Thyroid hormone deficiency is a prevalent health condition, thyroid disease is found in up to ¼ of adults, and the most common manifestation of thyroid hormone imbalance is hypothyroidism, in either its clinically diagnosed and subclinical varieties.

Practitioners of Chinese medicine and naturopathic medicine have understood the interconnected nature of the human body for centuries.  And any child who has heard the lyrics to Dem Bones (“the shin bone is connected to the knee bone”, etc.) gets the idea, too.