K. P. Buteyko. Poster 1: Criteria of Lung Ventilation, CO₂ Levels, and Functional States of the Organism: Historical Graphic Reconstruction and Clinical-Diagnostic Model

Poster 1. Criteria of Lung Ventilation, CO2 Levels, and Functional States of the Organism according to K. P. Buteyko: Historical Graphic Reconstruction and Clinical-Diagnostic Model Abstract: This publication presents a comprehensive academic vector reconstruction and companion clinical monograph of Poster 1 ("Table of Lung Ventilation Criteria"), the foundational diagnostic and prognostic standard created by Konstantin Pavlovich Buteyko. Developed continuously since 1952 at the Laboratory of Functional Diagnostics (Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences) and clinically validated by the USSR Ministry of Health in 1968 and 1981, this chart served as the central teaching and diagnostic tool across all authorial clinical cycles and seminar courses of the VEDB (Volitional Elimination of Deep Breathing) medical school. The primary scientific function of the poster is the visual integration of fundamental blood-gas homeostasis constants with simple, objective functional tests accessible for daily self-monitoring. In the absence of complex laboratory equipment, K. P. Buteyko demonstrated a strict mathematical correlation between true alveolar carbon dioxide tension (pCO2), the duration of comfortable breath-holding after a calm exhalation (Control Pause, CP), and resting heart rate. Key Structural and Methodological Elements: Ventilation Spirogram Register: Four baseline curves illustrating the respiratory pattern—from physiological norm (minimal amplitude with an automatic pause after exhalation) through latent and severe hyperventilation to convulsive crisis breathing. The 13-Level Clinical Matrix: An eight-column taxonomy spanning super-endurance stages (V–I), the physiological norm of health (alveolar CO2 at strictly 6.5% / 46 mmHg, blood pH 7.35–7.40, CP 60 s, resting pulse 60 bpm), and progressive stages of hyperventilation disease (stages I–VII, terminating in cellular paralysis and death when CO2 drops below 3.0%). Three Functional Zone Profiles: Detailed clinical characterizations of super-endurance, norm, and disease, correlating alveolar pCO2, blood pH, autonomic nervous system tone (parasympathetic "rest and digest" vs. sympathoadrenal distress), the Verigo-Bohr effect, and tissue oxygen delivery. The Law of Feedback: Clarification of the self-perpetuating cycle wherein hyperventilation-induced hypocapnia triggers smooth muscle vasospasm and bronchospasm, causing tissue hypoxia that reflexively excites the respiratory center and deepens breathing further. The Practical Canon of the VEDB Method: Precise criteria for reversing hyperventilation via the "Left Hand Rule" (gradual reduction of inhalation depth through muscular relaxation to a sensation of slight, comfortable air hunger) and the "Right Hand Rule" (strict 24/7 nasal breathing, postural correction, and avoidance of ventilation-stimulating factors). Philosophical and Behavioral Foundation: An exploration of the evolutionary biology of scarcity, the doctrine of rational asceticism, and the canonical "NEDO-" ("Under-") formula ("under-breathe", "under-eat", "under-sleep", and physical labor) as an indispensable lifestyle framework for overcoming diseases of civilization. The release includes the publication-ready vector SVG poster (A4 portrait, viewBox 1200 x 1700 px) and a comprehensive companion monograph. Published under the Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication as part of the academic initiative "Buteyko Method Heritage".