(ovum) and the other is to produce hormones. In humans, the ovaries are
found on each side of the pelvic cavity, each attached to the uterus. Each
ovary consists of two parts: the cortex (or outer portion) and the medulla (or
inner portion).
The cortex (outer portion) consists of mainly various types of follicles
(small sacs). Each follicle (or sac) has an ovum (egg) and a small, yellow
endocrine gland (corpus luteum).
This gland (corpus luteum) secretes both estrogen and progesterone. It
should be noted that pro-hormones from the adrenal glands are necessary for
proper progesterone production in the corpus luteum. The FSH (Follicle
Stimulating Hormone) from the hypothalamus induces the release of the
ovum (egg). The estrogen-releasing hormone—the LH (Luteinizing
Hormone)— comes from the anterior portion of the pituitary gland. Both of
these are vital to proper ovulation.
Hormones
One of the major problems that you or your healthcare practitioner face is
how to make tissues (including organs and glands) respond after they have
become hypoactive, especially to the point of chronic or degenerative states.
This is a question that all practitioners should ask themselves. The one thing
that you do not want to do is to treat the symptoms that are the effect of this
underactivity, especially by supplementing the by-product (hormones,
enzymes, steroids, neurotransmitters, etc.) that the tissue (gland) makes and
provides for your body.
Examples of this are hormones like estrogen (ovarian) or thyroxine
(thyroid). When you supplement what your body naturally supplies, you stop
that particular tissue from producing it. I learned that when you take
synthroid (a synthetic form of thyroxine), it makes your thyroid glands even
weaker. This is true of all the hormones, including DHEA, melatonin, etc.
You do not want to supply a hormone (or substance) that your body needs to
produce. Again, this will shut down your body’s ability to produce these
substances. This is because your body sees no need to produce these catalysts
if they are already present. This eventually makes the respective gland even
weaker.
Estrogen is an acid-type hormone that stimulates tissues in many different
ways. The most notable way is the stimulating of the inner lining of the uterus
to bleed each month, causing menstruation. It is also used for development