THE BUTEYKO METHOD (Translated) E-Book

Konstantin Buteyko

• Herausgeber: Stargatebook
• Kategorie: Ratgeber
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2024

Beschreibung

Konstantin Buteyko's seminal work, "The Buteyko Method," delves into the revolutionary approach of controlled breathing to improve health, well-being, and vitality. This book compiles a comprehensive framework on how the Deliberate Voluntary Breathing Method (DVBM) can be applied to treat various chronic conditions, notably diabetes mellitus and bronchial asthma, among others. The text not only outlines the theoretical underpinnings of the method but also provides practical guidance on its implementation.
**Contents Overview:**
1. **The Theory of the Pathogenesis of Diabetes Mellitus**: Buteyko begins by exploring the origins and development of diabetes mellitus, setting the stage for understanding how controlled breathing can impact this chronic disease.
2. **Basic Principles of Hormone Therapy**: The book details the foundational principles of integrating hormone therapy with DVBM, highlighting the synergy between hormonal balance and breathing techniques.
3. **DVBM for the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus**: This section provides a specific approach to using DVBM in the treatment of diabetes, supported by clinical evidence and case studies.
4. **The Specific Approach to Supervising Patients Using DVBM**: Guidance on monitoring and adjusting the treatment protocol ensures that practitioners can effectively support their patients throughout the therapy.
5. **Prescriptions and Contraindications in Relation to DVBM**: Critical considerations for safely implementing DVBM are discussed, including potential risks and necessary precautions.
6. **K. P. Buteyko's Comments on Professor M. I. Anochin’s Report**: Buteyko provides a critical analysis of contemporary research, emphasizing the validity and efficacy of DVBM.
7. **Theory and Practice of DVBM**: A detailed exposition of how DVBM integrates into clinical practice, supported by theoretical and empirical evidence.
8. **Physical Factors in the Treatment of DVBM**: This chapter discusses the role of physical therapy, environmental adjustments, and lifestyle factors in enhancing the effectiveness of DVBM.
9. **Water Procedures, Temperature, Sauna, and Barefoot**: The therapeutic use of water, heat, and physical grounding techniques are explored as adjunctive treatments.
10. **Limiting Lung Ventilation by Mechanical Means, Massage, and Self-Massage**: Techniques for physically aiding the breathing process and enhancing relaxation are detailed.
11. **Sealing the Mouth**: A technique emphasized within DVBM to train the body for nasal breathing and enhance lung capacity.
12. **Using DVBM to Treat Patients with Chronic Focused Infections**: Applications of DVBM in treating chronic infections provide a broader scope of the method's efficacy.
13. **Common Errors Observed in the Use of DVBM**: This section helps practitioners avoid common pitfalls and optimize treatment outcomes.
14. **Characteristics of DVBM Use in Children**: Specific considerations for applying DVBM to pediatric cases are discussed.
15. **The Principles of Tactics in the Use of DVBM, Symptom Dynamics**: Tactical approaches to using DVBM effectively in different populations, along with expected symptom dynamics.
16. **Use of DVBM to Restore Menstruation, in Gynecology**: Expanding the application of DVBM to treat gynecological issues.
17. **Official Order on Measures to Implement DVBM for Asthma Treatment**: A governmental perspective on adopting DVBM in public health protocols.
18. **The Ventilation Test for Asthma Patients**: Diagnostic approaches to assessing and planning DVBM treatment for asthma.

Leseprobe

THE BUTEYKO METHOD

THE SECRET OF CONTROLLED BREATHING FOR HEALTH,

WELL-BEING AND VITALITY

KONSTANTIN BUTEYKO

TRANSLATION AND 2024 EDITION BY STARGATEBOOK

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Contents

Preface

The theory of the pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus.

Basic principles of hormone therapy.

DVBM for the treatment of diabetes mellitus

A. N. Samotesova's answers to questions

The specific approach to supervising patients while using DVBM for treatment

Prescriptions and contradictions in relation to DVBM

K. P. BUTEYKO COMMENTS ON PROFESSOR M. I. ANOCHIN'S REPORT

Theory and practice of DVBM

Physical factors in the treatment of DVBM

WATER PROCEDURES. TEMPERATURE.

BATHROOM - SAUNA

WALKING BAREFOOT

LIMIT LUNG VENTILATION BY MECHANICAL MEANS.

MASSAGE AND SELF-MASSAGE

SEAL THE MOUTH

Using DVBM to treat patients with chronic focused infections

Common errors observed in the use of DVBM

Some features of the use of DVBM for children

The principles of tactics in the use of DVBM

Symptom dynamics in adults and children before and after treatment with DVBM

Use of DVBM to restore menstruation

Theory and practice of DVBM in gynecology

ORDER

ON MEASURES TO IMPLEMENT THE DELIBERATE VOLUNTARY BREATHING METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF BRONCHIAL ASTHMA

The ventilation test for patients with bronchial asthma

List of publications

Preface

Thirty-seven years have passed since I was able to discover the cause of some so-called "diseases of civilization" (bronchial and vascular spasms, allergies, etc.) The only cause of which is alveolar hyperventilation, or deep breathing. The idea I came up with was that by decreasing the depth of breathing, or in other words, normalizing breathing, we can cure this series of diseases. The idea was based on the basic laws of physiology, biochemistry, biology and so on, and the correctness of this hypothesis was confirmed by experiments and tests.

The main postulates of my theory are:

1. It is known that by breathing deeply, the body exhales an excessive amount of CO2 and, therefore, its content in the lungs, blood and cells decreases.

The lack of CO2 , caused by deep breathing, changes the pH of the blood to alkaline.

This change in blood pH negatively affects the activities of all enzymes (about 1000) and vitamins (about 20). As a result, the entire metabolism is affected. When the blood pH reaches 8, metabolism becomes improper to the point that the organism dies.

2. It is also known that lack of CO2 leads to spasms of the smooth muscles of the bronchi, brain vessels, heart, intestines, bile ducts and other organs. At the end of the 19th century, Russian scientist Verigo, originally from the city of Perm, discovered a seemingly strange law. According to him, as a result of the decrease of CO2 in the blood, the bond between oxygen and hemoglobin is strengthened. This creates difficulties in the passage of oxygen from the blood to brain cells, heart, kidneys and other organs. In other words, the deeper the respiration, the less oxygen is available to brain, heart and kidney cells. This particular law, hitherto little known, is the basis of our discovery. Because Verigo's law remained hidden, the same discovery was made much later by a Swedish [ed: Danish] scientist and called the Bohr effect. Not knowing this law would have led to great difficulties in understanding and accepting our proposed theory.

3. The lack of oxygen in the brain (hypoxia), caused by deep breathing, is aggravated by bronchospasms and angiospasms. The body's attempt to compensate for hypoxia in vital organs results in high blood pressure (hypertension). As a result, blood flow increases and blood supply to organs improves. Together with hyperventilation of the lungs, hypoxia creates a false feeling of airlessness, accompanied by intensified breathing. This leads to inevitable disease progression. The lack of CO2 in the nerve cells stimulates the entire nervous system and causes the body to breathe even more deeply.

Therefore, hypoxia of nerve cells, together with altered metabolism and overexcitation of the nervous system, causes weakness of intellect and destruction of the nervous system (sclerosis of cerebral vessels). This eventually leads to dysfunction of the mentality.

4. The destruction produced by deep breathing is compounded by poisoning the environment and food with chemicals, herbicides and drugs. If so, then all the basic principles of Western medicine (which) are based on prevention and treatment methods, consisting of teaching people deep breathing techniques, only contribute to creating these diseases. At the same time, deep breathing exercises and bronchovascular drugs that increase the frequency of

CO2 removal from the body, they do not improve but worsen the state of already sick patients. That is why the so-called "diseases of civilization" do not yield to treatment, but spread further. The discovery that deep breathing is the main cause of these diseases allows us to prove scientifically and experimentally that existing treatment principles and methods are wrong.

Our proposed hyperventilation test is a conclusive proof of the correctness of our finding. The idea of the test is to ask a patient to deepen his or her breathing and see how the widespread recommendation "Breathe deeper!" affects that person. In a matter of seconds or minutes, the hyperventilation test causes or intensifies symptoms, while decreasing the depth of breath quickly interrupts them. This means that the only scientifically explained principle for the prevention and treatment of century diseases is decreasing the depth of breath to normalize its physiological function.

Based on this idea, the method of deliberate normalization of breathing or, in other words, the deliberate volitional breathing method (DVBM) was developed. The principle is decreasing the depth of breathing through deliberate efforts of the patient to relax the respiratory muscles to the point of airlessness. All mentally healthy adults and children from the age of three years are able to learn the method.

Our ideas can be used on a broader scale, starting from prenatal training of mothers-to-be, care of newborns, teaching children certain physiological norms, to the implementation of a general health improvement program for the entire population. The ideas can also be used in space medicine, surgical practice (as part of preparation for complex surgeries), pedagogy, singer training, and sports.

According to common opinion, medicine (like many other sciences) needs to be radically reshaped. Our ideas, together with other progressive but previously rejected ideas, form the basis of the medicine of the future.

We believe that the first and most important task is to inform people about our discovery in order to stop the propaganda of deep breathing by radio, TV and mass media and to cancel deep breathing exercises in hospitals and clinics.

Complete victory will come when the entire civilized world realizes that the principle of greed is the worst of human vices. It is the source of almost all problems, the main cause of disease and death for the vast majority of human beings.

K. P. Buteyko

The theory of the pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus.

Basic principles of hormone therapy.

K. P. BUTEYKO Ph.D.

Scientific advisor

Institute of Experimental Clinical Medicine

Siberian Section of the Academy of Medical Sciences, USSR

My theory on the pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus was first published in the journal Inventor and Efficiency Expert, 1962, #5. Strictly speaking, the entire theory of deep breathing was presented in that article, the fundamental clauses of which you should learn and pass on to your patients.

The disease theory of deep breathing is based on the principles of physiology. However, our opponents who hold prominent positions in our medicine are still unable to grasp the fundamental idea that states that deep breathing causes hypoxia.

Let us return to the laws underlying the theory of deep breathing disease.

1. Hyperventilation, or deep breathing, does not add oxygen to arterial blood. Under normal breathing conditions, the blood contains the maximum amount of O2 (normoxia) and is simply unable to absorb more.

It is known that regardless of the duration of pure oxygen respiration, the oxygen level in hemoglobin increases insignificantly, only by 1 to 1.5%. As a result, the partial pressure of 02 in plasma increases and spasms of the bronchi and vessels occur. Therefore, the supply of pure oxygen to patients suffering from asthma and vascular disease causes an increase in hypoxia. Therefore, inhaling more pure oxygen means pumping 02 into the body without taking into account the mechanism of hypoxia.

2. Hyperventilation does not intensify metabolism. In other words, the organism is not a furnace: the more you blow into it, the better it works. On the contrary, the more deeply and intensely the organism breathes, the less oxygen enters the blood. As a result, hypoxia develops, the products of metabolism become underoxidized. This is the way our body works. Therefore, metabolism deteriorates, the pH of the blood increases in an alkaline direction, and the blood itself begins to accumulate underoxidized products. This is how metabolic acidosis occurs.

The first stage of hyperventilation is respiratory alkalosis, or gaseous alkalosis, caused by CO deficiency2 .

The second stage is the development of metabolic acidosis. It is caused by the accumulation of underoxidized products that occurs due to hypoxia and is a compensatory reaction against gaseous alkalosis.

Our opponents are still unable to understand the reason for the deep breathing of asthmatics, to understand what was studied and explained by us long ago. The confusion about acid-alkaline balance continues. But we have solved the problem: these patients have both gaseous alkalosis and metabolic acidosis. They compensate each other (a dynamic process for a short period of time). However, both gaseous alkalosis and metabolic acidosis can be cleared by normalizing respiration.

When the depth of respiration is reduced, oxidation occurs due to gaseous acidosis. When lactic and pyruvic acids and other underoxidized products are oxidized, nongaseous metabolic acidosis decreases. This means that everything returns to normal with the normalization of respiration. However, we have the impression that no one has addressed this issue except us.

Third stage: as a result of the changes caused by the first and second laws, all enzymes and vitamin activities become irregular. This leads to the destruction of all types of metabolism. As a result, diabetes mellitus develops. Thus, diabetes mellitus is nothing but the destruction of carbohydrate metabolism. Therefore, I propose the theory that diabetes mellitus is caused by CO deficiency2 .

CO deficiency2 causes a whole series of metabolism disruptions at all levels of the body, down to the cellular level. What happens during these processes? All organs and systems of the body become depressed. I consider deep breathing to be a stress on the body.

Any stress, whatever period you are going through, inevitably leads to a deepening of the breath. This is an ancient reaction of the body. Its role is to avoid the shortage of CO2 in the body. [The point is that during positive or negative emotions there is an intense exhalation of CO2 from the body. As a result, the central nervous system becomes hyperreactive and breathing becomes deeper. Due to deep breathing, the oxygen content in the lungs increases slightly. Finally, high tension develops, which is necessary to mobilize physical strength to cope with stress--in the form of fight, attack, defense, flight, etc. Increased CO2 in exhalation, increased energy and intensified metabolism must be considered as compensatory factors. That is why every emotion must be discharged physically. This is our point of view. I.P. Pavlov failed to explain why undischarged emotions are so bad for the organism. We did.

I want to emphasize again that we regard deep breathing as stress. This means that in stressful situations, in order to eliminate stress, we need to decrease the depth of breathing, in other words, use our method and in doing so calm the nervous system.

During stress, certain psychotropic substances are produced, such as adrenaline, noradrenaline and others. They stimulate our defense and attack reactions, increase our muscle strength and so on. At the same time, insulin production decreases and its concentration in the blood is reduced. Deep breathing causes certain bodily reactions that lead to an increase in blood sugar content, helping the body cope with the increase in energy. Increased blood sugars are helpful when sufficient insulin is present in the body, because it increases the flow of gaseous substances into the muscles, brain and cells, normalizing their functions accordingly. However, if deep breathing lasts longer, the compensatory mechanism turns into a pathological mechanism, as insulin deficiency develops over time. Together with CO deficiency2 leads to all kinds of metabolism destruction. For example, due to stress and deep breathing, arthritis patients have increased cholesterol content. Experiments have confirmed that by decreasing the depth of respiration, blood cholesterol content returns to normal.

Returning to diabetes, it is important to note that deep breathing leads to increased production of certain substances, such as glucagon, that contribute to increased blood sugar content. The Krebs cycle changes direction, other chemical processes also alter with the aim of reducing the breakdown of sugar and increasing its concentration in the blood. The whole system of biochemical reactions comes into operation to increase blood sugar content. That is why hyperglycemia and insulin deficiency should be considered as a defense reaction against energy deficiency.

Until now, Western medicine has believed that nature was stupid and that you could interfere and reform with impunity. Now you have learned why nature does certain things and how we should behave sensibly toward it.

We consider bronchospasm, blood vessel spasm, hypertension and other reactions of the body as useful defense mechanisms to compensate for certain defects in the body. It is from this very point of view that we analyze hypoglycemia. It is now understood that in addition to insulin deficiency, a number of other processes also increase blood sugar content. Hence the conclusion: one cannot estimate the concentration of insulin in the blood by observing the sugar level, although by coincidence they may agree. We are convinced that increased sugar level is not a pathologically harmful factor. Sometimes we observe a tenfold increase in blood sugar, so what? No one has died from such hyperglycemia. Sugar is not poisonous. This is clear to everyone.

In common practice the main criterion for choosing insulin dosage is sugar level. In the main clinics in Moscow, insulin doses are adjusted according to blood sugar, although this is absurd and a serious mistake. To define an insulin dose we need to find real criteria for assessing insulin deficiency. This is a very difficult task.

In this regard, it seems necessary to define the principles of hormone replacement therapy. Working on this task, we acted in accordance with the fundamental laws of nature applied to the human body.

How does Western medicine operate? It is based on blind empiricism. It stops at nothing to find ways to defeat diseases that can be cured by our method. It uses the most elaborate methods and drugs to no avail!

However, to eliminate the pathogenic factors of diabetes mellitus, it was necessary to find the cause of insulin deficiency and remove that cause and consequently the hormone deficiency itself.

The following are the basic principles of hormone therapy to which we adhere and which are usually disregarded or unrecognized by existing medical practice.

The main principle is as follows: if there is a hormone deficiency in the body, the cause must be defined and eliminated.

We believe that the main cause of hormone deficiency diseases is deep breathing. Why? Deep breathing alters the metabolism of those systems that are responsible for the proper regulation of hormone system activity, such as the hypothalamus and pituitary gland.

CO2 deficiency caused by deep breathing leads to the formation of an uncomfortable atmosphere:

• disturbances in the biosynthesis of amino acids, purines, pyrimidines, fatty acids, and carbohydrates;

• Bone stabilization (Verigo-Bohr reaction shifts to the left);

• Discharge of the cellular transmembrane potential;

• Depletion of the blood plasma buffer system;

• Alteration of pH in blood plasma and cells.

As a result, the following effects occur:

• Disorders of biosynthesis of proteins, enzymes, antibodies, nucleic acids, lipids, and polysaccharides;

• Tissue oxygen deprivation;

• Changes in cell stimulation and interaction patterns;

• Altered enzyme activity and decreased antibody-antigen affinity. This manifests as disturbances in the cardiovascular, humoral, immune, hormonal, digestive, and nervous systems. As a result, hormone cell metabolism is also altered.

According to our data, people who breathe deeply always have virtually all types of hormone deficiency. Sex hormones, especially female hormones, are also low.

Of course, hormone deficiency can be caused not only by deep breathing. But, in any case, deep breathing always aggravates the process. For example, under radiation the sexual organs suffer more severely and hormone secretion decreases. If this happens in combination with deep breathing, pathological changes in the body increase and accelerate.

Patients with some alteration in hormone function, especially those with diabetes, show clearly perceptible hyperventilation. Our data show that the control pause produced by diabetics is 5-10, maximum 15 seconds. In relation to these figures, the CO level2 is about 32-34 mm of mercury, which is twice lower than normal. This allows me to state once again that the main cause of diabetes mellitus is CO2 deficiency caused by deep breathing. If the diabetic patient has both deep breathing and CO2 deficiency, our theory can explain all the pathological changes in his body.

As is well known, most patients with diabetes develop atherosclerosis resulting in heart attack, stroke, thrombophlebitis complicated by gangrene, etc. The correlation between these diseases and deep breathing is proven by scientific research.

What is our medical tactic?

We first believe that hormone replacement therapy is necessary, that is, giving the patient hormones to the extent that his or her body is deficient. The question is the amount: overdose or underdose?

This is an important and significant question. In this regard, medicine has reached an impasse and overdose of hormones is common. What effect do such doses have on the body? They have an effect when the functions of one or the other hormone-producing organ are lowered and suppressed, and then later-if the intake of hormone drugs continues to increase-the hormone-producing organs may become completely disabled. Moreover, ideal hormone drugs are not yet available. A hormone extracted from one individual contains antigens compared to one extracted from another. An introduced hormone will always be worse than the hormone produced by the body. Obviously, the introduced hormone is more harmful than our own. And what would happen if we overdose it?

So what is the best solution for this situation?

We suggest completely abandoning existing dangerous treatment schemes based on hormone overdose.

We suggest defining the hormone dosage according to three parameters: pulse, control pause, and general feeling of well-being. The hormone dosage should be adjusted daily, again based on pulse, control pause, and general feeling of well-being.

The daily dosage can be increased or decreased by 25% or even 50%. The basic daily dose is the one that is used when the patient feels well and when asthma attacks can be easily stopped with the use of an inhaler or our DVBM method.

Detailed instructions on hormone therapy are attached to the DVBM instructions.

We would like to emphasize that our proposed hormone therapy tactics can be very effective only in combination with DVBM. Only under this condition does the gradual reduction of hormone dosage and restoration of adrenal gland tissue become possible. According to our data, patients who increased the control pause to 30-40 seconds, with a pulse rate of 65-70 beats/min, stopped taking hormonal drugs because they no longer needed them.

Naturally, we came to the following conclusion: it is necessary to drastically change the current approach to hormone therapy to make it consistent with the scientific data that have been brought to your attention at this conference.