Couple of others:
MIND - MODALITIES - APPETITE, with diminished
Arg-n.ARS. BELL. Borx. Carb-v. clem. coca Cocc. CROC. Dros. HYOS. Ign.
kali-bi. KALI-CHL. Lepi. Lil-t. lyc. merc. OP. PH-AC. Phos. plat. Puls.
Spong. STRAM. Sulph. Valer. VERAT. VIOL-O.
As per Jean suggestion:
APPETITE, wanting + Appetite easy satiety - sadness, from(RU+Synth)
nat-m. plat
Also:
MIND - PHENOMENA - DREAMS - eating - eat, cannot, due to someones dishonesty
lac-leo.
FWIW (big rubric):
MIND - AILMENTS FROM - anger + ails suppressed anger(RU+Synth)
cross
STOMACH - APPETITE - wanting/diminished(RU/Synth)
ELIMINATION:
ACON. AGAR. aids. Aloe ALUM. am-c. am-m. ambr. ANAC. ang. ANT-C. Ant-t.
apis arg-met. ARG-N. ARN. ars-s-f. ARS. aur-ar. Aur-m-n. Aur-m. aur-s.
AUR. bamb-a. BAR-C. BELL. BORX. BOV. bros-gau. BRY. CALC-AR. calc-p.
calc-s. calc-sil. CALC. camph. canth. caps. CARB-AN. CARB-V. carc. castm.
CAUST. CHAM. CHIN. cimic. CINA COCC. COFF. COLCH. COLOC. Cortico. croc.
crot-c. cupr. daph. dulc. falco-pe. ferr-p. Ferr. fum. galeoc-c-h. GELS.
Germ-met. gink-b. glon. graph. grat. haliae-lc. ham. hell. Hep. Hydrog.
HYOS. IGN. IOD. IP. kali-bi. KALI-BR. kali-c. Kali-p. LACH. lat-h. lil-t.
limest-b. loxo-recl. LYC. lyss. m-ambo. m-arct. m-aust. MAG-C. MAG-M.
manc. MERC. Mez. Moni. MOSCH. MUR-AC. nat-ar. NAT-C. NAT-M. NAT-P. nat-s.
nicc-met. nit-ac. nux-m. NUX-V. ol-an. olnd. OP. PETR. PH-AC. PHOS.
pin-con. pin-s. PLAT. plut-n. Podo. positr. pot-e. PULS. ran-b. RHUS-T.
RUTA SABIN. sacch. SAMB. sec. sel. SEP. SIL. SPECT. SPIG. spong. stann.
STAPH. stram. stront-c. SULPH. symph. Tarent. tritic-vg. TUB. ulm-c.
vanil. verat. zinc-p. ZINC.
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RE hunger stimulation hormonal pathways, it looks like it is quite
complex, but one key hormone may come from the stomach and SI, if these
researchers (circa 2002) have it right--
Best
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3889185.stm
Obesity op reduces hunger hormone
Surgery is only offered to severely obese patients
Obese people who undergo gastric bypass surgery may lose weight quickly
because levels of a hormone controlling appetite fall away, research
shows.
The hormone, ghrelin, is released into the blood from the stomach and
upper intestine and triggers hunger pangs.
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The Archives of Surgery study, by Atlanta's Emory University, found
ghrelin levels dropped by nearly one-third after gastric bypass surgery.
If you can find a way to control the release of ghrelin in the body, you
can potentially prevent a person from overeating.
Dr Edward Lin
The researchers focused on a particular type of gastric bypass surgery
known as the Roux-en-Y procedure.
This involves dividing the stomach to create a pouch that is attached to
the small intestine.
It reduces the size of the stomach and bypasses parts of the gastric
system that absorb food and may trigger releases of the hormone.
However, it is considered to be risky and is usually only offered to
patients who are severely overweight and who have been unable to lose
weight using other methods.
The researchers checked levels of the hormone in 48 obese patients, 34 of
whom had undergone gastric bypass surgery.
Another eight obese patients had other types of weight-loss procedures
that did not divide the stomach, and six non-obese patients undergoing
surgery were monitored to provide a base level of the hormone.
None of these 14 patients showed any reduction in ghrelin levels.
'Prevent overeating'
Lead researcher Dr Edward Lin said: "This is the first time we have found
that different types of weight-loss surgeries affect ghrelin levels in
humans.
"When the stomach is divided, forming a small gastric pouch, the ghrelin
levels are significantly reduced early after the surgery is performed.
"Other mechanisms can make you hungry, but ghrelin is one of the most
potent hunger stimulants."
Dr Lin said patients with morbid obesity have lower baseline ghrelin
levels compared with lean counterparts.
However, he added: "This study shows that surgically induced weight loss
with RYGB in these patients appears to cause long-term, if not permanent,
suppression of ghrelin secretions that is not associated with other
weight-loss procedures.
"If you can find a way to control the release of ghrelin in the body, you
can potentially prevent a person from overeating."
Dr Ian Campbell, of the UK National Obesity Forum, told BBC News Online
that gastric bypass surgery was declining in popularity as doctors
preferred to use safer laparoscopic surgery techniques.
However, he said: "It does not matter how it works, as long as it does,
and for somebody who is morbidly obese, and for who nothing else has
worked, surgery of this kind can be a lifesaver."
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1689858.stm
Hunger hormone identified
Obesity is linked to heart disease, diabetes and cancer
Scientists have identified a hormone that regulates appetite.
The discovery has raised hopes of a breakthrough in the treatment of
obesity and anorexia.
Researchers at Imperial College, London, UK, have found that the growth
hormone ghrelin has an effect on whether a person is hungry or not.
They believe that levels of the hormone could be increased to encourage
people with anorexia or patients with cancer or Aids, who have lost their
appetite, to eat.
I think this is a pretty important breakthrough
Prof Steve Bloom, Imperial College London
Similarly, levels could be decreased or blocked to reduce the amount of
food people with obesity may want to consume.
Dr Alison Wren and colleagues at Imperial College first identified the
effects of the hormone during tests on rats before continuing their study
on humans.
As part of their trial, nine volunteers were infused with ghrelin on one
day and with saline the following day.
On both occasions they were presented with a plate of food, comprising
four normal-sized adult portions.
They found that all of the participants ate 30% more than normal after
they had received the hormone. The volunteers, who were not told what was
being infused, also reported being much more hungry.
Dr Wren said that while the study was small, the findings, which were
presented at the Society for Endocrinology's annual meeting in London,
were significant.
Long-term benefits
"Nobody has ever found something in the body's circulation that regulates
appetite before," she told BBC News Online.
"Although this was quite a small scale trial, it was clear that all of the
volunteers ate much more."
Dr Wren suggested that the finding could have long-term health benefits.
"Obviously in a modern society, obesity is one of the biggest causes of
morbidity and mortality. This could be used to block the action of the
indigenous hormone and may be useful in the treatment of obesity."
Professor Steve Bloom, from Imperial College, described the finding as
significant.
"I think it is pretty significant because the hormone was originally
discovered to be responsible for quite a different purpose. I think this
is a pretty important breakthrough," he told BBC News Online.
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