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Healing Power of
Ozone And Hydrogen Peroxide
by Dr. Raj Rakhra
Oxygen therapies alter the body's chemistry
to help overcome disease, promote healing and improve overall
function. These therapies have been found to be effective in treating
a wide variety of conditions including infections (viral, fungal,
parasitic and bacterial), circulatory problems, chronic fatigue
syndrome, arthritis, allergies, cancer and multiple sclerosis.
All human cells, tissues and organs need oxygen to function. Oxygenation
saturates the body with oxygen through the use of oxygen gas,
sometimes at high pressure (hyperbaric). This increases the total
amount of available oxygen in the body. Insufficient oxygenation
may damage normal tissues, however oxygenation employed under
strictly controlled conditions can have very positive therapeutic
effects. Otto Warburg, Directory of the Max Planek Institute for
cell physiology in Germany, twice nominated for the Nobel laureate,
proposed that a lack of oxygen at the cellular level may be the
prime cause of cancer and that oxygen therapies could be the effective
treatment. He demonstrated that when normal cells in tissue cultures
are deprived of oxygen they became cancer cells and that oxygen
could kill these cancer cells.
Oxidation Therapies
The word Oxidation refers to a chemical reaction whereby electrons
are transferred from one molecule to another. The molecules that
'donate' electrons are said to be oxidized, whereas the molecules
that accept electrons are called oxidants. A healthy state of
oxidative balance is necessary for optimal function of the body.
Under repeated environmental stress, oxidative function is weakened,
because oxidation is partially blocked by toxicity in the body's
normal oxidative process. 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 occurs in
the body, by exposure to polluted air, sedentary lifestyle or
junk food diets encouraging anaerobic microbes to proliferate.
An over-growth of harmful microbes will lead to the breakdown
of enzymatic reactions in the cells, overloading them with metabolic
wastes, ending in cell death. Under similar anaerobic conditions,
cells tend to mutate to more primitive life forms turning from
aerobic to anaerobic respiration for energy synthesis. Dr. Otto
Warburg demonstrated that the primary cause of cancer is the replacement
of oxygen in the respiratory chemistry of normal cells.
Properties of Medical Ozone
At the higher range of concentration (three and a half to five
percent ozone in 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 study indicates that ozone treatment was 97 to 100 percent
effective in destroying HIV in vitro (Journal of American Society
of Hematology, October 1, 1992). At concentrations below approximately
three and a half percent, the three main properties of ozone can
be observed by its oxidative influence on the oxygen metabolism,
the induction of specific enzymes and the activation of immune
competent cells. It is these systemic influences of ozone that
cause it to be such a potent therapeutic tool, because most of
the diseases affecting humans today can be traced to diminishing
levels of oxygen and a compromised immune system.
Ozone and Hydrogen Peroxide 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 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 "Rouleu formation"
clumping of the erythrocytes is typical.
The indirect mechanism consists of ozonolysis, i.e. the ionizing
reaction of ozone with the unsaturated fatty acids in the cellular
membrane produces peroxides. It must be pointed out that ozone
behaves 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 the fermentation of sugar. The growth
of cancer cells is a fermentation process that 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 applied medically
in Europe and the US to treat everything from wounds and colitis
to cancer, stroke and AIDS. It is administered as an ozone/oxygen
(03/02) gas mixture. According to the dosage and concentration
range, medical ozone activates the Immune System. It is well documented
that ozone has activated monocytes and lymphocytes and induced
the production of an array of cytkines such as interleukin, interferon
and tumor-necrosis factor. (The Journal of International Medical
Research 1994). Ozone has the ability to elicit endogenous production
of cytokines. Ozone is not toxic, therefore it is an indispensable
therapeutic modality, because the most devastating diseases of
our times are characterized by depressed immune function seen
in chronic viral diseases, cancer and AIDS. Of course restoration
of the immune system depends on a total approach to detoxification,
lifestyle modification and supportive therapies.
Route of Administration
Treatments: Auto-hemotherapy, which involves bland treatment exvivo
of blood with ozone and prompt rein fusion into the donor is the
popular procedure among German physicians. Other methods include
direct infusion of 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's of ozone/oxygen, much like an enema,
has been used to treat colitis, fistula and colon cancer. Vaginal
insufflation is an excellent treatment for pelvic inflammatory
disorders and Candida infestation in women. 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, and many other countries. 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. 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's 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 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. 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 H202 (hydrogen peroxide),
that actually enhance the oxidation process by crating moe cellular
energy.
How Cellular Energy Is Increased
With Ozone:
Dr. R. Beyerle, a noted ozone practitioner 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. Production of a specific biochemical
called 23DPG diphosphoglycerate 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 anti microbial, antiviral activity".
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