Clinical effects of the Buteyko breathing method
Cardiovascular problems
● Primary hypertension
- Immediate elimination of symptoms connected with elevated blood pressure:
headache, dizziness, heart palpitations, pain near the heart, shivering, general
fatigue, etc.
- Increase in the CP is accompanied by, in case of hypertension of 1-st or 2-nd
class, by normalization of blood pressure, gradual elimination or significant
reduction in doses of medications, which reduce blood pressure (or transition
from multi-medication to mono-therapy). In case of hypertension of 3-rd class,
it is possible to significantly reduce corresponding medications or make
transition to mono-therapy.
- When the CP is 20-30 s or more, the symptoms are absent and no medication is
required. This usually takes less than 1-2 months of practice.
- Natural weight normalization.
- Prevention of development of insulin resistance, diabetes mellitus,
hyperlipidemia, and hypertrophy of the left ventricle.
- Prevention of injuries in targeted organs for 1-st stage of the disease
(myocardial infraction, stroke, angiogenesis of retina, nephropathy, etc.).
● Ischemic heart disease
- Immediate elimination of symptoms of stenocardia (angina pectoris) attacks and
prevention of their appearance (or decrease in angina-like pains).
- Increase in the CP is accompanied by transfer from the current functional
class of the disease to a less severe one.
- Increase in the CP is accompanied by reduction and elimination of medication
(to reduce angina-like pain)
- Significant improvements in the quality of life.
● Chronic cardiac insufficiency
- Increase in the CP is accompanied by reduction of the symptoms of chronic
cardiac insufficiency (oedema of lower extremities, panting, heart palpitations,
heartache, general fatigue, tiredness, etc.)
- Increase in the CP is accompanied by decrease in the doses of medications and
their number, natural reduction in triglycerides and cholesterol.
- Significant improvements in the quality of life.
● Arrhythmia
- Immediate elimination of heart palpitations and various accompanying symptoms:
unpleasant feelings and pains near the heart, feelings of breathlessness and
panting, chill and sweating, general fatigue, etc.
- Increase in the CP is accompanied, in case of chronic forms of tachycardia, by
steady reduction in the heart rate, recovery of coronary circulation and
perfusion of injured parts of myocardium. That prevents reappearance of
paroxysms of pulsating arrythmia, ventricular tachycardia etc.
- Significant improvements in the quality of life.
● Varicose veins
- Immediate decrease and, later, elimination of unpleasant symptoms: heaviness
and legs cramps, puffiness around the feet, and weakness and fatigue of the
lower extremities.
- Increase in the CP is accompanied by decrease in the extent of the capillary
bed and enlarged veins.
- Prevention of possible complications due to chronic venous insufficiency:
trophic ulcers, thromboembolism, and varicose eczema.
- Significant improvements in the quality of life.
● Neurocirculatory dystonia
- Immediate decrease and, later, complete normalization blood pressure and
eliminate various symptoms (sweating, heart palpitations, feelings of inner
shivering and obstructed throat, etc.).
- Increase in the CP is accompanied by normalization of emotional life,
restoration of sleep, disappearance of pains and aches in various body parts.
- Significant improvements in the quality of life.