YAWNING AS EXERCISE.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 35, 18 March 1914, Page 7

YAWNING AS EXERCISE.

•Yawning is' said „tp have an exceedingly healthful function besides having a salutary effect in complaints of" the*ph&iynx and the eustachian tubes._ According to investigations, yawuingr is the most natural, form of respiratory- _ exercise, bringing into action all the=» - . respiratory muscles' 1 of the neck andl chest... .. . It is. j-ecommended that every, should- have - a good yawn with the? stretching of the limbs morning, and. evening for the purpose of ventUatijaß* - the lungs and tonifying the respirj* tory muscles; An eminent authorityasserts that this form of gymnasts has?.' ' a remarkable effect in relieving throat: and ear. troubles, and says that patients.* suffering from disorders of the throatr ■' , have derived great benefit from it. He" says he makes his patients yawn, bysuggestion or imitation, or by a series* of dftej> breaths with the lips partly; • closed. The yawning .i§- repeated six; ■ v or seven times, and should be follow- -l ed by swallowing. By this process theair and mueus in the eustachian tubes ' J are aspirated. ,