The Purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of Kapalbhati Pranayama on Haemoglobin and Red blood cells in different types of psychosomatic constitution. For the purpose of the study, 62 male Long distance runners subject were selected from Sigra stadium Varanasi. The age ranged between 18 to 25 years. Prakriti of each player was determined by the Performa of the department of kriya sharir IMS, BHU, Varanasi. Haemoglobin and Red blood cells was measured by Haematological Analyzer and performance was recorded in g /dl and million cells / ul. The study delimited to experimental period of eight (08) weeks. The data were collected before and after the eight weeks of Kapalbhati Pranayama Training Programme. To find out the effect of Kapalbhati Pranayama on Haemoglobin and Red blood cells in different types of psychosomatic constitution, Analysis of Paired t-test, was applied and the level of significance was set at 0.05. The result of the study shown that eight weeks Kapalbhati Pranayama training programme was significant in case of Haemoglobin and Red blood cells in all the Prakriti.
Key Words: Kapalbhati Pranayama, Haemoglobin, Red Blood Cells and Prakriti
Authors: Krishna, Dr.N.S.Tripathi