----- Original Message ----- From: Charles King <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 1999 6:05 AM Subject: Re: CS>Lew/MSM
> > On Thu, 16 Sep 1999 04:34:18 +0700, "Lew Fong How" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Controlled respiration with breath-holding helps to > >restore > >normal breathing resulting in better gaseous exchange. > > Fascinating, thank you. I've never heard any of the rest before. > Above, it seems you're talking about Yogic pranayama, right? > Chuck > Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a > function ****************************************** You wrote: "........ it seems you're talking about Yogic pranayama,right ? " . To breathe is to live and to be alive ,one has to breathe. In esoteric breathing, life is not measured in terms of years but in the number of breaths. Breathing is a mechanical act of inhalation and exhalation of atmospheric air, in and out of the body. Respiration is an on-going process from womb to the tomb, a life and energy generating process. The sanskrit word "Prana" meaning " Life" is the equivalent of "Qi" or " Vital Force". " Ayama means " control". Pranayama means control of Prana or The Yoga Science of Breath Control. The prana in the atmospheric air performs a number of functions in the human body. Each has a specific name: 1. Prana: It circulates around the heart and controls breathing 2. Apna: It circulates in the lower region of the abdomen and controls excretory functions [ Urine and faeces] 3. Samana : It stimulates the gastric juices and aids digestion. 4. Udana : It remains in the thoracic cage and controls the absorption of air and food. 5. Vyana: It spreads throughout the body and distributes the energy from food and breath. 6. Naga: It relieves abdominal pressure by provoking excretion. 7. Kurma: It controls the eyelids to prevent foreign bodies from entering and dazzling light from harming the eyes. 8. Krkara: It prevents certain substances from rising into the nasal cavities or descending into the throat causing sneezing and coughing. 9. Devadutta: It ensures the absorption of extra oxygen into a tired body and causes yawning. 10. Dhananjaya: It remains in the body even after death and sometimes causes the corpse to swell. I practise Pranayama by closing my nostrile with index finger and thumb alternately first my right ,breathing out slowly through the left and then the left and breathing slowly through the right nostrile, 10 times daily. One physio-biochemical rationale of this practice is to acclimatise the brain to an optimum level of Carbon dioxide saturation to maintain patency of the respiratoy tract. The principle of making patients with wheezing cough breathe through a punctured paper bag and coughing through the nose,was not known to me till lately. This is done mainly to conserve and to rebreathe the carbon dixide which restores the normal functions of the respiratory tract in obstructive airway disorders as in Asthma ,bronchitis and the like. The human brain is unique in many ways. It utilises blood glucose with- out the intervention of insulin. It ventilates and breathes through the cribriform plate,its nose,in the floor of the anterior cranial fossa,and partly forming the roof of the nasal cavities. The brain absorbs " Qi " directly from water in the mouth. This is possible only when we drink pure water not piped water which is unstructured. Qi is present in abundance in structured water which is " good " water containing large number of hexagonal type of water molecules, the others being of the polygonal and straight-chain type. In the sick cell, there is a ring of unstructured water molecules encompassing the cell. In the healthy cell, the water molecules are structured and smaller with more electrons. The body senses beverages and juices as liquid food. Thus, food with liquids taken during meals , the body's sensing system will only recognise as wet food. The brain is fed "Qi " only when water is drunk. Though,the body may be satiated and hydrated, in actuality, it is really dying of thirst ! The generation of Qi from water to feed the brain is done as follows: 1. Use unboiled pure water 2.Take,first thing in the morning,a mouthful of pure water 3. Hold it in the mouth to the count of 10 4. Then, spit it out as forcefully as you can 5. Repeat two more times 6. On the fourth round, drink it ! 7. Take a glass of water 1/2 an hour before each meal. The combination of mindful breathing and drinking of pure water forms the basis of Pranayama which purifies the body and the mind. With regards Lew -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
