48. Thyroid Medication

Thyroid medication is designed to replace or augment the amount of thyroid hormone your body is producing. It is usually prescribed after a physician discovers from a blood test that your body is not production enough hormone on its own. The thyroid gland is a small organ located at the base of the neck, It produces thyroid hormone, which acts as a sort of accelerator to your body's metabolism. Without adequate thyroid hormone, the metabolism slows down; you feel tired, have slower reflexes and feel cold. Thyroid hormone is designed to ameliorate the imbalance.

There maybe underlying nutritional deficiencies that make it more difficult for the body to produce enough of its own thyroid hormone, or a situation in which the cells of the body become more resistant to thyroid hormone. In each of these cases a thorough nutritional evaluation of the thyroid and other organ systems will allow this to be correct, so that yo may be able to discontinue or at least reduce your current dose.

Please talk to your physician about ways to treat the thyroid naturally.



Reference: Weatherby, D. (2004). Signs and Symptoms Analysis from a Functional Perspective. Jacksonville, OR: Bear Mountain Publishing.