Hormonal Health
It is incredible that small changes in the levels of these hormones can have such dramatic effects on the body and on the mind. Herbalists recognise this, and consider the effect of relevant hormones in each given situation.
Truly incredible proteins
Hormones are truly incredible proteins, binding in precise lock and key systems to cleverly direct thousands of interdependent functions. They maintain sugar levels in our blood, regulate mineral content by directing activities within the kidneys, and perhaps most astonishingly direct and control many of the functions allowing for reproduction. Without hormones, animal life would simply not be possible.
Imagine a body without management
So how important it is to make sure that our hormones are working seamlessly and harmoniously. Imagine a situation where none of the managers in a major factory knew what each other were doing, total chaos.
A tiny amount of extra progesterone in a pill can prevent ovulation, a slight decrease at too fast a rate can lead to severe pre-menstrual tension. Almost wherever we look within the body, hormones are playing their managerial role. The use of adaptogenic herbs such as ginseng and rhodiola, which are active on the link between the hypothalamus, the pituitary gland and the adrenal glands are a good example of this.
Hormonal health is also dependant on many apparently unrelated factors; the health of bowel flora, good liver function, elimination, and the efficient absorption of food. It is easy to see how the complex interrelationships between hormones, the nervous system through to the liver need the services of a trained professional to unravel.
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