Talk about the "confused" hormones that make you fall in love at first sight: the happiness factor that makes you fall in love with phenylethylamine: the comfort hormone that dopamine accompanies you throughout your life: how is endorphin love produced? It is a wonderful encounter journey of hormones and various neurotransmitters!

Author: Guangdong Pharmaceutical Association, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Liang Xueyin

Is love a wonderful journey of hormonal encounters?

February 14 of the Gregorian calendar is a traditional Western holiday - Valentine's Day.

Valentine's Day is also called "Kissing Festival", accompanied by roses, chocolates, grapes and wine.

A couple, from love at first sight, to falling in love, to each other, the most indispensable, or the hormones that make people "confused"!

The biological name is hormones, which are chemical information substances synthesized and secreted by endocrine cells, which affect the physiological activities of the human body by regulating the metabolic activities of various tissue cells.

Hormones in Greek originally mean "uplifting activity", which plays an important role in regulating the body's metabolism, growth, development, reproduction and sexual desire.

The so-called "chemical molecule" of love, as long as the mind receives a sufficient number, it will make people breathe faster, blush and beat their hearts, and love will "sigh", but the so-called "call" is its masterpiece. Why do couples like chocolates? Because chocolate is rich in phenylethylamine! Its unique taste and texture stimulate the pleasure center of the brain and make people feel happy.

It is the most abundant catecholamine neurotransmitter in the brain, which can regulate a variety of physiological functions of the central nervous system. It is related to people's lust and feelings, can transmit excitement and happiness information, is the power to awaken "love", make people's heart beat faster, shortness of breath, can trigger the brain's sense of urgency and longing.

It is an amino compound secreted by the pituitary gland that can bind to morphine receptors to produce analgesic effects and euphoria similar to morphine and opium, which can reduce anxiety and make the human body feel warm, intimate, calm and comfortable.

Dopamine can trigger an instant heartbeat, endorphins can maintain long-term beauty; dopamine is like a lover's passion, endorphins are like the stability of a wife.

How are love hormones regulated in the human body? The principles are not very clear, but it is certain that they can regulate and control some of the physiological and psychological behaviors of men and women in love. When in love, the couple's body releases a large number of neurotransmitters and hormones, and the result of the interaction is to produce feelings of pleasure and ecstasy.

Single Wang may wish to spray himself with some perfume appropriately, and use the aroma to narrow the distance between the opposite sex, so as to quickly increase the goodwill of the opposite sex. Cupid's arrow of love will shoot out with phenylethylamine!

I wish that there are lovers in the world who will eventually become dependents!

Review expert: Guangdong Pharmaceutical Association, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University Wei Li

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