| An under or over active thyroid is one of those | | | | hypothyroidism. There are some surgeries and |
| problems that is hard to diagnose because it can be | | | | prescription medications available, but clinical research |
| responsible for a very large range of health problems. | | | | has generally shown them to be about equally |
| The hormones produced by the thyroid gland help to | | | | effective as herbal remedies. |
| regulate your metabolism and your nervous system. | | | | Modern medicine's strategy for fighting thyroid |
| This means that a faulty thyroid could be related to | | | | problems is to replace the hormones your thyroid |
| abnormal fatigue, weight gain, unexplained loss of | | | | replaces with synthetic hormones. Unfortunately, |
| appetite, hair problems, dry skin, problems regulating | | | | these hormones can have many unexpected side |
| body temperature, abnormal libido, depression, | | | | effects and not even work in some cases. On the |
| drooping eyes, muscle cramps, and even memory | | | | other hand, herbal remedies work by trying to cure |
| loss. | | | | the source of the problem, which is the thyroid. |
| The easiest way to know you have a thyroid | | | | Examples of a few herbal remedies available are |
| problem is if any of these health problems seem to | | | | coleus and bayberry bark. |
| be cropping up in a completely unexplained manner. | | | | There are also herbal remedies that work to fight |
| Even then, it may not be a thyroid problem. That | | | | the symptoms of thyroid problems. For example, St. |
| means you need to see a doctor or a professional | | | | John's Wort is commonly used by herbal medicine |
| who can diagnose for thyroid disorders. | | | | practitioners to fight the depression and sluggishness |
| Herbal remedies are better than medical procedures | | | | that come along with hypothyroidism. While medical |
| for thyroid problems. | | | | science has some drugs that fight depression, they |
| Unfortunately, modern medical science does not have | | | | tend to have extremely undesirable side effects that |
| a commonly known cure that is effective for | | | | can at times be worse than the disease. |