WHAT IS OZONE?
The oxygen you breathe is present in the air as a pair of oxygen atoms. This is the most stable form of oxygen, and it’s colorless. Ozone is a blue colored form of oxygen (it’s what makes the sky blue), and unlike regular oxygen, it is composed of three oxygen atoms instead of two. It is the addition of the third oxygen atom that makes ozone “supercharged” oxygen, and gives it all of its remarkable medical properties.
The use of ozone to treat various medical conditions was first developed in Germany in the early 1950’s. Today, medical ozone therapy is common throughout Europe, and its use has gradually been spreading in America over the last 25 years.
OZONE IS TOXIC ISN’T IT?
Anything, including water and oxygen, is toxic if given in amounts that exceed the body’s capacity to utilize it. Ozone is found naturally in the body. The white cells make it as part of the immune response. Pure medical grade ozone, when it is used according to the established medical guidelines, has a safety record that is unparalleled.
MEDICAL PROPERTIES OF OZONE
Ozone has five properties that account for why it works so well; not only for macular degeneration, but also for most other chronic age related conditions as well.
Ozone is a potent regulator of the immune system. This means that when the immune system is overactive (as in auto-immune disease), ozone will calm it down. Conversely, when the immune system is under active as in Cancer, AIDS, and chronic infections; ozone will stimulate it. This unique ability of ozone stems from its action on the membranes of white cells, that causes them to produce immune related messenger molecules called cytokines. Examples of cytokines are gamma interferon, interleukin-2, colony stimulating factor, and TNF-alpha, just to name a few.
Ozone stimulates the increased uptake of oxygen by stimulating the enzyme diphosphoglycerate (DPG). DPG enables the release of oxygen from the hemoglobin molecule, so that it can be taken up into the cell. In the absence of an adequate amount of DPG, our cells become starved for oxygen. This is a common problem in diabetics.
Ozone improves circulation. It does this by enhancing the flow characteristics of blood as a liquid. This effect enables more of the oxygen carrying hemoglobin to reach the capillaries where ultimately the cells will receive more of the oxygen they require. Many patients with chronic inflammatory conditions have impaired circulation.
Ozone increases antioxidant protection more than any other therapy- including Vitamin C. Most people with chronic disease have deficient antioxidant defenses.
Ozone is a powerful mitochondrial stimulant. The fundamental underlying cause behind all degenerative disease from diabetes to heart disease to cancer, is decreased mitochondrial energy production. Ozone can often correct this problem.
HOW IS OZONE USED MEDICALLY?
Ozone therapy should only be used by professionals who have been fully trained in its use. Doctors who want such training can receive it from courses taught internationally, like through AEPROMO.
Autohemotherapy treatment is the most common, and in most cases the most effective way ozone is administered. The patient sits in a chair and has from 6-12 ounces of blood removed into a sterilized bottle.Then ozone is injected into the bottle, and the bottle is gently shaken, allowing the red and white blood cells to take up the ozone. The ozonated blood is then returned to the body. The entire procedure takes about 45 minutes. Other ways to get a systemic ozone treatment is through the rectal or vaginal walls by using 10-35ug of medical grade ozone gas via a ozone bag and silicone catheter. Other modes of ozone application include: Transdermal use through steam saunas or ozonating a foot, hand, limb or section on the skin with a cupping or bagging method. Applications of ozonated cream or oil is another successful method of ozone treatment for things like longstanding skin infections, swellings and acute inflammation.
IS OZONE THERAPY FOR ME?
This is a decision for a doctor who is trained and experienced in the medical use of ozone. Some conditions simply will not clear up unless ozone is used, and of course many conditions will clear up without ozone. Because of its many therapeutic properties, ozone can be used as part of a therapeutic plan for almost every disease.
It is invaluable in the treatment of heart disease and circulatory disorders. Chronic infections such as, Hepatitis-C, Herpes, Lyme, and AIDS respond very favourably to ozone. It is also very helpful in chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, and autoimmune diseases.
It is important to realize that ozone therapy is not a panacea or some kind of magic bullet. Although it is often an indispensable modality, it is effective by itself, though for the great majority of cases, it must be combined with an individualized program of other alternative and natural therapies, such as nutrition and detoxification.
