Adrenal,Fatigue,Chi,Perspectiv health Adrenal Fatigue - A Chi Perspective

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What are the adrenals?To understand the importance of the adrenals in your body’s response tostress, let’s start by looking at what your adrenals glands do. Your adrenal glands are essential to life as they help you cope withall types of stress. As part of the endocrine system, their role is togovern the fight or flight response (alarm reaction) and get you readyfor action. They do this by producing several important hormonesincluding cortisol, epinephrine (adrenaline) and norepinephrine. Making sure that your adrenals produce the right amount of hormones iscrucial – too much or too little of any particular hormone can causehavoc in your body and affect your ability to deal with the demands ofliving. What is Adrenal Fatigue or Insufficiency?Adrenal Fatigue is a medical condition where the adrenal glands areunable to produce adequate amounts of the hormones necessary for properbody function. This lack of hormones results in changes in the body’scarbohydrate, protein and fat metabolism, fluid and electrolytebalance, heart and cardiovascular system and even sex drive. The resultof this imbalance means that the individual experiences normal everydaystresses as overwhelming, resulting in complete and utter exhaustionthat never seems to be relieved no matter how much sleep or rest theyget. Although you can’t see adrenal fatigue, as there are no visiblesymptoms, it is a crippling and devastating condition for itssufferers. The fact that it is invisible makes it even harder forsufferers as others may question the individual’s symptoms and thevalidity of the condition itself. Individuals suffering from adrenalfatigue may look and seem healthy but they are feeling like theirenergy and life is slipping away.Causes of Adrenal FatigueThe underlying cause of adrenal fatigue is ongoing, continuousunresolved stress. The stress can be emotional, mental, physical orexternal such as; poor diet, heavy metal toxicity, extreme shock andemotional trauma, excessive exercise, physical trauma, working too hardwithout enough rest, over-indulgence in stimulants like coffee, tea,tobacco, and narcotics, excessive use of cortisone therapy, lack ofsleep or infections. Unfortunately, the body reacts the same way to both real and imaginedthreats. For instance, constant worrying about a relationship endingcan cause the same over-taxing of the adrenals and suppression of theimmune system as actually having the relationship end. So your thinkinghas a major impact on your adrenal health and therefore your overallwell-being. When the brain interprets an event as threatening (stressful) theadrenals begin to work. They signal the nervous system to prepare tofight or flee. Even though the stressful event may be over, the bodycontinues to fight. When this state of emergency is maintained for longperiods of time, the body's reserves become depleted and the immunesystem and adrenals are weakened. During the early stages of adrenal fatigue your body produces an excessamount of cortisol to deal with the constant fight or flight responseinitiated by the stress. High cortisol levels can result in obesity,increased cholesterol and blood pressure, altered brain chemistrycausing depression and anxiety, insulin resistance and osteoporosis. Ifyou fail to address the stress, eventually your adrenals become soexhausted that they are no longer able to produce an adequate amount ofcortisol or other necessary hormones to maintain normal physiologicalfunction. Adrenal Fatigue can become a chronic ongoing condition, so to avoid itin the first place it’s so important to listen to your body. If you aretired it is pointless trying to rebel against what you body is tellingyou. You may be able to convince yourself that nothing is wrong andthat’s its just mind over matter or that all you need is some morecaffeine or sugar, but in the end your body will be heard even if ithas to fall apart and shut down for you to hear what it is saying toyou – and that is that you need to stop and rest. Common Symptoms of Adrenal Fatigue * Always feeling cold * Nausea* Anxiety* Chronic low-grade infections* Decreased sex drive* Night sweats* Constant night urination * Depression* Environmental sensitivities* Headaches* Hypoglycaemia* Feeling overwhelmed by little things * Weight gain or loss * Inability to focus or concentrate* Increased allergies* Insomnia* Light-headedness* Lower back pain in kidney area and sacrum* Low blood pressure* Muscular weakness* Poor memory* Scanty perspiration* Sensitivity to light, noise, touch, movement* Total feeling of exhaustion Seeking Help with Adrenal FatigueFinding help for your Adrenal Fatigue is unfortunately not easy. Manydoctors only recognise extreme adrenal conditions such as Addison's andCushings. If you feel that you have had several of the symptoms listed above fora period of time, then it’s important to find a knowledgeable GP towork with you. The best way to gauge your adrenal hormone profile, particular yourcortisol levels, is to have a saliva test. The difference between bloodtest results and a saliva test result is that a cortisol blood testwill measure the total hormone levels – both bound (inactive) andunbound (active) while the saliva test measures only the unbound activehormones, giving you a true reflection of what is happening in yourbody. To find a doctor who uses saliva testing (and who would likely befamiliar with adrenal fatigue), try calling compounding pharmacies inyour area. They may be able to tell you which doctors order salivatests. Adrenal Fatigue in Relation to Chi If you’ve read my previous articles ‘Why Chi’ and “Making the Most of Yin/Energy Energy in Your Life you will have a clearer idea about the concepts presented below.Thefundamental principle of health and healing in TCM is the concept ofbalance. Your body contains both Yin and Yang Chi and in health, therelaxed Yin state balances the adrenal Yang state. The problem ariseswhen you have an excess of either Yin or Yang influences in your life. InTCM the adrenal glands are part of the water element and relate tokidney energy. The kidneys are seen as the single most important organaffecting the length and quality of your life. They control yourinternal Chi, your Yin/Yang balance and house your Jing which is yourlife force, your aliveness, your creative power and your essence.Abundant kidney Chi correlates to a strong physical constitution aswell as a strong innate sense of purpose and will. Sincethe adrenals relate to kidney Chi, Adrenal Fatigue is considered to bea Kidney Yang Deficiency. However, if the condition continues withouttreatment, it can also result in a Kidney Yin Deficiency. KidneyYang relates to the reactive, sympathetic nervous system and thesecretion of epinephrine and norepinephrine. In contrast, Kidney Yin isthe parasympathetic nervous system relating to the secretion ofcortisol. Just as the body requires some degree of Yang adrenalinehormone to create motivation to react both to normal as well as lifethreatening stimulus, it also has a continual need for the Yin hormone,cortisol to buffer the effects of stress. In the early stages ofstress, the body increases its production of cortisol, while in thelater stages its secretion of cortisol is severely diminished. Thislack of cortisol is diagnosed as Kidney Yin Deficiency. Theclinical manifestations of Kidney Yang Deficiency are: soreness of theback, cold knees, sensation of cold in the back, aversion to cold, weaklegs, bright-white complexion, weak knees, impotence, prematureejaculation, lassitude, abundant-clear urination, scanty-clearurination, apathy, oedema of the legs, infertility in women, poorappetite and loose stools. The tongue is pale, swollen and wet and thepulse is deep and weak. In TCM theory, when there is kidney Yangdeficiency, the body fails to transform the essence leading to adecline in endocrine and physiological functions. Theway to treat Kidney Yang deficiency is to warm the kidney. This meansreducing your intake of cold (eg ice cream and other frozen foods, iceddrinks), raw foods and antibiotics, as these foods inhibit your body'swarming function, eventually depleting Yang. In addition, the use ofsugar can overstimulate the sympathetic reflex and deplete kidney Yang.Deficient kidney Yin is manifested with symptoms ofaching, soreness of the lumbar region of the back, weakness of the legsand knees, tinnitus, dizziness, vertigo, constipation, night sweats,insomnia, dry throat, feverish sensation in the soles and palms,nocturnal emission, and in women, scanty menstrual flow andamenorrhoea, flushed complexion, heat, nervousness, anxiety, insomnia,dryness and chronic signs of inflammation and wasting. A deficiency ofYin suggests that the maintaining and repairing function of the body isdepleted or lacking. For other useful advise on how to support your adrenals on a daily basis, please see my previous article ‘Adrenal Care Daily Diary & Checklist’ or register to attend or download the Managing Burnout, CFS or Adrenal Fatigue with Chi workshop.