Oxytocin lowers blood pressure, promotes growth and healing, and has a calming affect.
What leads to the release of oxytocin?
- touch
- warmth
- a full stomach
- sexual activity
- social interaction
For more on oxytocin:
"The Oxytocin Factor - Tapping the hormone of calm, love and healing" by Kerstin Uvnas Moberg.
Here is a link to one of her papers: http://www.richardhill.com.au/oxytocin.pdf
Stuart Weir, UK http://www.milkphotos.com/
