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Benefits of Yawning

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 11, 1912

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 2.

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Benefits of Yawning

A CELEBRATED Belgian physician says that yawning is generally an exceedingly healthful function, besides having a very salutary effect in complaints of the pharynx and Eustachian tubes. According to the results of late investigations, observes Science Siftings, yawning is the most natural form of respiratory exercise, bringing into action all the respiratory muscles of the chest and neck. It is recommended that every person should have a good yawn, with stretching of the limbs, morning and evening, for the purpose of ventilating the lungs, and tonifying the muscles of respiration. An eminent authority claims that this form of gymnastics has a remarkable effect in relieving throat and ear troubles, and says that patients suffering from disorders of the throat have derived great benefit from it. The yawning is repeated six or eight times, and should be followed by swallowing. By this means the air and mucus in the Eustachian tubes are aspirated.—Weekly Telegraph.