SILICA AND THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
What are the benefits of Silica in the Respiratory System?
The respiratory systems bring life to our bodies. Silica supplements can help us take care of these systems. Lung damage, particularly in smokers is a very serious condition. The use of silica supplements can help alleviate this problem by helping in the repair of lung tissues. Other benefits of silica include restoring elasticity to lung tissue and the upper respiratory tract.
- Restores Mucosa: The health benefits of silicon include the restoration of mucosa of the respiratory tract if the body is suffering from dehydration. Silica tones the top of the respiratory system (nose, pharynx, and larynx) and reduces swelling due to its positive action over the lymphatic system.
- Elastic fibers: as its name says, they can stretch to several times their size and quickly return to their initial dimension. These types of fibers give electricity and extensibility to the tissues. This is vital in the tissues that must be extended and contracted to fulfill their functions such as the great arteries. Elastic fibers consist mainly of a protein called elastin. Elastin unlike collagen and the fundamental substance is insoluble.
Also, elastin is rich in silicon which intervenes giving it architecture to elastin fibers and determines the size of elastin molecules (desmonty 1988).
The walls of arteries, skin and ligaments are very rich in elastin. The reticular fibers: these fibers are also made up of collagen fibrils that make up the collagen fibers. But in the reticular fibers said collagen fibers make up a loose and delicate net and do not make thick. Reticular fibers are abundant in loose connective tissues especially in the reticular tissue (see below).Silicon acts on all structure because of its importance for the conformation of the collagen and elastin fibers and for the connective tissue integrity. Silicon is indicated for treating asthma, skin conditions, tendon, bone, and cartilage problems.
Nose and Throat; Repeat rhinopharyngitis, chronic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis, recurrent tonsillitis. Bronchi and lungs; Chronic bronchitis, chronic asthma (with pulmonary sputum), abscesses of the lungs, tuberculosis.
Weakening of lung tissue.
According to some authors the effects of silicon deficiency states can also generate: Growth retardation - Fragile bones - Dehydrated skin - Acne - Tendency to abscesses and fistulas - Furunculosis - Tonsillitis - Intellectual deficiency - Conjunctivitis - Dental caries - Fragility and / or fall of the Hair - Fragile and opaque nails - Tendinitis - Fibrosis - Joint problems - Coronary pathologies - In tuberculosis and cancer the lack of silicon has been confirmed - Osteoarticular and supportive tissue alterations in general - Lowering of the defenses - Bronchopulmonary problems.
It has been shown that a decrease in the rate of silicon in tissues is accompanied by a decrease in its rate of elastin (sclerosis). The silicon therefore determines the elasticity of the tissues, therefore, plays a strategic role in arterial health. The mechanism of action is multiple:
- Silicon inhibits the production of enzymes that destroy elastin.
- Silicon stimulates the production of substances that eliminate the destructive enzymes of elastin.
- Silicon promotes the synthesis of elastin by fibrocytes.
Another role of silicon related to connective tissue, affects the elasticity and resistance of lung tissue, with a protective action against necrosis, such as emphysema, to aggressive agents such as tobacco.