Thyroid Health and Hypothyroidism – How To Improve Thyroid Function

Let’s talk about thyroid health and specifically hypothyroidism. Hypothyroidism is a condition. It’s very common in the United States and it’s a condition in which there’s an imbalance in the hormone regulation in the body or in the thyroid gland itself that leads to disruption in the thyroid hormones throughout the body.

Now, the thyroid is really important for maintaining a lot of our normal regular body processes like maintaining our body temperature and keeping our metabolism up. Unfortunately, when things fall out of balance then we start to suffer issues like fatigue and sleeping issues, can get depressed and most often people notice a change in their weight.

Weight gains specifically – there are some lifestyle habits you can take on to help improve your thyroid health. Diet is a big one this can help you with excess weight gain and regulating hormones. Same goes for exercise. Keeping stress to a minimum is also very important and will help combat the issues like fatigue, moodiness, depression, and overall just feelings of blah, that you might experience if you have a hyperthyroidism issue, then you can also use Chinese medicine of course.

So with Chinese medicine we’re aiming to help the body regulate itself and get the thyroid back to a more functional level. So we’re going to be using formulas that help to boost and support our body’s innate energy. Now, one of the really great formulas for this is called bujung ichiwan and it has a funny name but it basically means lift and support. This formula helps to bring a lot of energy to the head to the neck to help support the thyroid but also to just maintain a better metabolism, improve digestion, and get things kind of moving better.

Now we’ve got lots of other formulas listed in the blog so go ahead and check out and see which ones might suit you best because they’re all a little bit different. In the meantime make sure to to check out your resources get your thyroid checked out and start incorporating some of those lifestyle habits into your daily lives to improve your thyroid health. Whether you have hypothyroidism or not it’s always good to spend a little extra time on our bodies and some preventative self-care.