HAIR ANALYSIS HELPS TO KNOW: IS THE PROBLEM THE SITUATION, OR IS IT THE ATTITUDE ABOUT THE SITUATION

HAIR ANALYSIS HELPS TO KNOW: IS THE PROBLEM INSIDE OR OUTSIDE A PERSON

By Lawrence Wilson, MD

A properly interpreted hair tissue mineral analysis can help one to know whether a problem is outside of one’s self or if the problem is more internal. Here is how it is done.

SPIRITUAL DEFENSIVE PATTERN

If a calcium/magnesium ratio is over about 13.5:1 and the potassium level is greater than about 4 mg%, it is likely that a situation is not the best for a person’s best interests. We call the elevated calcium/magnesium ratio in this range the spiritual defensiveness pattern.

The reasoning is that the person is defending their job, relationship, friendship, location, type of work or even a thinking style or attitude that is not really working in their best interest.

Exactly why this is so is quite subtle. It has to do with a pattern of defensiveness, which is indicated by an elevated calcium/magnesium ratio. This is combined with a lifestyle imbalance, which is indicated by the extreme nature of the calcium/magnesium ratio.

This is related to a pattern Dr. Paul Eck identified on a hair mineral analysis. He called this pattern pretentiousness. This is the idea that one believes one is right, but in fact, is not correct about something. This quality is often called pretentiousness.

So the highly elevated calcium/magnesium ratio can indicate that one is pretending to do something or be something that one is really not. That is the essence of the pattern.

SYMPATHETIC DOMINANCE

In contrast, if the calcium/magnesium ratio is less than about 13.5:1, but the potassium level is very low – between 1 and 4 – then it is more likely that the problem is not with the outside condition such as a job or relationship. Instead, more likely the problem is more with the person.

The pattern of a low potassium level we call sympathetic dominance. It means the person is pushing himself or herself in an unatural or less than healthful way.

The name is given to this pattern because the sympathetic nervous system inhibits digestion, elimination and the immune response. It is a catabolic state that actually tears down the body. It should be used for emergencies only. However, these individuals are in this pattern more than this amount of time. So they wear themselves out and often become ill and can even die from it.

HEALING SYMPATHETIC DOMINANCE

Getting out of this pattern depends on changing one’s attitude in many cases. Many people know that this can solve many job problems, many relationship issues and much more. However, it takes some work at times, and perhaps good counseling to accomplish.

It usually also means learning to relax more, letting things go, and practicing things like meditation to slow the mind and rest the body. These can shift the body’s autonomic system away from so much sympathetic activity.

It may mean getting less exercise or switching to a more gentle routine. It may mean taking one’s job or family a little less seriously so that one can rest adequately.

Often, however, it ialso requires removing from the body certain toxic metals, notably mercury and cadmium, for example. These metals, along with certain toxic chemicals such as some pesticides, help keep one in sympathetic overdrive, as we may call it, too much of the time.

SYMPATHETIC DOMINANCE VERSUS SYMPATHETIC STATE OF BODY CHEMISTRY

A confusing point is to mix up sympathetic dominance with the body being in a sympathetic state of the chemistry. A sympathetic state is the same as fast oxidation.

In contrast, sympathetic dominance occurs in slow oxidizers. As stated above, their potassium level must be between 1 and 4 mg% in an unwashed hair sample.

Slow oxidation is the same as a parasympathetic state of body chemistry. Within this overall condition, the person continues to push himself or herself. This is what we call sympathetic dominance – the mental and lifestyle tendency to overuse the sympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system even when one is in an exhaustion stage of stress or slow oxidation. In fact, this can go on for years, despite the fact that the glandular and other body systems are exhausted.

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