Vagotonia
Vagotonia ( syn .: Trophotropy , parasympatheticotonia ) describes a state of the autonomic nervous system in which the balance between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves is shifted in the direction of the parasympathetic nervous system. This results in a clinical syndrome with low blood pressure ( hypotension ), slow pulse ( bradycardia ), narrow pupils ( miosis ) and often cold hands and feet and occasionally listlessness . The opposite of vagotonia is sympathicotonia .
The parasympathetic nervous system dominates in rest and relaxation , it has an activating effect on the organs of the digestive system and relieves the heart. Endurance training promotes vagotonia. This is noticeable, for example, in low pulse values in athletes. In trained people, vagotonia is not pathological, but rather beneficial and protective.