Talk:Nostril
NOSTRIL ACTION
1. action performed by the nostrils.
2. Gratuitous sexual activity involving nostrils.
3. (Budapest slang) A breath like sensation created when two trains come in on opposite platforms of the Metro station simultaneously. "I was standing on the platform of Lehel tér and the nostril action blew my ticket away!"
4. (Acronym) Avoiding the landlord. "Do pop round but Not On Saturday The Rent Is Late."
5. Nose thrill action (Dublin). "Be jayzus, did you see dat woman at the bos stop, got some tremendous Nos Tril [Nose Thrill] action off her man."
Why is it natural for the nostrils to switch every 4 hours? 70.111.251.203 13:14, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
- I got to this page after seeing on a forum that it switches every 20 minutes. I see no reason, it sounds like an urban myth to me. ZoFreX 20:49, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
- There's some good information on Pubmed when you search for nostril alternate. Here are some article titles that maybe could be used for this article. I didn't go through them all.
- Influence of alternate nostril breathing on cardiorespiratory and autonomic functions in healthy young adults.
- The effect of the nasal cycle on mucociliary clearance.
- Yoga breathing through a particular nostril increases spatial memory scores without lateralized effects.
- EEG changes during forced alternate nostril breathing.
- Breathing through a particular nostril can alter metabolism and autonomic activities.
I'm not sure exactly what's being said here but I know it's incorrect to say that people -usually- only breathe through one nostril at a time. When they aren't congested (which admittedly isn't often) I always breathe through both at once..