RESPeRATE: How Breathing Therapy Can Lower Blood Pressure

RESPeRATE is a kit manufactured by InterCure that reduces high blood pressure. A breathing sensor determines a patient's natural breathing pattern, then a digital sensor composes a two-tone melody that is heard in a pair of headphones. The listener inhales and exhales in time to the melody. Their relaxed breathing reduces constriction in the blood vessels.

Side Effects

• Because RESPeRATE is a form of breathing therapy, it does not produce side effects.

Use With Other Medications

• The kit can be used in conjunction with prescribed hypertension drugs.

Usage

• It's recommended that RESPeRATE be used three or four times per week for 15 minutes.

Inventor

• The founder and chief scientific officer of InterCure, Dr. Benjamin Gavish, invented the device.

Normalizing Effect

• While RESPeRATE will reduce hypertension, it won't decrease blood pressure in someone with a normal heart rate.

Media

• Such media outlets as the Wall Street Journal and the Associate Press have reported on RESPeRATE.