People behind the Buteyko Method

K.P. Buteyko

Dr. Konstantin Buteyko MD, PhD, is the developer of the fundamentally new, drug free therapy for bronchial asthma, well known today as The Buteyko Method. He is the Ukrainian born medical scientist and medical practitioner who discovered that the main cause of bronchospasm in bronchial asthma is CO2 deficiency in alveolar air, resulting from hyperventilation and low metabolic activity. He demonstrated that hyperventilation is the main element in the etiology and pathogenesis of asthma. He was the first to describe this mechanism in 1962 when he worked as a Director of the research laboratory of functional diagnostics in the Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Medical Science (Institute of Experimental Biology and Medicine, Novosibirsk). The understanding and knowledge of this mechanism was the basis for the development of the Buteyko Method, which reverses not only asthma but also all other hyperventilation related diseases often associated with asthma, such as bronchitis, coughing, allergy, rhinitis, high blood pressure etc. In 1988 he established the Buteyko Clinic in Moscow, one of the first private medical practices in the former USSR.

Andrey Novozhilov

Russian born Dr. Andrey Novozhilov MD, author of this book, graduated at the First Moscow Medical Institute now called the Moscow Medical Academy.

As a nine year old boy he twice witnessed his mother experience clinical death as a result of severe asthma attacks. When Professor Buteyko visited her for therapy for her asthma, he taught Andrey how to treat his mother
with the Buteyko method since she could not understand the Professor.

Andrey started to treat asthma with the Buteyko method at the age of nine. For the past 33 years his mother has been completely free of asthma. After completing his studies at the First Moscow Medical Institute in 1989, he worked as a therapist and general practitioner at the Buteyko Clinic in Moscow. He is currently Head Physician and author of the Buteyko practitioner's training programs at the Buteyko Clinic.

Victor Lunn-Rockliffe

The book has been illustrated by Victor Lunn-Rockliffe who is based in London. He discovered the Method in 1997 and managed over a three year period to make a complete recovery from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Victor decided he would try and combine his artistic skills with his experience of breath reduction to help promote and explain the Method to a wider audience. Victor has volunteered his services and has no commercial interest in the sale of this book.

	Back to: Method Index		People behind the Buteyko Method K.P. Buteyko K.P. Buteyko Dr. Konstantin Buteyko MD, PhD, is the developer of the fundamentally new, drug free therapy for bronchial asthma, well known today as The Buteyko Method. He is the Ukrainian born medical scientist and medical practitioner who discovered that the main cause of bronchospasm in bronchial asthma is CO2 deficiency in alveolar air, resulting from hyperventilation and low metabolic activity. He demonstrated that hyperventilation is the main element in the etiology and pathogenesis of asthma. He was the first to describe this mechanism in 1962 when he worked as a Director of the research laboratory of functional diagnostics in the Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Medical Science (Institute of Experimental Biology and Medicine, Novosibirsk). The understanding and knowledge of this mechanism was the basis for the development of the Buteyko Method, which reverses not only asthma but also all other hyperventilation related diseases often associated with asthma, such as bronchitis, coughing, allergy, rhinitis, high blood pressure etc. In 1988 he established the Buteyko Clinic in Moscow, one of the first private medical practices in the former USSR. Andrey Novozhilov Andrey Novozhilov Russian born Dr. Andrey Novozhilov MD, author of this book, graduated at the First Moscow Medical Institute now called the Moscow Medical Academy. As a nine year old boy he twice witnessed his mother experience clinical death as a result of severe asthma attacks. When Professor Buteyko visited her for therapy for her asthma, he taught Andrey how to treat his mother with the Buteyko method since she could not understand the Professor. Andrey started to treat asthma with the Buteyko method at the age of nine. For the past 33 years his mother has been completely free of asthma. After completing his studies at the First Moscow Medical Institute in 1989, he worked as a therapist and general practitioner at the Buteyko Clinic in Moscow. He is currently Head Physician and author of the Buteyko practitioner's training programs at the Buteyko Clinic. Victor Lunn-Rockliffe The book has been illustrated by Victor Lunn-Rockliffe who is based in London. He discovered the Method in 1997 and managed over a three year period to make a complete recovery from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Victor decided he would try and combine his artistic skills with his experience of breath reduction to help promote and explain the Method to a wider audience. Victor has volunteered his services and has no commercial interest in the sale of this book.


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