ThyroPro Formula

In traditional herbalism, we focus on addressing the person with the imbalance, not the imbalance within the person. This means observing how the body is functioning as a whole system, with other areas of the body (like the gut and mind) being seen as crucial pieces of the puzzle in terms of the root factors that allow for healthy thyroid function.

When we see the whole body, we understand someone’s overall “tissue state” and energetics: whether they're experiencing “heat” with lots of tension, frustration, and perhaps a red/angry skin presentation, or “cold” with cold hands and feet, foggy thinking, occasional gas, bloating, and stagnant digestion. More than anything, bringing the tissue state into homeostasis by balancing the energetics is what we focus on when choosing individual adaptogenic, mood and cognitive supporting herbs.

In this blend we aim to support thyroid health with HPAT-loving adaptogens, as well as warm and balance the underlying “cold”, stagnant/damp presentation within the overall tissue state that leads to the often overlooked factors like low digestive fire and lack of clarity of thought. To warm things up and get things moving (or in our terms, disperse ‘dampness’ in the gut-mind axis), invigorating herbs like Myrrh and Bacopa are utilized to clear stagnation and support healthy mood, focus, and energy levels.

Myrrh supports the gut microbiome, digestive health, normal and healthy thyroid conversion, as well as normal cholesterol levels, all while warming and invigorating a cold and stagnant state with its potent aromatic phytochemicals. Bacopa supports healthy circulation to the brain, as a brain and nerve tonic that helps to clear the mind and support cognition.*

In the big picture of thyroid health, “immune amphoteric” adaptogens that help to maintain a calm and balanced immune response truly shine. In herbalism, Schisandra is known as an herb that “stabilizes and binds,” or as my teacher says, it helps to “tighten and astringe things that are leaky - whether that’s leaky thoughts or energy.” These astringent properties help to stabilize and bring together a scattered and unfocused mind when you can’t fully “form” the thoughts you’re aiming to express.

As a stabilizer and normalizer, Schisandra also supports us as a powerful immune amphoteric, helping to maintain normal and balanced immune function. Within the immune system, there are many different types of cells that require intricate balance. This is where immune amphoterics come in, as they help maintain healthy equilibrium between these different immune cells. Rather than pushing you one way or another, amphoterics support immune modulation by bringing the immune system into normal balance and homeostasis, no matter which side of the coin you’re on.

In a TCM lens, Schisandra is a “Kidney” meridian adaptogen, specifically nourishing to the Kidney Yang (our deep sense of warmth and vitality), balancing the cold/damp tissue state mentioned earlier. Schisandra’s unique broad-spectrum and complex blend of all five medicinal flavors (sweet, sour, salty, bitter, acrid) reflects its wide-ranging impact on the different organ systems of the body and is considered to benefit all five “yin” organs (Heart, Lung, Spleen, Liver, and Kidney).*