What conditions can the Buteyko Method help?
The Buteyko Method is helpful for any illness, since the body can deal with difficulties more effectively when a person is breathing normally, i.e. gas exchange is normal and when the balance between carbon dioxide and oxygen is correct. The Method is particularly effective for any of the breath-related disorders such as hayfever, rhinitis, sinusitis, coughing, COPD, emphysema, bronchiectasis, bronchitis, Hyperventilation Syndrome, panic attacks, snoring/sleep apnoea. Chronic hidden hyperventilation and a reduced carbon dioxide level play such a significant role in the process of disease that Prof. Buteyko carried out years of research on the application of his method for hormonal regulation as in hypo- and hyper-thyroidism and infertility, panic attacks, diabetes, hypertension, and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Many thousands of Russian patients found that his teaching of the Method improved these conditions. Although there are so far no clinical trials to measure these outcomes, people u
