force-pump

For the heart, the major benefits come from using the diaphragm as a force-pump for circulation.

The Tao of Health, Sex and Longevity Daniel Reid 1989

Benefits: The dramatic pressure changes between abdomen and chest caused by this type of breathing greatly amplify the packing and draining of blood and energy in the abdominal organs and greatly enhance the force-pump effect of the diaphragm on venous circulation.

The Tao of Health, Sex and Longevity Daniel Reid 1989

But its haemodynamic power is much greater than that of cardiac contractions because the surface of the force-pump is much greater and because its propelling power is superior to that of the heart.

The Tao of Health, Sex and Longevity Daniel Reid 1989

It is the most powerful muscle in our body; it acts like a perfect force-pump, compressing the liver, the spleen, the intestines, and stimulating the whole abdominal and portal circulation.

The Tao of Health, Sex and Longevity Daniel Reid 1989

But it is not air shaken by reflected blows: it is the cascades driven into the enclosing helmet by the force-pump.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 Various

They renewed and increased their labors at the force-pump, and the impetuous torrent came surging about the diver's ears.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 Various

Now the piston in the force-pump is about one inch in diameter.

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 Various

A force-pump, a common old-style fire-engine, was rigged up, the nozzle and hose bound to a huge pile, to equal which the tallest pine

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 Various

This was attached to a good-sized force-pump, the feedpipe of which was in the river.

Hiram the Young Farmer Burbank L. Todd

None of the other stanzas contain personal matter; the grief of the author of _Great Britain's Sun's-set_ seems as artificial as might be expected; and his tears were probably brought to the surface by the usual pecuniary force-pump.

Notes and Queries, Number 13, January 26, 1850 Various