How to Maintain a Healthy Respiratory System?

Herbalists, for many years have recognized that our respiratory system, if unrestricted, is primarily responsible for providing us with our "Breadth of Life". A healthy and unhindered respiratory system free from pollution, bacteria and allergic reactions it allows our lungs to be filled to capacity with the essential life-giving oxygen necessary for optimum wellness. Expert herbalists are also convinced that some herbs promote a healthy respiratory system avoiding periods of imbalance.

What is the Purpose of Our Respiratory System?

The primary purpose of the respiratory system is to provide our blood with enough oxygen to facilitate its delivery to all parts of our body. This is done as we breathe or through the transfer of gases when we inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide. This exchange of gases is the process through which our respiratory system provides oxygen to the blood.

Understanding the Basics of Our Respiratory System

Once we understand the basics of our respiratory system we will be able to control and sustain its health.

In humans as well in all mammals respiration is accomplished through the use of the mouth, nose, trachea, lungs, and diaphragm in that order. The respiratory System is divided into 2 main parts.

The Upper Respiratory Tract

In the upper respiratory tract oxygen enters the nostrils of the nose, which flows into the nasal cavity. The primary tasks of the nasal passages are to filter, warm, moisten, and provide resonance during speech.

Dust and other air carrying pollutants, bacteria and allergens, as well as, extremely cold or dry air are harmful to the body. During inhalation, air entering the oropharynx passes into the laryngopharynx and empties into the larynx (voice box), which contains the vocal cords. The air then continues past the glottis (vocal chords) down into the trachea (wind pipe).

The Lower Respiratory Tract

The lower Respiratory tract wind pipe leads down to the chest cavity.

In the chest cavity, the trachea splits into two smaller tubes called the bronchi. Each bronchus then divides again forming the bronchial tubes. The bronchial tubes leads into the lungs where they separated into numerous smaller tubes that linked to minute sacs called alveoli. The lung of the average adult has approximately 600 million spongy air-filled sacs that are surrounded by capillaries. The capillaries distribute oxygen inhaled through the capillaries into the arterial blood.

At the same time, the waste-rich blood from the veins liberates its carbon dioxide into the alveoli. The carbon dioxide then follows the same path out of the lungs when you exhale.

The diaphragm is an organ whose primary function is to pump the inhaled oxygen and the exhaled carbon dioxide into and out of the lungs. The diaphragm is a sheet of muscles that lies across the bottom of the chest cavity. When the diaphragm expands, oxygen is pulled into the lungs. When the diaphragm relaxes, carbon dioxide is pumped out of the lungs.

Restricted Respiratory System

For years herbalists have recognized that the elecampane, thyme and aniseed herbs promote regular, healthy bronchial and pulmonary airflow. The herbs elder flower and licorice enhance clear and provide for a healthy bronchial lining.

Our environment contains a mixture of bacteria, pollens, allergens, pollution, smoke, and smog that can cause to upper respiratory system distress and imbalance. Once the respiratory system becomes restricted breathing disorders develop that require your attention.

SUMMARY

Herbalists also know that healthy and unrestricted respiration, free from allergic reactions, is critical for optimal health.

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