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________________ The Jaina Theory of Karma and Current Scientific Views : (103) Table 6. Details about Glands and Their Secretions Glands Location Secretions Functions Ductless 6 Glands (i) Pituitary Hypophthalamus ACTH, Controller, stimulator growth and for other glands, other regulator hormones (ii) Thyroid Throat Thyroxin Metabolic necessity, effects physical, mental growth (iii) Throat Parathormone Maintains calciumParathyroid phosphorus balance (iv) Adrenal Above Kidney Adrenalin, Emotional balance, nor- Adrenalin regulation, Sodium and etc., Cortisone water balance, cure of R. Arthritis Abdominal cavity Insulin Maintains blood sugar Pancreatic level (vi) Gonad Testes and Androgens, Sexual normalization (sex) Ovaries Estrogens 2 Duct Glands Salivary Their functions are selfglands Milk explanatory glands, Tear glands Sweat glands etc. Moreover, the scientists would emphasize that any abnormality in actions, behaviours and mind might be due to some defects in one or many of the above factors. This could be most probably removed, improved or normalized by many methods. The suppression of emotions/feelings is not always the most effective way for improvement. Illustratively, we may point out that many diseases affect the mental state of the living. Alcoholism, addictions, madness, epilepsy, sudden shocks like loss of riches or relatives and genetic defects like feeble mindedness may be mentioned in this connection. The diagnoses in all these cases have been done properly to a large amount and medications or remedial treatments relieve the living from these troubles as shown in the Table 7. The karmavādins will Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
SR No.006597
Book TitleNandanvana
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorN L Jain
PublisherParshwanath Vidyapith
Publication Year2005
Total Pages592
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English
File Size25 MB
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