7.2.2. The Respiratory System

The respiratory system enables the organism to exchange gases: supply of oxygen for the needs of the cells, and carbon dioxide emitted from the body. In this procedure, air temperature is adjusted to the working temperature, and air is conveyed via the trachea to the lungs, where gases are exchanged. The blood takes the oxygen from the inhaled air in the lungs and brings it to the cells, and transports carbon dioxide from the cells to be exhaled. The gas exchange in the lungs is called pulmonary respiration, while the exchange of gases between the blood and the cells is called cellular respiration.

The pulmonary respiration performed by the nasal cavity, the trachea and the lungs is directly connected with external air, which is not always favourable, clean and appropriate for inhaling. In the nasal cavities the air is filtered, cleaned of mechanical parts, warmed up or cooled down, as necessary, and prepared for reception in the lungs. The trachea is a conveyor, while the lungs are the main pumping mechanism, adjusted for gas exchange.

Cellular respiration is a subconscious procedure within the blood circulation process, where gases are exchanged between the cells and the blood. Oxygen from the blood comes into the cells with haemoglobin, and carbon dioxide returns in the opposite direction to the lungs via the blood plasma. It is possible to say that cellular respiration is somewhat more complex and harder to understand.

When breathing, the nose is the first to be exposed to air, which is very polluted in urban environments, full of mechanical particles, viruses and bacteria. Consequently, we must regularly maintain the nasal passages and learn how to breathe through the nose. The Orient knows special techniques of breathing by closing one or the other nasal passage with fingers and by rinsing the nasal cavities with tepid and slightly salted water poured from a special container. The problems of having a cold are directly connected with the nose and the passages leading to the lungs, which we cure with Rule V for the use of mental cleaning of the nasal passages. We must also bear in mind that the nasal passages periodically close and open under the influence of the activity of the left and right brain hemispheres.

The tonsils, the trachea and the bronchi are sensitive to temperature changes of external air, consumed food and drink. We heal these three organs together as a single organ with Rule V.

The most frequent problem with the lungs is the so-called shallow breathing, resulting in several side effects. Shallow breathing is more frequent with women, but it is also not rare with men. An appropriate healing method is to use the technique of three-part breathing, known from the Orient.

In the technique of three-part breathing, we first inhale with the lower part of the lungs, so that the stomach inflates and rises, as with babies, then we continue to inhale and fill the upper part of the lungs with air, so that the chest rises, and in the end we also inhale the air into the throat. We do all three parts of breathing as a single breath, and we soon learn to breathe like this constantly.

Shallow breathing means that the lower part of the lungs has remained inactive, glued together, and is an ideal place for the development of disease. When healing the lungs, it is good to use mental cleaning with blue colour, sprayed from the upper part towards the lower part of the lungs.