769
Recently, a Canadian company named Sanotize discovered that a newly invented product of theirs reduces the viral load of COVID-19 by 99.9 per cent.
Apart from the vaccination, scientists in many other countries are looking at ways to combat COVID-19. A Canadian company named Sanotize has come up with a nasal spray, based on a chemical compound called nitric oxide. It has to be sprayed inside the nose to protect it from viruses.
Sanotize has filed for emergency approval in the UK and their production has already started in Israel. India is waiting for Sanotize to complete its clinical trials and manufacture this nasal spray. That may take some time.
Looking at this development experts in the field of Yoga in India have said that `we can generate some of our own nitric oxide in our nose through Pranayamas. Anulom Vilom, Bhramari, Bhastrika can produce some natural Nitric Oxide.
Bhramari Pranayama produces Nitric Oxide
When we breathe through the nose, it naturally produces some nitric oxide, which acts as the first line of defence against viruses and various other infections. The good news is that if you just hum, you can generate up to 15 times more Nitric Oxide in your nose than by breathing normally. This conclusion is based on extensive scientific research conducted in the last 20 years by globally renowned medical research institutes.
Take a deep breath through your nose, and while exhaling, hum for five to ten seconds. Take a deep breath again through your nose, and while exhaling, again hum. Do this for four rounds. Make sure that you can feel maximum vibrations in your nose during humming. See figure 1 for clear explanation of the steps.
Then, take at least a three-minute break before performing the next four rounds of humming. This break is the most critical part of this breathing exercise.
The obvious question would be why a three minute break? A Karolinska Institute (Sweden) thesis says that after four rounds of humming, there is a temporary period when you do not produce high concentrations of nitric oxide.
During those three minutes break, your body will replenish nitric oxide from sinuses (present around the nose, where we naturally have high reserves of Nitric Oxide). The nasal cavity gets nitric oxide from these sinuses through this amazing mechanism called the Helmholtz resonance that happens during humming.
Even the Nobel-prize winning scientist, Louis Ignarro, who has worked on nitric oxide, talked about humming like yogis to generate nitric oxide in the nose. He also talked about Nitric Oxide’s antimicrobial property and the role it can play against COVID-19. In recent months, he has given several talks about nitric oxide and its immense benefits.
