Take out your tongue for just 40 seconds every day, such magical changes will be seen in the body that even doctors will be stunned.

This may sound a bit strange or ridiculous to you, but do you know that keeping your tongue completely out for just 40 seconds every day has a very deep and positive effect on your body? Since ancient times, yogis and sages in our country have advised to practice ‘Lion Pose’, which has been considered very effective in eliminating problems like thyroid, stress and anxiety. Now modern science and neurology have also put their stamp on this ancient method. According to medical science, this simple practice of keeping the tongue out for a few seconds rapidly reduces the level of ‘cortisol hormone’ which causes stress in our body.

Neurologist’s surprising experience: stress reduced without medicine

A neurologist from America’s famous Mount Sinai has shared a very interesting clinical experience regarding this unique formula. He told that he asked one of his patients suffering from chronic stress to do this exercise of sticking out the tongue for 40 seconds daily. The result was very surprising; Within just two weeks, the patient’s cortisol level (a stress hormone) came down significantly, while there was no change in any of the patient’s medications during this entire time period. This proved to be a revolutionary way to control stress without any medicine.

Understand through science: What happens to the body when you stick out your tongue?

According to medical science, approximately 60 to 80 percent of our body’s chronic and accumulated stress is present around our neck and jaw. When this stress persists for a long time, it puts pressure on our main ‘vagus nerve’, disrupting the flow of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that flows between the spinal cord and the brain. As a result, our nervous system remains locked in a state of stress 24 hours a day.

When you pull your tongue out with full force, it directly stretches our ‘hyoid bone’, which provides support to the deep muscles of the neck and throat. Extending the tongue completely creates a deep decompression effect in the entire ‘facial chain’ from the jaw to the neck and chest, which immediately relieves the pressure on the vagus nerve and the body’s cortisol level starts falling rapidly.

After all, why is only 40 seconds timing so important?

Now this question must be coming in your mind that why only 40 seconds time has been fixed for this exercise, why not more or less than this? The neurologist has also explained the mathematics of timing behind this. In fact, when you stick your tongue out, for the first 30 seconds our muscles try to fight their old tension and strain. But as soon as the time crosses 30 seconds and the next 10 seconds i.e. a total of 40 seconds are completed, that old hold of the muscles is completely released. These last 10 seconds are very important for relaxing the nervous system, so if you do this for less than 40 seconds, you will not be able to get the full benefit.