Heart Muscles Work

Heart Muscles Work

Our body is like a machine. It is more wonderful than the man made machines. If it is provided enough fuel it continues to work for hundred years. Human body is the only machine, which repairs itself whenever there is some trouble. We know the miracle of the almighty when we observe each organ of the body and its way of functioning.
Tiny heart, tremendous work:
Heart is the most important organ of our body. Each one's heart is of the size of his fist. The way the heart muscles work is wonderful to observe. Heart beats 72 times per minute and pumps 90 to 100 milliliters of blood. It pumps 10 thousand liters of blood in 24 hours. The motor pump that draws water fails if it works for four hours continuously. After two years its parts are worn out. But the muscles of heart do not get heated even if it works for hundred years and do not wear out. If fresh air and proper food are supplied it goes on working on its own without our intervention. It regulates its work according to the needs of the body. Whenever some organs suffer from diseases heart labors more puts to repair them. If you do not have proper exercise and eat excessive fats your heart suffers. We have to get it repaired by spending money. It revolts when we obstruct its routine. Then we have to rush to the doctors seeking repair. We know that our body stops functioning if heart stops to work. Still we neglect!

Lungs:
After the heart both the lungs are important organs. They supply oxygen to the body. Lungs contract and expand 18 times a minute and pumps in half a liter air. That is 26,000 times a day. Lungs adjust themselves according to the needs of the body and supply oxygen. Our life span depends upon the air we breathe. Cleaner is the air we breathe; the more will be the purity of blood that is purified by lungs. It will have more percentage of oxygen. Lungs are affected if there is dust and bacteria in the air we breathe. To prevent dust particles and virus from entering into the body we have hair and mucus membrane in nose (attracts the dust which skips hair and enters inside) and two glands to fight out virus. Thus God made perfect arrangement to protect our lungs. Air filters in our vehicles clean the air and prevent pollutants. They are to be replaced in about a year for better performance of the vehicle. Our lungs keep purifying the air and purge out pollutants as long as we live.

We cannot suppress our desires. We yield to tasty food sometimes causing cold and phlegm. To protect lungs from them occur sneezes and cough. When sneeze and cough start purging out cold and phlegm, we resort to medicines to put them under control. With that the opportunity to clean up the lungs is lost and lungs get infected. In addition to this obesity puts additional burden on lungs. The thoracic diseases like tuberculosis do not affect people who live in clean environs and in the midst of green trees.

Refrigerated food causes cold and phlegm. Cigars, cigarettes and snuff do great harm to lungs. Practicing Pranayama morning and evening concentrating your mind on breathing would help lungs immensely. With this, mind becomes peaceful that in turn leads to continuous good health.

Kidneys:
The two kidneys in man's body filter everyday 180 liters of water. They purge out waste material through urine and clean the blood to protect our health. If we protect the kidneys they work relentlessly through out the life span. By filtering 180 liters of water the kidneys supply material that are useful to the body through blood and send out urea, minerals, salts etc., which are not useful to the body, through urine. Kidneys can be compared to candles in the water filters. Candles filter water and prevent pollutants. They have to be replaced every year. Since kidneys are God's gift they do not get damaged unless we ourselves damage them. Bad habits like consumption of alcohol, excessive consumption of salt, less intake of water, consumption of non-vegetarian food, over eating etc cause damage to kidneys. Then we have to buy others kidneys by spending big money. Isn't it true that kidneys of animals are not damaged though they take food, which contains dust and dirt? Though man takes sterilized and filtered water, consumes cleaned and cooked food he suffers from stones in the kidneys and the damaged kidneys. What is the reason for all this?

Perhaps no creature on the earth burdens it's own organs as man does with all his intelligence. It is because man eats unnecessary food for the sake of taste and doesn't take the necessary water in the required quantity. The health of the kidneys depends on the quantity of water we take. If we protect these wonderful and vital organs we will be protected from diseases and sickness.

Liver:
Liver is the largest organ in the body. It weighs between three and four pounds. It produces bile, which helps digestion. It is not only the largest organ but turns out more work than any other organ. This is the only organ that has the capacity to protect other organs from infections. The food and medicines reach liver after digestion; in turn it sends them to all the parts that are in need and to tissues. Liver stores some blood and supplies it to different organs when they need in emergency. It is the liver, which has to destroy the toxic elements in the food we take and the bacteria produced in the body. If the liver is strong we will be healthy and self-confidant. We ourselves are weakening the liver that protects us relentlessly with our undesirable habits. We overburden the liver with verities of food and fats like oils, clarified butter, sweets, liquor etc. Liver gets damaged very early if excretion is not regular. If you take food late in the evening and sleep immediately, if you take food at irregular times, use powerful medicines, indulge in smoking, consume non-vegetarian food and intoxicants liver gets damaged very early.

If liver does not work properly the food that we eat cannot give strength to the body. It leads to fever, gastric disease, jaundice etc. Disease caused to liver is cured automatically if we observe fasting while taking only liquids. If we wish to keep the liver healthy we should take natural food to lessen the burden on liver and to provide rest to it. If we protect the liver it protects us. There is no exaggeration if we say the liver cleans the internal body as a shower cleans the external body.

Muscles, blood vessels:
These organs carry blood from heart to various parts of the body and vice versa. Blood vessels are of two kinds namely arteries and veins; arteries transport purified blood from the heart to various parts of the body and veins transport polluted blood from different parts of the body to heart. They are divided into many branches and crisscross the whole body. They have not only elasticity but also can join together again when they are broken. If one blood vessel does not work for any reason form many more blood vessels.

Is it believable that blood vessels in a human body are as long 60,000 miles? They work continuously all the 24 hours and maintain our health throughout our lifespan provided if we are cooperative. If flow of blood is blocked we experience pain, develop cramps or lose sensation in that part of the body. Excessive intake of salt and fat, less consumption of fiber and water make blood vessels become hard and block the blood flow.

If we do not want such inconvenience and want to be healthy we should avoid food that damages blood vessels. Then they can work efficiently for full hundred years.

Muscles are also of two types 1. Voluntary muscles — which work on the orders of the brain. These muscles cause all the movements of the body. 2. Involuntary muscles — which work without the intervention of brain. The muscles of organs like heart, stomach, and brain etc work on their own even while we sleep. As long as we do not harm blood vessels and muscles they perform their duty. If we give proper food and exercise to the body they work for a long time without any problem.

Bones:
Bones give shape, strength and movement to the body. They bear the body weight and protect it. Skull is designed in a way the inner part of the head is not damaged even if injured. Similarly bones protect heart and lungs. Spine helps to keep the body erect and move from one side to the other. There are several other small and large bones in our body.

Bones become strong and powerful depending on the physical labor we put in. Grinders and food processors wear out as we use them. But bones not only withstand wear and tear but become strong and powerful as we go on putting in physical labor. Even if bones are broken accidentally they have the capacity to rejoin.

Bridges constructed spending millions of dollars collapse over the time. But bones bear the body weight for 100 years and keep going. God has given us bones, which do not wear out. They grow with the food we eat. Bones are damaged when there is discrepancy in food habits. Even rocks wear out when ants crawl on it. But our God given teeth do neither wear out nor break even when we chew and bite all sorts of hard things.

Skin:
Skin is a wonderful structure, which covers the entire body and protects the inner parts of the body. It pushes out the pollutants from the body in the form of sweat. Skin has sensation. It adjusts itself to cold, warmth etc., which occur in the climate. It gives the body complexion, shape and makes the body attractive. It does not dry up in Sun, does not soak in rain, doesn't become elastic as rubber, does not contract as wood, does not lose its color and sticks itself automatically whenever it breaks. It has pores but they do not leak. Skin has got the inherent quality to become cool in the hot Sun and become warm in cold conditions. It works as a shield to the body. If we cannot keep it in good shape it is our fault.

Shape:
Millions and millions of people take birth on the earth and they do not have similar shape, tone and minds. This is a mystery to the mankind.

Speech:
We are fortunate enough to be able to speak, express our happiness and suffering unlike the rest of the 8.4 millions of creatures in this creation.