BOWL PATTERN ON A HAIR MINERAL ANALYSIS

by Lawrence Wilson, MD

î February 2010, The Center For Development

                 

                  The bowl pattern is a more complex pattern seen commonly on hair mineral analyses.  The hair must not be washed at the laboratory for accurate assessment of this pattern.  The pattern is a combination of a low sodium/potassium ratio along with a high calcium/magnesium ratio.  More specifically, the sodium/potassium ratio must be less than about 2.5 and the calcium/magnesium ratio must be greater than about 9.5 or 10.

                  This pattern is associated with a feeling of being stuck emotionally, with few options.  It is often not true, but the person feels that it is true.  It is often related to nutritional imbalances, because when a person follows a nutritional balancing program the pattern often goes away after about 3 12 months.

 

DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THIS INTERESTING PATTERN

 

                  To understand this pattern, consider the two ratios that it consists of.  A low sodium/potassium ratio is associated with exhaustion, chronic stress, and often frustration, resentment and hostility.  In this pattern, this combines with a high calcium/magnesium ratio.  This is associated with overeating on carbohydrates in some cases, or, more commonly, with defending a lifestyle factor or an attitude that is not helpful for a person.  If one combines these two situations – fatigue and chronic stress with defending the situation, it is not surprising that one is feeling stuck emotionally. 

                  Visual understanding. The bowl pattern is so named because the first four macrominerals on a hair analysis from ARL appears to form the shape of a bowl, unless one or more of the numbers are off the chart, in which case one cannot use the visual cue to identify the pattern.

 

VARIANTS ON THE BOWL PATTERN

 

                  The bowl pattern is interesting because it combines with other common patterns on a hair analysis, which then skew or influence the shape of the bowl.  Each of the different variants has subtle shades of meaning, though they are not as important as the basic concept of the bowl.  Among the most common variants are:

 

á           Fast oxidizer bowl or fast bowl

á           Slow oxidizer bowl or slow bowl

á           Deep bowl – very unbalanced Na/K and Ca/Mg ratios

á           Shallow bowl – fairly good Na/K and Ca/Mg ratios

á           Low bowl – as found with four lows pattern

á           High bowl – as found with a four highs or three highs pattern.

 

 

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