Introductory Articles for Ozone Therapy
Ozone Applications
Ozone- Oxygen Therapies By Nathaniel Altman
Ozone Therapy New Breakthrough for Back Treatment
The Politics of Aids and Ozone
Water purification and ozone
Why Use Ozone
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It is noted in the literature that all individuals using ozone therapy should also ensure adequate
amounts of Vitamins B (complex), C, E, A, (& Beta Carotene), Zinc, Selenium, and some have
recommended N-acetyl-Cysteine, and Copper.
Ozone Sauna
The benefits of a steam sauna on the immune system and disease processes have been well
documented. In addition to being relaxing and soothing, a sauna and the accompanying induced
hyperthermia on the body, mimics the beneficial effects of a fever, without the discomfort. At 104
degrees F., for example, the growth rate of the polio virus is reduced up to 250 times; at 106 degrees
pneumococcus, a bacterium responsible for pneumonia, dies.
Although the effects of this artificial method of increasing the body temperature are not as
comprehensive as a natural fever, there are definite system wide effects. There is evidence that
artificial fever works as an immune system stimulant by increasing the number of white blood cells in
the body. In a 1959-review of studies on the effects of heat treatments, Mayo Clinic researcher Dr.
Wakim and colleagues cite findings indicating that the number of white blood cells in the blood
increased by an average of 58% during artificially induced fever. Researchers also have found
increases in the activity of the white blood cells during induced fever.
Apart from the immune system-stimulating effects of sweat therapy, many thought it as one of the
most effective and painless detoxifying treatments available. Sweat contains almost the same
elements as urine, and for this reason, the skin is sometimes called the third kidney. It is estimated
that as much as 30% of bodily wastes are eliminated by way of perspiration, and during a steam
sauna, the body perspires profusely.
By adding ozone into this environment, the ozone is easily absorbed into the skin and lymphatic
system because of the open pores. This provides an excellent detoxifying effect and it is also reported
that the effects are once again not limited to detoxification, but may induce the desirable system wide
effects that is desired in the medical use of ozone: oxygenation of all the tissues, organs, and cells of
the body, boosting the immune system, stimulation of the release of anti-cancer substances from the
white blood cells of the immune system, enhancement of blood and oxygen delivery throughout the
body.
It is very important to point out that the sauna used for this treatment is of the type where the
individual's head protrudes from the top of the sauna, and the individual is therefore not breathing the
ozone / steam mixture. Concentrations used for this type of treatment are usually approximately
40ug/ml, and the ozone is introduced into the sauna at a rate of 1/4LPM.
Using the steam sauna is one of the most popular methods of taking advantage of this therapy. The
steam sauna ozone system for applying ozone has many advantages:
It is a relaxing and non-invasive approach to ozone therapy
It cleanses the skin, pores, and lymphatic system
The user will take advantage of 2 therapies at the same time: sweat therapy and ozone
therapy (both individually with their own health benefits)
You feel clean, refreshed, and rejuvenated.
Auricular Insufflations:
Many individuals have found it beneficial to irrigate the ear canal with the ozone / oxygen mixture from
a medical ozone generator. As with every use of ozone for medical purposes the individual must
ensure: the purity of the oxygen supply, that all parts of the ozone generator in contact with the gas
stream are ozone resistant (eg. kynar, Teflon, glass, silicone), and that they know the ozone output
(concentration of the ozone) of the ozone generator. This is extremely important - too little ozone and
there will be no effect; too much ozone and there can be irritation to the ear canal.
The patient may first apply a small amount of water to the ear canal to assist in the absorption of the
ozone. The ozone must be humidified by bubbling the gas through water. The usual concentration
used for this protocol is 15ug/ml - 30ug/ml. The flow rate used is usually ¼ Litre per minute or
perhaps 1/8 LPM.
The output tube of the ozone generator is held up to the entrance of the ear. At no time should the
tube come into proximity of the eyes, nose, or mouth. Doing so may cause discomfort. At no time
should the output tube be placed inside the ear, or sealed into the entrance way of the ear.
The ozone should be allowed to flow into the ear and out of the ear. Each ear is usually treated for 2-5
minutes per treatment.
Treatment schedule depends on the disease of the patient, and the effect on each individual patient.
This therapy should not be performed more than once per day, and in most cases is performed 2-3
times per week.
Patients should individually modify the treatment protocol depending on their reaction. If any
discomfort, redness, or "chapping" occurs, it is suggested that the patient increase the length of time
between treatments, and decrease the ozone concentration coming from the ozone generator.
Many physicians have indicated that the ozone enters the lymphatic and blood system this way. Many
patients have reported a wide variety of results including relief of allergies, relief of colds, clearing of
sore throats and swollen glands.
Vaginal Insufflation:
A vaginal cannula is used to introduce the ozone gas to the patient. Unlike Rectal Insufflation, there is
no danger of pressure buildup. The ozone concentration used is usually 25-30ug/ml, and the flow rate
is usually 1/4LPM (litres per minute) or 1/8LPM. Treatment time is usually 5 - 15 minutes. The patient
may lower the ozone concentration, and the duration of the treatment if any discomfort occurs. This
treatment should not be performed more than once per day, and is usually only performed 2-3 times
per week.
Many women have reported relief from yeast infections and various sexually transmitted diseases
including herpes. Many women also use this method as an alternative to rectal insufflation as it is
theorized that the ozone not only affects the pelvic region, but also enters the general circulation
causing a body wide effect.
Women must not use this method close to, or during the time of menstruation as ozone at these
concentrations increases blood flow.
Rectal Insufflation
Rectal Insufflation is "95% as effective as Major Autohemotherapy" (Renate Viebahn). This method is
used by many physicians in their clinics and by those at home as well.
The ozone gas (usually at a concentration between 20ug/ml - 35ug/ml, and a flow rate of 1/8 litre per
minute) is infused rectally using a urethral catheter. The procedure is usually performed following a
bowel movement or a colonic treatment in order to ensure the colon is relatively free of fecal matter.
The ozone enters the lower intestine, is held for at least 30 minutes, and over this period it is
absorbed into the system.
This type of treatment is performed at initially at high concentrations and gradually lowered as
treatments continue for such problems as colitis, bacterial infections, or bleeding. The treatment is
performed using the above guidelines (lower in concentration) if the desired effects are the immune
modulation and other "system wide" effects typically desired of Ozone Therapy.
Infusing gas rectally is much like blowing up a balloon. For safety and comfort reasons the physician
and patient must always ensure that only the desired volume of ozone gas is infused. A typical
starting point for many users is 125cc of gas (which can be obtained if the flow rate is 1/8 litre per
minute as above, and the treatment is performed for one minute). The ozone gas is infused through
the catheter which is inserted into the rectum approximately 4 to 6 inches. Using the example above,
the flow is then stopped within one minute, the catheter withdrawn, and the patient then holds this gas
for a period of at least 30 minutes.
Why 30 minutes? Dr. Michael Carpendale has shown us through studies that the ozone gas is
absorbed over a period of 30-40 minutes as it is held in the body. If the ozone escapes before that
time, the full benefit of the treatment has not been obtained. The gas is slowly absorbed into the body,
and the "system wide" effects of ozone therapy are obtained. Most users of this method have
mentioned that little or no discomfort is caused by this method, and most find they have no gas to
release at the end of the 30 minute period.
Body Suit
One of the easiest and most pleasurable of the methods of using ozone, the body suit is both effective
and relaxing. The ozone is absorbed through the skin, cleansing the lymphatic system, and reportedly
inducing the body wide effects of ozone generally seen with other treatment protocols.
The patient first opens the pores of the skin by taking a warm/hot shower, after which they
immediately enter the body suit.
The body suit must be sealed at the ankles and wrists to reduce leaking. Usually a towel is wrapped
around the neck to increase comfort and to reduce leaking around the neck. If necessary, a fan may
be used to gently blow any leaking ozone away from the individual. The ozone generator is set to
produce a concentration of 25 - 35ug/ml at a flow rate of 1/4LPM.
The ozone must be humidified (run through water) and is introduced into the body suit.
The patient remains in the body suit for 15 - 40 minutes ( one usually starts with a 15 minute
treatment and the treatment time remains that or is gradually increased depending on the desire and
comfort of the individual during and after treatments). Treatment is usually individualized depending
on the individual effects of the treatments and the desired effect, be it in treatment of a disease, or for
general health. Individuals should be encouraged to use their own bodies and common sense as an
indication of whether treatment times and concentrations should be increased or lowered. This
treatment is usually performed 2-3 times per week, and never more than once per day.
Ozonated Olive Oil
Ozonated Olive Oil is used around the world for a variety of uses: acne, skin lesions, burns, fungal
infections (eg. Of the toe nail), herpes, eczema, leg sores, bed sores, gingivitis, hemorrhoids, STD's,
cold sores, and many others.
This appears to be the only way to stabilize ozone without adding artificial stabilizers, chemicals, or
preservatives. Ozone is bubbled at very high concentrations, under a controlled environment for days
until it slowly begins to solidify. This solid form of olive oil forms a Vaseline or salve like substance
and will keep for many months on the shelf. If kept refrigerated, it maintains its full effectiveness
almost indefinitely.
Some individuals even choose to ingest ozonated olive oil in order to obtain the system wide effects
of using ozone medically.
Bagging
"Bagging" with ozone refers to the method of isolating a body part by surrounding it with a bag (such
as hand, arm, leg, foot, torso, pelvis, but NEVER head), and introducing ozone. This can be used to
treat gangrene, diabetic foot ulcers, bed sores, burns, any wounds that are infected or slow healing,
or those that refuse to heal. This method is not intended to generate an immune modulating effect on
the individual as in the methods above.
The bag is placed around or over the affected area, the output tube from the ozone generator placed
through the top of the bag, and the top sealed as effectively as possible. Ozone at the desired
concentration must first be humidified (simply bubbled through water) and then enters the bag; the
ozone generator constantly runs during this treatment. Treatment times vary depending on the type of
wounds being treated but typically range from 10 - 30 minutes. As leaking will occur from the bag it is
suggested that this process occurs in a well ventilated area. After the treatment the bag will still
contain a high concentration of ozone, irritating to the lungs, nose, and eyes if it escapes from the
bag. This is usually disposed of in a safe manner. (In European medical clinics, a specially designed
bag is used to ensure no leaking occurs, and after treatment the ozone is sucked from the bag by a
vacuum pump so neither the patient, nor the attendant ever breathes in the ozone).
In this method the ozone kills any bacteria, viruses, fungus, or molds infecting the open wound,
increase blood flow to the wound, and stimulates the healing process. It has been documented that
many a body part has been spared amputation through the application of ozone in this method.
High concentrations of ozone applied through bagging (60ug/ml - 90ug/ml) tend to have a sterilization
effect on the wound, but if used for prolonged periods will have a negative effect on healing. Mid
range ozone concentrations (30-40 ug/ml) will have a healing effect on the wounds. Therefore the
protocol as suggested by German researchers is to begin with the infected wound at 75-90ug/ml for
the sterilizing effect, and as the treatments begin to clear the wound of infection, to gradually drop the
concentration towards 35ug/ml. This gradual drop in the concentration will maintain the sterility of the
wound, and stimulate healing. Individual differences in this protocol are taken into account by
watching the effect of the ozone on the wound, and the rate at which it closes.
Major Autohemotherapy
This procedure is performed only by trained professionals, usually only in a clinic setting.
Approximately 200cc of the patients blood is withdrawn into an evacuated bottle. The bottle is then
hung upside down, and ozone gas (the same volume as the blood withdrawn) is infused into the
bottle, usually at a concentration of 40ug/ml. The blood is then given back to the patient, much like a
transfusion.
In this procedure the trained professional constantly monitors the patient, and ensures the purity of
the ozone gas, and the sterility of all equipment used. For the trained professional, this treatment is
actually quite easy, and very safe for the patient.
Major Autohemotherapy is the preferred method of many practitioners, and it is used in well over 150
diseases. In Germany, even the ambulances are equipped with ozone generators; if ozone is
administered within 24 hours of a stroke, 95% of patients suffer no permanent paralysis.
Ozone- Oxygen Therapies Back to Articles List
By Nathaniel Altman
Author of Oxygen Healing Therapies
Although used by an estimated ten million patients in Europe since the early 1960's, the therapeutic
use of medical ozone and hydrogen peroxide (technically known as "bio-oxidative therapies") is
largely a mystery to North Americans. Hailed as a safe, eff ective and low-cost treatment for a wide
spectrum of diseases- including candida, cancer, heart problems and HIV- related infections- in
Europe, proponents feel that they can go far in resolving America's health care crisis. However,
physicians who have tr ied to utilize these therapies in this country are often harassed by local
medical societies and threatened with loss of license. As a result, every year hundreds of patients
have been forced to seek out physicians in Germany, Russia and even Cuba where t hese therapies
are an accepted part of the medical mainstream.. Others spend tens of thousands of dollars to
receive bogus ozone cures from unlicensed practitioners here and abroad who ignore established
protocols. Many end their lives in both poverty and despair.
What is the truth behind bio-oxidative therapies? Are they a panacea to our health-care crisis, or are
ozone and hydrogen peroxide ineffective and even dangerous to health? And despite decades of
clinical success, why are they considered "experimental" an d not approved by the FDA? On the
following pages, let's examine some of the major questions about bio-oxidative therapies and their
role in human health care picture.
Q: Exactly what are bio-oxidative therapies?
A: Bio-oxidative therapies involve administering small amounts of diluted ozone and hydrogen
peroxide into the body for the prevention and treatment of disease. Ozone therapy has been used by
licensed physicians in Germany since the early 1960's, while hydrogen peroxide therapy was
developed in the United States primarily by Dr. C.H. Farr, nominee for the 1993 Nobel prize in
Medicine.
Q: What is the scientific basis for bio-oxidative therapies?
A: The philosophy behind bio-oxidative therapies is a simple one. The use of hydrogen peroxide and
ozone in medicine is based on the belief that the accumulation of toxins in the body is normally burnt
up by the process of oxidation, a process wherein a s ubstance is changed chemically because of the
effect of oxygen on it. Oxidation breaks the toxins down into carbon dioxide and water, and eliminates
them from the body. However, if the oxygen system of the body is weak or deficient (whether through
lack o f exercise, environmental pollution, poor diet, smoking, or improper breathing), our bodies
cannot eliminate them adequately and a toxic reaction can occur. In minor cases, a toxic buildup can
lead to fatigue, while a wide range of diseases can result when poor oxygenation is chronic.
Q: Are these considered "new" therapies?
A: Although few of us have ever heard of them, bio-oxidative therapies have been around for a long
time. They have been used clinically by European physicians for over a century, and were first
reported by Dr. T.H. Oliver in the British medical publication The Lancet in 1920.1 Since that time,
they have been studied in major medical research centers throughout the world, including Baylor
University, Yale University, The University of California (Los Angeles) and Harvard University in the
United States, as well as in medical schools and laboratories in Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Russia,
Canada, Japan and Cuba. Today, between fifty and one hundred scientific articles are published each
month about the chemical and biological effects of ozone and hydrogen peroxide.
Q: How do they work?
A: Bio-oxidative therapies are used to provide the body with active forms of oxygen
orally, intravenously or through the skin. Once in the body, the hydrogen peroxide or ozone breaks
down into various oxygen subspecies which contact anaerobic viruses and microbes
[i.e. viruses and microbes which have the ability to live without air, as well as diseased or deficient
tissue cells. It oxidizes these cells while leaving the healthy cells alone. When the body becomes
saturated with these special forms of oxygen, it reaches a state of purity wherein disease
microorganisms are killed, while the underlying toxicity is oxidized and eliminated.
According to Frank Shallenberger, M.D., who is best known in the United States for treating AIDS
patients with a holistic protocol including ozone, bio-oxidative therapies have affect the human body in
the following ways:
1. They stimulate the production of white blood cells, which are necessary to fight infection.
2. Ozone and hydrogen peroxide are anti-virucidal.
3. They increase oxygen and hemoglobin disassociation, thus increasing the delivery of oxygen from
the blood to the cells.
4. Ozone and hydrogen peroxide are anti-neoplastic, which means that they inhibit the growth of
new tissues like tumors.
5. They oxidize and degrade petrochemicals.
6. They increase red blood cell membrane distensibility, thus enhancing their flexibility and
effectiveness.
7. Bio-oxidative therapies increase the production of interferon and Tumor Necrosis Factor, which
the body uses to fight infections and cancers.
8. They increase the efficiency of the anti-oxidant enzyme system, which scavenges excess free
radicals in the body.
9. They accelerate the Citric Acid Cycle, which is the main cycle for the liberation of energy from
sugars. This then stimulates basic metabolism. It also breaks down proteins, carbohydrates and fats
to be used as energy.
10. Bio-oxidative therapies increase tissue oxygenation, thus bringing about patient improvement.2
Q: What exactly is hydrogen peroxide and how is it used therapeutically?
A: Hydrogen peroxide (H202) is made up of two hydrogen atoms and two oxygen atoms. A powerful
oxidizer, hydrogen peroxide kills bacteria, viruses and fungi; most of us have used a 3% solution of
hydrogen peroxide externally to disinfect wounds. Higher concentrations of hydrogen peroxide are
used extensively in the agricultural, food and chemical industries as a disinfectant, water purifier and
bleaching agent. It is also a common ingredient in contact lens cleaners, eye drops and
mouthwashes.
Hydrogen peroxide is involved in all of life's vital processes, and must be present for the immune
system to function properly. The cells in the body that fight infection (known as granulocytes) produce
hydrogen peroxide as a first line of defense against invading organisms like parasites, viruses,
bacteria and yeast. It is also required for the metabolism of protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins and
minerals. As a hormonal regulator, hydrogen peroxide is necessary for the body's production of
estrogen, progesterone and thyroxin; it also helps regulate blood sugar and the production of energy
in cells. Hydrogen peroxide has long been used medically as a disinfectant, antiseptic and oxidizer,
but has only recently been found to successfully treat a wide variety of human diseases with a
minimum of harmful side effects.
The most common form of hydrogen peroxide therapy used by doctors calls for small amounts of 30%
reagent grade hydrogen peroxide added to purified water and administered as an intravenous drip.
However, some individuals like to add a cup of 35% food grade hydrogen peroxide to a bathtub of
warm water; the hydrogen peroxide is absorbed into the body through the skin while the person soaks
in the tub. Others drink a glass of water to which several drops of food or reagent grade hydrogen
peroxide have been ad ded. Although there have been reports of improved health with this method,
physicians like Dr. Farr believe that taking hydrogen peroxide orally can have a corrosive effect on the
stomach and small intestine and advise against using it. 3
Q: What about ozone? How is it used medically?
A: Ozone (O3) is an energized form of oxygen with extra electrons. It forms the protective ozone layer
around the planet, yet becomes a pollutant when mixed with hydrocarbons (like carbon dioxide) and
nitrogen oxide from automobile and factory emissions. Because scientists have focussed on the
negative effects of inhaled ozone, the medicinal aspects of the gas when applied intravenously or
through the skin have been largely overlooked.
Because ozone was found to be an effective bactericide and fungicide during the mid-1800's, it was
first used to purify drinking water in a number of European cities. Today, over 2000 municipalities
around the world- including Montreal, Paris, Los Angeles and Moscow- purify their drinking water with
ozone. However, ozone was not used medically until 1915, when it was found to be an effective
disinfectant of wounds and skin diseases in Germany during the First World War. It was later found
that ozone has t he ability to "blast" holes through the membranes of viruses, yeasts, bacteria and
abnormal tissue cells and therefore killing them. Ozone was the focus of considerable research in
Germany during the 1930's where it was successfully used to treat patients suffering from
inflammatory bowel disorders, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease and chronic bacterial diarrhea. The
four primary ways to administer medical ozone include:
1. Autohemotherapy, which involves removing about one half pint of blood from the patient, adding
ozone and oxygen to the blood, and infusing the blood back to the patient.
2. Rectal insufflation, in which ozone and oxygen is administered as a rectal enema. The
ozone/oxygen mixture is then absorbed through the large intestine.
3. Ozone "bagging", which involves having an airtight bag placed around the area to be treated. A
mixture of ozone and oxygen is pumped into the bag and absorbed through the skin.
4. Ozone is also used externally in the form of ozonated olive or sunflower oil.
Q; What types of diseases can be treated with ozone and hydrogen peroxide?
A: Bio-oxidative therapies offer a tremendous range of medical applications. According to the
International Bio-Oxidative Medical Foundation (IBOMF), an Oklahoma-based organization devoted to
research and education about these therapies, the following conditions or diseases have been treated
with ozone and hydrogen peroxide with varying degrees of success:
Heart and Blood Vessel Diseases
Peripheral vascular disease (poor circulation)
Cerebral vascular disease (stroke and memory loss)
Cardiovascular disease (heart disease)
Coronary spasm (angina)
Cardioconversion (heart stopped)
Cardiac arrhythmias (irregular heartbeat)
Gangrene (of fingers and toes)
Raynaud's disease ("white finger")
Temporal arteritis (inflammation of the temporal artery)
Vascular and cluster headaches
Pulmonary Diseases
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Emphysema
Asthma
Bronchiectasis (dilatation of bronchus or bronchi)
Pneumocystis carinii (PCP or AIDS-related pneumonia)
Chronic bronchitis
Infectious Diseases
Influenza
Herpes zoster (shingles)
Herpes simplex (fever blister)
Systemic chronic candidiasis (candida)
Epstein-Barr virus (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome)
HIV-related infections
Acute and chronic viral infections
Chronic unresponsive bacterial infections
Parasitic infections
Immune Disorders
Multiple sclerosis
Rheumatoid arthritis
Diabetes mellitus Type II
Hypersensitive reactions (environmental and universal reactors)
Other Diseases
Parkinson's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
Migraine headaches
Chronic pain syndromes (due to multiple causes)
Pain of metastatic carcinoma
Cancers of the blood and lymph nodes 4
Q: Is it true that ozone cures AIDS?
A: There is growing evidence that ozone (as well as hydrogen peroxide, since ozone becomes
transformed into hydrogen peroxide in the body) can destroy lipid-enveloped viruses both outside and
within the body, including those related to hepatitis, Epstein -Barr, cancer, herpes, cytomegalovirus
and HIV. The results of a study coordinated by the Canadian Armed Forces and published in the
Canadian Medical Association Journal showed that ozone kills HIV, the hepatitis and herpes viruses,
and other harmful agen ts in the blood used for transfusion. The author of the article added, "The
systemic use of ozone in the treatment of AIDS could not only reduce the virus load, but also possibly
revitalize the immune system. " 5 Although a related study on AIDS patients proved inconclusive,
Cmdr. Michael Shannon, MD, one of the coordinators of the study, wrote that "Of interest, however,
the three patients (out of ten volunteers) who responded to minor autohemotherapy in the first trial,
are still alive after four years p ost treatment, with CD4 counts in excess of two hundred. These
patients should have theoretically succumbed to AIDS within a year post-treatment."6 In several
clinics in Germany, AIDS patients are being treated successfully with different types of ozone t
herapies, including rectal insufflation, ozone bagging, and autohemotherapy.
Bio-oxidative therapies can be an important part of holistic treatment for HIV-related problems,
including lower T-cell counts, opportunistic infections, and AIDS-related diarrhea. Dan's was one such
case. He was diagnosed HIV-positive and his T-cell count had dropped below 600. After only one
month of ozone therapy as part of a protocol including vitamin supplements, anti-viral compounds and
intestinal cleansing, his T-cell count rose to 900 and his swollen lymph nodes shrank for the first time
in years.
Although there have been other cases of improvement of AIDS patients after regular ozone
treatments (and several documented cases of people who were HIV+ reverting to HIV- status) ozone
and hydrogen peroxide should not be considered as a "magic bullet" against HIV and AIDS.
According to Frank Shallenberger, M.D. "Ozone therapy works in AIDS by acting as a an immune
system modulator. In this capacity, it is very effective, safe, inexpensive and readily available. Proper
therapy for AIDS will be directed at early intervention (i.e. CD4 count > 300), ozone plus other
synergistic immune-augmented therapy, intestinal cleansing is paramount due to the immunosuppressive aspect of parasites.7
Dr. Silvia Menendez, the co-founder of Cuba's Department of Ozone Department (part of the
prestigious National Center for Scientific Research in Havana), suggested that ozone works best
when administered as soon as possible after HIV infection, before the virus has penetrated the
lymphatic system and bone marrow. The personal, economic and social ramifications of this
possibility cannot be underestimated.
Q: Are these therapies safe?
A: Although ozone and hydrogen peroxide are highly toxic in their purified state, they have been found
to be both safe and effective when diluted to therapeutic levels for medical use. When administered in
prescribed amounts by a qualified practitioner, t he chances of experiencing adverse reactions to biooxidative therapies are extremely small. For example, a German study on 384,775 patients evaluating
the adverse side effects of over five million medically-administered ozone treatments found that the ra
te of adverse side effects was only 0.0007 per application. This figure is far lower than any other type
of medical therapy.8
It has been estimated that over ten million people (primarily in Germany, Russia and Cuba) have
been given bio-oxidative therapies over the past seventy years to treat over fifty different diseases. As
cited before, they include heart and blood vessel dis eases, diseases of the lungs, infectious
diseases, and immune-related disorders. In some cases, bio-oxidative therapies are administered
alone, while in others, they are used in addition to traditional medical procedures (such as surgery or
chemotherapy) or as adjuncts to alternative health practices like megavitamin therapy, acupuncture or
herbal medicine.
Q: If these therapies are so great, why aren't they used more widely in Canada and The USA?
A: Despite the fact that both ozone and hydrogen peroxide therapy have been proven in clinical trials
(and in regular clinical practice) to be safe and effective in Germany, Austria, Cuba, Mexico, Italy and
Russia, very few people have heard about bio-oxidative therapies in the United States and Canada.
Although an estimated 15,000 European practitioners legally use bio-oxidative therapies in their
practices, the number of physicians using these therapies in North America is probably fewer than
500. This is partly due to the fact that information about medical ozone and hydrogen peroxide is not
provided in medical schools, and students simply do not learn about them. In addition, the medical
establishment (and especially provincial and state medical boar ds) often discourages or prevents
licensed physicians from using them in their medical practice. Some, like Dr. Robert Atkins, M.D., the
author of the popular book Dr. Atkins' Diet Revolution, have been threatened with having their
licenses revoked if th ey administer hydrogen peroxide or ozone. Clinics have been closed down and
practitioners have been threatened with jail.
Q: Why is there so much prejudice against these therapies by the medical establishment?
A: A major reason for this lack of interest in bio-oxidative therapies is that ozone and hydrogen
peroxide are non-patentable substances that are very inexpensive to manufacture and use. In
Germany, Russia and Cuba, physicians have successfully treated m any serious and chronic
conditions (including cancer and heart disease) without expensive surgery. The net cost of the
materials for a treatment of autohemotherapy or a medical infusion of hydrogen peroxide is under
$10. Even though physicians must include professional fees and the use of their offices and
equipment, bio-oxidative therapies administered in a medical setting cost up to fifty percent less than
traditional therapies, especially for patients suffering from chronic and degenerative diseases. Selfadministered treatments by patients themselves, while not recommended, can cost far less. For these
reasons, ozone and hydrogen peroxide pose a threat to the continued dominance of the medical
establishment: the pharmaceutical industry, medical centers and physicians who are accustomed to
providing expensive drugs, complex medical procedures and long hospital stays.
Q: But why don't agencies like the FDA and Health and Welfare Canada encourage clinical trials on
these therapies?
A: Because government health agencies are often influenced by the pharmaceutical industry and
medical lobbies, objective investigation and development of effective protocols for bio-oxidative
therapies have been difficult to undertake. However, the Canadian government has shown a greater
willingness to investigate these therapies than American government agencies like the FDA or NIH,
as shown by the HIV studies cited earlier. However, like the American press, the Canadian media
largely ignored the important findings that ozone can completely remove HIV, hepatitis and herpes
viruses from the blood supply.
Q: What is the future of bio-oxidative therapies?
A: After reviewing the laboratory and clinical evidence regarding the use of ozone and hydrogen
peroxide, a recent report by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on Alternative Medical Systems
and Practices in the United States has recommended that "definitive studies be undertaken to
determine whether these treatments have any utility".10 At the same time, a number of statesincluding New York and North Carolina- have recently passed "freedom of medicine" laws which allow
the use of experimental therapies by licensed practitioners. Many physicians who are members of
IBOMF from both Canada and the United States are sharing their clinical data with the goal of
presenting their findings to government agencies like the NIH and FDA.
Medical ozone and hydrogen peroxide form the "cutting edge" of a new healing paradigm, involving
safe, effective, natural and less costly forms of medical therapy. As more people discover the value of
these therapies, there will be greater consumer demand . Because bio-oxidative therapies like
hydrogen peroxide and ozone hold great promise in treating both minor health problems and some of
the most devastating diseases confronting humanity today, including cardiovascular disease, cancer,
and HIV-related problems at low cost, they can help solve our national health care crisis. As more
physicians become acquainted with the value of these therapies, they will become a valuable part of
mainstream medical practice.
Notes
1. Oliver, T.H. and Murphy, D.V., "Influenzal Pneumonia: The Intravenous Use of Hydrogen
Peroxide", The Lancet, February 21, 1920, pp. 432-3.
2. Shallenberger, Frank, "Intravenous Ozone Therapy in HIV-related Disease" Proceedings: Fourth
International Bio-Oxidative Medicine Conference, April 1993.
3. Farr, Charles H., letter to the author, February 4, 1994.
4. Shallenberger, Frank, letter to the author, December 9, 1993.
5. Oxidative Therapy, (Oklahoma City: IBOMF, n.d.)
6. Baggs, A.C., "Are Worry-Free Transfusions Just a Whiff of Ozone Away?" Canadian Medical
Association Journal, (April 1, 1993) :1159
7. Shannon, Cmdr. Michael, letter to the author, 21 January, 1994.
8. Jacobs, Marie Theres, "Adverse Effects and Typical Complications in Ozone-Oxygen Therapy",
Ozonachrichten, 1982: (1), pp. 193-201
9. Carpendale, M.T., Interview in Ozone and the Politics of Medicine (Vancouver, Threshold Film,
1993).
10. Alternative Medicine: Expanding Medical Horizons (Washington: U.S. Government Printing
office, 1994)
Nathaniel Altman is the author over fifteen books on diet and health, including Oxygen Healing
Therapies , which was published in April by Healing Arts Press, and distributed in Canada by Alive
Books.
[ISBN: 0-89281-527-2, illustrated, 201 pp., trade paper, $12.95].
NATHANIEL ALTMAN
169 Prospect Park West Brooklyn, New York 11215 (718) 499-2384 fax (718) 499-3129
1 May 1995
Hilda Ward, Editor
Alive! Canadian Journal of Health and Nutrition
4728 Byrne Road
Burnaby, B.C. V5J 3H7
Canada
Dear Ms. Ward:
I am the author of Oxygen Healing Therapies which was recently published by Healing Arts Press,
and distributed by Alive Books in Canada. You recently published a review of the book in your
magazine, for which I am very grateful. I feel that my book is the most authoritative, complete, and upto-date book about the medical use of ozone and hydrogen peroxide (known as "bio-oxidative
therapies") today.
I thought that your readers may wish to learn more about these therapies, and the enclosed article
offers the lay reader a clear and documented introduction on what bio-oxidative therapies are and
how they work. I hope you will find it of interest. I have no problems with revising the article according
to your guidelines.
Thank you for considering this article for publication!
Sincerely,
Nathaniel Altman
Ozone Therapy: New breakthrough for Back Treatment
By Gaetano Morello, N.D.
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Ozone, the gas that protects us from the sun's damaging rays but becomes toxic when inhaled, is
experiencing a resurgence on the North American medical community. We are all familiar with the
ozone layer and how it's thinning due to chloroflourocarbons. But the reality is that ozone production
in the upper atmosphere depends on the amount energy coming from the sun. During peaks of solar
activity, ozone is created at a greater rate. During low periods in the sunspot cycle, the ozone layer is
thinner. At night, on the dark side of the planet, the ozone layer disappears over a period of a few
hours.
The layer is reformed as the sun rises in the morning. There is no ozone over the poles in the winter,
because there is no sunlight. Ozone is continuously being produced in the upper atmosphere as long
as sunlight is present, and since ozone is heavier than air, it begins to fall towards the earth. As it
falls, it combines with any pollutant it contacts, cleaning the air. When ozone contacts water vapor as
it falls, it forms hydrogen peroxide, a component of rain water, and that is the reason why rainwater
causes plants to grow better then irrigation. Ozone is also created by lightning; it is the ozone that
gives air that fresh smell after a rainfall.
Therapeutic action of ozone
In medicine, ozone has a number of well-established properties: It is antibacterial, antiviral, and
antifungal. The largest commercial use of ozone is in the purification of water. When you buy your
next gallon jug of water at the grocery store, the label will say "ozone treated." Both the FDA and EPA
certify that ozone destroys 99.9992 percent of all pathogenic germs, while oxidizing (destroying)
99.9992 percent of all pollutants in the water at the same time.
A new discovery for the treatment of herniated disc: The Discosan method
In Germany, over 7,000 doctors utilize ozone in the treatment of various diseases.
In Italy, orthopedic surgeons who used to perform surgery on herniated discs are now using a special
mixture of ozone to treat the pathology of this condition. Dr. Cesare Verga (orthopedic surgeon)
developed the system in 1984 and has treated over 6,000 patients. Dr. Verga claims that surgery
really doesn't address the underlying cause. As a matter of fact, it offsets the biomechanics of the
spine. Ozone, or the "Discosan method" (as it is known in Italy), represents a new approach in the
treatment of herniated discs which resolves both the biological and biomedical aspect of the
pathology. Dr. Verga states that this approach has a success rate of over 95 percent. Some of the
principal characteristics that make this method so unique are the following:
1. No contraindications.
2. Over 95 percent success rate.
3. Virtually zero recovery time.
4. No side effects.
The treatment consists of injections of a special mixture of ozone and oxygen applied around the
herniated zone. At the beginning, the therapy requires two treatments per week for a period of one to
two months.
On average, a total of 14 treatments are required, depending on the patient. The Discosan method
has even been shown efficacious in cases where surgery couldn't even alleviate the discomfort. An
interesting analogy used in the Italian medical circles is that ozone will mean for herniated discs is
what "ranitidine'meant for ulcers.
One of the main questions often asked about the Discosan method is: "How does this method work?"
When we look at the anatomy of an intervertebral disc, we see an outer fibrous covering and an inner
soft (pulposis) nucleus, much like a ripe cantaloupe with a hard outer shell and soft fruit inside. A
herniation occurs when trauma ruptures a part of this outer fibrous covering, most commonly in the
lumbosacral and cervical regions. This then causes the inner soft region to protrude and compress a
nerve root, causing the pain associated with a herniated disc. The Discosan method addresses this
pathology by three different modes of action:
1. The ozone-oxygen mixture has specific action on the protruding pulposus, by acting on a
molecular level on the bonds holding this herniation together. This in turn causes a reduction in the
herniation.
2. The method brings about a microvascularization to this area, therefore bringing more blood supply
and oxygen to the region, all essential for healing. Dr. Verga also claims that ozone brings more
fibroblasts to the area, which will help heal the pathology around the annulus fibrosus.
3. Reduces the edema in the area which can also contribute to the compression and inflammation.
The whole concept of treating a herniated disc without surgery is an exciting one. The fact that the
Discosan method has some sound scientific principals gives real hope to people suffering from this
debilitating condition.
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By Thomas Levy, MD
From " Extraordinary Science" Jul-Sep 1994
Possibly one of the best therapies ever discovered for AIDS, other infectious diseases, and most
degenerative, or chronic illnesses (including cancer) is oxygen therapy, especially in the form of
properly used ozone therapy. The main "drawbacks" in any form of ozone therapy are its simplicity
and its minimal cost. The medical industry relies on therapies that are costly and require substantial
expertise in their administration. Anything that comes along that appears clinically effective while
remaining inexpensive is viewed skeptically, at best. The systematic and ongoing efforts at spreading
disinformation and propaganda seem to know no bounds. In the Federal Register of 2/13/76, the
Federal Drug Administration (FDA) asserted that "Ozone" is a toxic gas with no know medical
uses."(1)
When ozone is formed from ordinary air exposed to electrical discharge or ultraviolet light, other toxic
gasses, such as nitrogen oxides, are formed as well. Ozone therapies use ozone generated from
pure, medical grade oxygen. The toxicity question, then, is a potential point of misunderstanding.
However, stating ozone has no known medical uses is nothing short of sheer lunacy.
Ozone has been used successfully on scores of diseases in Europe, especially Germany, for over 50
years. Over 6,000 articles on the medical usage's of ozone are in the world literature. Nearly every
disease process responds favorably to any therapy that effectively increases cellular oxygen content.
Furthermore, the safety profile of proper administration is virtually unparalleled. I had the opportunity
to witness multiple intravenous ozone treatments in the office of Dr. Horst Kief in West Germany. It is
a very simple, very safe procedure. In a survey of German ozone therapists, 5,579,238 ozone
treatments on 384,775 patients demonstrated a side effect rate of only 0.0007%, and the side effects
were uniformly minor and not even remotely life-threatening. On the other hand, over a million
patients are hospitalized annually in the US due to side effects of prescription medication, and over
100,000 of such individual die from such drug usage. If one person in the US dies even indirectly from
the usage of a vitamin product or an herbal concoction, the FDA quickly moves to outlaw accessibility
to such a product, but they remain strangely blinded to the carnage wrought annually by our
pharmaceutical industry. Dr. Hans Nieper, an ozone-using doctor in Hanover, Germany, reports that
in his medical practice on colon cancer he sees an interesting assemblage of American VIP's:
You wouldn't believe how many officials or relatives or acquaintances of FDA officials come to see me
as patients in Hanover. You wouldn't believe directors of the American Medical Association, or
American Cancer Association, or the presidents of orthodox cancer institutes. That's the fact.
(2) Very, very gradually mainstream American researchers are "testing the ozone waters" In 1991 a
main journal for the American Society of Hematology, Blood, published an article demonstrating that
ozone treatment inactivated human retroviruses
( including HIV) in human body fluids and blood product preparations. The researchers concluded
"Ozone has potent anti-HIV-1 activity in cell culture media and factor V!!! preparations. Although the
exact mechanism by which ozone mediates its effect remains unclear at this time, it is readily
apparent that ozone may be of use in rendering factor VIII and possibly other blood products, both
proteinaceous and cellular, free of HIV-1 and other infectious agents."
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Ozone is a naturally occurring component of fresh air. It can be produced by the ultra- violet rays of
the sun reacting with the Earth's upper atmosphere, which creates a protective ozone layer, or it can
be created artificially with an ozone generator. The ozone molecule contains three oxygen atoms
whereas the oxygen molecule contains only two. Ozone is a very reactive and unstable gas with a
short half-life before it reverts back to oxygen. Ozone is the most powerful and rapid acting oxidizer
man can produce, and will oxidize all bacteria, mould and yeast spores, organic material and viruses.
A Brief History Of Ozone
Ozone has played a significant role in the waste treatment process in the past and will continue to do
so in the future. The utilization of ozone in industrial situations has a long and impressive history, one
that pre-dates current environmental concerns. The American Indians, for whom fishing was a central
industry, recognized a correlation between a successful catch and a strange odor released by the
action of lightning after an electric storm. On the other side of the globe the ever astute Greeks had
also noticed the odor (and so defined it "ozein") and like the Indians, preferred fishing after a storm,
which is still practiced today. The explanation for this natural phenomenon is that after an electric
storm the upper layer of water in lakes is enriched with diluted oxygen and therefore naturally
ozonated. The positive influence of ozone on the digestive system of different species of fish has
been scientifically documented. The closed loop for fish-farming is only possible with ozone because
of its ability to destroy viruses responsible for many diseases in fish culture. The most common use of
ozone is for the treatment of water. In 1906 group of scientists and doctors studied the ozonation
system at the Oudshoorn plant in Holland and later constructed a 19,000 m3/day (5 mgd) plant using
ozonation for disinfection - at Nice, France. Nice is therefore referred to as "the birthplace of
ozonation for drinking water treatment".
Formation Of Ozone
The formation of oxygen into ozone occurs with the use of energy. This process is carried out by an
electric discharge field as in the CD-type ozone generators (corona discharge - simulation of the
lightning), or by ultraviolet radiation as in UV-type ozone generators (simulation of the ultra-violet rays
from the sun). In addition to these commercial methods, ozone may also be made through electrolytic
and chemical reactions.
Ozone And Its Applications
Ozone is not only a very powerful oxidizing agent but also a very powerful non- chemical disinfectant.
It has the unique feature of decomposing to a harmless nontoxic environmentally safe material,
namely oxygen. In Europe, ozone is used for many purposes: color removal, taste and odor removal,
turbidity reduction, organics removal, microflocculation, iron and manganese oxidation, and most
commonly, bacterial disinfection and viral inactivation. Most of these applications are based on
ozone's high oxidizing power. Ozone can be introduced at different points in the water treatment
process, depending on its intended application. When used for iron and manganese oxidation or to
induce flocculation, it is usually introduced early, and when used for taste and odor removal it is
introduced at an intermediate point. In European water treatment practices, ozonation is recognized
as a preferred method of virus inactivation rather then just an alternative to the use of chlorine for
disinfection.
Nine out of ten diseases, including the common cold and the flu, are caused by water or airborne
bacteria and viruses. Like chlorine, ozone kills microorganisms. The sterilization action of ozone is by
"direct kill attack" and oxidation of the biological material. The rate of bacteria killed by Ozone is 3500
times faster than with chlorine. Virus destruction with ozone is instantaneous, safe and foolproof, as
ozone is nature's own purifier. Chlorine's reactive oxidant is hypochloric acid which is formed when
chlorine is dissolved in water. This powerful oxidant will have significant long term negative effects on
our water sources. Ozone, on the other hand, has no side effects as far as the treatment of water is
concerned. It has properly been described as the "add-nothing" sterilant.
In Eastern Canada, there are approximately 100 ozone plants for the treatment of municipal water, as
well as many large industrial plants for water processing and waste water treatment. The principal
applications for ozonation systems (single ozone generators are rarely sold) are as follows:
Air Treatment Fish canneries Process water Aquaculture Fish hatcheries Pools and Spas Bottled
water Hot springs pools Potable water Cooling towers Industrial waste Therapeutic use Fish boats
Odor Control Waste water There are hundreds of commercial applications and new emerging
applications being developed.
Why Use Ozone?
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Oxygenation and Healing
Health and Healing do not exist without oxygen. Without food human beings can survive for month.
Without water we can survive for weeks. But without oxygen , we would die within 5 minutes. Oxygen
is our most immediate need.
Diseases and degeneration can be prevented through proper oxygenation of the tissues and organs.
Furthermore many diseases can be prevented, relieved or cured by re- establishing the delivery of
oxygen to affected areas.
In today's world it is no longer sufficient to simply breathe to ensure proper oxygenation. Our bodies
are constantly bombarded with toxins in our air, water, and food. In the city, oxygen levels in the air
we breathe are declining. The combination of these effects results in a lack of oxygen in the body,
which could result in diseases and cancers. In order to ensure proper oxygenation we must go further
than simply breathing. Ozone (a less stable, more active form of oxygen) not only oxygenates the
blood and issues, but is the only known therapy to enable the delivery of that oxygen to the tissues,
and directly into the cells where it is needed.
In addition to oxygenation, Ozone (or "activated oxygen") has also been proven to boost the immune
system, stimulate the release of anti-cancer substances from white blood cells, increase circulation of
blood, and ensure that the red blood cells are flexible enough to travel through even the smallest
blood vessels in order to reach the tissues and cells furthest from the heart. The end result is a
strengthening of the immune system, and oxygenation of all of the tissues and cells of the body.
This therapy therefore treats the grass roots of most disease: lack of oxygen, and a weakened
immune system. It is therefore not surprising, that so many diseases (over 150) respond positively to
these treatments. These diseases include Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia, Candida, Heart Disease,
Lyme Disease, Lupus, MS, Macular Degeneration, Diabetes, Stroke, Cancers, AIDS, .the list goes
on.
Rejuvenation & Anti-Aging – Oxygen Sauna Treatments
Many have realized that we do not have to accept the "natural" aging process as a fact of life. Many
aspects of aging are a result of a built up of toxins in our tissues, poor oxygenation of the tissues, a
weakening immune system no longer able to withstand the onslaught of toxins in the environment.
How do we address these issues?: The Longevity Resources Inc. Oxygen Sauna Therapy is steam
and heat therapy in combination with "activated oxygen" or ozone. With proper oxygenation and
detoxification, in combination with strengthening the immune system, the results are astounding.
The secret to Longevity is preventative treatments. Oxygen Therapies are not only for those suffering
from disease, but also those who wish to prevent disease and live a long, healthy, and happy life.
Adult –Onset Diabetes – Oxygenated Blood Can Help
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From: Alternative Medicine Magazine
Issue 26, November 1998; Pages 26-28
YOU DON'T normally think of oxygen as a treatment for diabetes, but according to Frank
Shallenberger, M.D., H.M.D., director of the Nevada Center of Alternative and Anti-Aging Medicine in
Carson City, Nevada, ozone (a less stable, more reactive form of oxygen) can produce remarkable
improvements in both the major and secondary symptoms of adult- onset diabetes. The connection
between the ozone and diabetes is the blood circulation, Dr. Shallenberger says, as demonstrated in
the following cases.
Virginia, 51, had been diabetic for five years and was taking Glucotrol, an oral medication for
controlling blood sugar levels. However, Virginia came to Dr. Shallenberger seeking treatment for
recurrent breast cancer, a tumor that periodically grew then diminished.
Dr. Shallenberger decided to ozonate her blood as ozone is often used as a healing substance in
alternative cancer treatments. He drew 150 cc of Virginia's blood then injected it with ozone gas.
Ozonating the sample of Virginia's blood took about 40 minutes, after which it was re infused into her
body. He did this daily to address the cancer.
What surprised Dr. Shallenberger in this case was that not only the breast cancer responded to
ozonation (it started to dissolve) but so did Virginia's diabetes. Her blood sugar levels began dropping
too low (a condition called hypoglycemia) indicating that the ozone and Glucotrol were controlling her
blood sugar too well. Dr. Shallenberger reduced her Glucotrol dosage to once daily, then soon after,
as the low blood sugar trend continued, eliminated the drug altogether. "Practically speaking, Virginia
didn't have diabetes any longer," notes Dr. Shallenberger.
How did ozone bring her diabetes under control? Diabetics always run the risk of complications, such
as loss of vision, heart disease, nerve dysfunction, and gangrenous limbs. Diabetics usually have
considerable circulation problems such that the actual blood flow to their tissues is diminished,
explains Dr. Shallenberger. Patients often have difficulty digesting fats (such as cholesterol and
triglycerides) and their arteries tend to thicken and harden.
"This is compounded by the fact that what little blood reaches their tissues is less effective than it
should be and is unable to deliver oxygen to those tissues," says Dr. Shallenberger. "The tissues
become oxygen depleted, which explains why diabetics have problems with gangrene and why
they're unable to resist infections."
A prime reason the red blood cells in the diabetic's blood are unable to release their oxygen is that a
key molecule called 2,3-diphosphoglycerate, or 2,3-dpg for short, is in reduced supply. Under normal
conditions, 2,3-dpg stimulates red blood cells which carry oxygen to deliver it to the tissues; but if
there isn't enough of this molecule in the system, the red blood cells can't deliver the oxygen.
When you introduce ozone--that is, more oxygen-into the blood, more 2,3-dpg is produced and the
oxygen-delivery system and the efficiency of blood circulation start to improve. The ozone also
appears to enhance the activity of cellular metabolism, the continual conversion of food into energy.
Dr. Shallenberger likens the metabolism-heightening effect of ozone to a similar benefit to diabetics
obtained through vigorous exercise. It oxygenates the tissues and gets all the body processes running
better, he says.
Levels of ATP, an important molecule which stores energy in the cells, are also enhanced through
ozonation. Among other functions, ATP helps each cell maintain the integrity of its membrane,
thereby enabling it to regulate the passage of materials into and out of the cell, says Dr.
Shallenberger. If the cell membrane collapses, the cell dies; if a lot of cells die you start getting tissue
death, and gangrene becomes a possibility.
Gangrene in a toe was a serious diabetic complication besetting Quentin, 50. His diabetes was poorly
controlled, mainly because he was reluctant to comply with dietary restrictions, says Dr.
Shallenberger.
Specifically, he didn't want to give up drinking beer. Even with a daily dosage of four Micronase pills
(another blood sugar-controlling drug), Quentin's blood sugar level was around 230; a safe, normal
level ranges between 70 and 120.
Dr. Shallenberger already had worked with Quentin for two years, prescribing dietary changes, herbs,
and supplements, but when Quentin developed gangrene on the third toe of his right foot and
conventional doctors were scheduling him for amputation at the ankle, Dr. Shallenberger decided to
try ozonation. "Quentin's toe was completely black and they were going to amputate his entire foot
because the rest of the tissue was on the borderline of becoming gangrenous, too," he notes.
For Quentin's treatment, Dr. Shallenberger added another element to the ozonation procedure:
chelation. The Chelation would help improve Quentin's blood circulation by removing heavy metals
and arterial plaque. Dr. Shallenberger calls his combined treatment "chezone."
Chelation improves blood circulation to the tissues, he explains, which means they get more oxygen.
This in turn improves their metabolic rate (energy processing efficiency) and enables them to make
better use of glucose (blood sugar). When you have higher efficiency in using glucose, you are much
closer to controlling the diabetes naturally, says Dr. Shallenberger. Using ozone, as stated above,
helps the patient utilize the available oxygen better, due to improved circulation. Combining Chelation
with ozone in effect doubles the circulation benefits.
In addition to chezone, Dr. Shallenberger put an ozone extremity bag around Quentin's right foot,
filled it with ozone gas, and left it in place for 20 minutes. In this way, the ozone was absorbed
through the skin, an approach that has proven successful in treating chronic sores and skin ulcers,
says Dr. Shallenberger.
Each time he gave Quentin a chezone treatment (ten in all, one per day), he also ozonated his foot.
After about two weeks, the foot was much improved; the area between the ankle and gangrenous toe
had healed which meant only the toe would have to be amputated.
After the surgery, Quentin hurt his foot in such a way that the stitches broke open and a large
ulcerating sore formed. His doctors talked about amputation again, but after another six weeks of
chezone and foot ozonation treatments, Quentin's foot healed again. Following the first two weeks of
intensive treatments, Dr. Shallenberger gave him a chezone once weekly and foot ozonation three
times weekly. In ensuing months, Quentin received maintenance treatments.
About ten weeks after the first chezone treatment, "the lesion in Quentin's foot was entirely healed
and he was down to only two Micronase pills a day," says Dr. Shallenberger. "If I had been able to
treat his toe before it went black, I probably could have saved it." As it turned out, Dr. Shallenberger
did save Quentin's right foot twice. "I'm not convinced you can get all diabetics off their medication. To
me the point is how well you can control the blood sugar."
In the case of Leonard, 64, controlling his sugar intake was central to being able to get his diabetes
and gangrene complications under control. Leonard, who developed diabetes six years earlier, was
on insulin and Glucophage (another diabetes drug) to control his blood sugar levels.
However, Leonard developed a blister on the sole of his foot; when this became infected, his doctor
cleaned out all the infected tissue, leaving a hole in his foot. Over a three-month period, this wound
failed to heal even with antibiotics and Leonard's doctors were talking about amputating his foot.
Dr. Shallenberger started Leonard on the same combination chezone and foot ozonation program that
had worked so well for Quentin. Then he added a piece of advice. "You must cut down on your sugar
intake." Leonard ate a lot of white sugar in his diet and none of his conventional doctors apparently
made the link between high dietary sugar intake and the inability of his infection to heal. "White blood
cells, the immune cells that fight infection, cease to function in the presence of elevated glucose
levels," says Dr. Shallenberger.
After two treatments, Leonard's foot was noticeably improved and his energy levels were heightened.
The initial progress motivated Leonard to comply fully with the program. Dr. Shallenberger started
Leonard on a series of nutrients and remedies including chromium and vanadium, to help his body
utilize its natural pancreatic insulin.
People with adult-onset diabetes produce insulin but their system becomes unable to use it, a
condition called insulin resistance. In fact, the pancreas of such a patient generally produces too
much insulin; as the body fails to act on this insulin, the pancreas produces yet more. The minerals
chromium and vanadium break this cycle and support the body in making use again of pancreatic
insulin, says Dr. Shallenberger.
Among the other elements of Leonard's program were pancreatic enzymes (to support pancreas
function and to improve digestion; 400-800 mg three times daily), the hormone melatonin (to bolster
the immune system; 3 mg once daily), and the hormone DHEA, levels of which tend to be about 50%
below normal in diabetics.
Low DHEA levels may help explain the characteristic weight gain in people with adult-onset diabetes,
says Dr. Shallenberger. He notes that DHEA doses will vary with each patient. "Women should take
enough (usually 10-25 mg daily) to raise the serum DHEA-sulfate to between 2,000 and 3,000 mg/ml,
while men should take enough (usually 50-100 mg daily) to raise it to between 3,000 and 4,000
mg/ml."
He also gave Leonard a specialized product (made from the fungus Mucor racemosus) called
Mucokehl, developed in Germany by the Sanum company, and now used selectively (as part of a line
of several dozen similar substances) by North American physicians. The Mucokehl would help
regulate microorganisms which affect the thickness and texture of the blood.
After a month of treatments, Leonard's foot was completely healed, says Dr. Shallenberger. As his
blood sugar came under better control, Leonard was able to lower his daily insulin intake and resume
his busy life.
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Healing Ozone
By Dr. Phoebe Chow, ND
(Dr. Chow practices in Vancouver, BC, Canada, and has used Ozone in her practice for many
years.)
Healthy cells need oxygen. Most infections occur because of the invasion of anaerobes that do not
thrive in an oxygen-rich environment.
Deprivation of oxygen to the body, for example through polluted air, sedentary lifestyle or junk food
diet which require a lot of oxygenation for elimination, encourages anaerobic microbes to proliferate.
Over-growth of harmful microbes will lead to breakdown of enzymatic reactions, overload of metabolic
wastes and ultimately cell death.
Under similar anaerobic conditions, cells tend to mutate to more primitive life forms, turning from
aerobic to anaerobic respiration for energy synthesis. Nobel prize winner Dr. Otto Warburg in 1928
demonstrated that the primary cause of cancer is the replacement of oxygen in the respiratory
chemistry of normal cells by the fermentation of sugar. The growth of cancer cells is a fermentation
process which can be initiated only in the relative absence of oxygen.
Ozone is one of nature's most powerful oxidants. It is used in water purification and sewage treatment
and is now being applied medically in Europe to treat everything from wounds and colitis to cancer,
stroke and AIDS. Yes, the same ozone in the atmospheric layer that is responsible for shielding off
ultra-violet light from the sun and oxidizing the pollutants in the air can be produced from medical
oxygen via electrical discharge. It is administered as an ozone/oxygen (03/02) gas mixture. According
to the dosage and concentration range, medical ozone is a pharmaceutical agent that exerts specific
properties and a well-defined range of efficacy.
Properties of Medical Ozone
At the higher range of concentration (three and a half to five per cent ozone in one/oxygen mixture)
ozone exhibits a strong germicidal effect by oxidative destruction. The oxidative power of ozone has
proven to be effective in destroying lipid-enveloped viruses such as Epstein Barr, herpes,
cytomegalovirus and viruses that cause hepatitis. One recent study indicates that ozone treatment
was 97 to 100 per cent effective in destroying HIV in vitro.(Journal of American Society of
Hematology, October 1, 1992)
At concentrations below approximately three and a half per cent, the three main restitutional
properties of ozone can be observed by its oxidative influence on the oxygen metabolism, the
induction of specific enzymes and the activation of immunocompetent cells. It is these systemic
influences of ozone that cause it to be such a potent therapeutic tool, because most of the disease
affecting humans today can be traced to diminishing levels of oxygen and a compromised immune
system.
Ozone Improves Oxygen Metabolism
Ozone improves the delivery of oxygen to hypoxic tissues, as well as reactivating the oxygen
metabolism of cells. The mechanisms of these systemic actions involve both direct and indirect
processes.
Ozone directly changes the electric charges of the erythrocyte membranes increasing the flexibility
and plasticity of the erythrocytes, thus enhancing the flow properties of the blood and the transport of
oxygen to the cells and tissues. This is especially applicable in
arterial occlusion disease whereby "pile of coins" erythrocyte formation is typical. The indirect
mechanism consists of ozonolysis, i.e. the ionizing reaction of ozone with the unsaturated fatty acids
in the cellular membrane producing peroxides.
It must be pointed out that ozone behave as an ion, not a free radical under normal physiological
blood pH and therefore no radical chain reaction occurs to cause oxidative damages. The reaction
activates the enzyme 2,3 Diphosphoglycerate (2,3-DPG) in hemoglobin to release oxygen. This is of
particular importance to diabetics in which 2,3-DPG is depressed.
Ozone Induces Specific Enzymes
The formation of short-lived peroxides at the membrane are injected into the cell and are removed by
the enzyme glutathione peroxidase. Therefore, it is recommended to supplement with vitamin E, Nacetyl-systeine and selenium during ozone therapy to support the glutathione detoxification system. In
addition, the enhancement of the glycolysis enzymatic pathway results in an increase in adenosine
triphosphate production (energy currency of the cells).
This is significant in the management of stroke and burns. The elevation of adenosine triphosphate
synthesis will decrease perifocal edema formed in the injured site minimizing tissue necrosis and
subsequent scarring. But this is effective only when ozone is administered within the first 24 to 48
hours. In Germany, many ambulances are equipped with ozone an it is injected intravenously in
patients who have just suffered a stroke.
Ozone Activates Immune System
It is well documented that ozone can activate monocyte and lymphcocytes and induced the
production of an array of cytokines such as interleukin, interferon, tumor-necrosis factor. (The Journal
of International Medical Research 1994) Its ability to elicit endogenous production of cytokines and its
lack of toxicity make ozone an indispensable therapeutic modality since today's most devastating
diseases are characterized by immune depression such as chronic viral diseases, cancer and AIDS.
Of course restoration of the immune system depends on a total approach of detoxification, lifestyle
modification and supportive therapies.
Route of Administration
The are several ways to administer ozone, depending upon the condition being treated.
Autohemotherapy, which involves bland treatment exvivo of blood with ozone and prompt reinfusion
into the donor is the most popular procedure among German physicians. Other methods include
direct infusion of a gaseous ozone/oxygen mixture either intravenously, or intra-arterially (particularly
in critical limbs ischemia).
It has been proven that even direct delivery of ozone into the blood vessels has very low risk factors.
No air which contains nitrogen ever enters the body, so an air embolus cannot occur. Colorectal
insufflation of ozone/oxygen, much like an enema, has been used to treat colitis, fistula and colon
cancer. Ozone is also excellent for topical treatment of infected wounds, ulcers and burns, especially
those that are difficult to heal.
Therapeutic Indication
The modern development of ozone application in medicine began in the 1950s in Europe and
gradually spread throughout Europe to Australia, Israel, Cuba, Brazil an Columbia. As far back as
World War 1, ozone was used medically to treat wounds and other infections. Over 5000 physicians
worldwide routinely use ozone in their medical practice. I have personally used ozone in my own
practice and found it to be an effective therapy. When it is incorporated into a holistic approach of
cleansing there is virtually no known side effect of ozone treatment if it is applied properly. However,
since ozone therapy is dose-dependant, it should be administered with supervision.
Specific therapeutic applications of ozone include the treatment of vascular disease such as stroke,
obstructive arteriopathy, venous insufficiency, cancer, acute and chronic viral diseases, ulcers,
infected wounds, gangrenes, burns, inflammatory bowel disease such as Crohn' disease, ulcerative
colitis and spinal disc problems. It is also used in dentistry as a disinfectant and in pediatrics for the
treatment of viral and bacterial infections of the intestines. In geriatrics, its principal indication is in
circulatory disorders. In particular the increase of oxygen supply to the brain is of great benefit.
Ozone, with all its miraculous properties and accompanied by its lack of toxicity, is undoubtedly an
important tool in medicine. It is an unusual double-edged sword. It defends the body via stimulation of
the immune system and at the same time it improves oxygenation and metabolism. I do believe that
ozone deserves a place in the management of health and disease. It is up to us, patients and
physicians, to demand access to this wonderful healing substances.
AIDS and Cancer Cured by Hyper-Oxygenation return to list
This article is taken from an newsletter/article called Now What Issue #1, 1987
Several dozen AIDS patients have not only reversed their death sentences, but are now back at work,
completely free of the disease. They destroyed the virus in their blood by hyper-oxygenation, known
in various forms as oxygen therapy, bio-oxidative therapy or autohemotherapy and ozone therapy.
This is a simple, inexpensive and very broad- spectrum process that many feel could force a complete
overhaul of the medical industry.
It turns out that the AIDS virus cannot tolerate high oxygen levels in its victim's blood. Not only that,
every other disease organism tested so far has the same weakness. Even cancer growths contract
and disappear when the oxygen saturation is sufficiently increased in the fluids surrounding them,
since they are anaerobic.
AIDS, herpes, hepatitis, Epstein Barr, cytomegalovirus and other lipid envelope virus are readily
destroyed by hyper-oxygenating the patient's blood with ozone. This was demonstrated by Dr. Horst
Kief in Bad Hersfeld, West Germany. Dr. Kief has already cured a number of AIDS victims by drawing
blood, infusing it with ozone and returning it to the patient, at regular intervals until all the virus is
gone. Dr. S. Rilling of Stuttgart and Dr. Renate Viebahn of Iffezheim are among the growing number
of physicians who have obtained similar results with their patients. They are with Arztlich Gesellschaft
fur Ozonetherapies and JrJ Hansler F+GmbH, respectively.
The Basics of Bio-Oxidative Therapies
For many years the health sciences have been seeking to identify the primary physical cause of
diseases, and the cure-all that this basic principal would yield. Now both have been found, but their
utter simplicity makes them difficult to accept at first, since it seems like if it's that easy, we should
have been using them all along.
Our bodies are composed mostly of water, which is eight-ninths oxygen. Most nutritional studies tend
to get caught up in the small details of biochemistry and overlook our most abundant and essential
element, and the fundamental role of its depletion in causing illness. Of all the elements the body
needs, only oxygen is in such constant demand that its absence brings death in minutes.
The main difference, for healing purposes, between benign microorganisms (including our own cells),
and those, which cause disease, is that the later require much lower oxygen levels. This is due to
their more primitive evolutionary origins, during the ages when free oxygen was far less abundant.
Now their descendants can only survive in low oxygen environments such as accompany stagnation
and decay. To become a growth medium for such parasites, one has to have allowed the oxygen
saturation of the bodies fluids to drop well below the optimum level for healthy cell growth and
function.
The simplest substance available for restoring one's oxygen balance to a healthy range is ozone (03).
Ozone is highly toxic when concentrated, which has tended to obscure their germicidal value except
as a skin antiseptic. But when in the correct therapeutic levels, it in not only non-toxic but uniquely
beneficial.
Ozone Blood Treatment
Ozone overcomes the AIDS virus by a fundamentally different process than usually attempted by
drugs. Instead of burdening the liver and immune system with more elaborate toxic substances,
ozone simply oxidizes the molecules in the shell of the virus.
The treatment is remarkably simple. The ozone is produced by forcing oxygen through a metal
tubecarrying a 300 volt charge. A pint of blood is drawn from the patient and placed in an infusion
bottle. The ozone is then forced into the bottle and mixed in by shaking gently, whereupon the blood
turns bright cardinal red. As the ozone molecules dissolve into the blood they give up their third
oxygen atom, releasing considerable energy which destroys all lipid-envelope virus, and apparently all
other disease organisms as well, while leaving blood cells unharmed.
It also oxygenates the blood to a greater degree than is usually reached, what with poor air and
sluggish breathing habits. The treated blood is then given back to the patient. This treatment is given
from twice a week to twice a day, depending on how advanced the disease is. The strengthened
blood confers some of its virucidal properties to the rest of the patient's blood as it disperses.
The disease will not return, as long as the patient maintains his blood in an oxygen positive state,
through proper breathing, exercise, and clean diet.
A Dr. Preuss, in Stuttgart, has written up ten case histories of AIDS patients he has cured by this
method. But his and the other physicians' reports are all anecdotal rather than in the form of
"Controlled studies", since they could not be expected to treat some patients and deny treatment to
others just for the purpose of accumulating evidence. Thus their results are not considered "proof" by
the US medical community.
Eating, Fasting and Oxygen Balance
Overeating is so common in the US it's considered "normal". One cause is the widespread use of oral
antibiotics. While destroying the target germs, these drugs also kill off one's intestinal flora, which are
needed for healthy digestion. With these friendly bacteria gone, digestive efficiency plummets. As a
result, the sensation of hunger comes more often and lasts longer, as the body tries to compensate
for ineffective digestion by increasing the amounts consumed.
Even just eating daily, without ever giving the gastro-intestinal tract a rest, loads down the blood with
toxins and impurities, especially uric acid crystals. Under a microscope these resemble tiny coffin lids,
interestingly enough, another clue to our Creator's whimsical sense of humor. When the waste
products exceed the cleansing capacity of the kidney's, the blood ends up just having to haul it
around the body and stash it wherever possible. These toxins literally take up so much room in the
blood cells that the cells can't take on enough oxygen when pass through the lungs. The bloods
primary
function of picking up and distributing oxygen gets blocked by overuse of garbage-hauling function.
Fasting restores health by giving the overload blood cells a chance to dump the toxins and inert
matter through normal organs of elimination at a rate they can handle, instead of through the skin, as
in acne, or other inappropriate places. If the fast is long enough, accumulated residues in the body
are also scoured out and expelled, giving a considerable spiritual resurgence once all the backlog is
cleared away. While the debris is flushed out, various toxic reactions may come and go. Once the
blood is cleansed the red corpuscles have a lot more room for oxygen molecules, the oxygen
saturation of the molecules is high, and health and energy are boosted considerably. Each breath
now gives more life than it was able to in the bloods earlier state.
Most long-lived native peoples, who are not affected by our more common diseases, either include
fasting as a regular part of their yearly food cycles, or eat much less overall, than industrial peoples.
Today many Americans are existing at such high levels of toxicity, that their toxic reactions when
attempting to fast can seem intense enough to make them start eating again before any serious
cleansing can be accomplished. Fortunately one can partially by pass the lungs and get the blood
level back up, by taking oxygenated water internally and through the skin. Several weeks of
detoxification of this regimen will also make it much easier to fast without discomfort, if one chooses.
It reduces appetite, logically enough, to a level more in line with the body's actual needs.
Ozone may even cure stupidity
Perhaps the greatest potential benefit is the reversal of the slight brain damage caused by long-term
oxygen depletion, which can be observed in the "average" human, and is not always all that slight. It's
well known that after about nine minutes of no oxygen, you can kiss your brain good-bye.
The implications of constant gradual oxygen starvation in our cities somehow escape notice, despite
the tiredness, depression, irritability, poor judgement and health problems affecting so many citizens.
Increasing the oxygen supply to the brain and nervous system will reverse these conditions. Ozone
therapy improves alertness, reflexes, memory and apparently intelligence, and may offer the elderly a
new weapon against senility and related disorders. Alzheimer's and Parkinson's are reported to be
responding to it.
Ozone: A Wide-Spectrum Healer
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By Gary Null, Ph.D.
"I know a number of cases of individuals with T-cell counts that have been very low, but because of
regular ozone therapy they have not gotten any opportunistic infections. In fact, it's almost as though
the ozone is taking the place of their immune system. Unfortunately, you often do not see rises in their
T-cell counts, but you can see a stabilization and a management as a chronic manageable illness. It's
my belief that the use of ozone in association with other complementary therapies can convert AIDS
from a uniformly terminal illness to something that is chronically manageable, which is better than
what anyone else can offer at this point." - -Dr. John Pittman (1)
Many feel it to be the most promising, safe, and generally efficacious treatment for major
degenerative diseases, from AIDS and chronic fatigue to cancer and arthritis. It's ozone - - medical
ozone. Medical ozone differs from atmospheric ozone in that it is pure and concentrated. This is an
important distinction because atmospheric ozone, produced from ultraviolet radiation, is combined
with different nitrous oxide and sulfur dioxide products and is harmful. It's not used in medical
practice.
Ozone (O3) is produced by the reaction of oxygen atoms (O) with molecular oxygen (O2)- This
allotrope (different form) of oxygen possesses unique properties that, while they have yet to be
completely defined and understood, have been benefiting clinical practice for years, albeit mostly in
Europe. Most of the states in this country have yet to legalize use of the healing powers of this
nontoxic molecule.
Of course lack of official acknowledgment within certain political boundaries in no way negates the
properties of any natural substance, and that includes ozone. As a molecule containing an excess of
energy, ozone manifests bactericidal, virucidal, and fungicidal action, which may make it a treatment
of choice under certain conditions and an adjunct to treatment in others. (2) Some of its
characteristics and applications are described by Dr. Stanley Beyerle, a naturopathic physician who
trained with some of the pioneers of ozone research and treatment:
"Systematically, it oxidizes organic compounds. Topically, it can be used to treat burns.
Ozone has hemostatic effects that stop bleeding. It accelerates wound healing, induces
enzyme production, and activates immune system response. It is also believed that ozone
may have the ability to peroxidize lipids [break up fats]." (3)
As early as World War I, ozone's bactericidal properties were used to treat infected wounds, mustard
gas burns, and fistulas, although these treatments were limited by technological difficulties. Current
ozone therapy uses a mixture of ozone and pure oxygen, (4) and with today's medical ozone
generators, the ability now exists to deliver pure ozone-oxygen mixtures in precise dosages. The
Europe-based Medical Society for Ozone and the National Center for Scientific Research in Cuba
currently use the treatment for a wide variety of conditions, including wound problems, gastrointestinal
disorders, cancer, and AIDS. Doctors report particular success with the different types of hepatitis, as
well as candida, allergies and bladder infections. Other disorders treated with ozone therapy: herpes,
arthritis, respiratory conditions, multiple sclerosis, sexually transmitted diseases, and parasitic
conditions.
And this is just a partial list. What's more, while ozone can be used to treat a wide spectrum of
conditions, it can also be used prophylactically to combat harmful viruses, bacteria, and free radicals
before degeneration and disease occur. Additionally, already healthy people can use ozone to
rejuvenate cells so that they can stay younger longer. As science reporter Nathaniel Altman observes,
it is unusual indeed to have a product that treats such a tremendous range of conditions. Altman
recounts ozone's multiple benefits:
"First of all, it stimulates the production of white blood cells and increases the production of
interferon, interleuken-2, and tumor necrosis factor, which the body uses to fight infections
and cancer. It is anti- neoplastic, which means that it inhibits the growth of tumors. One study
performed at Baylor University in Texas, in 1962, determined that ozone can help to kill
tumors and enhance the effect of different types of anti-tumor drugs. Ozone kills bacteria and
viruses. In addition, it increases the amount of oxygen in the blood and helps deliver oxygen
to all of the cells in the body. It also helps degrade petrochemicals. This includes different
toxins that one might have in the body due to the environment or food eaten. It helps dissolve
and eliminate them from the body, and hence, lightens the body's toxic load. It also increases
red blood cell membrane distendability, making it more flexible. This is one way it is used in
the treatment of heart disease. The administration of ozone changes the blood formation and
helps the blood flow more effectively. In Cuba, for example, there is an ozone generator in
every major hospital emergency room. It helps heart patients and stroke victims recover much
quicker. It also increases the effectiveness of the antioxidant enzyme system, which
scavenges excess free radicals in the body. These are just some of the things that it does."
(5)
How Ozone is Used
There are several ways to dispense ozone for therapeutic purposes. One is to introduce the ozone
mixture into a fixed volume of the patient's blood ex vivo, that is, outside the body. This method is
known as autohemotherapy (AHT), and is performed mainly in central Europe.6 AHT is claimed to
have therapeutic value in circulatory disorders, viral diseases, and cancer. (7)
With AHT, 50 to 100 milliliters of blood are drawn from the patient, mixed with a dose of ozone/oxygen
of a predetermined concentration, and then returned via the same intravenous catheter. Once it's
returned to the patient, the ozonated blood is rapidly distributed to all tissues. While it is not known
how long the ozone remains in solution, its therapeutic effects have been seen to include virucidal
activity, oxygenation, and increased red cell fluidity. (2)
Some patients, upon receiving their own ozonated blood, report a faint background taste of ozone,
which may be a sign of the ozone surviving in the solution for at least a few seconds. Of interest,
notes Dr. Gerard Sunnen, are reports of AHT patients who experience feelings of well-being lasting
for a few minutes to several hours after treatment. Sunnen does not know if these feelings constitute
a placebo effect, a metabolic alteration, or a neuropsychiatric phenomenon.
Another commonly used form of administration is rectal insufflation. Essentially, a catheter is put into
the colon and gas from an ozone machine is allowed in at a determined concentration and flow rate.
The ozone can also be self administered this way with a Teflon bag.8 One study, by Knoch, Roschke,
and Klug, reveals how the method works. After oxygen-ozone mixtures are absorbed through the wall
of the large intestine, they enter the bloodstream and result in a PaO2 increase within the entire
organism, raising PaO2 almost 100 percent higher than oxygen alone would, and having no adverse
effects. (9)
Dr. Beyerle, who is certified by the German Medical Ozone Society, studied the rectal insufflation
method of delivering ozone therapy in Germany with one of the pioneers in the field, Dr. Rilling
Beyerle explains that "the blood vessels in the colon, small intestine, and bladder are the mesenteric
veins, which deposit into the portal vein and go straight to the liver. The simple introduction of the
catheter into the colon, at a low flow rate to increase concentration, gets ozone into the systemic
venous system. Dr. Rilling says that if nothing else is done but rectal insufflation, which does not
really require a physician at all, you see dramatic results."(3)
Positive therapeutic effects on diseases of the rectum and colon have been noted with this method
since 1936. Beyerle has seen people recover from irritable bowel syndrome, colitis, and Crohn's
disease, almost immediately. "There may be some initial discomfort, some bloating and gas on
occasion, but as far as irritations, we have yet to see any contraindications. If you've got colitis or
irritable bowel syndrome, when ozone is administered properly, there are no negative side effects,
only positive ones. It renews the mucous lining and gets to the bacterial infestation that has infiltrated
the tissues of the colon."(3)
Ozone gas can also be directly injected into veins or muscles, a process known as intraarticular or
intravenous application. This method, however, can be dangerous, and is not recommended. Drinking
ozonated water is another method that has been used. Ozonated water is made by bubbling 16 to 20
mcg/ml ozone through a glass of chilled distilled water (33 to 40 F) for two minutes. The water is then
drunk immediately.10 A further method consists of introducing ozone to the skin in a sauna bag after
a hot shower and a brisk rubdown. (8)
Ozone Against Cancer
Low concentrations of ozone have been proven to increase alpha interferon. Interferon is an anticancer substance that laboratories ail over the country are trying to reproduce, but with ozone, the
body will make its own. Once interferon production is initiated, interleuken-2, another anti-cancer
agent, is increased. This sets in motion a cascade of immunological events. Specifically, tumor
necrosis factor, macrophages, and phagocytes increase, and immunoglobulin processes, such as
IgA, IgE, and IgM, activate. Dr. Beyerle elaborates on how he uses ozone in treating cancer:
"When I treat cancer, I want the body's immune response to take care of it and activate the
immunological properties, and this is what we see with cancer. We can work right into AIDS with this
because what we're looking at is immunological stimulation." (3)
Beyerle treats prostate cancer with an ozone protocol that he reports has yielded phenomenal results.
His treatment includes taking 5 cc of the patient's blood, mixing it with 5 cc of ozone at a low
concentration, shaking it up, aerating it, making sure it is saturated, and then reinjecting it back into
the prostate. He performs five treatments over the course of 20 days, and the program helps prostatic
tumors to shrink dramatically.
Beyerle states that most prostate cancer is contained within a capsule until it is biopsied, and he
attributes the overuse of biopsies to the spread of cancer within the body. He prefers to check the
prostate with ultrasound, as opposed to biopsies, which he asserts are "overused and one of the very
worst procedures that can possibly be done .... I can prove beyond a doubt that is one of the
causative agents of spreading cancer."(11) So he feels that a big advantage of ozone is that it
successfully treats this cancer while it is still encapsulated.
Beyerle reports major improvement with other types of cancers too, using ozone, including tonsillar,
throat, ovarian, colon, and breast cancer. "I have three breast cancer patients now who were
supposed to be dead a year ago," he says.(11) Also, he is seeing improvement in breast cancer
patients where there is metastasis to the bones, liver, and spinal column:
"We are seeing patients who were bedridden two years ago and sent home to die. They are
becoming ambulatory. Their energy level is coming up. They are gaining weight. And we see
these spontaneous fractures in the spine are gradually disappearing. Strength is returning to
the musculature. There is no spinal pain." (3)
Beyerle's cancer protocol is not limited to ozone; like most practitioners who use this modality, he
combines it with others, and he pays attention to lifestyle factors. So, for instance, he includes
immune stimulating botanicals, such as the maitake mushroom. Beyerle also uses ozone to treat
noncancerous conditions than can eventually become cancerous, such as fibroids and benign
prostatic hypertrophy.
HIV and AIDS
Recent studies support the use of ozone therapy for people who are HlV-positive or have AIDS. In
one, Dr. Michael Carpendale treated two male HIV-positive asymptomatic patients with colonic
insufflations of an ozone/oxygen mixture intermittently for 180 weeks. Both patients increased their
CD4 (T4) cell counts and one, after the 160th week, became polymerase chain reaction negative.
According to the doctor, both patients have remained in the best of health, with no infections and no
adverse symptoms or malaise. (12)
Dr. Carpendale's program consisted of ozone produced from a portable medical ozone
generator13insulated through a Teflon catheter into the patient's colon. For two years, the patients
treated themselves daily, and then weekly, with a booster dose (for a total of 73 treatments containing
2065- 2137 mg ozone). CD4 cell counts were monitored about every two months. Studies showed
that low doses of ozone in serum stimulated cell growth and larger doses began to suppress it.
Furthermore, ozone was shown to reduce HIV in serum and did not adversely affect healthy cells.
In another study, Carpendale and other researchers used colonic insufflations of medical ozone to
treat five AIDS or AIDS-related-complex (ARC) patients with intractable diarrhea. Treatments were
given daily for 21-28 days with doses of ozone ranging from 2.7 to 3.0mg. Three patients, whose
diarrhea was of unknown cause, experienced complete resolution, and one markedly improved. The
fifth patient, whose diarrhea was due to cryptosporidium, experienced no change. No adverse
systemic effects were noted during treatment. Carpendale and his colleagues feel that the results of
the study reinforce the findings of previous research on colonic insufflation ozone therapy, i.e., that it
is simple, safe, and effective. Further, they assert that the treatment should be used routinely to treat
chronic intractable ARC/AIDS diarrhea.(14)
Other research, by H. Kief, reports that ozone is "highly effective against viruses and has an
unusually high degree of tolerance when administered parenterally."15 The study notes an
"astonishing improvement" in AIDS patients where the disease has not severely progressed, and
partial remission in 30 percent of cases of complete manifestation of AIDS.
In another study, V. Bocci determined that autohemotherapy arrests the progress of HIV in its early
phase due to immunoregulatory TH1-type cytokines and CD7 t-lymphocytes. Bocci concluded that a
mild and equilibrated stimulation of the immune system may prevent or delay the fatal transition
toward the prevalent production of TH2-type cytokines.(16)
HIV reversal is no small matter. Nathaniel Altman, author of Oxygen Healing Therapies (Health Arts
Press), explains:
"When I was in Cuba I interviewed one of the chemists doing research on the subject. She said if a
person infected with HIV receives ozone before it gets into the lymphatic and bone systems, HIV can
be killed and stopped right on the spot." (5)
In Germany, Vetter studied the results of ozone therapy with 100 patients in different stages of AIDS.
He concluded that "None of the patients developed any new opportunistic infections or deteriorated
compared to their initial condition. Other infections occurred and were overcome, as in the HIVnegative population." 17 Vetter reported that HIV-positive patients need high concentrations of ozone,
and that added vitamin C enables a patient to tolerate this without the risk of hemolysis (the
breakdown of red blood cells). Success was also attributed to uninterrupted ozone administration, and
slow re-infusion of ozonized blood.(17)
Various protocols have been developed for treating AIDS patients with ozone. An anonymous doctor
(practicing in a state where ozone users are not safe from prosecution) recommends 12 treatments
on 12 consecutive days. "Virtually all the people I have treated -- and I have treated over 170 -- have
reversed their condition within days, he reports. "People come in on a stretcher and within days their
general condition dramatically improves." This doctor strongly believes that with AIDS, ozone is the
most important modality of all because it removes infections and that, at least in western countries,
AIDS is a conglomerate of 30 or more infectious diseases as a result of drug use or malnutrition.
HIV Treatment News gives anecdotal accounts that support the idea of success with ozone treatment
in AIDS patients. In one story, Jim credits ozone applications in a sauna bag and rectal insufflation
with improving the quality of his life and keeping infections at bay. The article states, "In three weeks,
his swollen lymph nodes disappeared and blood tests...showed an increase in CD4s...."(18) A second
report tells of Mike, who increased his CD4 count by using ozone rectal insufflations and drinking one
glass of ozonated water daily. In six weeks his CD4 count increased from 26 to 56, and he reported,
"This is the best I've felt in two years." Mike takes some supplements but no medications. (19)
In a third account, Marc tells how ozone helped increase his CD4 count significantly: "I credit the IV
ozone with raising my T4 cells from 100 to 365 last fall. Then I stopped doing the IV ozone as I don't
particularly like needles. About six months ago, I made an accidental discovery. I smelled the output
of ozone passed through the humidifier and noticed it was very weak. I instinctively stopped using the
humidifier and did the ozone gas direct. I gave myself an enema with warm water before doing the
insufflation. I really feel this has been very effective. Recently, I also started doing the sauna bag
ozone dry and I feel the combination in very powerful and very effective. I do both treatments each
day. I just don't feel good any more--I feel great! I have never felt better." 20 Marc combines ozone
therapy with two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar and water to help digestion and clean the GI tract,
and occasional coffee enemas to help the liver dump toxins into the colon.
Concerning liver--and total blood--detoxification in conjunction with ozone treatment, Dr. John Pittman
stresses the importance of these processes:
"In treating hepatitis, direct AHT has been demonstrated countless tines as being effective.
By doing this procedure, at least 15 to 21 days, we've been able to see hepatitis completely
wiped out. We think, at least, in terms of treating AIDS, you've got to be much more
aggressive because there you've got viral particles disbursed through the entire body, not just
in the liver. You've also got to get this trash out of the body after you have destroyed all of the
viral particles as well as stored toxins and other substances in the blood.
"So a detoxification program that focuses on cleansing the blood and opening up all the
avenues of elimination is really very important to include in any ozone treatment program.
This is probably one of the biggest shortcomings among most physicians using ozone. They
don't realize what a powerful tool it is and that it's going to leave a lot of trash in the blood
that's been oxidized. I make the analogy that ozone is like a controlled forest fire. It goes in; it
burns out the underbrush, and it leaves the trunk of the tree a little bit charred....But, if you
come back a month or so later and you follow a very careful rebuilding program--your diet has
been excellent, there are detoxification techniques that are being used- -then everything
grows back nice and green and it's better than it was. This is, in fact, what we are seeing with
our patients." 1
For people with active infections and low T-cell counts, the HIV Treatment News author recommends
the following protocol: rectal insufflation (dry ozone)--two to four times daily; sauna bag method (dry)-once a day; when CMV or any infection is located from the mouth to the esophagus to stomach to
small intestines, drink one cup of chilled ozonated distilled water on an empty stomach three times a
day; and colloidal silver--l/2 teaspoon two to four times a day, which should eliminate 95 percent or
more of all opportunistic infections associated with HIV progression, including pneumocystis carinii
pneumonia. (20)
For HIV-positive or immune-depressed conditions with no symptoms, the article suggests: rectal
insufflation--once a day, five to seven days a week; and/or the sauna bag method--20 minutes a day,
seven days a week, and one glass of chilled ozonated water daily.
Both methods are believed to speed up increases in T4 counts and other immune functions. People
with CD4 counts below 50 are especially encouraged to follow the entire protocol, which can be done
in sequence (rectal insufflation, sauna bag, ozonated water) and completed in a half hour. The best
times are early morning or late afternoon, but these treatments should not be done within three hours
of eating a heavy meal. (20)
To support the belief that ozone therapy is safe and essentially free of adverse effects, a data review
was carried out involving more than 340,000 patients treated with ozone. Adverse reactions were
reported for fewer than six thousandths of one percent of them. 21 In another study, the Society of
German Pathologists and the German Society for Forensic Medicine reported 336 adverse reactions
for an estimated 5.5 million treatments involving all forms of ozone therapy. It should be noted that the
IV method of administration had the most adverse effects, and if only autohemotherapy is considered,
adverse reactions are reduced to virtually zero. Those patients reporting side effects are talking about
mild myalgia at the site of injection and occasional fever.
Countering Free-Radical Ravages--and Aging
An important benefit of ozone is that it increases the effectiveness of the antioxidant enzyme system,
which scavenges excess free radicals in the body. Free radicals are molecules with unpaired
electrons on their outer ring. Their structure enables them to latch onto other molecules and damage
cells, tissues, and organs. Once this occurs, they weaken physical vitality and can damage body
systems, including the neurological, cardiovascular and immune systems.
The idea of biochemical invaders impairing immunity and overall health is difficult to grasp, since they
are part of the system and not directly visible. By contrast, the impact of outside invaders, such as
bacteria and viruses, is easier to understand, as their damage is more visible. It cannot compare,
however, to the destruction caused by free radicals. Nothing kills more certainly.
Unlike bacteria, viruses, and parasites, which can coexist with the body, free radicals are not friendly
coexisters. These have one tendency--to cause havoc in the system. Free radical damage results in a
variety of symptoms and degenerative conditions. According to Dr. Lamar Rosquist, free radicals
contribute to over 60 diseases or health-related symptoms, 22 ranging from aging of the skin to
chronic fatigue to damage to cell membranes, leading to cell destruction, to damage to DNA, which
can cause precancerous conditions.
New theories link the progression of HIV symptomatology to free radicals. HIV Treatment News
reports that "HIV, by its unique molecular structure, may produce large amounts of free radicals
through a chain reaction process .... Free radicals may have a major role to play in gastrointestinal
problems in AIDS, including colon inflammation, malabsorption syndrome and wasting syndrome."
(22)
Antioxidants protect cell membranes from free radicals. These oxygen modulators are believed to
destroy free radicals by feeding them electrons which change their chemical structure into more
stable compounds, like H2O2 (hydrogen peroxide), that actually enhance the oxidation process by
creating more cellular energy. (22) Dr. Beyerle explains how cellular energy is increased with ozone:
"Once in the blood, ozone reacts with fatty acids and the cell membranes of erythrocytes.
Ozone's reaction at the membrane starts glycolysis, the breakdown of fats. This increases
ATP, which is the energy system in the body. This, in turn, carries and releases oxygen
molecules. More oxygen in the system enables the organism to do a variety of things, since
the body thrives on oxygen.
"Most microbes are anaerobic; they thrive without oxygen, and cannot live in the presence of
added oxygen in the bloodstream. The ozone and the fatty acid cell membrane then do a
reaction that occurs at that membrane which creates peroxide. A lot of destructive processes
that go on are due to an accumulation of peroxide. That's why antioxidants are so important,
in not only ozone treatment but in day-to-day living, because of all the environmental pollution
that occurs. When that happens, it creates an increase in peroxides that go unchecked. What
happens is that when these peroxides accumulate within the cell, there's an increased
production of a specific biochemical called 23DPG diphosphoglycerate, which enables
oxygen to be released from the hemoglobin molecule.
"Now all of a sudden we're freeing up more oxygen from the hemoglobin molecule.
Hemoglobin carries oxygen. Now, we've got all this oxygen released going throughout our
vascular system and it has antimicrobial, antiviral activity. This is the latest German research."
(11)
Antioxidant vitamins, such as vitamin C, vitamin E, and beta carotene, also act as free radical
scavengers. They help remove free radicals from the body after trapping them in what is called the
highly reactive singlet oxygen, and they prevent new free radicals from being formed. In essence,
they absorb the molecule's altered energy state and return it to a normal state without hamming the
system.
In short, oxygen helps to protect cell membranes from free radical damage and thus prevents
premature aging, cancer, heart disease, and many other degenerative conditions. Every second,
oxygen fights on behalf of every cell in the body. Oxygen, ozone, and substantial quantities of various
nutrients, including beta carotene, vitamins C, E, B6, zinc, selenium, glutathione, pygnogenol, and
quercetin, help the body to better utilize oxygen. Combining the right amount of vitamins with a live
foods diet, and adjunctive therapies as needed, prevents premature sickness and aging.
Some doctors envision ozone being used by the general population for its rejuvenating effects. One, a
doctor from a state in which ozone use is not approved, says that, in fact: "This is the main application
I would like to use it for in the future--to get people younger and have them live almost as long as they
want to."
The doctor goes on to explain his enthusiasm for ozone as an anti-aging factor: "Ozone, first of all,
has what I have called the homeopathic ozone effect. This reverses most latent overt aging factors
and disease processes that happen in the body that you don't even know about. In a six-month
period, after just one ozone application, virtually every single person tells me of dramatic
improvements. "The second thing is the immune-modulating effect of ozone and the reduction of
allergic factors. An allergy is an accumulation of fluid. It prevents you from absorbing nutrients and
causes other symptoms. Any person who has significant allergies is in a constant state of nutritional
deficiency. "Third, it reverses the cross-linking of the collagen and reduces the aging pigment ... By
reversing those things, it will restore the elasticity in all tissues. "It removes the arterial plaque the
same way it removes plaque in the pipes of heating/air-conditioning systems. It also removes the
fibrin in the veins by breaking it down to pieces that are recognized by the macrophages and then
scavenged away. Indirectly, it works like a rotor-rooter by changing unnecessary fibrin deposits or
arterial plaque to a point from which both the arteries and veins are cleaned out. Obviously, if you
have more circulation to all parts of your body, all toxins can be removed and every cell of the body
functions better. "... As far as immune modulation is concerned ... many researchers say that a
person is as old as the immune system. If you can have a perfectly young immune system, the rest of
the body will follow suit and you will be as young as your immune system again."
One Part of the Therapeutic Picture
Clinicians usually recommend ozone as part of a larger holistic protocol in the treatment of seriously ill
patients. It's thus a supplemental therapy used in conjunction with other treatment modalities. Dr.
John Pittman explains:
"I rarely give ozone treatments unless they are combined with some other supportive therapy.
Admittedly, the shortcoming of doing this is that you don't always know which component is most
beneficial. But I certainly know from experience which things generally help the most. Combining
ozone with proper dietary therapies and addressing other cofactors, particularly in the GI tract, you
can see tremendous changes in a person's constitution. Their blood work can turn around, and it
definitely can improve the quality of life of an individual as well as the length of their life."
"We have a program... set up for patients who come from all around the country and stay from three
to four weeks undergoing daily treatment, six days a week. It includes daily ozone therapy as well as
IV infusions, such as vitamin C, three times a week, and also EDTA chelation. Chelation therapy is
primarily for opening up capillaries and increasing the ability of the oxygen and ozone to permeate the
tissues." (1)
It's Pittman's observation that the best benefits occur when ozone is taken on a daily basis: "The
halflife of ozone is 45 minutes. After that time, it breaks down into oxygen. In the meantime, what it's
really doing is transferring its high-energy electron to other elements in the blood and producing
various peroxide formations that are continuing this oxidative effect. The powerful oxidative effect
appears to last 24 hours, making a daily treatment the most effective way of using ozone."
According to a doctor who, because of state regulations, must remain nameless, ozone treatment is a
recommended first step for all patients. It reduces the toxic load due to infections, allergies, and other
conditions, and it may even make further treatment unnecessary. "It's just a basic therapy that will
enhance every treatment mode afterwards."
This physician does stress that ozone is not an end-all in itself, but rather one modality in a holistic
program: "I always say, first you have to restore the nutrition. Then you have to restore the mind-set.
After that, you can go into specific programs for specific conditions, which include ozone. I give ozone
to virtually all of my patients as a basis of therapy because sometimes just one ozone treatment
resolves their problem. Then they don't need anything else. Obviously, if they have a serious
degenerative disease, like cancer or cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,
or infectious diseases of any kind, they need more intensive treatment. We like to give ozone in
cancers and AIDS, for instance, for 12 days. For hepatitis, it's usually just for eight days. Most
allergies respond to four-day treatments. For acute infections, including pneumonia, usually one
single ozone application does the trick. Then if this person is in a relatively good nutritional state, this
is all it takes and the body takes care of itself from there on out. It's very important to understand that
with all degenerative diseases, a combination approach is necessary."
Obstacles to Ozone's Use
While ozone is without doubt a wide-spectrum healing modality, it's also, in this country, one that's
widely ignored, and even suppressed. Nathaniel Altman surmises that "because these elements are
very available and also nonpatented, the pharmaceutical industry has not been very happy with
them." 5 The profit motive isn't there with ozone as it is with patentable drugs, so there hasn't been
the impetus for private companies to do expensive studies of this modality. The unfortunate result:
medical ozone has been, in more ways than one, an invisible healer. The general public is simply
unaware of it as an option. In fact, most states prohibit the use of ozone therapy, the rationale being
that American researchers must first prove that the process will not harm people. That it has been
used safely in Europe for decades doesn't seem to count.
In a situation frustrating to those familiar with ozone's potential, funding for research is continually
denied by the National Institutes for Health, while exorbitant sums are earmarked for less effective,
but more conventional, treatments. The situation doesn't seem to make sense. For instance, State
University of New York virologist Bernard Poeisz has found that ozone could be used for "almost
seemingly complete destruction" of HIV without affecting blood protein, and yet the NIH has refused
funding, saying it was not a priority. Dr. Kwaku Ohene-Frempon, head of Children's Hospital Sickle
Cell Center, says that "ozone kills bacteria" and "supplies a lot of oxygen to tissues that need to be
repaired." Seventy-two thousand people in the U.S. suffer from sickle cell anemia and the NIH spends
about $70 million a year to try to alleviate the disease. However, they will not fund ozone research,
even though Cuban doctors find that ozone cuts the length and severity of painful sickle-cell episodes
in half. 24 Nor will research on ozone for diabetic conditions be funded, despite the fact that Germany
has been healing diabetic wounds with ozone for quite some time.
Dr. Beyerle expresses the sentiments of the frustrated practitioners. "Extensive studies have been
done in other countries," he points out. "It amazes me to see the literature that is being published and
utilized in Germany and Europe but has failed to appear in literature or clinics in this country."
Beyerle goes on to explore the reasons for this: "In my opinion, it's all politics. It starts at the
beginning with our FDA, which is tremendously influenced by our drug companies. Drug companies
give almost 80 to 90 percent of funding for medical schools. That's a fact. If drug companies have an
influence on medical schools and medical research, then this information will never get there. Ozone's
cheap. All you need is pure oxygen, an ozone generator, and the proper training. I just recently met
with two professors from Frankfurt working using ozone with cancer for over 15 years, and having
spectacular results. Why isn't it here? We have a medical mafia. There's too much money being made
in medicine for certain companies to allow something so inexpensive and so worthwhile to be
introduced in our country that's not a money-maker." (11)
Ozone Overseas
Overseas, the picture is different. Medical ozone is used in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy,
Russia, and Cuba; and England and France, while they don't use ozone medically, do treat drinking
water with it. (24)
Recently, the Twelfth World Congress of the International Ozone Association was held in Lille,
France. It was well attended by researchers from around the world, some of whom are at a loss to
under stand America's seeming domination by an FDA out of step with the latest in research, and out
of control.
The papers presented at the Lille meeting covered a whole gamut of areas in which medical ozone
has proven of value. Heart disease was one; ozone treatment was shown to improve the status of
patients with ischemic cardiopathy, fostering diminution or disappearance of irregular heart rhythms,
decreases in coronary failure, and increased fitness levels.25 When used in the treatment of earlystage stroke, ozone also demonstrated benefits, according to a German study. 26 Glaucoma was
another condition for which scientists reported ozone's benefits, 27 and central nervous system
disorders were also shown to be helped.(28)
In orthopedics, ozone has a significant contribution to make, as reported by C.H. Siemsen, of
Buxtehude, Germany.(29) He stated that "The application of medical ozone in acute and chronic
painful diseases of the joints is an alternative method of treatment for obtaining rapid pain relief,
decongestion, subsidence of effusion, a reduction in temperature, and an increase in motility."
Siemsen reported that a number of therapy-resistant painful joint conditions were recently treated with
ozone for the first time, noting that the treatment is a low-risk one.
The Cubans, in particular, seem to be keeping abreast of ozone's possibilities. Cuba's Ozone
Research Center, at Havana's National Center for Scientific Research, recently investigated the
cholesterol- lowering effect of the substance. F. Femandez and others reported on a positive effect
found for ozone in cholesterol metabolism, as well as in the stimulation of the antioxidative defense
system. (30) Other researchers from Cuba reported on clinical improvements in humoral immunity for
children who received ozone treatments. (31)
Children with hearing loss benefited from ozone too, according to Cuban researcher E. Basabe and
his colleagues. (32) In a double-blind study with 34 children, hearing loss was reduced in the ozonetreated group. Ozonized oils were used in still other Cuban studies to successfully treat candidiasis 33
and giardiasis, a parasitic condition.(34) In yet another area, a report on the influence of ozone
treatment in sports medicine gave details on improved aerobic performance in individuals receiving
blood treatment and rectal insufflation of ozone.35 The allotrope's effects on intracellular metabolism
and utilization of free fatty acids were credited here. An Italian paper seemed to back this up. E. Riva
Sanseverino and P. Catellacci of the University of Bologna's Institute of Human Physiology
summarized their findings thus: (38)
"On the basis of the circulatory and biochemical positive effects of ... oxygen-ozone therapy, a study
was programmed in order to check if physical activity in humans is improved by treatment with
medical ozone administered by means of ... AHT. Preliminary observations indicate that physical
activity, performed 12- 24 hours after one or several administrations of medical ozone, is improved by
8-12 percent."
Other reports at Lille concerned dermatology in Russia, and how ozone is being successfully used
there37; and ozone's disinfectant uses in oral surgery. (38,39) So the wide-spectrum applicability of
ozone therapy was certainly in evidence at the meeting.
This is not to say that ozone's problems with acceptability by the mainstream were ignored at the Lille
symposium. V. Bocci, of Italy's University of Siena Institute of General Physiology, acknowledged
these in a general talk on ozone therapy. This modality is still only used legally in a handful of
countries and American states, and Bocci, in a realistic overview of the therapy's status today,
suggested some reasons why.(24)
First, Bocci feels, the biological basis for ozone's therapeutic effectiveness needs to be further
clarified. More study is definitely needed, but with a lack of support from the pharmaceutical industry,
there's the ever-present funding problem. Bocci acknowledged too that reports of ozone's benefits
have at times tended toward the subjective and anecdotal; this is a consequence of the fact that
clinical experience with ozone, although vast, has remained limited to private practice. Bocci also
acknowledges two other factors that have not worked in medical ozone's favor--unfortunately, some
practitioners have used this modality improperly; and people are prejudiced against the concept of
ozone because they have in mind the pollutant type.
What the Future Holds
Despite these problems, Bocci's assessment of ozone therapy today was an upbeat one. The general
sense of his presentation was that this is a therapy that has already contributed so much, and that in
the future will benefit people even more, providing some interesting investigative work along the way.
These were some of his final remarks:
"...Ozonated autohemotherapy performed with an optimized procedure represents a powerful
therapeutic approach. Its main advantages are the lack of toxicity, often a feeling of well-being, and
the equilibrated, although slow, stimulation of cytokine production accompanied by improved
oxygenation and metabolism. Both in the treatment of neoplasia, particularly after chemotherapy, and
of chronic viral diseases, the frequent report of well-being after treatment is relevant because the
quality of life of these patients is generally poor. We are planning to investigate the reason for
euphoria and we believe that it may be due to an immune-neuroendocrine response elicited by the
ozonated blood.
"On clinical grounds there is also the need to carry out extensive and well-controlled clinical trials in
several diseases, including HIV infection. The treatment is simple to execute, safe, far less expensive
than comparable procedures, and could be carried out easily... in Third-World countries, where it
could be applied also to several parasitic diseases." 24
In short, Bocci is optimistic about the future of ozone. He cites increased precision in ozone dosing,
with reproducible delivery systems, as a plus for this healing technique. And he says that ozone is
now considered a cytokine inducer, with immunorestoration potential. Indeed, the studies--both his
own and those of other researchers--are there to back up this last contention. (16, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
As the century draws to a close, this modality should become increasingly visible. The public is
growing disenchanted with toxic and problematic "magic bullet" remedies, and more interested in
holistic and natural approaches to health care. So it's only a matter of time before ozone comes into
its own.
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OZONE - BREATH OF LIFE
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by Robert Willner, M.D.
OZONE (03) "Breath of God" (Ancient Hebrew)
NOTE: THE USE OF OZONE THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF CANCER OR ANY OTHER
DISEASE IS UNPROVEN AND NOT RECOGNIZED BY THE FDA OR THE MEDICAL PROFESSION
IN THE UNITED STATES. THIS ARTICLE PRESENTS INFORMATION ABOUT ITS HISTORY AND
HOW IT IS BEING USED BY THOUSANDS OF PRACTITIONERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
ONLY 34 CASES OF SIDE EFFECTS OUT OF 5,500,000 PATIENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED.
ABOUT OZONE
The discovery and naming of ozone is attributed to Christian Friedrich Schonbein in 1840. Its value
in medicine was debated for many decades and references to its use were sporadic. Dr. Albert
Wolf, a German physician wrote in 1915. "As regards the medical usability of ozone, the viewpoint of
experimental science may be considered as being in direct opposition to the practical experiences
gained by industry." He used ozone successfully in the treatment of decubitus ulcers. During the
First World War (1915) ozone gas was used to purify the drinking water of major cities since
1901. The first was Vienna and the most recent was Los Angeles. It does not give water the
disagreeable taste that chlorine does. Although many authorities refer to it as poisonous and a
hazard to life, like anything else on this planet, if used properly it is beneficial - in fact life would
become extinct without ozone in our atmosphere. The breathing of inappropriate concentrations is
indeed harmful to the lungs, but in proper concentrations it purifies the air we breath. Home and
industrial ozonators are used throughout the world (including the United States, to purify the air), and
yet, comments are being made publicly by authoritative figures that ozone is poisonous and a hazard
to life. This is indeed true if, as in the case of any substance on this earth, it is used in unsafe
amounts. Statements of this nature are unjustified and fraudulent when they are intended to misinform
or alarm the public in a way that would indicate that ozone is unsafe under any circumstances.
Ozone is created by the action of ultraviolet light or a strong electrical field on oxygen atoms. The
result if the forcing together of 3 atoms into unstable groups (03) that rather quickly break down into
the usual oxygen molecule (02). Ozone is lethal to almost all viruses, bacteria, fungus and cancer
cells. The scientific literature is replete with articles proving these facts. Ozone is formed in our
atmosphere naturally by the effect of lightning on oxygen. It is that wonderful sweet smell that you
can detect after a summer storm. It is nature's method of cleansing our atmosphere of
contamination. The poisonous ozone levels reported effecting our cities differs dramatically in that it
represents the combining of the extensive overwhelming pollution with ozone insufficient to do the
job. If you wonder why cancer rates have tripled in the last 20 years, consider this startling fact: The
oxygen level of the air we breathed 200 years ago is much higher than it is today. (From the work of
LaVosier - the discoverer of oxygen and current figures.
In 1931, Dr. Otto Warburg was awarded the Nobel Prize in biochemistry. Dr. Warburg demonstrated
that the metabolism of a cancer cell was like that of a plant cell, which thrives on carbon dioxide and
gives off oxygen as its waste product. It actually represents the process of fermentation. We are
composed of animal cells and oxygen is essential for our assimilation of nutrients and the
detoxification and elimination of waste products. When ozone is introduced into the bloodstream, it is
converted into oxygen, hydroxyperoxides and other beneficial free radical scavengers which actually
seek out and destroy diseased cells.
Nearly 50 years later, the prestigious journal SCIENCE, VOL. 209, 22 AUGUST 1980, published a
paper entitled: OZONE SELECTIVELY INHIBITS GROWTH OF HUMAN CANCER CELLS. This
paper dealt with the exposure of human lung, breast, and uterine cancer tissue to ozone at
concentrations of 0.3 to 0.8 parts per million, well within the non-toxic limits tolerated safely during the
average ten minute period that medically administered ozone takes and concentrations far less than
that are used. In the experiments, normal human cells were not effected at these levels. The modern
development of ozone application in medicine gained impetus in the 1950's in Europe, and its use
gradually spread throughout Europe to Australia, Israel, and Brazil.
INTRA-VENOUS OZONE GAS is extremely safe and effective against all infections. The earliest
evidence that I could locate of ozone's recommendation as therapy in the United States, appeared in
an 1885 issue of the Journal of the Dade County Medical Association. In spite of this and many other
references prior to 1920, the FDA has illegally raided and confiscated ozone generators from the
offices of advanced (alternative) physicians. Ozone is classified as a toxic gas if inhaled in large
quantities. However, it is not toxic when injected slowly into the body by intra-arterial injections,
I.V., intramuscularly, subcutaneously or by vaginal or rectal insufflation. Ozone has no side effects
when administered, using these methods, in the proper quantities and concentrations. It does not
effect healthy cells of any type adversely under those conditions.
It is obvious why it is lethal to cancer cells. The cancer (plant) cell is being given toxic waste product,
while our normal cells are being given their essential for life. Individuals receiving ozone for the first
time are usually apprehensive. It is scary to have "air" injected into their veins. They have images of
dying from an air embolus. Almost everyone seems to recollect a murder mystery in which the villain
killed his victim that way in the hopes of committing the perfect crime. It will never happen in real life
because:
1. Nitrogen would have to be present in order to cause a toxic reaction and therapeutically only pure
medical grade oxygen is used. It would take at least 50 cc of gas given within 2 to 3 seconds. That
cannot even be accomplished with a very large bore 18 gauge needle. The procedure is done with a
fine 25 gauge needle. Death could only occur intentionally, never accidentally.
Specific therapeutic applications of ozone include the treatment of circulatory problems, decubitus
ulcers, some forms of cancer (still under investigation as to how many), AIDS, viral diseases,
wounds, scars, burns, gangrene and liver disease including hepatitis. Ozone is the only substance
known which is virucidal, bactericidal, fungicidal, protozoacidal and cancericidal. Over 1,000 medical
papers exist in the world medical literature attesting to its efficacy in the treatment of disease in many
tens of thousands of patients. Typically it has been ignored in America because it cannot be
patented. Therefore, it is not profitable for the pharmaceutical industry to spend the millions of dollars
necessary to prove its effectiveness by FDA standards. It would reap scorn and outrage of incredible
proportions if the truth were known. The pharmaceutical industry and the FDA confuse and distort the
role of ozone in our ecosystem and suppress its use therapeutically (even though, under law, it
should be "grandfathered in"). In addition to the many articles on the use of ozone in medicine, there
are medical texts such as "THE USE OF OZONE IN MEDICINE" by Prof. Siegfried Rilling, M.D. and
Renate Viebahn, Ph.D., and medical organizations in the major industrial nations of the world
dedicated to the education and instruction of its use.
A WORLD OZONE CONFERENCE has been held frequently since the early 1970's, the most recent
was held in San Francisco (1993), and was attended by hundreds of doctors from many
countries. Russia sent seven scientists to present papers on their discoveries of its application. In no
other science does acceptance take as long as it does in medicine. The use of deep freezing
techniques took over 80 years and television over 30 years, but in medicine, where human life is at
stake, it can take 150 years and maybe never if there is no profit to be made. Fortunately for
mankind, there are still countries where investigation into non-drug, non- patentable, non-toxic and
inexpensive therapies are still being carried out.
SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
The PROCEEDINGS OF THE WORLD OZONE CONFERENCES have documented and published
the techniques and dosages of ozone for its beneficial use in the following conditions. Cancer
(Carcinoma), Spastic Colon, Arterial Thrombosis, Osteomyelitis, Acne, Proctitis Bladder
Fistula, Wounds, Ulcers, Varicosities, Radiation burns, Phlebitises, Parkinson's, Ulcerative Colitis,
Mucous Colitis, Chronic Cystitis Colitis, Chronic Cystitis, Coli Infections, Chronic Hepatitis,
Hemorrhoids, Anal Eczema, Arthritis Intrarectal insufflation is excellent for diarrhea and candidiasis (in
women intravaginal insufflation is also effective), and it is applied in this manner when intravenous
administration is impractical or unavailable. As long as the lobbyists and influence peddlers for the
pharmaceutical industry and the AMA are able to convince our representatives that anything outside
of the mainstream of medicine is either useless, fraudulent or dangerous, many safe, non toxic and
effective therapies will be denied to the public. Our representatives must be made aware that
although the safety is not usually the problem, proof of efficacy by the double-blind standard is
economically prohibitive. In those instances where such proof has been offered, fraudulent tactics by
the opposition have resulted in blocking the use of some incredible therapies. If you want to know
what benefits ozone bestows in disease, ask the doctors and patients who have used it - but, of
course, that's anecdotal!!!
THE IMPORTANCE OF OXYGEN
Virtually every patient's room in a modern hospital is equipped for the administration of
oxygen. Certainly, an emergency room cannot be without one because it is required by law. Deep
breathing exercises are prescribed for patients with lung problems and for individuals recovering from
surgery. The narrow use of these techniques are indeed unfortunate, they should be routine for all
patients. The local gymnasiums and health spas routinely employ the proper use of deep breathing
exercises. The average person takes their respiration for granted. There are large religious cults who
incorporate consciousness of breathing as an important ritual of their beliefs. Indians refer to
breathing as an important ritual of their beliefs. Indians refer to "Prana" as a wonderful substance that
God has provided for a healthy life. Certainly, Prana is oxygen, or possibly even ozone. Both aptly fit
their description. Obviously, chronic and gradual oxygen deprivation on metabolism is devastating
and leads to an inadequate processing of the toxic wastes that our bodies are constantly
producing. One of the consequences of lowered oxygen concentration is the elevation of uric acid in
the body. This one compound alone, is implicated in a wide variety of metabolic problems. The most
common disease associated with uric acid disorder is gout and it is primarily due to an inability to
process meat protein. However, the far reaching effects on almost every system of the body gives us
an indication of the widespread effect that a low-grade increase can have. The formation of a stone in
the kidneys and gallbladder, the blocking of circulation and the destruction of joints by the formation of
crystals are just a few of the problems that arise. There are literally hundreds of known biochemical
reactions in the body that utilize oxygen. There are probably many thousands more waiting to be
discovered. Acute deprivation of oxygen leads to a rapid death. We are getting there more quickly
than we should. The importance of oxidative processes is discussed more fully elsewhere, but the
relationship with the development and progress of cancer is no longer in doubt. The use of ozone
appears to go beyond the benefit of oxygen in the treatment of disease. The production of
electromagnetic energy at the molecular level, as the ozone molecule disassociates into
oxygen, undoubtedly plays a role in its usefulness in therapy. Permit me to list just a few of the
proven effects of ozone.
OZONE ACTIONS
1. Ozone activates the enzymes involved in peroxide or oxygen "free radical" destruction i.e.
glutathione, catalase, s.o.d.
2. Accelerates glycolysis (breakdown of glycogen) in RGSs, thus it:
Increases the release of 02 from the hemoglobin in the blood to the tissues.
Enhances formation of acetyl coenzyme-a, which is vital in metabolic detoxification.
Influences the mitochondrial transport system which enhances the metabolism of all cells and
safeguards against mutagenic changes.
d. Increases red blood cell pliability, blood fluidity and arterial P02 (oxygen content) and a
decrease in rouleaux formation (clumping) which interferes with the normal functioning of red blood
cell metabolism.
3. Increases leukocytosis (production of the white blood cells) and phagocytosis (the manner in
which certain white blood cells destroy foreign matter). Both processes are part of the immune
defense system.
4. Stimulates the reticulo-endothelial system, the rebuilding of tissue.
5. Strong germicide - inactivates enteroviruses, coliform bacteria, saphylococcus aureus and
aeromona hydrophilia.
6. Disrupts the cell envelope of many pathogenic organisms which are composed of phospholipids,
peptidoglycans and polysaccharides.
7. Opens the circular plasmid DNA which lessens bacterial proliferation.
8. Fungicidal, inhibits candida cell growth.
9. Low doses stimulate the immune system.
10. High doses inhibit the immune system.
11. Limit dose to 3,000 ug.
References:
The information for this article is culled from the hundreds of papers presented at the World
Conferences on Ozone. The scarcity of information available in the major medical journals is
testimony to the power of the Pharmaceutical industry. With good reason, they have established a
wall of silence and welcome the dissemination of falsehoods about the effects of ozone. They have
an entire market of antibiotics that are at odds with ozone therapy. My conversations with
practitioners in several countries, including the United States, confirms the remarkable results that I
observed first-hand in my own practice.
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By Thomas Levy, MD From " Extraordinary Science" Jul-Sep 1994
Possibly one of the best therapies ever discovered for AIDS, other infectious diseases, and most
degenerative, or chronic illnesses (including cancer) is oxygen therapy, especially in the form of
properly used ozone therapy. The main "drawbacks" in any form of ozone therapy are its simplicity
and its minimal cost. The medical industry relies on therapies that are costly and require substantial
expertise in their administration. Anything that comes along that appears clinically effective while
remaining inexpensive is viewed skeptically, at best. The systematic and ongoing efforts at spreading
disinformation and propaganda seem to know no bounds. In the Federal Register of 2/13/76, the
Federal Drug Administration (FDA) asserted that "Ozone" is a toxic gas with no know medical
uses."(1)
When ozone is formed from ordinary air exposed to electrical discharge or ultraviolet light, other toxic
gasses, such as nitrogen oxides, are formed as well. Ozone therapies use ozone generated from
pure, medical grade oxygen. The toxicity question, then, is a potential point of misunderstanding.
However, stating ozone has no known medical uses is nothing short of sheer lunacy.
Ozone has been used successfully on scores of diseases in Europe, especially Germany, for over 50
years. Over 6,000 articles on the medical usage's of ozone are in the world literature. Nearly every
disease process responds favorably to any therapy that effectively increases cellular oxygen content.
Furthermore, the safety profile of proper administration is virtually unparalleled. I had the opportunity
to witness multiple intravenous ozone treatments in the office of Dr. Horst Kief in West Germany. It is
a very simple, very safe procedure. In a survey of German ozone therapists, 5,579,238 ozone
treatments on 384,775 patients demonstrated a side effect rate of only 0.0007%, and the side effects
were uniformly minor and not even remotely life-threatening. On the other hand, over a million
patients are hospitalized annually in the US due to side effects of prescription medication, and over
100,000 of such individual die from such drug usage. If one person in the US dies even indirectly from
the usage of a vitamin product or an herbal concoction, the FDA quickly moves to outlaw accessibility
to such a product, but they remain strangely blinded to the carnage wrought annually by our
pharmaceutical industry. Dr. Hans Nieper, an ozone-using doctor in Hanover, Germany, reports that
in his medical practice on colon cancer he sees an interesting assemblage of American VIP's:
You wouldn't believe how many officials or relatives or acquaintances of FDA officials come to see me
as patients in Hanover. You wouldn't believe directors of the American Medical Association, or
American Cancer Association, or the presidents of orthodox cancer institutes. That's the fact.
(2) Very, very gradually mainstream American researchers are "testing the ozone waters" In 1991 a
main journal for the American Society of Hematology, Blood, published an article demonstrating that
ozone treatment inactivated human retroviruses
( including HIV) in human body fluids and blood product preparations. The researchers concluded
"Ozone has potent anti-HIV-1 activity in cell culture media and factor V!!! preparations. Although the
exact mechanism by which ozone mediates its effect remains unclear at this time, it is readily
apparent that ozone may be of use in rendering factor VIII and possibly other blood products, both
proteinaceous and cellular, free of HIV-1 and other infectious agents."
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