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But, does anyone fully understand all the SYSTEMIC consequences of Thyroid Gland-initiated physiology?
Certainly, our current Western Medicine approach could not be more destructive! The Thyroid Gland is subject to radiation, removal, or redundancy due to a daily supply of Synthroid, i.e. synthetic T4. This has been the case since 1973 when the TSH test replaced all other monitoring tests and underpinned the exclusive use of Synthroid as a treatment.
Sadly, 200 years of valid Thyroid research was derailed in the late 20th century, when pharmaceutical interests catapulted Synthroid into the world's number 1 medication seller.
Meanwhile, TCM has been quietly, but effectively, treating 'Goitre-Disease' with Iodinated herbal formulas since 2700 BC! What compelled ancient TCM practitioners to use Iodinated substances - such as Seaweed - to break down Goitres, centuries before 'Iodine' was even named in 1811?
Furthermore, how did they know so much about the Root and Branch causes of 'Goitre-Disease', in both the Hypothyroid and the Hyperthyroid categories?
TCM has effectively nailed it for 5,000 years!
A comparative history of both TCM and Western Medicine can only bring a deeper understanding of all things Thyroid-related.
Although TCM has no reference to the Thyroid Gland, it understands the 2 end-products of Thyroid Gland-initiated physiology i.e. Energy and Warmth! Western Medicine only began to understand the 'systemic' nature of Thyroid Disharmonies 200 years ago.
15 min - 30 minEver since our Sea-dwelling ancestors became Land vertebrates, we have needed a Brain, a Skeleton and a Thyroid Gland, all developed at the same time. Iodine is essential, not optional! No continent is without 'Goitre-Belts' in the inland regions.
30 min - 45 minChina has always had the challenge of Goitre-Belts. TCM practitioners used sea-sponge for 'Goitre-Disease' as early as 2,700 BC! By 1587, records show a sophisticated Root-and-Branch herbal formula for Goitre, based on a Hypothyroid presentation.
45 min - 1 hrsFrom the moment Iodine was identified as the substrate for Thyroid Hormones, in 1927, the race was on to synthesise T4. With so many Goitre-Belts in the world, the financial stakes were high. Many 20th century factors politicised Thyroid healthcare.
1 hrs - 1.25 hrsThe dominance of Synthroid and the TSH test marked the end of unbiased Thyroid research and ushered in the 'era of the laboratory'. But many wonderful research discoveries were recorded: Bromide toxicity; 'the Myxoedema Heart'; Monitoring tests etc.
1.25 hrs - 1.5 hrs2 major monitoring tests came out in the 1970s: the TSH test (Blood) and the Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis test (Cells). Unfortunately the TSH test focuses on Blood T4 only, and fails to test the efficiency of T3/Iodinated Hormones entering the Cells.
1.5 hrs - 1.75 hrsLate 20th century research has given us a good biochemical picture of how Iodinated Hormones enter the Cells to stimulate ATP, for Energy and Warmth. A close inspection of my Physiology Chart will show that Cells are the main drivers of Metabolism.
1.75 hrs - 2 hrsThe 'MUCIN Face', unique to Hypothyroid patients, is caused by hypo-functioning Cells. But, MUCIN can be likened to TCM's PHLEGM-DAMP, originating in the Middle Burner, transformed by Heat or Wind, and driven upwards to clog the San Jiao channels.
2 hrs - 2.25 hrsIt takes the forceful moving power of Fire or Wind to 'transform' Thin Mucous into PHLEGM-DAMP and move it upwards, to clog the San Jiao. But how can we eliminate Thin Mucous at its source in the Middle Burner? Learn what the ancient TCM writers say.
2.25 hrs - 2.5 hrsThe 6 quintessential TCM HYPOTHYROID syndromes consist of Spleen, Kidney and Heart disharmonies, combined with Deficiencies of Qi, Yang or Blood PLUS the secondary pathogen - PHLEGM-DAMP - in the San Jiao. We look at 'Thyr-Obesity' as our case study.
2.5 hrs - 2.75 hrsThe 6 quintessential TCM HYPERTHYROID syndromes consist of Liver, Kidney and Heart disharmonies, combined with Excesses of Fire, Qi Stagnation or Wind. Bipolar Disorder is a classic Hyperthyroid syndrome, involving a lethal Phlegm-Fire combination.
2.75 hrs - 3 hrsCurrent medical protocols are Thyroid Gland-destroying protocols! No attention is paid to the Cells, despite recent biochemical discoveries. TCM precedes Western Medicine in its SYSTEMIC approach. But, both medical systems can continue to learn.
About Sue Nelson
Sue Nelson B.A, B.TCM has been a passionate researcher in a range of eclectic healing therapies since her Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) training in the 1980s. Describing herself as a ‘country girl’, Sue has been in continuous clinical practice in the Noosa hinterland for the best part of 3 decades. Teaching accomplishments include the delivery of several TCM subjects at 2 prominent Brisbane Acupuncture colleges in the mid-1990s. Sue was the foundation lecturer for the first intake of Acupuncture students at the Australian Institute of Applied Sciences (AIAS) in 1995. Her compilation of curriculum lesson plans for the year 1 and 2 TCM subjects formed the foundation for all subsequent lecture material at the college. Sue’s clinic style remains a mix of traditional and musculo-skeletal approaches incorporating Acupuncture, Infrared heat therapy, Chinese Massage and Chinese Herbal formula prescribing. She also offers cell detoxification protocols based on Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis charts and other cross-pollinating disciplines. Sue’s other passion is writing, both fiction and non-fiction. She is looking forward to completing her book on Thyroid function, written from an holistic viewpoint incorporating historical, western medicine, chinese medicine and naturopathic perspectives, with surprising conclusions. Being a teacher with the Net of Knowledge team represents a wonderful opportunity to share practical and innovative insights with a worldwide audience of like-minded practitioners.
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