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Pranayam, Kriya & Diet for Covid prone individuals

 Respiratory process disturbs in Covid-19 patients, below mentioned pranayama & diet are preventive measures & do not assure you the cure of Covid.  

Pranayam practice
The respiratory system involves intake of the external air containing oxygen and carrying it to the tissue (inspiration) and bringing back carbon dioxide from the tissues for expulsion in the air (expiration). If we compare the air that we breathe in and breathe out during respiration, we can see that we retain oxygen in the body and give out carbon dioxide.

 

Covid-19 three stages in our respiratory system and preventive methods

1.   Covid only in nose – Time when you inhale contaminated air / if you talk with covid patient and inhale the droplets coming from patient

Recovery time – Is half a day, use steam inhaling, 5-15 minutes thrice a day.

-           Practice Jalneti with lukewarm water

-          Benefits of Jalneti: Jalneti clears the nasal passage; using salt water kills microbes and viruses stuck to the nasal passage. It also opens blockages in the nose.

2.   Covid in throat – Time when covid transfers from nose to throat (in pharynx and larynx area)

Recovery time – 1 day, hot water gargle and warm water to drink

-          Practice Ujjayi Pranayam

 

3.   Covid in lungs – Coughing and breathlessness, covid transfer from throat to lungs

Recovery time – 4-5 days, hot water gargle, lots of hot water intake, medicines

-          Practice Suryabhedan and Bhastrika Pranayam

-          Bhastrika pranayama : Releases toxins from lungs, supplies more oxygen to the blood stream.

-          Suryabhedan pranayama: Increases body heat, regulates tridoshas kapha

 

Procedures of above mentioned Kriya and Pranayama?

1.   Jalneti kriya: you need to add a pinch of salt in a glass of lukewarm water and mix it properly. Transfer the water to the Jalneti pot. Bend forward in a 90-degree angle from the floor, then turn your neck towards the left side and open your mouth to inhale and exhale. Now with the Jalneti pipe , let the water enter your left nostril and allow it to come through the other nostril while breathing from mouth. Continue to do this till the Jalneti pot is empty.

After you have completed this process, do 30 strokes of Kapalbhati in standing position, facing the wash basin to clean your nostril. Perform the same procedure with the other nostril.

2.   Ujjayi Pranayam: Sit straight in any meditative or comfortable posture. Now inhale slowly and deeply the nose and while exhaling, contract the air passage (throat) and exhale slowly with a whispering sound. 

3.   Bhastrika pranayama: Sit in any meditative or comfortable position on floor, with the back straight and shoulder muscle relaxed. Do 25 strokes of Kapalbhati and one round of anulom vilom pranayam immediately after completing kapalbhati without any break. This is Bhastrika.

4.   Suryabhedan Pranayama: Sit in any meditative or meditative posture. Close your left nostril with your index and middle fingers, and inhale with your right nostril. Close your right nostril with your right thumb and exhale through the left nostril. Do 10-15 rounds of inhalation through your right nostril and exhale through left. Suryabhedan pranayama increases heat in body. 

 

Lung anatomy is important to know the disease & treatment

Lungs are divided in 2 numbers, situated in the thoracic cavity. The lungs are divided into lobes by fissure (deep cuts on the surface). The right lung has 3 lobes whereas the left lung has 2 lobes. The lungs are covered by a thin membrane called ‘pleura’ which is in two layers. In between these layers there is pleural fluid which prevents friction of lungs with the chest wall. The Lungs receives ‘pulmonary artery’ which brings deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle. This artery branches and forms a capillary network around the air sac (alveoili) through which diffusion of gases takes place. The oxygenated blood from the lungs is carried by pulmonary veins to the left atrium.

In covid patients where lung is filled with mucus and makes breathing difficult, supply of oxygen reduces to whole body. Whole treatment tries the best to remove the accumulated mucus around the alveoli (lungs), another way to alleviate the health condition is to increase the blood flow towards the lungs. Amount of oxygen whatever lung can uptake will be given to more blood. More blood = more oxygen binding capacity none of oxygen gets waste and thereby supply to whole body sufficiently. 

 

Intakes of foods that can cause the vasodilation by increasing nitric oxide in body


1.   Rhubarb

2.   Beet greens

3.   Beets

4.   Spinach

5.   Clintro

6.   Broccoli

7.   Basil


Diet plan – a preventive measure for prone individuals

 

Following diet plan is designed for adults whose age is between 21 years to 60 years.

Small and frequent meals (8-9 meals a day) are required to achieve the RDA of nutrients which provides base to produce immune cells inside the body.

Diet plan

 8.00 am – 1 glass Luke warm water + 1 tsp Ginger juice; ginger can counteract the oxidative damage in tissues of liver and lung.

8.30 am [Breakfast] – 1 fresh fruit; (Orange / Strawberry / Guava / Pear / Pomegranate / Papaya); fruits provide vitamin C in diet (powerful antioxidant). Choose local fresh fruits instead of benefits exaggerated exotic fruits marketed by media, magazines or mall. Avoid tea in first meal.read more

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