Ozone Therapy is a versatile treatment used for detoxifying and healing. Ozone is a highly active, colorless gas made up of three supercharged oxygen atoms. Normal oxygen molecules, O2, consist of two oxygen atoms. Ozone molecules, O3, have three oxygen atoms. It is the third atom that increases the amount of oxygen circulating in the body and which is the source of its medical properties. Ozone Therapy utilizes 1-5% ozone in a gas mixture with 95-99% oxygen (~10-70 mcg ozone per cc gas). This mixture is known as “medical ozone.” Pure medical grade ozone is a safe therapy.
Ozone is found naturally in the human body; our white blood cells make it as a part of the immune response. Ozone increases oxygenation and improves blood ~ow, providing higher antioxidant protection which can improve biochemical pathways and metabolism in the body. Due to these effects, it can stimulate local stem cells and repair tissues, including cartilage. In addition, it is used as an antimicrobial agent due to its ability to break up bacterial cells, disrupt virus production, and destroy toxins.
Types of Ozone Therapy
INTRAVENOUS
EXTRA CORPOREAL (EBOO)
PROLOZONE
TOPICAL
Ozone Therapy has been in use for over a century. A German chemist first discovered ozone in the early decades of the 19th century. It was used successfully during the First World War when hundreds of soldiers with septic wounds were treated with medical ozone. Today, it is used extensively as a medical treatment throughout the world.