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The mothers of ancient history instinctively recognized that the nostrils are the proper channels for the conveyance of air to the lungs. They trained their infants to close their little lips and breathe through the nose. They would tip the infant’s head forward when it is asleep. This closes the lips and makes nostril-breathing easier.
Many contagious diseases are contracted by the habit of mouth-breathing. The organs of respiration have their only protection in the nostrils. When the breath is taken through the mouth, there is nothing from mouth to lungs to strain the air or to catch the dust and other foreign matter in the air. From mouth to lungs impure substances have a clear track to the entire respiratory system.
Inflammation of the respiratory organs often results from the inhalation of cold air through the mouth. One who breathes through the mouth at night, always awakens with a parched feeling in the mouth and dryness in the throat. Once more, remember that mouth breathing affords no protection to the respiratory organs.
On other hand, the nasal passages are evidence of the protective design of nature. The nasal passages are two narrow channels containing numerous bristly hairs which serve the purpose of filtering to strain the air of its impurities which are expelled when the breath is exhaled through the nose.
The nostrils also perform an important function in warming the inhaled air. The long narrow nostrils are filled with warm mucous, which warms inhaled air, thereby preventing damage to delicate organs of the throat and lungs. Also, the nasal mucous normally contains white blood cells that can block a virus or harmful bacteria from causing illness.
The impurities caught by the filtering and mucous membrane of the nostrils are ejected by the expelled breath, and in case they have accumulated too rapidly and penetrated forbidden regions, nature protects us by producing a sneeze which violently ejects the intruder.
Man should no more breathe through his mouth than he would attempt to take food through his nose. Another feature of mouth breathing is the nasal passages, when not used, become clogged. Like abandoned roads that soon become filled with weeds, unused nostrils become stuffy and closed.
Other mouth breathing problems include snoring and cessation of breathing (also known as sleep apnea), some types of headaches, hypertension, without other known clinical causes, chronic ear or sinus infections and TMJ pain.
Also, mouth breathing may have a negative effect on every cell in the body as it deprives them of oxygen. Overall wellness and health requires proper oxygen as every particle of our being requires oxygen.
The Science of Breath | Chapter 6: Nostril vs. Mouth Breathing
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