7.3. The Glands

Glands are independent organs, discharging different substances directly into the blood through capillaries or ducts, like the digestive glands, skin glands or the prostate. Glands produce hormones which travel with the blood and direct processes important for the life, growth and development of the body. The glands directly discharging hormones into the blood are the pituitary gland, the pineal gland, the thyroid gland, the parathyroid gland, the adrenal gland, the pancreas and the two reproductive glands: the testes and the ovaries.

The pituitary gland or the hypophysis, located in the brain, discharges hormones regulating the secretion of the hormones of the thyroid, the adrenal and the reproductive glands, and also secretes the growth hormone which accelerate the growth of all body tissues by influencing the metabolism of proteins, carbohydrates and fats. The pituitary gland also discharges hormones regulating the water in the body and the contraction of the uterine muscles.

The pineal gland or the epiphysis is also a brain gland, which is active in the childhood and is still a scientific unknown to a great extent.

The thyroid gland is located next to the trachea. It is composed of two lobes. It produces a hormone that contains iodine, accelerating the metabolic processes in the cells.

The parathyroid gland is composed of four small glands, located on the back of the thyroid gland. It releases a hormone which regulates the amount of calcium in the blood.

The pancreas is both an endocrine and an exocrine gland. It produces two hormones important for the metabolism of carbohydrates. The lack of one of these two hormones, the insulin which reduces the amount of glucose in the blood, causes diabetes.

There are two adrenal glands, located above the kidneys and composed of the cortex which releases several hormones, called corticoids, important for the metabolism of proteins, carbohydrates and fats, and of the core which produces adrenalin.

The reproductive glands have already been mentioned in the section about the functioning of the reproductive system.

When measuring and controlling the energy of the glands, we treat them as a single organ and heal them as such according to the transformation rules. We must know which hormones are released by an individual gland to be able to heal a certain body system influenced by the hormones.

During the second therapeutic session, treating the physical body, we roughly check the regulation of water, calcium, sugar and cholesterol in the blood. The regulation depends on the functioning of the glands, and therefore, the gland in question must be closely examined, controlled and healed, if necessary.