Respiratory System

Roles: Delivers oxygen to the blood/body. Removes carbon dioxide from the body.  Share in Acid/Base regulation through the exchange of gasses.

Body Parts: Nasal passage, sinus, trachea, bronchial tubes, lungs, alveoli, capillaries.

Foods: Fruit – Apples, apricot, bananas, blueberries, cucumber, grapes, peppers, pineapple, pumpkin, olives, tomato.

Vegetables – Beets, broccoli, leafy greens, peas, pumpkin, red cabbage, turmeric.

Nuts & Seeds – Brazil nuts, Legumes, Lentils.

Other – Coffee, cocoa, cordyceps mushroom.

Herbs: Anise, black cohosh, boneset, cayenne, chamomile, chickweed, coltsfoot, eucalyptus, fenugreek, feverfew, garlic, ginseng, goldenseal, green tea, horsetail, hyssop, Irish moss, lobelia, marshmallow, mullein, myrrh, nettle, peppermint, sage, valerian, witch hazel, yarrow.

Vitamins: A, B6, B12, Bioflavonoids, Biotin, C, Choline, E, Folic Acid, Inositol, Niacin, PABA, Pantothenic Acid.

Minerals: Chromium, Manganese.

Other: Silicon.