GLANDULAR HEALTH: Thymus Gland

By now I am sure that my regular visitors are seeing that what once was a "weekly topic" is lasting more than just a week :-) We had started to take a look at the glandular system, and I'd like to spend some time on each one of the glands that make up the glandular system.

Why don't we start with one that most of us don't think about too much, they Thymus Gland. This gland rests right under your breastbone. I've attended talks by natural health practitioners who suggest tapping the chest with your hand to stimulate and "wake up" the gland.

Some sources state that the gland is most active in youth, and somewhere around the age of 20 it begins to decline...but there is conflicting information on these facts. There is a site that provided the following on the gland, please visit the article to read the references cited in this section about the action of the Thymus:

Thymus gland hormones can increase key immune signals, called "lymphokines", including interleukin 2 (IL2), interferon, colony stimulating factor, and others (4,6). thymus gland hormones can cause greater numbers of T cells to develop more IL2 receptors more quickly, which is critically necessary to allow rapid white blood cell proliferation and activation to fight invading germs (4).

Thymus gland hormones can prevent the tissue wasting that occurs with thymus gland removal or severe thymus gland atrophy, and promote healthy weight gain in disease states- such as AIDS- where catabolic body wasting is typical (3).

Thymus gland hormones can reduce autoimmune reactions, clinically and experimentally, such as occur in rheumatoid arthritis (5).

Thymus gland hormones prevent the bone marrow injury and subsequent reduction in white and red blood cell production, frequently produced by X-ray or chemotherapy cancer treatment (5).

Thymus gland hormones can increase disease-fighting antibodies when they're needed, yet reduce the levels of the "allergic antibody" IgE, in patients suffering allergic rhinitis, asthma, and atopic dermatitis (5). These are just some of the many ways thymus gland hormones have been shown to enhance, restore, and balance immunity!

As cellular physiologist Dennis Fahy has noted: "If you restore immune function, your ability to make DNA, to have normal cell division, to have normal insulin sensitivity, to have normal thyroid levels and other things, such as normal population of certain molecules in the brain that change with age, all these things are restored by an improvement in the immune system." (1).

Contact me for a fact sheet about something that contains many wonderful things for the circulatory system and the glandular system, including "raw glandulars", like Thymus.