Who hasn't dealt with adrenal issues?? It's so common...
And, I'm pretty sure all of us want to keep our heart functioning properly... ;)
Here we go!
Here we go!
ADRENAL GLANDS
Emotions – lack of energy; fatigue; unbalanced or unstable; paranoia; panic attacks; fear; anxiety; stuck in fight or flight; depression; emptiness; worthlessness.
Adrenal glands are also known as suprarenal glands and are small almond shaped glands that sit on top of your kidneys. They produce hormones that help regulate metabolism, blood pressure, your immune system, response to stress, and more.
Signs of adrenal dysfunction include losing weight, weakness, extreme fatigue, nausea or vomiting, low blood pressure, craving salt, or dizziness when you stand up.
To help overworked adrenal glands, it is suggested to eat within an hour after you wake up; don’t eat processed foods; avoid high impact exercise (sounds easy, right?); get lots of sleep and fresh air; B vitamins; say yes to protein, and no to caffeine.
Chakra and Color: Solar Plexus, Yellow
Meridian: Triple Warmer
Time of day: 9-11pm
Opposite organ: Spleen, Pancreas
Oils to apply on the adrenal vitaflex points might be Endoflex, En-R-Gee, Hope, Surrender, Nutmeg or Clove.
HEART
Emotions – self-criticism; worthless; pushing yourself further than you can handle; not listening to your heart; unfulfilled; belief in strain and stress; loneliness; not enough; fear of intimacy; scattered; wanting to please; relentless; drained; unenthusiastic; depressed; heavy hearted; rejected; and lonely.
The heart represents the center of love and security, and problems with it indicate longstanding emotional challenges.
The heart is responsible for pumping oxygenated blood, hormones, nutrients, and other substances to other parts of the body; receiving deoxygenated blood and carrying metabolic waste products, like carbon dioxide, from the body and getting it to the lungs for oxygenation; and for maintaining blood pressure.
Natural ways to support your heart include making healthy eating choices, being active, maintain a healthy weight, quit smoking, avoid secondhand smoke, manage stress, don’t overeat, and…don’t forget the chocolate.
Chakra and Color: Heart, Green
Meridian: Heart
Time of day: 11am to 1pm
Opposite organ: Gall Bladder
Oils to support your heart include Rutavala, Aroma Life, Valor, Joy, Forgiveness, Ylang Ylang, Cypress or Jasmine.
Be watching next week for all things reproductive support for both men and women.
Continuing on our journey of exploring organs that like the early summer, this week we are taking a look at your pituitary and thyroid glands...
Pituitary Gland
Emotions – represents the control center; not fulfilling purpose; fear; depleted; suppressed; unemotional; confused; sluggish memory; threatened; always changing your mind.
Called the master gland, the pituitary is a small structure in your head, but it influences almost every part of your body. Its main function is to secrete hormones into your bloodstream that affect other organs and glands, particularly your thyroid. It handles nutrients and minerals, helps control growth, metabolism, blood pressure, reproduction, and other vital body responses.
You can experience many hormone-related problems if this gland gets bumped even the tiniest bit by an accident or concussion. Your skin, brain, reproductive organs, vision, mood, energy, growth and more could be affected if it is not working properly.
If your pituitary gland is underactive, you could experience shortened height, infertility, intolerance to cold, fatigue, headaches, changes in vision, confusion, a drop in blood pressure, and an inability to produce breast milk.
Foods rich in minerals like manganese, magnesium and Vitamins C, E, B1 and B12, omega-3, iodine and iron like wheat, leafy greens, nuts, fish, fruits, and some legumes help support your pituitary gland. The herbs of Chaste tree and Sarsaparilla also help.
Chakra and Color: Third Eye, Indigo
Meridian: Triple Warmer
Time of day: 9-11pm
Opposite organ: Spleen, Pancreas
Oils to support your Pituitary gland that can be applied to the vitaflex points on your feet include Endoflex, Transformation, Valor, Envision, Surrender, Awaken, Lemongrass, Myrtle, Frankincense, or Lavender.
Thyroid Gland
Emotions – humiliation, “I never get to do what I want to do. When is it going to be my turn?”, lack of drive, grief, sluggish, disconnected from your purpose in life, holding back, always pleasing others, muddled, confused, inefficiency that drains your energy, never enough time.
The thyroid is shaped like a little butterfly and sits under the skin in the front of your neck, the area that moves up and down when you swallow. Every cell in your body needs thyroid hormones to work properly as it regulates metabolism, growth, and blood calcium.
Signs of an overactive thyroid (hyperthyroidism) include anxiety, difficulty concentrating, fatigue, hand tremors, hyperactivity, a visibly enlarged thyroid gland, heat intolerance, feeling tired all the time, sensitivity to heat, muscle weakness, hair loss, difficulty sleeping and more. If you have hyperthyroidism, consider avoiding iodized salt, fish, shellfish, seaweed or kelp, dairy products, iodine supplements, foods containing red dye, egg yolks or blackstrap molasses.
Medication that either blocks your body’s ability to produce new thyroid hormones or replaces missing thyroid hormones is the general course of treatment.
When your thyroid is not active enough, signs of hypothyroidism include fatigue, weight gain, trouble tolerating the cold, dry skin, slowed heart rate, depression, muscle aches and weakness, irregular menstrual cycles or they stop all together.
Suggested foods for hypothyroidism include roasted seaweed, salted nuts, baked fish, dairy, eggs, apples, berries, dark leafy greens, seafood, and poultry.
Chakra and Color: Throat, Blue
Meridian: Triple Warmer
Time of day: 9-11pm
Opposite organ: Spleen, Pancreas
Oils to apply on the vitaflex points are the same as above... Endoflex, Transformation, Valor, Envision, Surrender, Awaken, Lemongrass, Myrtle, Frankincense, or Lavender.
Here's to better health!!
“The power that made the body can heal the body”. (BJ Palmer) We are powerful creators, and we create either by default or intention.
Each organ has a season when it is best to cleanse and build, so over the next few weeks I will be sharing about the organs whose favorite time of year is early summer. These organs can be cleansed and supported any time of the year, but it is done more effectively during this early summer season.
Early summer organs we will be touching on are Pituitary, Thyroid, Adrenals, Heart, Small Intestines, and reproductive organs, using the Zyto scan guides I have written along with LeAnne Dearduff’s book, Ultimate Balance, and Secret Language of Your Body by Inna Segal.
In Chinese Medicine, a meridian is a flow of energy that runs on a defined path in your body.
Midday/Midnight law in Chinese Medicine tells us that the opposite organ is getting its energy exactly 12 hours later than the organ you are working with. One organ is resting, the other is receiving its highest energy.
Many times, an organ may be acting up, but it is the opposite organ that is struggling, or it may even be stealing the energy of the other organ.
It is suggested to work on the opposite organ at the same time as the one showing symptoms as this strengthens the energy flow to the organ while it is resting.
Each organ is situated within one or more chakras and each chakra is associated with a color, and each color has a different frequency. If possible, try wearing the color of the organ over that chakra so light filtering into that area through the color will also help support the organ.
This week we will start with the small intestine...
Emotions – feeling abandoned; insecure; vulnerable; confused; procrastination; scattered; stuck.
20-25 feet long, coiled inside the lower portion of your belly, beneath your stomach, and surrounded by your large intestine, the small intestine (aka colon or large bowel) is a middle finger width section of your digestive tract between your stomach and colon, where food is broken down into liquid and the nutrients are absorbed. Any waste moves on to the large intestine.
Some symptoms of issues with this system include diarrhea, fatigue, weight loss, malnutrition, lower body swelling, constipation, gas, vomiting, loud sounds from your belly or blood in your stool or vomit.
Foods that may challenge your small intestine are coconut, corn, crab, celery, fried foods, lobster, mushrooms, nuts, popcorn, raw vegetables, shrimp, processed foods, refined sugar, gluten, dairy products, red meat, artificial sweeteners, alcohol.
You can support this system by choosing probiotic foods like yogurt, apples, kefir, ginger and fermented foods. Other food choices include whole grains, leafy greens, lean proteins, avocado, asparagus, pineapple, onion, garlic, bone broth, apple cider vinegar, artichokes, leeks, bananas, honey, lentils, and kimchi.
Reducing stress, avoiding antibiotics, exercising and better sleep habits may also help support this system.
Chakra and Color: Sacral, Orange
Meridian: Small Intestine
Time of day: 1-3pm
Opposite organ: Liver
Apply oils on the Vitaflex points indicated below! Dr. Dearduff recommends DiGize, Joy, Hope, Harmony, Purification, Sensation, Peppermint, or Fennel.
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