In modern medicine, we tend to take a very mechanical view of the body and the physiological functions of its component organs. But in natural medicine (based on thousands of years protocol: Greek, Asian, etc.) the internal organs were seen as being strongly affected by a persons emotions.
Let's take a look at your GUT (liver, gallbladder, stomach and colon) and the emotions involved:
In the liver and gallbladder, bile is produced by the liver and stored in the gallbladder. This makes these two organs very vulnerable to negative emotions like anger, irritability, frustration, resentment. Anger can explode upwards from teh liver into the head, causing headaches, migraines, red or sore and bloodshot eyes, muscle tension in the neck and shoulders. It has been said that nervous and emotional tension, stress, and worry slows the flow in the liver and causes digestive dysfunction. Many times I'll see a client feeling pain or discomfort under the lower ribs, feeling of fullness and stuffiness, distention in the whole area.
Then we have the stomach sometimes a seething cauldron or emotions. Once again anger, hate, rage and frustration are stored here and lead to gastritis, ulcers, and irritable feeling in stomach. This leads to bloating, gas, distention and general "stomachache". If it gets very severe these emotions will lead to anorexia, appetite disorders, and nausea.
Now we get to the intestines, colon and bowels. This is where most of the client's I see have the MOST problems. The intestines are often the effect of psychosomatic or emoitonally induced digestive disorders that originates in the upper digestive organs (liver, gallbladder, stomach). The upper part of the intestines (the duodenum) is very close to these upper digestive organs and is the part most affected. The middle and lower intestinal tract is where emotional disturbances are most harmful and strongly felt.
The colon is very vulnerable to aggravations and excesses of emotions - especially deeply held worry, anxiety, nervousness, emotional stress, tension. Feeling insecure will also impact negatively on the colon. This results in constipation, irritable bowel syndrome, spastic colon (which many clients feel)...
As these emotions go unchecked and the colon and digestive areas are further stressed, a person can end up with quite serious diseases of the colon.
Ok... so let's say YOU have experienced many of these negative emotions... and now your darn digestive system is a mess... full of toxins, an inability to perform properly leading to all the above negative symptoms...
Now you're really in trouble. With the inability of the digestive system to work correctly that now adds to your negative emotions!
Have you ever noticed that sometimes you eat in a "healthy" way but find undigested salad parts and veggies in your stool? That is because the upper gut does work properly and this affects the lower gut...
The stomach, duodenum and small intestines should be free from micro-organisms (bacteria, yeast, bugs... etc.).
The large bowels have bacteria that flourish to help ferment and utilize the food that could not be digested in the upper gut.
In our guts we have up to 100 million bugs... some beneficial... some not so beneficial... When the "not-so-beneficial" bugs take over... your overall health from head to toe suffers! Literally!
Just supplementing with pro-biotics is not enough if you're truly suffering from any of the following... you'll need to identify which bugs are causing problems and get rid of those so that the new good bugs can do their jobs!
Symptoms caused by poor gut health:
Headaches, arm pain, shoulder pains, heart palpitations, sleep disturbances
Malabsorption of nutrients
Nutritional supplements actually make you feel worse
Constipation or diarrhea
Wind, gas, bloating, stomach distention (especially after eating carbohydrates)
Higher susceptibility to infections
Dental and mouth problems
High blood pressure
Fatigue
Lowered immune system
The good news is that
we can now test for exactly what is going on in your gut... Read more about this testing :
POOP TEST. This is a simple test kit we can send to your home. Give us a call today or order online.
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