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Thyroid Gland
Thyroid Gland by Djehuty Ma'at-Ra
The thyroid gland is a member of the glandular or endocrine
system. The English medical term derives from the Greek words:
thyreos meaning "shield", and eidos meaning "form."
The thyroid gland is located at the front of the neck. It is
slightly heavier in women than in men and enlarges in pregnancy.
The thyroid gland secretes the hormone "thyroxin" directly into
the bloodstream. Thyroxin is also known as "thyroid hormone."
Thyroxin is an iodine-containing compound. In fact, the thyroid
gland itself is chiefly comprised of the mineral iodine and
therefore is vital and necessary for optimal thyroid health and
functioning.
The function of the thyroid gland include: regulation of normal
body growth in infancy and childhood, regulation of metabolism,
regulation of body temperature, maintenance of skeletal
maturation; and regulation of protein, fat and carbohydrates.
These functions supra are dependent upon thyroxin or thyroid
hormone.
The thyroid gland in most Americans is sluggish if not outright
inactive. This is especially true of American women. Inactive or
underactive thyroid gland plays a major role in the modern
American epidemic of obesity, especially in women, due to the
fact that an underactive or inactive thyroid gland impairs
metabolism and therefore body heat which is dependent upon the
burning of fat converted from sugar.
Pathologies of the thyroid gland include: hypothyroidism,
goiter, thyroid cancer, and thyroiditis to name a few. Lack of
iodine plays a major role in the development of these diseases
or pathologies.
Many women who suffer from thyroid problems go and seek medical
help from doctors who prescribe to them harmful pharmaceutical
thyroid drugs with thyroid tracers on them laced with radiation
so as to radiate and kill the thyroid gland entirely. With
Western allopathic medicine, their motto is, if you can't fix
it, destroy it or remove it.
As the thyroid gland in the body corresponds to the Fifth chakra
(throat chakra), imbalance of the Fifth chakra also plays a role
in thyroid problems. A chakra is a "wheel" or "vortex" that
cannot be seen with the physical eye and is totally energy
based. There are a total of seven major chakras located at
certain organs on the body and the Fifth chakra is located at
the throat area. The color for the Fifth chakra is light blue
and blue, so any gemstone with this color (or even violet or
purple) can help to balance or correct imbalances of this
particular chakra.
Blue colored stones include: blue lace agate, angelite,
chrysocola, celestite, azurite, and lapis lazuli. These stones
can be placed directly on the thyroid gland for a few minutes to
help correct any imbalance at this chakra.
You know, it's very bizarre in the sense that the thyroid gland
in addition to responding to the color blue, also responds to
the color violet and the chief mineral for the thyroid gland is
iodine, which term is derived from the Greek word ioeides
meaning "violet."
Iodine is a bluish-black solid that becomes a violet vapor when
heated. Hence, the thyroid gland responds to blue and violet.
It is
amazing to me how a single mineral such as iodine can
cause some of the most horrific health maladies. Did you know
that cretinism (which includes drawfism, mental deficiency,
large tongue, and muscular incoordination) is the result of a
thyroid deficiency? Midgets (dwarfs) are the direct result of a
lack of iodine in the mother's body during pregnancy. So is
mental retardation. Both of these conditions can be prevented by
sufficient iodine amounts in the body.
And have you ever saw someone with goiter? It looks like a big
tumor on the neck. Goiter is simply the result of a severe
iodine deficiency and can be reversed with adequate amounts of
iodine in the daily diet.
Great and natural sources of iodine include: White Oak bark,
Black Walnut hulls, Watercress, Chickweed, and sea weeds,
especially sea weeds, which include Nori, Dulse, Kelp, Irish
Moss, Iceland Moss, Bladderwrack, Spirulina, Chlorella, Hiziki,
Arame, Wakame, Red Marine algae, and Blue Green algae to name a
few. In fact, sea weed is the Grestest and Best food for humans
as it supplies us with every nutrient we need for optimal
health. You don't have to eat fish as a source of iodine. Fish
are rich in iodine because what do fish eat? Answer: Seaweed!
And what is sea weed rich in? Answer: IODINE! So leave the fish
alone and let them live and simply do like the fish and eat sea
weeds to get your natural iodine.
Iodized salt as a source of iodine? I don't think so! While
iodized salt may have curbed the incidence of cretinism in the
United States, it greatly played a role in the development of
high blood pressure in this country. So cretinism was exchanged
for high blood pressure.
Instead of using iodized salt under the banner of sodium
chloride (white table salt), it's much better (and safer) to use
sea salt (available at health food stores).
Also, magnets can greatly help in thyroid problems by
stimulating the thyroid gland. Simply put a magnet on the
thyroid gland for a few hours and the thyroid will revive. This
technique alone will reverse thyroiditis (inflammation of the
thyroid gland).
If you are pregnant, it is vitally essential that you obtain
adequate amounts of iodine.
Iodine is essential for anyone attempting to lose weight (fat),
naturally.
I concocted an Iodine Phosphate Formula and a Thyroid Formula
which are both rich in natural iodine and contain the best sea
weeds and herbs supplying very large amounts of natural iodine.
Not only do sea weeds provide iodine, they have a mucilaginous
and bulking effect in the colon which helps to clean the colon
and aid in the formation of stools, and very importantly,
suppresses hunger (or appetite), something obese people need in
order to lose weight.
So in closing, just remember that: (1) every thyroid condition
can be reversed or healed with natural iodine, and (2)
synthetic, pharmaceutical grade iodine is toxic and can prove
fatal.
This article is compliments of www.DHERBS.com and Djehuty
Ma'at-Ra, the People's Herbalist
THE HOME OF THE Thyroid Formula:
http://www.dherbs.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21&products_
id=84
About the author:
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