Pineal

The pineal gland a small, high powered unit, the approximant weight varies from 100 to 200 mg. It is named for its pine-cone shape and is even smaller than the pituitary gland. It is made up of peculiar cells with properties somewhere between those of nerve cells and epithelial cells and attached to the base of the brain.
It is a central organ and works as an inhibiting factor for the endocrine system, it has been established that the pineal controls or influences the secretion of epinephrine and norepinephrine with its secretions of melatonin and seratonin and releases lysine vasopressin which has anti-diuretic effect. Pinealin is a insulin like substance that can lower blood sugar and protect the pancreas from the toxin alloxin, which is influenced by the pineal.

It has also been associated that brain maturation, puberty, and menopause onset, as well as ovarian changes, which are also linked to the pineal gland. The most well acknowledged example of a hormone reaction is the inhibition of the pineal’s secretion of melatonin by light impinging on the eye.

Generally this small high-powered gland produces histamine, acetylcholine, norepinephrine, melatonin, seratonin, 5 hydroxtryptophan and decarboxylase-hydroxyindole-o-methyl transferase are present in this compact area. The proper functioning of this gland is of paramount importance.

The pineal, a long overlooked gland, is gradually coming to the forefront and manifesting its importance in glandular therapy.

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References: Endocrines, Organs And Their Impact pages 72-75, Research paper by Aaron B. Lerner, The Pineal published in Textbook of Endocrinology, by R.H .Williams, W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, London, Introduction to Cellular Therapy, Pagent Books Inc., by Paul Niehans, Metabolic and Endocrine Physiology, 2nd edition, J. Tepperman, Gabby, Dr. Samuel E., Sherman Hospital, Elgin, Illinois 1959, Rosenblum, Art, Natural Birth Control Book, Wurtman, Richard J., “Effects of Light on the Human Body” Sci. Am. July 1975, Wurtman, Richard J., ”Effects of Light on Man” (A chapter in the book, Physiology Anthropology, edited by Damon), Journal of the John Bastyr College of Naturopathic Medicine, Vol. 1, No. 2 November 1979. The Endocrine System pages 52-54.