NOTE!! I went to a functional neurologist who directed me to gargle vigorously with water for 30 seconds 3x per day to simulate the vagus nerve and parasympathetic nervous system. It works! Amazing benefits!

1. Breathing slow , 6 breaths per minute with equal inhale and exhale 2. Long walks with meditative mindset 3. Potassium, magnesium, sodium, 4. Acupressure 5. Other ideas that I’ve found useful are: meditation, cold showers, ice baths, Wim Hof, Buteyko breathing, chi gong, yoga, massage,

The *vagus nerve* carries an extensive range of signals from digestive system and organs to the brain and vice versa. It is the tenth cranial nerve, extending from its origin in the brainstem through the neck and the thorax down to the abdomen. It is the secondary "bodily brain" that communicates in concert with the brain to send messages and information about the "extremities" that might need repair. The vegas nerve can control the body in dire health or in coma to keep to keep the organism alive, especially the heart and the brain. It would be logical that the vegas nerve is the last nerve system to conclude before death. So it should be renamed as, *"the god nerve."*

I know Dr.Berg May think I’m a lunatic but I wish I could live in a tent in his backyard, for about a week, just so he’s in close proximity to answer my abrupt health questions once and for all. I’m confident I will live my best healthy life upon my departure. I just love and enjoy every piece of knowledge he delivers with such a soothing demeanor 👨‍⚕️🧠❤️

Just a quick bit of advice. I had a heavy heatbeat for 15 years and even though it wasn't life threatening it was hard to sleep with my heart pounding all the time. My whole body would move with every heart beat. I did have a bad diet and had gained about 25-30lbs. I won't give you all the details but finally I did a full month of 18/6 intermittent fasting(which was very hard for me to do!) and magically the heavy heartbeat went completely away. My best guess is my Vagus Nerve was being over stimulated which caused me to think it was my heart when it was the nerve the whole time..the IF allowed it to calm down and go back to normal.

Dr berg- May GOD bless you for helping us find solace! THANK YOU!

Love you and all you do Dr Berg! You’re really a God send! 😇🙏❤️

Breathing from stomach and not chest is lost/untaught. Babies breathe this way. Amazing relaxation.

I THINK THIS IS WHAT I'M DEALING WITH. THANK YOU LORD FOR ALLOWING ME TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT'S BEEN BOTHERING ME!

Thank you, Dr Berg. I’d like to add there is some sort of connection between oral antibiotics and mental mood. I’d even go as far as saying they send me into a depression and I’m riddled with physical anxiety symptoms within a few days. I really dread having to take them, but occasionally they are necessary.

Wonderful Dr. Berg! This is a great explanation of how to support our parasympathetic system - and why it is necessary for our health and well being. Your acupressure tool and stress seminar are wonderful for supporting people - but as you have so many followers it would be great if you would do a five minute - just before sleep video/audio here on youtube to help support people as they are going to sleep. Having worked with breath and formal medication with people for almost fifty years - I have found that just explaining how to do an equal breath - - or a five minute breath relaxation during a person's day is not enough - - even learning breath relaxation in individual and group sessions often is not enough until it becomes a habit as in the keto diet and intermittent fasting - - which is what led me to doing individual tapes for my patients in the eighties and putting a general instructional on youtube years back as people needed "training wheels" until their body and inind got used to the habit - - The apps available today really are not good for real in depth practice and aid - but people are so used to your voice - and trusting you - that a five minute breathing tvideo to use as they go to sleep and another one for use several times during the day - - no huge explanations - just your voice and maybe some light music - - would really be helpful to the many who trust and benefit from your advice! Keep up the wonderful work!!!

Dr Berg you are the best...thank you so much for your explanation how you simplified the different way our body functions God bless you abundantly...appreciated

Breathing exercises changed my life! Literally. Controlled breathing + Controlling my Foods, cured me of my Social (mental & emotional) and Physical ailments. I highly recommend Dr. Eric Berg's work. Pay attention & practice daily = WINNING. MGTOW is Bliss. Our Society is Piss.

I wish I could find a doc like you around me. You just have it figured out.

Dr. Oz 1.34M subscribers. Dr. Berg 3.61M subscribers.

I am half way through this video and am already 3xperi3ncing some relief. I experience palpitations several nights week amd generally within an hour of having Allen asleep. Its so scary, each time. I hope and pray the advice in this video will help.. ECG doesn't pick up any irregularities. Seems to be exactly what this video is about. I think I need magnesium support too. Thank you Dr. Berg!

Well done Dr Berg. You really are ontop of your game!!

He is great, I don't understand why someone would dislike a video like this, good videos like these should have zero dislikes.

Thank you Doctor... most relaxing to stimulate the Vagus nerve by deep breathing- 6 secs in & 6 out.) "You should certainly safeguard your nerves, and force yourself to take time, and not only for prayer and meditation, but for real rest and relaxation." ~ Baha'i Faith, Lights of Guidance

Simple and easiest way to stimulate vagus nerve I know of is taking Digestive Bitters. Very informative videos Dr. Berg . Thanks

Great information delivered in a simple way. Dr Berg is a very skilled presenter.

very interesting I have gastro paresis IBS, chronic fatigue syndrome and factor 5 v-lieden. I've done a lot of hospital time and not 1 doctor has ever mentioned any of this except the stimulator. luckily I changed my diet and listen to sleep videos which practices the breathing technique. Thank u for this video. Hope you can educate Gastro doctors one this. I'm starting to have problems with my pancreas maybe this applied during waking hrs can help instead of just before sleeping. wish they were doing studies on this I would volunteer. Thank You

Cold water on the head and back of the neck is the quickest way to stimulate the vagus nerve.

Dealing with Long Covid for the second time. Very few doctors are talking about the effects of Covid on the vagal nerve in people, myself included. After getting an Apple Watch I’ve decoded what my body is telling with my low HRV, high sleeping heart rate, the anxiety I never had before. These types of videos are priceless to those of us who are charting our own journey back to health. Thank you, Dr. Berg.❤

Thank you for explaining My son has complex epilepsy (lennox gastaut). He’s getting the VNS device that stimulates the vagus nerve. Hoping it will work. There’s actually lots of proof it works. It’s been around over 20 years.

Your very generous in your information Dr berg, grateful for that.. and things make sense and explained very simply...those who apply and can see a difference are the witness to the knowledge you share..

I have gastroparesis, I'm convinced it's from an old n3ck injury, the stimulation techniques actually started my stomach up again.

Great info, but there is an important phase missing in the breathing exercise. When you count to four after the exhale and before the inhale the body relaxes more. That phase is missing also in hyperventilation and shallow breathing.

You explain everything so clearly.

One of Your Best..Great Explanation on a Great Topic.

God-bless your heart most doctors are selfish and you're not. Thanks for sharing all your knowledge.

Qigong. Biggest way to work on the calming nervous system. It takes time but it works better then most things long term

Love you so much ,Dr.Berg..... Love from Burma/Myanmar where Covid Delta and Coup are killing us intensely.😔

Very good essential & vital information ! The body is so Amazing !

Thank you so much for the video. I have an interesting case. I have been having this issue for quite sometime and was clueless how to address or even describe this to my physician. I wake up from sleep almost breathless and needing to regulate breathing manually. Digestie problems occur too. Happens frequently and sometimes multiple times a night. Watching your videos are a great source of information. Thank you! I will try this. Interestingly, I also have PCOS and recently diagnosed with insulin resistence, and am struggling to consistently keep my weight under check. I am gradually cutting down on carbs and leaning towards protein and healthy fat and exercise. I have subscribed to your videos. Thanks again for educating us.

I think inversion hangs is great. I think it calms the vagus nerve as well as many other benefits. It is very meditative to hang upside down, and it provide a nice blood-flow to the head, and it feels relaxing on the whole body. As soon you do an inversion hang, you are breathing totally different. The body needs decompression from time to time. I would recommend to have a inversion setup, where you can hang low enough to have your palms at the floor. It's a great exercise. I always feel good after hanging upside down.

Dr berg , please please do a video on how to heal or help people who have gastroperesis

I relly like this video, it explains the vagus nerve and the sympathic and parasympathtic nervous system in very simple terms. Straight to the point and no waffle.

I'm down 112lbs with your help THANK YOU !!!!!!!

Thanks a million. I love your videos. You are such a great teacher. Have a blessed evening.

Do a video about how they're laying in bed and such holding a cellphone and stressing certain nerves and muscles, a common one involving chest muscles where they begin thinking its their heart and possibly a heart attack that's developing, and of course while standing or sitting and developing hunchback and other problems.

Glad I found you--your vids seem to be a perfect length and pack in good info

Thanks, Dr. Berg!

I see a PT who specializes in visceral manipulation who stimulated my vagus nerve...suffered with billiary spasms after gallbladder removal....Thank you Dr. Berg for explaining in other videos about the bile salts...im going to purchase them...I take a great digestive enzyme, but sometimes,struggle with that right shoulder pain and right sided neck and head pain...Thank you!!!

Ma'sha'Allah you are looking younger in this video , Dr berg

Yes indeed, this information changed my life 😊... shared with family and friends. Everyone enjoying the wonderful results!

Breathwork is a saving grace for me💜

Just what I’ve been looking for. Appreciate you sharing! 💙🙏💙

Just watched something that stated the vagus nerve is also known to be connected to all the 7 charkras inside the body. This should help out for people who wants to have a visual and scientific evidence why things work out the way they do.

Yoga breathing technique is great. Breathing in holding stomach in, breath should be deep and slow reaching all the way down. Exhale should be double the time and should be through the nose and should sound like light snoring.

I think he makes the best videos about medical things.. i´ve learned so much and wrote it down. THANK YOU !!

What happens in the Vagus nerve stays in the Vagus nerve.

I’d like to hear your thoughts on gastroparesis, which is related to the vagus nerve. They say there’s no cure. I wonder if vagus nerve stimulation can cure it or if you have any other ideas

Dr Berg, I have insomnia. I watched this video for a completely different reason, to calm my hiccups. I did the breathing exercise you recommended and woke up an hour later to my wife shaking me awake. THANK YOU. 🙏🤣😂🤣

Symptoms are on point. Thank you for the tips!

Thank you for your time , effort and knowledge 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

The most awaited video, thank you 😘😘😘

Dr Berg is a good roll model for promoting good health. He's + 50s and looks youthful and healthy. Most 50s I know look tired and wrecked.

Every now and then I need a reminder to take time and calm down. I think about this video as I lay in bed and hope the deep breathing technique can not only aid in my sleeping, but help me calm to rest, get thoughts out of my head and relax to sleep. I hope it helps as I try this and use techniques provided to continue feeling better. Maybe be able to eat more food(s) I like without problems.

This guy is awesome.

Thank you! Hopefully this reduces my anxiety and heart palpitations.

dr berg, can you please give us more info on gastrointestinal issues (such as gastroparesis) and the vagus nerve? :))))

Dr. Berg, would like to see your stress webinar, but the video is not available. Can it be uploaded again, or can you get us to that video some other way? I would like to see acupressure for the vagus nerve. Thanks so much for your straightforward help!

Humming, singing and even whistling("whistling past the graveyard, anyone?") can also stimulate this nerve as well.

Deep breathe to your stomach for 5 seconds, then exhale through your nose while making a humming noise. You can do this in bed. This is great for arthritis, Crohn's Disease, or any inflammatory condition,.Helps you sleep and calms anxiety. The vagus nerve responds to the humming.

I was told 5 seconds in, hold for 2 or 3, and 10 seconds out to stimulate vagus nerve. 🤔

Thank you very much for taking the time for teaching, explaining, and sharing. God Bless You 🙏🏼. I recently had a shunt put in for kidney stones on September 2017 two weeks later I had it surgically removed but I'm experiencing pain/ Soreness on my left abdomen. How or what can I do to make sure everything is okay. November 2018 I had my parathyroid surgery removed and I feel like I'm back to normal. Thank you again.

The issue with trying to protect the vagus nerve is the electromagnetic spectrum, and how it can penetrate into the nervous system and cause erroneous signals.

Thanks dr berg very very useful feedback you are providing through these short videos god bless you good wishes 09/06/2020

I do Yoga everyday. Breathing in and out in long breaths is the biggest part of Yoga because your breath moves the body (most people get that only after they have practicing Yoga for about 3 months). We practice long and slow breath. Yoga is the best thing to heal the body from the inside out!!! I started with a KZfaq video called Yoga Zone for beginners (Alan Finger).. he explains the moves so well u don't even have to watch the screen. Check it out! It will change your life and body.

Something a friend told me recently that really helped control my breathing is to imagine you need to keep your breathing as quiet as possible. Like when you’re playing hide and seek and don’t wanna be found. You slow your breathing and it becomes very quiet so the other person can’t hear you. The method mentioned in this video is what I’ve been doing already, but I noticed I had trouble controlling the pressure of the air coming in or going out. The hide and seek breathing technique has helped me a lot with this issue, so I thought I’d share it in case anyone else has a similar problem. God bless you Dr. Berg. I love your videos

Thank you, Dr.Berg.Great information.Being able to get outside, run,walk, and breathe 😊🎉

Every time I happen to eat something, thats not good for my IBS situation, I eksperience a horrible fear, without outher reason, I believe its because of the Vagus nerve.

You forgot one, being fat and overweight, it puts pressure on the nerve around the neck area, which interrupts information from the brain to the rest of the body. Also doesn’t let your brain drain the toxins from your head, which cause head aches and cranial pressure. (Feels like your head is in a vise being squeezed)

The tenth cranial nerve, or as Darwin termed it, the "pneumogastric nerve" that connects the mind, gut and hearts. Chiropractic care is one more way to help reset the Vagus nerve. If one has subluxation of the spine and those spinal nerves feed the organs, the autonomic nervous system there can be a breakdown in the energetic exchange between these bodily systems and the Vagus nerve. Thanks for the video. These are great techniques that one can practice on their own.

Please do a video on Hiatal hernia .TY.

I can't wait for my potassium citrate to arrive. Gotta get some K2 to go with my D3

Thank you so much 💝 Dr. Berg... You're an angel 😇❤️

My daughter has dysfunction of the autonomic system, both the parasympathetic and sympathetic systems don’t sync properly caused by EDS. Brain O2 decreases by 40% upon standing When she’s triggered, her vocal chord close and I use the breathing technique since she was 14 yrs old

Dr. Berg, when are you going to write a book on healthcare and alternative medicine?

Hey Dr. Berg, thank you for this great information. The link to the stress webinar is broken.

Hey .. Eric. . I am using Something caeld : mountain blood : Mumio : Shilajit : Shilait. And for me it works. It is almost all the Tracie Minerals you neat and the cleanest form too... Plz look into thes.

Daily meditation is missing on his list. And washing the face with cold water several times a day also stimulates the vagus nerv.

Amazing. I was thinking about this verve last night. Thanks for the information!

Unless you have used the VNS, your effectiveness review is questionable! I have! and it made a tremendous difference in my life. I have been living with fibro for at least 15 years (these are the years I've been aware that something is serious wrong). Last year, I had a chance to use the VN stimulator for 1 month. First off, nowadays it is an external device and the only thing invasive is the prick on your ear (UNLESS it is the devise that is implanted on epileptics for continuous use due to their condition). The rest is just a little electric shock that is barely felt. First week I just slept practically 20 hours of the day. On the second week, I asked my husband to take me shopping (haven't been able to do it for over a year). On week 3, I lusted, not just wanted, I craved, to go for a walk! Something that was completely impossible only a few weeks ago, became a reality! I went on a 3,5km that evening. From not being able to get over a 200m distance I went on to 3,5km. Those are fantastic devices and should not be written off just because you have not used them.

Best doctor ever..:)

Wow that book title at the end... Superb! Gonna check it out. Thank you, Dr Berg for all you do.. xx..

I wish someone would edit the comments (and the replies within the comments) to remove all of the ones that veer off into arguing about religious beliefs and attacking and insulting others' religions. I don't care if you're Muslim, Jewish, Christian or a Pagan, this is not the place to attack and insult other religions or brag about yours. Nor are religious beliefs relevant to the video or discussion, which are about the benefits of stimulating the vagus nerve

Can vagus be damaged or overtaxed by a back/rib injury?

Hi dr Berg. I can imagine a burn out would also be due to a longtime dysbalance in sympathatic/parasympathetic. Is this true?

Good video dr.👏👏👏I’ m HSP and react fiercely.Since I use magnesium taurat i’m calm now😊😊😊 and my brain work better then ever🙂🙂🙂

Wow Dr Berg. I'm hoping to implement this and see if it helps me sleep any better. I've had insomnia now for 14 yrs and these last two years are the worst and I weaned myself off of Ativan about 4 months ago but I am doing terrible I'm a 56 year-old grandma weighing 110 lb and I'm afraid this lack of sleep is going to give me a heart attack. But I remember telling my daughter that my breathing was not right and I knew that also affected my sleep and I also read up on the parasympathetic nerve and I know I need help with that. I'm like always in the fight or flight mode. And I never go into REM sleep. I hardly ever get past an hour of sleep at a time. I'm getting quite scared at this point. I would make the drive to you from here in Detroit if you take patients but I don't think you do. I need help before its too late for me. And I live alone but at this rate I'm gonna lose my job and my trailer and I don't want that to happen cuz I don't wanna be a burden on anyone. I thank God that there's someond like you to share these video's with us I just wish I could figure out everything by myself so I could sleep.

So I have palpitations constantly which started in ernest 5 years ago. Had my heart checked, no real reason for it, I was told the valve is fine and whatever it was isn't life threatening. They offered to medicate me, I declined. Not too much caffeine, anxieties etc. either. A year later I discovered through an upper scope that I had a hiatal hernia. My best guess for the palpitations is that my hernia is pushing the vagus nerve causing my heart to flutter, jump and skip.

Along with these already recommended are cold showers by Liam Stops Tinnitus for healing tinnitus.

I really get ALOT out of your videos, thank you!!!

How long do results last? Can these exercises go as far as helping gastroparesis amd other such things? When i told my GI doc that i almost pass out when straining to go number 2, she said I have Vasovagal Syncope. Is that anything to do with Vagus nerve? Also, how long do results last?

Omg omg thank youuuuuu i was waiting for tgis

I've always fainted easily and attributed it to a sensitive vagus nerve

Castor oil at abdomen area great for parasympathetic mode

A recent programme on UK tele recommended multi probiotics for depression and anxiety as it affects the Vagus nerve to the brain, it seems there is a link in what we eat and the brain/mood function . We are what we eat, not only effects the body but the mind too. .