Prolactin secretion & Chinese medicine. (Chinese Medicine Update).

From: Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients | Date: February 1, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

Prolactin is a hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary in both men and women. Although it is believed to have many different functions in both sexes, according to Richard E Blackwell, "it is generally regarded as the one hormone that is essential for lactation." (1) Among the hormones secreted by the anterior pituitary, it is unique in that its secretion is primarily inhibited, rather than stimulated, by other hormones. As an extension of this, the disturbances of prolactin secretion are primarily due to hypersecretion (i.e., hyperplocatinemia) as opposed to hyposecretion. ...

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