What is the normal lung capacity for boys?

Everyone is an independent individual. Due to different living habits and eating habits, the health condition of the body is also different. Many people always find that their lung capacity is different from that of their peers during physical examinations. They are always particularly worried, fearing that there will be health problems with their lungs. Especially men who smoke and drink a lot for a long time are prone to cause certain harm to the body. Let's find out what the normal lung capacity is for boys.

What is the normal lung capacity for boys?

Vital capacity index = vital capacity ÷ body surface area

Body area = 0.0061*height (cm) + 0.0128*weight (kg) - 0.1329

Adults in my country: 2310 for males and 1800 for females. Those below this value indicate weak respiratory function.

Breathing exercises to improve lung capacity

Doing "breathing exercises" is also effective in improving lung capacity.

Deep breathing: Yoga practitioners call it abdominal breathing, commonly known as "gasping for air". When taking deep breaths, the first step is to inhale for 5 seconds: first inhale slowly through the nostrils, so that the diaphragm is pulled down, and the abdomen will swell up. Then continue to inhale, expand the chest cavity, lift the ribs, and push the chest up, so that the lungs can inhale as much air as possible; the second step is to hold your breath, usually for 5 seconds. With the increase of practice, the time of holding your breath can also be increased, so that the lungs can absorb as much oxygen as possible; the third step is to exhale slowly, and the chest and abdomen return to their original state.

The three steps form a practice section, which is repeated for 10 minutes each time. After long-term practice, deep breathing can become a normal breathing method.

Quiet breathing: Press your thumb against your right nostril and slowly inhale through your left nostril. When you feel that your lungs are full and you can no longer inhale, press your index and middle fingers against your left nostril to prevent you from breathing through either nostril. Hold your breath for 10 seconds, then release your fingers and exhale. Next time, inhale through your right nostril. Use the same method as before, breathing through both nostrils in turn, 5 times each.

Sleep breathing: Breathe like this before going to sleep. It can improve your lung capacity and treat insomnia. Lie on the bed, place your hands flat on both sides of your body, close your eyes and start taking deep breaths. At the same time, slowly raise your arms over your head, close to your ears, and touch your fingers to the headboard. This process takes about 10 seconds, and both arms return to their original positions at the same time. Repeat 10 times.

Eat more lung-clearing foods, such as carrots, pears, black fungus, soy milk, honey, white fungus, donkey-hide gelatin, mulberries, duck eggs, rock sugar, American ginseng, duck, lily, cuttlefish, lotus seeds, coconut, coconut juice, vegetables and fruits that clear the lungs, nourish yin, and resolve phlegm and resolve lumps.

Lily can be used as both medicine and vegetable, and its effects include moistening the lungs and relieving cough.

Honey is both a medicine and a drink, and its effects include moistening the lungs and relieving coughs.

The lungs are the most important respiratory organs in our body. Once a disease occurs, it will always affect our physical health. The above is an introduction to the normal lung capacity of boys. We know that the higher the lung capacity, the better it is for the health of the body. We must exercise more in our daily life and try not to smoke a lot.