Download or read book Medical Understanding of Yoga (Fourth Edition) written by Prakash C. Malshe and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2023-06-29 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asanas, Shuddhi kriyas, pranayamas, etc. are all bodily manipulations that must influence human body. This book explains in easy medical terms how and what these yogic techniques can do to shape the human physiology. Taking clues from scriptures and experimenting, the author has developed fresh concepts. Creating brief intermittent hypoxia through nisshesha rechaka pranayama and drinking air to stimulate body's own GLP-1 secretion are two of them. Using this knowledge, Medical Doctors and Yoga teachers can develop their own programs for reversal of diseases like diabetes, erectile dysfunction and coronary artery disease.