Generalities:

Dysfunction of the pineal gland. It acts in pigmentation, sexuality and on the adrenal glands, in the production of insulin, it is injured by traumas. Alterations in healing, sleep, sexual desire, cortisol production, acromegaly *. It is also responsible for the production of melatonin, a hormone with multiple functions.

Affects the pigmentation of the skin when it is associated with liver disorders. Check pairs of the liver.

The pineal gland is responsible for circadian cycles and therefore regulates sleep; this by means of the hormone melatonina that activates with the solar light and diminishes its production in the night. The hormone is a powerful antioxidant that has anti-aging effects on various organs and tissues, activates the immune system and its production improves irritable bowel syndrome.

It also produces the DMT hormone that causes hallucinogenic states, probably participates in the creation of dreams. It has certain effects on the pituitary gland in the production of sex hormones. Inhibits the growth of bones and other organs, so when affected causes gigantism or acromegaly.

The calcification of this gland is common as the age advances, it has also been found greater cup of calcification of the gland in people suffering from Alzheimer's. In esoteric traditions it is associated with the seventh coronary chakra or Sahasrara.

* Abnormal growth of the extremities and internal organs of the body.

Possible pathological causes:

A. Meningits
B. Encephalitis - viral
C. Typhus examthematus
D. Antrax bacillus
D. Dengue
F. Hemorrhagic Dengue
G Neisseria catarrhalis
H. Cytomegalovirus

See also the pair Vivian.