Specific suggestions for the use of Herbs, Aromatherapy, Exercise, Nutrition, and Lifestyle are presented for each system. They are packed full of easy to comprehend information that you can put to work immediately to recover or maintain your health . By supplying oxygen, our respiratory system enables us to produce energy. If this system's efficiency begins to diminish, energy stored in the body is released at a slower rate.
Breathing is usually automatic, and is regulated in the medulla oblongata of the brain.
The lungs are paired organs that resemble an inverted tree. The bronchi, which are airways to each lung, divide into smaller and smaller airways called bronchioles. Each bronchiole ends in a cluster of tiny air sacs called alveoli. It is estimated that there are more than 300 million alveoli in the lungs. This is where the vital gas exchange takes place.