This is the reason we often switch sides we lay on during sleep, as it is more comfortable to sleep on the side with the blocked nostril downwards.
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But what really happens is that if the now lower nostril is not the blocked one, it starts to fill with mucous until you start to breath through the upper one!
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Great. Now I'm going to spend the day thinking about my nostrils.
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Mentioned in Hindu Vedas. They used to call it the 'swar'. Designed the yoga and few breathing exercises based on this cyclic changing of nostrils
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From where is that info? I would like to read it/explore some of evidence
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This thread has some references:https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/21216/why-do-i-only-breathe-out-of-one-nostril …
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Search "swar ved" from india. There is 1000s page book on this.
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Noooooooo
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I always thought this was my allergies


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Once my allergies were properly treated, the alternating nostril effect went away.
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