How negative emotions and thoughts influence health

The term metaphysical stands for looking beyond the physical or tangible factors that set down an entity. Talking about health, the physical factors that shape it comprise disease giving rise to agents such as levels of chemicals in the blood stream, bacteria, environ-ment or diet.

What about factors like anger, stress or even grief? These, according to homoeopathic terms, are the emotional and mental states of a patient that has an equal role to play in causing illness. In other way round, your emotions and thoughts can sway the process of disease and degeneration. It justifiably follows then, that your emotions and thoughts can also have an exert on your recovery. This connection between body and mind is crucial in homoeopathic practice and philosophy.

Stress is the word that you are aware of, however it is just the symptoms and sensation experienced by you when stimuli have an effect on our health. Being a natural reaction of the body, stress makes us ready for action - it is only when the stress is irresistible, that symptoms are experienced by us.

A hormone known as Adrenaline is discharged into the body that consists of a deep effect on several parts of the body, like increasing heart rate, breathing rate and blood pressure to supply energy for the body.

It hinders the digestive process so that the muscles could avail more energy. That’s why extended periods of and or unsettled stress could smash up the heart, blood vessels, brain, intestines, the immune system and the natural flow of energy within the body.