EFFECTS OF PRANAYAMA ON KIDNEYS AND BLADDER

EFFECTS OF PRANAYAMA ON KIDNEYS AND BLADDER

THERE ARE TWO BEAN-SHAPED KIDNEYS LOCATED QUITE HIGH I N THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY ON EITHER SIDE OF THE SPINE AND BEHIND THE OTHER ORGANS. THEIR RESERVE CAPACITY IS SO HIGH THAT EVEN ONE KIDNEY CAN DO THE WORK OF EXCRETION OF WASTE PRODUCTS SUCH AS UREA,URIC ACID ETC.FROM THE BODY VIA THE URINE. THE KIDNEY IS MADE UP OF LAKHS OF MINUTE PARTS NAMED ‘NEPHRONS’. WITH THE HELP OF THESE FILERS, ABOUT 1.5LITERS OF URINE IS PRODUCED DAILY. IN SUMMER, AS THE SWEATING IS MORE, THE QUANTITY OF URINE IS LESS; WHILE IN WINTER, THE QUANTIUM OF URINE IS MORE. THE KIDNEYS AND THE SKIN HELP EACH OTHER TO EXPEL WASTE PRODUCTS LIKE WATER, SALTS, URIC ACID, ETC OUT OF THE BODY.

THE CHANGES IN THE SNEGATIVE AND POSITIVE PRESSURES COMING ONE AFTER THE OTHER IN PRANAYAMA AFFECT THE KIDNEYS ALSO, LIKE THE LARGE INTESTINE.THE CONGESTION OF BLOOD AND THE PAUCITY OF BLOOD IN THIS AREA ARE ELIMINATED. DUE TO THE CONTRACTION-STRETCHING OF THE NEARBY MUSCLES, THE KIDNEYS GET A SORT OF A KNEADKING AND VIBRATORY MASSAGE AND THEY BECOME INVIGORATED. THEIR CAPACITY ALSO INCREASES. THESE BENEFITS OF HEALTH AND CAPACITY OF THE KIDNEYS ACCRUE NOT ONLY DURING THE PERIOD OF PRACTICE OF PRANAYAMA BUT CONTINUE TO REMAIN THEREAFTER AND PROVE BENEFICIAL. IN PRANAYAMAS LIKE ‘SURYABHEDAN’, IT IS SAID THAT THE KUMBHAKA SHOULD BE MAINTAINED TILL SUCH A PERIOD THAT THE EFFECT OF HOLDING THE BREATH ARE FELT EVEN AT THE FINGER/TOE NAILS AND HAIRS OF THE BODY. IN OTHER WORDS, THE PRANAYAMA EFFECTS REACH UP TO THE SKIN. IN THE SAME WAY PRANAYAMAS LIKE UJJAYI, BHASTRIKA AND SURYABHEDAN INCREASE THE HEAT IN THE BODY AND MORE AND MORE SWEAT COMES OUT, AND WITH IT, THE HARFUL BODY WASTE PRODUCTS ARE ALSO EXCRETED.AS THE PERSPIRATION AND THE WASTE PRODUCTS ARE EXCRETED IN A LARGER MEASURE, THE STRESS ON THE KIDNEY IS DECREASED.LESS URINE IS FORMED. KIDNEYS GET REST AND THEY BECOME MORE EFFICIENT. IN EXERCISES, THE SAME WORK TAKES PLACE, BUT WITH EXERTION.IN THE PRANAYAMA, WITH LESS EXERTION,AND CHANGING ONLY THE BODY TEMPERATURE,SWEATING TAKE PLACE,AND THIS IS THE SPECIALITY OF THESE PRANAYAMAS.