Thirty years ago I was given sage advice from a naturopathic physician. She was studying Chinese Medicine and had recently completed a residency in Beijing, China. While attending one of her seminars, she revealed how valuable the thymus gland was and how to stimulate this tiny gland.

Thymus means “life energy” and comes from the Greek word thymos. It is a critical link between the mind and body. The doc explained that she learned how important the thymus gland is and how to quickly rebalance life energy.

This gland is closely associated with the immune system The thymus serves a vital role in the training and development of T-lymphocytes, also known as T cells.  These are important white blood cells that defend the body.

Your thymus gland supports your immune system.  By thumping the thymus you awaken your body’s energies, support your immune system and increase your energy, strength and vitality.

The immune boost thymus tap is easy and effective. You will be tapping in the middle of the sternum. Place (clean hands!) your index and second finger in the U notch at the top of the breastbone then slide fingers down and and inch. Tap slowly for thirty seconds.

Taking a deeper dive into the the world of the thymus, Dr. Murray Susser, MD, explains the connection between stress and thymus function.

“I think that a major oversight in our approach to stress is not connecting stress with Thymus function.

The Thymus gland is the quarterback of the immune system. It tells the white cells what to attack and what to ignore. White cells (lymphocytes) are major factors in the immune response. They make anti-bodies, good and bad. The good anti-bodies protect us. That means the good antibodies attack and neutralize invading microbial organisms like bacteria and virus.

It gets complex when our immune system needs to neutralize our “bad white cells” that are tuned to attack our own healthy tissues in our body. This is called auto-immune disease; the wartime analogy would equate to attack by “friendly fire.” An oxymoron if I ever heard one.

Nevertheless, The Thymus tells the immune system which cells should attack invaders and which cells should be neutralized to avoid auto-immune responses. You can see that is critical to our health and well-being. The Thymus gland struggles when we are under attack by toxins like those from bacteria or environment forces .such as hidden infection like Lyme Disease, heavy metal toxicity, electro-magnetic radiation, toxic foods, fumes, emotional stress.”

You are looking for ways to de-stress, I know it! The Thymus taps will help you decrease stress, and get your energy flowing.

Be well my friends.