When it comes to endocrine, I believe many people’s first reaction is “endocrine disorder”. So if I ask you what is endocrine disorder? I guess it’s hard for you to give me an exact answer. So here I will tell you the real answer. In order to adapt to various changes in the internal and external environment and maintain the relative stability of the internal environment of the organism, the human body must rely on the mutual cooperation and regulation of the nervous, endocrine and immune systems, so that the activities of each organ system are coordinated, and they are jointly responsible for the metabolism, growth, development, life and death, movement, aging and pathological life phenomena of the organism. The hormones secreted by the pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, gonads and pancreatic islets in the endocrine system are transmitted through the bloodstream and act on the target cells of the body, thus exerting their biological effects on the cells, and this process is called endocrine. Any abnormality in the whole endocrine process can be called endocrine disorder. The direct consequence is that the internal environment of the organism is disturbed, the function of organs and cells is dysfunctional, and the adaptability to the external environment is reduced. The endocrine process is similar to the various orders of battle (various hormones) given by the senior command center (endocrine glands) of the army through various channels (blood transmission), which are finally sent to the lower command center and each soldier (target cells), who act in concert according to the content of the orders (biological effects). The endocrine disorder is equivalent to one or more problems in the link from the senior command center to the order to be passed to each soldier who carries out the order, which eventually leads to the order not being implemented correctly, and internal and external problems will follow. So you can imagine how important the endocrine system is to the human body! Above mentioned a key role in endocrine – hormones! I’m sure this name is no stranger to you, and many people will be afraid of “hormones”. One after another iron-clad “fact” pops up in the mind: “XX medicine contains hormones and cannot be used”, “XX is ripened with hormones”, “eating hormones will make you fat”, “pancreatic hormones will make you fat”. You will gain weight” and “insulin will make you dependent” ……. I feel that the so-called hormones are like toxins in many people’s minds, and I am afraid to avoid them. I think if hormones have feelings, it must be very hurt, why it has made so many contributions to mankind, but in the end it still leaves such a negative image? Then I will tell you that you really only know one thing but not the other, and misunderstand the lovely “hormone”. Since it is secreted by the body itself, if it is a “toxin”, then we have already been “poisoned” and suffer from it? Then how to explain the above negative “facts”? One sentence is enough – if you don’t have enough, you will be sick, and too much is too little! The endocrine glands in the endocrine system, such as pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, gonads and pancreatic islets, can all secrete hormones, and the types of hormones they secrete are different, and their effects on the human body are also different. A brief list includes various prohormones (thyroid stimulating hormone, gonadotropin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, etc.), thyroid hormone, parathyroid hormone, adrenocorticotropic hormone, estrogen, androgen (testosterone), insulin, and so on. Instead of being “toxins”, they are essential to the body. For example, insufficient secretion of insulin from the pancreas can cause diabetes; insufficient secretion of thyroid hormones can cause hypothyroidism, which can also lead to hang disease in children; insufficient secretion of gonadotropins can lead to low ovarian function, menstrual disorders, infertility and sexual apathy; reduced secretion of androgens can also cause hypogonadism, etc. This is the so-called “less than the disease”, that is, the amount of hormone secretion does not reach our normal needs, thus causing various diseases. For example, too much glucocorticoid hormone can cause centripetal obesity, diabetes, hypertension, osteoporosis and sexual dysfunction; too much thyroid hormone can cause hyperthyroidism; too much prolactin can cause lactation and amenorrhea. Therefore, the various problems caused by hormones do not lie in the hormones themselves, but in the grasp of the indications for hormone use, when to use and when not to use; the grasp of the amount of hormone use, neither too little nor too much; the grasp of the time of hormone use, how long to use, three days, one month or six months. We can precisely grasp the balance point of hormone use, avoid its disadvantages and let it be used for me, so that the imbalanced endocrine can return to a new balance and the body can calm down the internal and external disturbances and rebuild a healthy body!