I had been doing some reading into how the brain drains toxins and found this was indeed the greatest challenge to any kind of brain illness given the poor drainage of the brain compared to other organs. I did however discover that second only to the kidney the pineal gland, while although a brain structure, has the largest blood flow of any organ and is outside the blood brain barrier despite its’ position deep inside our brains. This piqued my interest given it is a small structure, essentially the size of a grain of rice yet one which has a massive blood flow and also seems to have a particular link to the kidney which would point to a detoxifying function. Our pineal glands regulate serotonin and melatonin. Serotonin “enables communication between brain and other nervous system cells,” while melatonin is the hormone secreted at night and is the cue for sleep regulating our circadian rhythm and providing cues for the cleaning crews to spring into action.

There are studies postulating a “pineal – renal axis,” suggesting a direct connection between the pineal gland and kidneys. Melatonin also plays a role in liver function while to me, the large blood supply to the pineal suggests it plays a role across the body signaling hormones required for detoxification. Concerning the cleaning of the brain I found an article linking to a “new study” in which they claim cerebrospinal fluid flushes out the brain in deep sleep. They postulate as the brain sleeps neurons need less oxygen and so a portion of blood drains from the brain to be replaced by this cerebrospinal fluid which flushes out toxins in a wave like action. Given the pineal gland secretes melatonin directly into the brain prior to and during sleep. Given its proven function as a regulating hormone, exactly like serotonin in the daytime, maybe it also regulates this function of flushing the brain in conjunction with other organs and systems who would be receiving their melatonin via the large blood supply to the pineal gland. In this way we can imagine the body working in unison across all its systems toward the goal of cleaning and repair during sleep all signaled by the cues of melatonin originating as it does from deep inside the brain.

I was loath to find how prevalent pineal calcification is in modern people, up to %40 of Americans by age seventeen. If melatonin does play a critical role in signaling the body to detoxify during heavy sleep, dysfunction of this organ may in some way contribute to the advent of heavy metals accumulating in the brain resulting in brain disease. Calcified pineal glands mean this whole process might be blocked and while common, in fact by far affecting most of us, this connection between calcification and effective production of melatonin was made but not stressed in the literature. My question around this then goes to the prescribing of melatonin for people with sleep disorders. How can the process of flushing out toxins accumulated in the brain occur if the pineal gland is calcified? What good would be done by taking synthetic melatonin if the basic regulatory gland is not functioning? I started pineal stimulation sets around this time and would use them till the end.

I was beginning to understand the importance of keeping her voltage high regarding the frequencies by basically keeping the machine running as much as I could but could not do this with targeted sets for reasons of toxins being released and the ensuing reaction versus the ability to detox and the body’s ability to deal with disease, so I began to rely on esoteric and support sets for this purpose.