The-Story-of-Ozone-Sixth Edition
The-Story-of-Ozone-Sixth Edition
The-Story-of-Ozone-Sixth Edition
Sixth Edition
by dr. Saul Pressman
Table of Contents
The Cause and Prevention of Cancer Saul Pressman
Superoxygenation for Health Saul Pressman
Ozone and Free Radicals Waves Forrest
Free Radicals, Ozone and antioxidants Dr. Horst Kief
Free Radical Pathology Chelation Therapy
Free Radical Theory Dr. Deepak Chopra
Oxidation:Key to Cancer and Degenerative Disease Dr. George Freibott
Oxidation Dr. William Turska
Ozone Therapy Fritz Schellander
Ozone: Its Therapeutic Action
Better Blood Sterilization With Ozone Canadian Govt
Are Worry-Free Transfusions Just a Whiff of Ozone Away? Albert Baggs
The Importance of Oxygen Dr. Robert E. Willner
The Healing Crisis 'Alive' Magazine
Interesting Medical Ozone Facts Dr. H.E. Sartori
AIDS and Cancer are Curable Dr. George Freibott
The History of Medical Ozone in the Treatment of AIDS Dr. John Pittman
Immunization and Ozone Saul Pressman
Contemporary Ozone Applications Dr. Kurt
MSM: Methyl Sulfonyl Methane Saul Pressman
Methylene Blue Saul Pressman
Flax Oil and Ozone
Hydrogen Peroxide Walter Grotz
So You're Thinking About Trying Ozone David Sterling
Protocols of Ozone Administration Dr. Ziegfried Rilling
Direct IV Injection of Ozone Dr. J. Pittman
Major Autohemotherapy Protocol Dr. F. Shallenberger
Using Ozone in the Home
Ozone Has Been Used to Treat Dr. H.E. Sartori
Suggested Protocols Dr. William Turska
Ozone and Its Uses in Medical Therapy Dr. Robert E. Willner
Ozone Applications Brad Hunter, P.Eng
Healing Ozone Phoebe Chow, ND (Alive magazine #156 Oct./95)
Ozone Books
OZONE IN NATURE
In nature, there is a cycle of oxygen just like there is a cycle of water. Oxygen is released
from plants on land and plankton in the sea during photosynthesis. The oxygen is lighter
than air and floats upward in the atmosphere. At the 20-30 km region (12 to 18 miles),
strong ultraviolet radiation in the 185-200 nanometer wavelength bombards the oxygen
and turns some of it into ozone. The ozone created exists as a thin layer in the
atmosphere and it blocks out the small portion of the UV spectrum that it absorbs. The
great majority of the UV reaches the earth allowing sun tanning, which Dr. Michael
Carpendale of the San Francisco Veteran's Administration Hospital has noted is useful in
a very efficacious therapy developed in the early years of this century. We hear a great
deal about the thinning of the ozone layer in the media, but the facts are otherwise.
Ozone production in the upper atmosphere is dependent on the amount of energy coming
from the sun. During peaks of solar activity, ozone is created at a greater rate. During
lulls in the sunspot cycle, the ozone layer is thinner. The lowest level ever measured was
in 1962. At night, on the dark side of the planet, the ozone layer disappears, in 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. Chlorofluorocarbons are the heaviest
and most inert compound gases possible and are totally harmless -- ask any refrigerant
expert. Ozone is produced constantly in the upper atmosphere as long as the sun is
shining, and since ozone is heavier than air, it begins to fall earthward. As it falls, it
combines with any pollutant it contacts, cleaning the air -- nature's wonderful self-
cleaning system. If ozone contacts water vapor as it falls, it forms hydrogen
peroxide, a component of rainwater, and the reason why rainwater causes plants to
grow better than irrigation. Ozone is also created by lightning, and the amount
produced in an average storm is often triple the allowable limit of .015 PPM as set by the
US EPA. This ozone is what gives the air the wonderful fresh smell after a rain, and is of
the highest benefit to anyone fortunate enough to be breathing it. Ozone is also created
by waterfalls and crashing surf, which accounts for the energetic feeling and calm
experienced near these sites. Another way ozone is produced is by photons from the sun
breaking apart nitrous oxide, a pollutant formed by the combustion of hydrocarbons in
the internal combustion engine. This ozone can accumulate in smog due to temperature
inversions and is a lung and eye irritant.
These are the forms of ozone created by natural processes in the atmosphere.
MEDICAL OZONE
The first ozone generators were developed by Werner von Siemens in Germany in 1857,
and 1870 saw the first report on ozone being used therapeutically to purify blood, by C.
Lender in Germany .
There is evidence of the use of ozone as a disinfectant from 1881, mentioned by Dr.
Kellogg in his book on diphtheria. In October of 1893, the world's first water treatment
plant using ozone was installed in Ousbaden, Holland , and today there are over 3000
municipalities around the world (including several major US cities) that use ozone to
clean their water and sewage. In 1885, the Florida Medical Association published
"Ozone" by Dr. Charles J. Kenworth, MD, detailing the use of ozone for therapeutic
purposes. In September 1896, the electrical genius Nikola Tesla patented his first ozone
generator, and in 1900, he formed the Tesla Ozone Company. Tesla sold ozone machines
to doctors for medical use, the same thing we are doing 100 years later, with a design
based on one of his from the 1920s. We have seen one of these 75-year-old generators,
and it still works perfectly. Tesla produced ozonated olive oil and sold it to naturopaths,
and we do, too. In 1898, the Institute for Oxygen Therapy was started in Berlin by
Thauerkauf and Luth. They injected ozone into animals and bonded ozone to
magnesium, producing Homozon. Beginning in 1898, Dr. Benedict Lust, a German
doctor practicing in New York , who was the originator and founder of Naturopathy,
wrote many articles and books on ozone. In 1902, J.H.Clarke's "A Dictionary of
Practical Materia Medica," London describes the successful use of ozonated water in
treating anemia, cancer, diabetes, influenza, morphine poisoning, canker sores,
strychnine poisoning and whooping cough. In 1911, "A Working Manual of High
Frequency Currents" was published by Dr. Noble Eberhart, MD. Dr. Eberhart was head
of the Department of Physiologic Therapeutics at Loyola University . He used ozone to
treat tuberculosis, anemia, chlorosis, tinnitus, whooping cough, asthma, bronchitis, hay
fever, insomnia, pneumonia, diabetes, gout and syphilis.
In 1913, the Eastern Association for Oxygen Therapy was formed by Dr. Blass and some
German associates.
During World War 1, ozone was used to treat wounds, trench foot, gangrene and the
effects of poison gas. Dr. Albert Wolff of Berlin also used ozone for colon cancer,
cervical cancer and decubitis ulcers in 1915.
In 1920, Dr. Charles Neiswanger, MD, the President of the Chicago Hospital College of
Medicine published "Electro Therapeutical Practice." Chapter 32 was entitled " Ozone as
a Therapeutic Agent."
In 1926, Dr. Otto Warburg of the Kaiser Institute in Berlin announced that the cause of
cancer is lack of oxygen at the cellular level. He received the Nobel Prize for Medicine
in 1931 and again in 1944, the only person to ever receive two Nobel Prizes for
Medicine. He was also nominated for a third.
In 1929, a book called "Ozone and Its Therapeutic Action" was published in the US
listing 114 diseases and how to treat them with ozone. Its authors were the heads of all
the leading American hospitals.
[In 1933, the American Medical Association, headed up by Morris Fishbein, set out to eliminate all
medical treatments that were competitive to drug therapy. The suppression of ozone therapy in the
US began then, and continues to this day, except in ten US states, where doctors are protected by
state laws. At the behest of the AMA, the FDA began seizing generators in the 1940s.]
The suppression of ozone therapy began then, and it continues in the US to this day.
The Swiss dentist E.A. Fisch was using ozone in dentistry before 1932, and introduced it
to the German surgeon Erwin Payr who used it from that time forward.
Aubourg and Lacoste were French physicians using ozone insufflation from 1934-1938.
In 1948, Dr. William Turska of Oregon began using ozone, employing a machine of his
own design, and in 1951, Dr. Turska wrote the article "Oxidation" which is still relevant
today, and is included in our booklet. Dr. Turska pioneered injection of ozone into the
portal vein, thereby reaching the liver. From 1953 onward, German doctor Hans Wolff
used ozone in his practice, writing the book "Medical Ozone," and training many doctors
in ozone therapy. In 1957, Dr. J. Hansler patented an ozone generator, which has formed
the basis of the German expansion of ozone therapy over the last 35 years. Today over
7000 German doctors use ozone therapy daily. In 1961, Hans Wolff introduced the
techniques of major and minor autohemotherapy. In 1977, Dr. Renate Viebahn provided
a technical overview of ozone action in the body. In 1979, Dr. George Freibott began
treating his first AIDS patient with ozone, and in 1980, Dr. Horst Kief also reported
success treating AIDS with ozone. In 1987, Dr. Rilling and Dr. Viebahn published "The
Use of Ozone in Medicine," the standard text on the subject. In 1990, the Cubans
reported on their success in treating glaucoma, conjunctivitis and retinitis pigmentosa
with ozone.
In 1992, the Russians revealed their techniques of using ozone bubbled into brine (taken
internally) to treat burn victims with astounding results.
Today, after 125 years of usage, ozone therapy is a recognized modality in many nations:
Germany, France, Italy, Russia, Romania, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria,
Israel, Cuba, Japan, Mexico, and in five US states.
OZONE CONCENTRATION
Medical ozone is produced in varying concentrations. The quantity of ozone in
comparison with the quantity of oxygen in the gas stream is called percent concentration.
It is measured in micrograms (ug) of ozone per millilitre (or cc) of the mixture. A litre of
oxygen weighs 1.4 grams.
Therefore: 0.5% x 1.4 gm = 7 ug/cc 1.0% x 1.4 gm = 14ug/cc 1.5% x 1.4 gm = 21ug/cc
2.0% x 1.4 gm = 28ug/cc 2.5% x 1.4 gm = 35ug/cc 3.0% x 1.4 gm = 42ug/cc 3.5% x 1.4
gm = 49ug/cc 4.0% x 1.4 gm = 56ug/cc 4.5% x 1.4 gm = 63ug/cc 5.0% x 1.4 gm =
70ug/cc
5% or 70 ug/cc is considered to be the upper limit of concentration for internal use of
medical ozone.
Dr. Greenberg of the Kief Clinic has shown, in vitro, that at concentrations of 90 ug/cc
there was crimping of red blood cells, which was definitely harmful. Experiments by F.
Sweet et al have shown inhibition of growth in healthy cells at concentrations above 72
ug/cc. If we stay below that level, we well have no problems.
OZONATED WATER
For prevention, a major benefit can be derived from regularly drinking ozonated water.
Water is a fascinating substance, and we all take it for granted. Chemically it is
considered to be one oxygen atom bound with two hydrogen atoms. The bond angle
between the two hydrogen atoms is known to be variable, depending on the amount
of energy in the molecule. Research has shown that water whose bond angle is 101
degrees is 'dead' water, bereft of life-giving energy. When water is distilled the bond
angle expands to 120 degrees upon evaporation, but collapses to 101 degrees upon
condensation, and is therefore dead. A bond angle of 103 degrees corresponds to average
water. A bond angle of 106 degrees produces activated, energized water, and is attainable
by placing a magnet, North Pole inward, against the water container. The highest energy
obtainable in liquid water is a bond angle of109.5 degrees, and this is attainable only by
ozonating water at 4 degrees C. (approx. 40 degrees F.) Ozone will not stay in water for
very long, even at 4 degrees C.
Drink water that has gone through reverse osmosis, carbon filtering, and is then ozonated
(or use distilled that has been ozonated). There are some contaminants that will pass
through R/O and carbon, such as fluorine. Ozonating the water removes all such
contaminants and energizes the water until the bond angle reaches 109.5 degrees.
Ozonate water for 15 minutes per litre (approx. one quart), or about five minutes per
glass.
BREATHING OZONE
Ozone is safe to breathe when it is bubbled through extra virgin olive oil. This is an
excellent therapy for asthma and bronchitis and pneumonia, especially when combined
with magnetic therapy. Breathing of ozone has been practiced in North America for over
90 years. When ozone is bubbled through olive oil continuously for weeks, the oil starts
to change. First it loses its color, then it begins to foam, and eventually it becomes a gel,
although the oil is not oxidized. If it is kept refrigerated at 40 degrees F, this gel will hold
on to its ozone for more than ten years. This gel applied to the skin has many uses: on
cuts, scrapes and burns; insect bites, diaper rash, eczema, impetigo, herpes, etc. When
massaged vigorously into the body by a trained therapist over time it has enabled
multiple sclerosis patients to regain the use of their limbs. Ozonated gel is 95% as active
as ozone gas. The ozonated gel liquefies as soon as it reaches skin temperature. It is an
excellent lubricant for intercourse and provides more protection than the highly-touted
condom for the prevention of disease, due to the bactericidal, virucidal and fungicidal
action of ozone. It is an excellent product for your pet as well.
2. Enhancement of circulation:
In circulatory disease, a clumping of red blood cells hinders blood flow through the
small capillaries and decreases oxygen absorption due to reduced surface area. Ozone
reduces or eliminates clumping, and red cell flexibility is restored, along with oxygen
carrying ability. Oxygenation of the tissues increases as the arterial partial pressure
increases and viscosity decreases. Ozone also oxidizes the plaque in arteries, allowing
the removal of the breakdown products, unclogging the blood vessels.
4. Formation of peroxides:
Ozone reacts with the unsaturated fatty acids of the lipid layer in cellular membranes,
forming hydro peroxides. There is a synergistic effect with cellular- formed H2O2. Lipid
peroxidation products include alkoxyl and peroxyl radicals, singlet oxygen, ozonides,
carbonides, carbonyls, alkanes and alkenes.
COLLATERAL THERAPIES
Ozone is not a drug and it is not a magic bullet. It is a therapeutic tool of great power,
which can aid the body in regaining health. However, in the end, it is the immune system
that has to do the work of healing the body. Therefore, the immune system must be
functioning.
The immune system is controlled by the midbrain, the limbic system, through the
thymus. The limbic system also controls the emotions. If the emotions are disrupted, the
immune system is suppressed or shut down.
Recent research by Dr. Glen Rein of the Heartmath Institute has shown that the thymus,
the general of the army of the immune system, is regulated by sympathetic resonance
with the heartbeat. By measuring the regularity of the heartbeat with an
electrocardiogram, Dr. Rein was able to show that irregular heartbeat, as caused by
emotional upset, produced erratic thymus function, which suppressed the immune
system. Dr. Rein also found that it was possible to train people to control their heartbeat
and raise their level of immune function. Since ozone has a well-known calming and
analgesic effect, perhaps ozone therapy causing restoration of heartbeat regularity has a
role to play in enhancing the immune system, along with interleukin-2 stimulation.
Ozone is already used as a treatment for heart arrhythmia. Therefore, prolonged use of
ozone would enhance the immune system by contributing to a calm, even heartbeat,
produced by a well-oxygenated heart pumping clean bright red blood through plaque-
free arteries. A holistic approach should include work on the psyche, exercise, and
nutrition, as well as ozone. By using ozone in a steam cabinet, the patient can be
easily placed in a calm and relaxed state of mind, which facilitates the unearthing of
deep-seated emotional problems by a skilled therapist. The resolution of such problems
often has a greater importance in the re-attainment of health than all other therapies. In
addition, oxidized toxins are sweated out through the skin, rather than dumped to
the liver, which is important in preventing toxic shock in patients whose liver
function is poor. Exercise is also an important adjunct to ozone therapy, and is not to be
overlooked. The lymph system contains 90% of the water in the body and must be
cleaned. Since the lymph system has no pump like the heart, the lymph tends to become
toxified and sluggish. The use of a rebounder followed by the steam cabinet will go a
long way towards cleaning the lymph. Nutritional supplementation needs to include
organic sulphur, which is critical for the production of many essential amino acids, such
as glutathione for respiration and methionine for liver function. Organic sulphur is
essential for the maintenance of youthful, flexible cells. Since it is difficult to obtain in
our diets, the best sources are bluegreen algae, wheatgrass juice and aloe vera. Research
over 20 years has shown that aging is also related to declining production of the
hormone DHEA. If the hormone is taken directly, the body halts production, resulting in
a dependency. However, if the precursor, which is extracted from the wild yam plant, is
ingested, the body increases its production of DHEA without developing a dependency.
This precursor has now become available as Emprise Plus and as Diosin.
The combination of ozone, exercise, nutrition, aloe vera and yam plant extract should
ensure greater vitality and fewer degenerative diseases in our aging population as we
approach the next century, at an affordable cost.
Achieving Superoxygenation
How can we ensure that our bodies are sufficiently oxygenated to eliminate toxins and
prevent or cure disease? Scientific studies have proven repeatedly that medical ozone,
properly introduced into the body in repeated applications, removes accumulated toxins
and inactivates viruses, bacteria, fungi, yeast, protozoa and carcinomas in disease cells.
All harmful bacteria and viruses are anaerobic and cannot thrive in an oxygen-rich
atmosphere.
What is Ozone?
Chemically, ozone is oxygen with an extra molecule added. Electrically, ozone is oxygen
with a higher energy level. It is unstable and highly reactive.
There is a cycle of oxygen just as there is a cycle of water. Oxygen is released in
photosynthesis by land plants and ocean phytoplankton (mostly diatoms), and rises up in
the atmosphere about 25-30 miles, where it is energized by a part of the ultraviolet
spectrum of energy from the sun, producing ozone. Ozone is heavier than air and begins
to descend. It immediately attaches itself to airborne particles if it contacts them,
oxidizing them, cleaning the air. If it encounters water vapor, it can attach itself to it,
forming hydrogen peroxide. Rain and snow both contain hydrogen peroxide naturally.
That is why plants grow better from rainwater than from irrigation.
At ground level, ozone attaches itself to all pollutants, oxidizing them and cleaning the
air. It has been incorrectly blamed for smog. Ozone is present in smog only transiently at
around 25 parts per hundred million.
Carbon monoxide is present in smog at about 3000 parts per hundred million, and
hydrocarbons at about 100 parts per hundred million. Smog is produced by the
photoelectric effect of the sun's rays acting on carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide in
the atmosphere, which are the end products when hydrocarbons are burned.
Ozone cannot be produced in the internal combustion engine because the hydrocarbon
fuel quenches the spark gap. The ozone that exists in the atmosphere is produced by
nature and it is attracted to pollutants because of opposite charge -- it attempts to
oxidize them and clean the air. The problem is one of too little ozone to complete the
job, not too much.
Ozone is also created near the ground by lightning. The fresh smell in the air after a
thunderstorm is ozone. The amount of ozone created in an average thunderstorm is about
three times the safe limit according to US EPA regulations.
Hydrogen Peroxide
Hydrogen peroxide, the partner to ozone, is more properly called oxygen water, since it
is water with an extra oxygen molecule. It is found in rain and snow; the water at
Lourdes; in fresh fruit and vegetables; and in colostrum, the first milk that a mother
produces, where it provides a defense against infection until the baby's own immune
system develops and is able to produce its own hydrogen peroxide. In the body's
immune defense, hydrogen peroxide is released by T-cells to destroy invading bacteria,
viruses and fungi. Blood platelets release hydrogen peroxide on encountering
particulates in blood. Hydrogen peroxide is formed in the body by microbodies called
peroxisomes, which combine water with oxygen, if sufficient oxygen is available. The
importance of a high level of oxygenation is obvious. In the large intestine, acidophilus
lactobacillus produces hydrogen peroxide, which keeps the ever-present candida yeast
from multiplying out of control. When candida spreads out of the intestine, it escapes the
natural control system and can gain a foothold in the organs of the body, causing what is
called chronic fatigue syndrome and allergic hypersensitivity. Bathing in hydrogen
peroxide is the best way to get it into the body, and is inexpensive. The recommended
rate is 8 oz. of 35% food grade hydrogen peroxide in a tub of unchlorinated water,
soaking 30 minutes. Up to 3% hydrogen peroxide can be made by bubbling ozone
through cold water for a period of time. The medical uses of hydrogen peroxide were
pioneered in this century by Dr. Edward Carl Rosenow who did research and treatment
at the Mayo Clinic for 60 years, and who wrote many papers on the medical uses of
hydrogen peroxide. Used together, ozone and hydrogen peroxide offer the world a bright
and healthy future in the coming century.
Diseased Cells
What distinguishes diseased cells from healthy ones? All cells derive their energy from
glucose, but healthy cells burn glucose in oxygen by oxidation, while unhealthy cells
ferment glucose anaerobically, producing large amounts of lactic acid. Fermentation
produces only 1/6 the energy of oxidation, so cancer cells are perpetually starving for
energy, and consequently have huge appetites for sugar. This wasteful metabolism
becomes self-sustaining and dominant unless the oxygen level is sharply increased.
Healthy cells, which have sufficient oxygen and nutrients, manufacture an enzyme
coating around them that protects them for invasion. These enzymes are catalase,
reductase, superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase. So long as a cell maintains
this enzyme coating around itself, it is safe from invasion by viruses, and ozone cannot
harm it. Oxygen-starved cells are unable to produce enough enzymes to fortify their cell
wall and are thus more vulnerable to invasion by the always-present viruses. Disease
microbes have no enzyme coating. When ozone is introduced into the area, it attacks
microbes without a coating and diseased cells with deficient cell wall enzymes. It
oxidizes them, allowing them to be cleared from the body.
Free Radicals
Free radicals are atoms with unpaired electrons, a natural occurrence in biochemical
reactions. There could be no chemical reactions and thus no life without free radicals.
The properties of free radicals vary widely. Some are toxic to all living cells, others only
to the most vulnerable cells. Singlet oxygen is highly reactive beneficial free radical that
acts as a scavenger of other harmful free radicals. The oxygen combines with them to
render them harmless, thereby protecting cells from damage.
The so-called anti-oxidant enzymes are gaining in popularity as nutritional supplements
due to vigorous promotion. They are not anti-oxidant at all, but rather free radical
scavengers and enzyme enhancers. They have been shown to help protect marginally
healthy cells from general free radical damage. Superoxide dismutase in particular has
helped reduce a variety of disorders; normally it is among the body's most plentiful
enzymes. In any case, it does not address the cause of the problem: oxygen starvation at
the cellular level, which causes the cells to be too weak to make the enzyme coatings
that protect them.
Finally, the psychological consequences of convincing people that oxygen is detrimental
to health when it is the most important requirement for life have not been addressed in
any way. The limbic system, or midbrain, controls both the emotions and the immune
system. We must never engender fear with inaccurate statements regarding health, as is
so often done by the media with their periodic waves of 'carcinogen panic.' As Dr.
Warburg stated clearly in 1966, this approach is detrimental to public health.
Repeated treatments with ozone are required because viruses and bacteria seem to be
more susceptible at different stages of their growth cycle. Ozone lasts in the body for
only a very short period of time, oxidizing toxins, before turning back into oxygen, so it
must be reintroduced repeatedly over a period of weeks or months. Medical ozone is
completely safe and non-toxic to humans when generated by proper non-contaminating
equipment and administered with proper protocols. It has been shown to be completely
safe even when a dosage many times greater than the proposed human dosage is
administered.
As with everything on our planet, both oxygen and antioxidants have two sides the
positive and the negative. On one side, free radicals will age us quicker, on the other
side, without them we have no immune system. It is not well known that oxygen is
bound to our hemoglobin as a superoxide anion, so the oxygen in our breathing process
is already there as a radical.
It is the same with antioxidants. Antioxidants are often prescribed to be taken along with
the use of ozone. These are not simply opposites that cancel each other out, but rather, a
thoughtful optimization, since most antioxidants have very specific tasks. Vitamin E is
active at the cell membrane. Vitamin C is itself a radical that can speed the electron flow
through oxidation.
If ozone is taken for a long time at a high dose, it is wise to take Vitamin A as a
preventive measure to prevent the lack of A and the problems associated with it.
In summary, both effects have their function and their place in a symbiotic relationship.
1. That one of the most common important conditions that the person is called upon to
correct is weakness produced by an impoverished or diminished blood supply.
1. Ozone removes unwanted bacteria and viruses from the blood, the same way it does
with water.
2. The possibility of becoming infected with hepatitis, HIV virus, syphilis or other
infectious diseases through blood transfusion could be eliminated by the use of ozone.
5. With ozone cancerous tumors, lymphomas and leukemia may be eliminated without
the use of surgery, radiation or chemotherapy.
6. Ozone is highly effective for all forms of rheumatoid and arthritis collagen diseases.
8. Ozone improves multiple sclerosis, and other neurological diseases, senility, as well as
in Parkinson's disease.
9. External use of ozone is very effective in treating burns, acne, leg ulcers, open cuts
and wounds, aczema, fungus and other skin disorders.
10. Rectal insufflation with ozone is effective for proctitis, colitis, prostatitis and fissure;
vaginal insufflation is effective for candidiasis and other yeast infections, trichomoniasis
and other forms of vaginitis; bladder insufflation is effective for cystitis and bladder
fistulas, as well as cancer.
11. AIDS, herpes, hepatitis, mononucleosis, and cirrhosis of the liver have been
successfully treated with ozone.
12. The application of ozone is virtually painless, has no adverse side effects, and is
extremely cost-effective for both physicians and patients.
13. As of 1994, sixteen countries allow the use of ozone therapy. In a study Germany , of
all the millions of treatments, there have only been four deaths reported, with only 40
persons having side effects.
Most people are puzzled as to why something with this potential has not be used in the
United States before now. In order to understand this, one has to examine how medicine
has evolved over the past 100 years on two continents; Europe and America . In the late
1800's, the way medicine was practiced in both areas was very similar, though quite
diverse. Doctors on both continents were taught many different techniques of healing
including herbal medicine, potions, manipulations, diets, purges, colonics, as well as
drugs, and surgery. These physicians practiced holistic medicine in its original form. The
divergence began in the United States with the discovery of insulin and penicillin in the
1930's. In close conjunction with the rise in power of the drug companies is the ever
increasing policing of all medical therapies by the FDA along with the development of
the health insurance system. Today's American doctors get practically no training in
therapies other than drugs or surgery and are discouraged from practicing any alternative
therapies. On the other hand the European system nurtured diversity in which
pharmaceutical development, as well as alternative treatments, were encouraged. This is
how ozone, as a medical treatment, was allowed to develop in Europe, but did not find
fertile ground in the United states , after 1933. Ozone is not patentable. Thus, there is
no money to be made in its research and development as a treatment since it cannot
be protected. Money is what makes things happen in the United States , thus ozone
hasn't happened. However, with the development of the AIDS crisis over the last decade,
many physicians in this country have been prompted to study the work done by
clinicians in Germany and attempt to duplicate their results. The FDA has actively
persecuted doctors who have used ozone therapy. In spite of this, there is a growing
network of physicians who have been using this efficacious therapy.
Are Worry-Free Transfusions Just a Whiff of Ozone Away? Albert C. Baggs, BSc.
From Medical Science News, Canadian Medical Assoc; April 1993 Scientists in Canada
and the United States are investigating the use of ozone to destroy the human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the hepatitis and herpes viruses and other infectious
agents in the blood used for transfusion. The studies were endorsed by medical circles of
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) because of a concern that viral
pandemics have compromised the ability of world banks to meet urgent and heavy
military demands. NATO's fears are justified. The World Health Organization (WHO)
recently estimated that more than 200 million people are long-term carriers of hepatitis B
virus and that about 13 million people are infected with known HIV strains. The spread
of HIV is being impelled by socioeconomic factors and a worldwide recession. As HIV
spreads, an increase in the rejection rate of blood donors, now exceeding 30%, must be
expected. Laboratories in Canada , the United States and other countries have
evidence that sterilization with ozone is feasible. In a brief to the NATO Blood
Committee, the Surgeon General of the Canadian Armed Forces reported on Canadian
findings that a three-minute ozonation of serum spiked with one million HIV-1 particles
per cc would achieve 100% viral inactivation. It was also found that the procedure would
destroy several other lipid-encapsulated viruses, including simian immunodeficiency
virus (SIV) and various other animal strains.
Canadian interest in the technique stems from early German successes in the 1950s, and
from in-vitro studies with ozone by Captain Michael E. Shannon, a scientist in the
Department of National Defence. His experiments led to a pilot study using ozone-
treated blood in a volunteer group of 24 patients with AIDS at the Ottawa General
Hospital (approved by the Health Protection Branch and the hospital's ethics committee).
The Canadian experiments with HIV and other viruses gas-exchange technology from
Mueller Medical International Inc. ( Oakville , Ont.) with help from Medizone
Inernational Inc. ( New York ). Two teams of U.S. virologists have used comparable
equipment to confirm the Canadian results. Red blood cells showed no impairment in
either study. Ozone has long been used to destroy bacteria in municipal water
supplies. Its efficacy is partly attributed to the oxidation of unsaturated bonds in the
phospholipid and lopoprotein architecture of bacteria, viruses and infected cells. The
oxidation generates hydro-peroxides, which are transformed to peroxyl and hydroxyl
radicals and to other reactive species, including aldehydes. Peroxyl radicals attack
proteins, and hydroxyl radicals induce disruptive structural changes in cell membranes.
Virus-infected cells are unable to withstand the oxidation due to deficient cell wall
enzymes. Thus, at even low ozone concentrations, infective agents can be destroyed
selectively without damage to healthy tissue. Several other mechanisms have been
postulated for the destruction of HIV: inactivation of viral reverse transcriptase, which
would otherwise take over host interference with the ability of the HIV envelope
glycoprotein gp 120 to bind to the lymphocyte receptor CD4. To prove these concepts, a
pilot study was undertaken. It was a collaborative effort between scientists at the
Department of National Health and Welfare, the Department of National Defence, the
Canadian Animal Disease Research institute and Cornell University , Ithaca , NY . It
addressed the fundamental question: Will whole blood experimentally contaminated with
a highly virulent strain of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) produce
immunodeficiency disease in primates if the blood is treated with ozone before
transfusion? The answer came back loud and clear: Ozone protected all simian subjects
from infection by cleaning all viruses from the blood. The systematic use of ozone in the
treatment of AIDS could not only reduce the virus load, but also possibly revitalize the
immune system. Several German and Italian studies have shown that ozone enhances the
production of interleukin-2 and interferon-y. Findings at laboratories in North America
and Europe have demonstrated that ozone has remarkable potency against disease factors
in blood products. Blood approved for transfusion must be certified to be free of viral
and bacterial contaminants, and ozone appears to fill the requirements. The preliminary
findings of Captain Shannon indicate that concentrations of ozone as low as 20 ug/cc
may be perfectly effective.
When ozone is injected into the blood stream, it immediately starts to react with any
available type of oxidizable substrate, most notably the lipids of the cell membrane.
Lipid peroxidation products of ozone include alkoxyl and peroxyl radicals, singlet
oxygen, hydrogen peroxide (peroxide burst is the mechanism by which viruses, bacteria,
and fungi are killed by macrophages and microphages), oxonides, carbonyls, alkanes and
alkenes.
If all the different reactants are taken into consideration, there may be products formed
in minute ("homeopathic") amounts under conditions of considerable turbulence,
simulating homeopathic "succession," the vigorous shaking used in classic homeopathy
to "potentiate" the remedy. This brings about a healing crisis. After the healing crisis is
brought about by the ozone administration, these conditions are resolved (analogous to
the effects of homeopathic remedies) and people reach a new level of well-being.
Particularly impressive is this effect in all chronic allergies, asthma, hay fever,
brain allergies, and in chronic fatigue syndrome.
METHYLENE BLUE
Methylene blue is a blue dye used for staining tissue samples for viewing under a
microscope. It is a methyl donor with the ability to cleave carbon monoxide off from
hemoglobin. When the body is poorly oxygenated, the sugar that is burned in oxygen by
the cell for energy burns poorly, producing carbon monoxide, instead of carbon dioxide.
Monoxide has a great affinity for the iron in hemoglobin, and the hemoglobin is unable
to shed it in the lungs, and so must leave without a fresh supply of oxygen. This can
produce the condition known as methemoglobin anemia. People over the age of fifty
almost always have some methemoglobin in their blood.
Driving in heavy traffic with the vents open can also cause a buildup of carbon
monoxide in the blood. In addition, a faulty gas furnace or a smoky fireplace can also
cause the ingestion of carbon monoxide.
Carbon monoxide in the system acidifies the blood, irritates the organs and causes a
lowering of body temperature, which microbes of all types prefer. The body's way of
dealing with bacteria and viruses is to shut off the intake of food and raise the body
temperature, which we call a fever, in order to 'burn out the bugs.'
For many years, methylene blue has been used to treat cyanosis, a slight cyanide
poisoning sometimes caused by handling blueprints.
By taking methylene blue, 5 drops in a glass of water before bed, we can eliminate
carbon monoxide from our blood in a few short weeks. Methylene blue is safe and non-
toxic. Its only side effect is to temporarily turn the tongue blue, and to make the urine
green. It rarely needs to be repeated more than once a year.
The more serious the disease, the more aggressive you have to be with the ozone
therapy. There are many accepted ways to introduce ozone into the body. Some of these
include: drinking ozonated water; ozone body bagging; rectal insufflations; vaginal
insufflation; and direct IV injection into a vein.
As said before, ozone is not a silver bullet. It takes a lot of work and dedication. You
must also be prepared to perform some sort of colonic (enema) process to clean your
colon. As the body detoxifies, you must ensure that your colon is kept clean so that the
toxins are eliminated and not reabsorbed. If you are considering rectal insufflations, you
must clean yourself out (using an colonic/enema) prior to using the ozone, each and
every time. For some, this is not a pleasant thought, but it is a necessity in rectal
insufflation.
Do not expect to feel good for a while. As ozone starts to do its job, you may experience
one or more of the following: unusual fatigue; fever; night sweats; diarrhea; nausea
(Editor’s note: These “warnings” are related to forms of ozone therapy other than
through the steam sauna, which you have read about elsewhere in this book. The sauna
leaves you refreshed and calm. See other listings in this book concerning this.). Ozone
will generally force toxins out of the body the way they were put in. The more toxic your
body is, the stronger these reactions will be. This initial detoxification process could last
from several weeks to several months. Do not despair, you will eventually feel better.
You can expect to see results, but only if you're committed to the program.
It will not be easy, but you will see results. After the initial detoxification, you wll have
to go on a maintenance program. This will also be dependent on the individual person.
Ozone may always be a part of your new healthy lifestyle, protecting you from toxic
buildup and resultant disease in the future.
Means Of Administration
There are several ways to administer ozone, depending upon the condition being treated.
Autohemotherapy, which involves bland treatment ex vivo 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 1950's in
Europe and gradually spread throughout Europe to Australia , Israel , Cuba , Brazil and
Columbia . As far back as WW I, ozone was used medically to treat wounds and other
infections. Over 5000 physicians world-wide 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-dependent, 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
disease, ulcers, infected wounds, gangrenes, burns, inflammatory bowel disease such as
Krohn'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 all its
miraculous properties and accompanied by it lack of toxicity, is undoubtedly an
important tool in medicine. It is an unusual double-edged sword. It defends the body via
its 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 substance.
Dr. Chow practises in Vancouver B.C., Canada
The growth of ozone therapy in America is impeded by companies whose interests are
threatened by this powerful medical tool. Those doctors who decide to try it confirm the
lack of toxicity and benefits.