. ANY of them!
Balance the Hormonal System Naturally.
Your hormonal system is what carries the nervous system information to the actual organs, glands, tissues and cells of the body. It is the brain/body communication.
This means the following:
- Pituitary- master control of the hormonal system. It is a part of the critical HPA axis- Hypothalamus in the brain is the sensor or thermostat reading the internal environment. When is senses a change is necessary it sends messages to the pituitary which then send messages out to the rest of the hormonal glands.
- Pineal- controls sleep and immune function.
- Thyroid- this is your furnace of your metabolism that runs you. Low fire=low enzyme activity=low health and vitality.
- Thymus-this is the heart of your immune system.
- Pancreas- this is your digestion source and blood sugar control center.
- Adrenals- this is where energy and immunity begin.
- Female/Male hormones- energy and vitality but not artificially induced or else you will have to pay the price.
Hormones
- Melatonin – balances your immune system and metabolism (to keep the fire burning so all enzymes and metabolic pathway perform to perfection) – this is all controlled by light and dark cycles.
- Insulin control brain chemistry and dopamine and serotonin levels that in turn affect your behavior and mood.
- When one goes out of balance they all go out of balance.
- Melatonin affects the pituitary gland function.
- Pituitary gland makes part or all of most of your hormones. When it is thrown out of balance it will affect your:
- Thyroid - metabolism, energy.
- Thymus - immune function.
- Pancreas - blood sugar, appetite, immune function.
- Adrenals - stress management, pain control, immune function.
- Ovaries/testes - reproduction, anti-aging.
In the order of endocrine command, the hypothalamus is the body’s CEO, orchestrating the events of the rest of the endocrine system.
The hypothalamus also initiates part of the adrenal stress response, causing the pituitary to secrete the hormone that travels to the adrenal glands to stimulate secretion of cortisol,
Adrenal and other hormonal gland dysfunctions can cause some of the above symptoms and more, including cravings for sweets, weight gain, allergies, heart palpitations, insomnia, depression, fatigue, poor memory, foggy thinking, headaches, nervousness, inability to concentrate, recurrent infections and glucose intolerance.
One very damaging adrenal dysfunction is excessive cortisol production, which causes, among other serious problems, increased calcium mobilization from the bones, leading to
osteoporosis, or loss of bone density. In a person with a healthy stress response, excessive levels of cortisol are automatically buffered. Constant stress destroys this feedback loop.
Hormonal imbalances compromise not only physical health but also psychological health, manifesting as problems ranging from depression to panic disorder
The Chain Reaction of One Gland Affecting all others
HYPOTHALAMUS- BRAIN/BODY SENSOR
- Pituitary -makes most of the hormones or precursors of most of the hormones in the body. Pituitary imbalance causes thyroid imbalance or dysfunction.
- Thyroid gland-causes the metabolism to slow and the body temperature will start to decrease. All enzymes for all cellular function that maintain your life are dependent on the 98.6 degrees F. As this decreases you decrease your immune system response, you decrease function of all other organs and glands, you gain weight, your bowels slow down, your thoughts become foggy, scattered, your memory fails.
- Thymus gland-this is next in the endocrine connection. Decreased melatonin will affect a decrease in the immune function of the thymus causing either hyper (overactive) or hypo (underactive) immunity. T cells are the killer cells that get rid of bacteria, viruses, parasites, fungus and cancer cells.
- Adrenal glands-secrete adrenaline to prepare you for action, to give you energy and to boost your immune system, prevent pain. Less dark sleep = sick, tired and in pain, dysfunctional and drained, dis-ease in the making.
Thyroid Gland
Referral pain area: neck and or upper back pain
Symptoms:..."
It goes
on and on with specific examples, well worth the click (and a bookmark) imo:
http://www.totalhealthinstitute.com/hormonal-conditions/
You didn't think that our generation invented that, did you? 
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