Nasal congestion, nasal congestion, nasal congestion, runny nose – these are health problems known to most people. In some cases, the problem can be so annoying that it interferes with your entire life. Nasal sprays, topical products, and oral medications can provide temporary relief and clear your nose for a while, but they are expensive, have side effects (your body is not supposed to have these artificial chemicals in it), and are addictive. There are dozens of medications to relieve nasal congestion, but they are not the best options. Oral medications and sprays don’t always work as effectively as promised, and topical products that can work have an overpowering odor that no one wants to have. How to get rid of nasal congestion without drugs?
This breathing exercise has a very high success rate. It has been used by thousands of patients who practiced Buteyko respiratory medical therapy to stop mouth breathing and improve body oxygen content by breathing correctly 24/7. It only takes about a minute to clear or stop a stuffy nose. On rare occasions, there are people whose problem is so severe that they require more work of breathing (usually a few weeks) before they can enjoy nasal breathing. Try this breathing exercise to quickly get rid of a stuffy nose.
Breathing exercise to get rid of a stuffy nose problem
This breathing exercise involves holding your breath and nodding your head (up and down). It can be done sitting or standing until you feel a strong urge to breathe. After this maximum retention of the breath with the head nodding, the beginning reduces the breath (or the breath much less than before). How? Take a short inhale with your diaphragm and relax your diaphragm to exhale. Keep taking these small inhalations and keeping your hunger for air for 1 minute. In 1 minute, your stuffy nose clears.
It may seem silly and too simple to get rid of a stuffy nose, but it works. Few people may require repeating the technique 2-3 times, but most get good results from the first attempt. How does it work? Holding your breath and breathing shortly afterward increases the level of carbon dioxide in your blood. This helps to dilate the smooth tubular muscles of the airways and blood vessels, improves the supply of blood and oxygen to the tissues, and releases the spasm in the airways.
What happens next?
Once you have cleared your nose, it is important to breathe only through your nose and not through your mouth. As soon as you open your mouth (even partially), there are several abnormal biochemical processes that change all the functions of your body: you get less supply of blood and oxygen for the cells of your body and less CO2 in the arterial blood and cells, your Immune system is suppressed, generates more free radicals, your brain, digestion, hormonal profile and all other functions have abnormal changes.
How can you check that your breathing is heavy now? It is easy. If you count the result of the stress-free breath hold time test, you will find that it is short. This test is also called a “body oxygen test” because it reflects the oxygen content of your body. The test is done after your usual exhale (don’t cheat here: exhale normally first) and there is another important requirement: no stress during and after the test. That means the body oxygen test is done only up to the first desire or initial desire to breathe (no stress).
Permanent solution
When your nose is stuffy or stuffy, your breathing is heavy and it will take less than 20 seconds for the body oxygen test. If you slow down your automatic breathing pattern (using work of breathing and lifestyle changes) so that your result is greater than 20 s, your nose will be clear. Therefore, to get rid of nasal congestion permanently is to get rid of heavy breathing permanently, including night sleep, times of stress, after meals and in all other situations. Exercise is good if you breathe only through your nose during exercise. Then you generate more CO2 and your breathing pattern will be light and easy later.
