Sunday, June 04, 2006
Breathing for Better Health!
Breathing is one of the most important and most “instant” of all the vital functions of the body and yet the understanding of it, let alone the correction and therapeutic use of it, in complementary medicine is far from sufficient. The aim of this article is to shed light on some of the confusing issues about respiration.
The very existence of our physical body in the environment requires several “interactions” and “exchanges”:
• exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the atmosphere and the body through breathing;
• exchange of organic matters (eating, defecation) provided by the digestive system;
• exchange of heat (emitting, conserving or absorbing heat mainly through the skin) with the environment is provided by the thermoregulatory system;
• movement of the body is provided by the locomotor system (bones, joints and muscles);
• informational, emotional and spiritual exchange is provided by the central nervous system, (The Thalamus, Hypothalamus & Limibic Systems).
If any of these interactions goes wrong disease will ensue. However, in reality the sick person has many, or all, of these systems deranged, though in different degrees.
The very existence of our physical body in the environment requires several “interactions” and “exchanges”:
• exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the atmosphere and the body through breathing;
• exchange of organic matters (eating, defecation) provided by the digestive system;
• exchange of heat (emitting, conserving or absorbing heat mainly through the skin) with the environment is provided by the thermoregulatory system;
• movement of the body is provided by the locomotor system (bones, joints and muscles);
• informational, emotional and spiritual exchange is provided by the central nervous system, (The Thalamus, Hypothalamus & Limibic Systems).
If any of these interactions goes wrong disease will ensue. However, in reality the sick person has many, or all, of these systems deranged, though in different degrees.
