What Is Oxytocin?

Contributed by: Dr. Schwarzwalt, Doctor & Board Member at Dallas Medical Examination Center

If you've ever wondered if you could enhance the level of trust towards you, this may be the day your dream comes true. Oxytocin is normally produced by the body when one literally touches one another. These oxytocins are released from and within the body, which create a certain level of trust within a relation between people. Oxytocin levels rise to a high level equal to the sensual experience that is being invoked. In evolutionairy terms, oxytocin is produced to create a bonding between two or possibly more people.

There is generally no necessity for persons to actually having to touch eachother, as oxytocin can also spread through air, and be inhaled by another person. Normally, oxytocin needs to have been in contact with a body before it can be identified to belong to one. As soon as the body releases oxytocin, it can be picked up by another person. However, normally, the level of oxytocin within a body is usually very low, unless there is a strong sensual interaction. At such a situation, the levels will rise and will maintain for period of time, depending on the intensity, from two to six weeks.

In daily life, oxytocin is often also used for other, more specific purposes, whereas the portability of oxytocin may become a valuable trait to many people within different professions. Though oxytocin is mostly produced by the body, it is possible to capture and compress them within a liquid substance. Unfortunately, this cannot be done easily at home, but it is possible to do when the laboratory equipment is available. Some companies have this equipment, and capture oxytocin to offer them for use to the public.

So how does oxytocin work in the field? Often, it are businessmen who use oxytocin for specific purposes, including at business meetings, personal negotiations, or casual experiences with their business partner(s). According to some medical examiners, oxytocin is regarded to be highly valuable amongst businessmen, and often requests for further development and examination of the usage of oxytocin not surprisingly come from the business branche. Although medical examiners have already stated the potential of oxytocin, the business world appears to highly appreciate the ability to make use of them at a specific, human defined level.