Natural Treatment for Hand Tremors: The Role of Breathing, Frontal Lobe, and Autonomic Nervous System

This podcast episode explores the natural treatment of hand tremors, linking them to a broader range of conditions like cold hands/feet, high blood pressure, and poor immune function. The central premise is that these seemingly disparate issues can be improved through simple breathing exercises, which influence the frontal lobe and the autonomic nervous system. The speaker introduces a viewer's experience where breathing exercises, initially recommended for cold hands/feet, also alleviated hand tremors, prompting a deeper dive into the underlying physiological mechanisms.

The core mechanism explained involves the interplay between the sympathetic (fight/flight) and parasympathetic (rest/digest) nervous systems, and the frontal lobe's executive function. During a stress response, the sympathetic system overrides the parasympathetic, increasing heart rate, vasoconstriction, blood pressure, cortisol, and LDL, while diverting blood from the frontal lobe. The frontal lobe, crucial for abstract thought and fine motor skills, is highlighted for its 85% inhibitory function, meaning it primarily turns things off. After an immediate threat, the frontal lobe is meant to inhibit the stress response, thereby stimulating the parasympathetic system and restoring balance.

Hand tremors are presented as a manifestation of the brain's failure to inhibit certain movements, often exacerbated by stress, which aligns with the sympathetic system's promotion of gross motor skills over fine motor control. When the frontal lobe is under-resourced or inhibited by stress, its ability to 'turn things off' is compromised, leading to tremors. The practical insight offered is that slow breathing, particularly focusing on the out-breath, actively engages the parasympathetic nervous system and brings blood flow back to the frontal lobe. This activation enhances the frontal lobe's inhibitory capacity, promoting calm, peace, creativity, and improved fine motor skills, thereby reducing tremors.

The broader implications extend to a holistic understanding of health, suggesting that many common ailments—from ulcers and erectile dysfunction to high blood pressure and high cholesterol—stem from an imbalance in this central mechanism. By understanding and leveraging the body's ingenious self-regulatory systems through practices as simple as breathing, individuals can help their bodies return to normal function, potentially reducing reliance on medications for symptoms like high blood pressure or cholesterol. The episode advocates for sharing this knowledge to empower others in mastering their health naturally.

85% of what that frontal lobe does is it turns things off it inhibits things

the sympathetic is always going to override your parasympathetic because a bus comin at you is always more important and digesting your last meal

now that frontal lobe which is 85% inhibitory turning things off it starts to inhibit that stress response

if you turn off something that turns off that's the same thing as turning something on

the parasympathetic is associated with calm being calm having peace being creative having abstract thought being able to do things and having fine motor skills

the sympathetic the the stress response it's more about reaction it puts you back into your animal instincts

when you have a tremor that's when the brain doesn't inhibit certain things

when you do breathing exercises when you slow your breath down especially the out-breath then you're going to activate your parasympathetic nervous system

a simplest thing as breathing can start improving all of it so it's a central mechanism that we're looking for

if we just help the body get back to normal you don't need those and you're allowing the body to function the way it's supposed to