All available Western medical evidence indicates that mildly, not critically ill people breathe 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, about 2-3 times more air than physiological norms (which is 6 liters per minute). Consider this table with western respiratory data (each line represents a published western study):

Condition Minute ventilation (± standard deviation) Number of patients Reference

Normal Breathing 6 L / min – Medical Textbooks

Heart disease 15 (± 4) l / min 22 patients – Dimopoulou et al, 2001

Heart disease 16 (± 2) l / min 11 patients – Johnson et al, 2000

Heart disease 12.2 (± 3.3) l / min 132 patients – Fanfulla et al, 1998

Heart disease 14 (± 4) l / min 88 patients – Clark et al, 1995

Diabetes 12-17 l / min 26 patients – Bottini et al, 2003

Diabetes 10-20 l / min 28 patients – Tantucci et al, 1997

Asthma 15 l / min 8 patients – Johnson et al, 1995

Asthma 14.1 (± 5.7) l / min 39 patients – Bowler et al, 1998

Asthma 12 l / min 101 patients – McFadden & Lyons, 1968

COPD 12.2 (± 1.9) l / min 10 patients – Sinderby et al, 2001

Liver cirrhosis 11-18 l / min 24 patients – Epstein et al, 1998

Hyperthyroidism 14.9 (± 0.6) l / min 42 patients – Kahaly, 1998

Cystic fibrosis 13 (± 1.8) l / min 10 patients – Bell et al, 1996

Cystic fibrosis 11-14 l / min 6 patients – Tepper et al, 1983

Epilepsy 12.8 l / min 12 patients – Esquivel et al, 1991

Table 1.1 Minute ventilation of patients with different health problems.

(from the book: Normal Breathing: The Key to Vital Health by Dr. Artour Rakhimov

Note that none of these or other studies showed or proved that people are ill with these and many other conditions who breathe normally. All these people breathe too much.

If you observe the breathing of sick people, you will notice that their breathing is usually visible (probably large chest breathing) and audible (possible gasping, wheezing, sighing, yawning, sneezing, coughing, deep inhales or exhales). The mouth may be open.

For sick people, the duration of inhalations and exhalations, the respiratory rate, the amount of air inhaled per breath and other parameters are very individual. Many sick people may have the following respiratory cycle parameters (see Figure below): inhalation (approximately 1.5-2 s), exhalation (1.5-2 s), no automatic pause; the inhalation depth is approximately 700-1,000 ml; the respiratory rate is approximately 15 to 20 times per minute.

As revealed by dozens of Western medical studies, sick people have reduced body oxygenation due to their excessive breathing and respiratory problems in the chest. The typical breath hold time for a mildly ill person is about 10-20 seconds, rather than 40 seconds, as it should be for normal breathing. (To measure body oxygenation in seconds, measure the breath hold time after regular exhalation and only until the first discomfort or without straining. The maximum breath hold time is approximately twice as long as the time for the test suggested here).

Therefore, all the evidence and experience show that sick people, with many common health problems, have deep, heavy breathing with reduced body oxygenation. Respiratory retraining, towards the norm, gradually restores body oxygenation and eliminates the symptoms of many chronic conditions.