09/02/2025
🟠 Must Know Monday — The Endocrine System
💡 Must know: Your horse’s hormones are the generals.
They decide whether the body detoxes, stores energy, or shifts into survival.
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⚖️ What the endocrine system is
• Hormones are chemical messengers (like text messages inside the body).
• They tell your horse when to eat, when to store fuel, when to detox, and how to respond to stress.
• Think of them as the schedulers and commanders of the whole system.
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🍎 How hormones connect with the body’s axes
• Gut–Liver Axis → hormones decide if food becomes fuel or toxins.
• Neuro–Liver Axis → vagus nerve relays hormone “go/stop” for bile.
• Immune–Liver Axis → hormones regulate inflammation + immune storms.
• Fascia + Lymph Axes → hormones influence stiffness, swelling, toxin flow.
👉 When hormones send clear orders, detox flows.
👉 When hormones send bad orders, captains (axes) pass chaos down, and the liver soldier obeys.
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🧠 Examples of hormone generals in action
• Cortisol → stress hormone. Too high = survival mode → bile slows.
• Insulin → sugar hormone. Spikes = liver told to store fuel → detox delayed.
• Thyroid → metabolism hormone. Too low = detox crawl, toxins recycle.
✨ When these generals are balanced → energy flows, toxins leave, healing begins.
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⚠️ What system failure can look like in horses
🐴 Gelding example
• Often prone to insulin resistance.
• High sugar diet → insulin spikes → liver told to store, not detox.
• Visible signs: cresty neck, fat pads, sluggish detox, dull eyes.
🐎 Mare example
• Hormone cycles + stress swings.
• Cortisol surges → bile flow slows.
• Visible signs: cranky in heat, swelling in legs, tight muscles, poor recovery.
🐴 Stallion example
• Testosterone-driven metabolism puts higher demand on endocrine balance.
• Hormone drive ↑ but detox capacity maxed.
• Visible signs: agitation, over-muscling with fascia rigidity, heat intolerance, reduced fertility.
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🌿 How EPMSD helps rewrite bad orders
• 🚦 Wormwood → keeps bile exit ramp open, flushes protozoa debris.
• 🧪 MSM → binds toxins before they overload liver + gut.
• 🛡 Cinnamon → calms inflammation, steadies immune + hormone swings.
• 🕸 Silica → repairs fascia, stabilizes endocrine signals, supports tissue healing.
👉 EPMSD supports the generals (hormones), clears the captains (axes), and empowers the soldier (liver) to do its job.
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✅ The positive outcome
When hormones (generals) send clear orders →
• Gut, nerves, immune, and fascia (captains) align.
• Liver soldier obeys without chaos.
• Bile flows.
• Toxins leave.
• Healing flows.
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✨ Must know: Hormones are the generals. If they fail, every axis follows their chaos. But with the right support, you can fix the root and restore balance.
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Disclaimer: For educational purposes only. Not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.