What is Ozone therapy?
Ozone (O3) gas discovered in the mid-nineteenth century is a molecule consisting of three atoms of oxygen in a dynamically unstable structure due to the presence of mesomeric states. . Its effects are proven, consistent, safe and with minimal and preventable side effects. Medical O3 is used to disinfect and treat disease. Mechanism of actions is by inactivation of bacteria, viruses, fungi, yeast and protozoa, stimulation of oxygen metabolism, activation of the immune system. Medication forms in a gaseous state are somewhat unusual, and it is for this reason that special application techniques have had to be developed for the safe use of O3.
Methods of therapeutic impact of RT can be divided into general (systemic) and local. Local ozone therapy is historically the very first method of applying RT in medicine using local effects of high ozone concentrations in order to achieve a disinfecting effect, and low concentrations for the purpose of wound healing and anti-inflammatory In local applications as in the treatment of external wounds, its application in the form of a transcutaneous O3 gas bath has established itself as being the most practical and useful method, for example at low (sub-atmospheric) pressure in a closed system guaranteeing no escape of O3 into the surrounding air. Ozonized water, whose use is particularly known in dental medicine, is optimally applied as a spray or compress.
In addition, intraarticular, subcutaneous, intramuscular administration of the ozone-oxygen mixture is used. The enteral method of application of the ozone-oxygen mixture, shown mainly in the pathology of the gastrointestinal tract, consists of: a) in the oral intake of ozonized discilled water, ozonized vegetable oil; b) intestinal irrigation with ozonized disclinated water; c) rectal and vaginal insufflation of the ozone-oxygen gas mixture (and represent a combination of general and local effects).
Diseases treated are infected wounds, circulatory disorders, geriatric conditions, macular degeneration, viral diseases, rheumatism/arthritis, cancer, SARS and AIDS.