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Oxygen Healing Therapies: For Optimum Health and Vitality

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If you are going to buy one book on Hydrogen Peroxide or Ozone therapies, I recommend this one instead of William Douglass' book, "Hydrogen Peroxide, Modern Miracle". Though Dr. Douglass is a true pioneer in this field, his book is not as polished as I would like it to be. This book is organized well and written beautifully. It includes information on other holistic techniques that should be combined with oxygen therapies for successful healing.

Currently, I have had 17 of a series of 20 (1x/weekly) hydrogen peroxide IVs. I had no symptoms until #10; I didn't feel good until after #16. Apparently, my "die-off" symptoms are considered to be severe. Most people have few, if any symptoms. Perhaps, some folks will worry when die off symptoms result, falsely believing it is the treatment making them sick. This isn't the case. It is the organisms you don't want in your body dying and flooding the blood stream causing the symptoms. It is a temporary situation. The oxygen further aids the body by helping to quickly transport these dead bacteria, viruses, cancers, etc. once they do enter the bloodstream. One manual I read said to be grateful for this. Symptoms lasting longer than two weeks may indicate the person either has a disease or would have ended up with one shortly. My symptoms felt like the flu. Other people mention feeling fatigued. I continue the IVs and have begun taking Hydroxygen Plus by mouth (which must be done gradually). I am starting to feel healthy and clear in my sinuses, bronchial tubes, ears and even in the brain. The ripples on my fingernails disappeared immediately and I no longer have allergies. It remains to be seen if my other problems clear up after the 20th. It may be that the people who don't get results are giving up too quickly.

This book explains very clearly how the oxygen therapies work. The list of resources in the back is extremely helpful. I speak firsthand, since I am undergoing hydrogen peroxide treatments. This book is excellent.

This revised and expanded edition includes all the new research, information and developments in oxygen healing therapies since the first edition in 1995. It is a well-written consumer guide to bio-oxidative therapies that highlights the therapeutic benefits of hydrogen peroxide and ozone and the methods in which they are used. The good news is that these therapies promise to bring relief to millions because the substances are inexpensive and affordable. What's more, they have very few adverse effects when correctly administered. The difference between oxidation (free radical activity) and oxygenation (increase in oxygen molecules) is made clear at the start. The clinical use of ozone and hydrogen peroxide has been amply documented in medical literature, yet ignored by the medical mainstream. At last its value is being discovered by a growing number of health-wise consumers. These two substances hold great promise for the treatment of some of the major diseases confronting humanity and they form part of a new healing paradigm involving safe, effective, inexpensive and natural forms of therapy. In the first part the author explains what these therapies are and takes a closer look at first ozone and then hydrogen peroxide. Part Two discusses bio-oxidative therapies in cardiovascular and other diseases and conditions (from Allergies to Wound Healing) as well as cancer and HIV/AIDS. A holistic protocol is provided in Part Three, which includes body cleansing, an oxygenation diet, nutritional supplements & healing herbs, aerobic exercise & breathing, emotions, mind & spirit, plus a discussion of oxygen products, services and applications. Ozone generators, air purifiers, ozonated drinking water, oxygenated bottled waters, oxygenation products and the use of hydrogen peroxide in the kitchen and garden are detailed here. The Resources section includes Internet addresses, organizations in North America and Europe, publications, manufacturers and distributors of products, videos and books. The bibliography covers books on bio-oxidative therapies, on natural and complementary therapies, plus general books on holistic health. There are also extensive Notes to the chapters and an index. Tables and figures, including a model of how a virus is inactivated by ozone and a photograph of a portable ozone generator, illustrate the text. The chapter on herbs and supplements includes interesting information on inter alia Beta Carotene, the vitamins, Coenzyme Q10, trace elements, minerals, Echinacea, garlic, Gingko Biloba and green tea. Under Mind-Body Healing the author discusses psycho-neuro-immunology, how to nurture the emotions, mind and spirit and the use of creative visualization. This excellent book certainly makes a point: that the proven safety, effectiveness and medical applications of hp and oxygen warrant far more attention than they have been receiving from the press and the medical and scientific communities. Fortunately these therapies are in use in clinics and hospitals in certain countries like Germany and this knowledge is spreading. In an age of increasing medical costs and complex medical procedures, many health-care consumers are looking for safe and effective therapies that will naturally enhance their innate healing powers. The author has done an excellent job of stimulating discussion by presenting the facts of these therapies, thereby giving consumers the necessary information to make informed and intelligent decisions regarding health-care options. I strongly recommend this book to all who have decided to take responsibility for their own health.

When I studied genetics in college, the professor walked into class at the end of the semester, and announced that he was going to lecture on the last chapter after all.

"I was going to skip this chapter," he said, "but the way in which it was written was SO irritating to me, that I decided to cover it anyway."

I feel a little like that at the moment. This book covers an interesting area of alternative medical therapy. There's a lot of good in this area, and there's much less potential for harm than in many such areas.

But there's also some very bad science in this book. For example -- and I choose this one because you can look it up in the sample pages -- the author wants to you believe that there is proportionally three times as much Oxygen in dirt than in the air.

The author further claims that approximately two-thirds of your body is Oxygen. (In fact, there are more than twice as many Hydrogen atoms in your body than Oxygen -- I did mention that I'm a biologist, didn't I?)

What irritates me most is the author's sweeping claim that ALL cancer cells are "anaerobic." ALL of them, no matter what kind of cancer. And not merely microaerophilic (can get by on limited oxygen): this author believes that cancer cells never use any oxygen at all. NOBODY can make human cells of any kind live or grow without oxygen -- not even authors who convinced a friend to suggest his name to the Nobel prize committee.

Furthermore, the author completely neglects the difference between an obligate anaerobe ("dies in the presence of oxygen") and facultative aerobes ("can use oxygen, or not, depending on its availability"). That a cell need not use oxygen as its primary respiratory source does not mean that the cell will necessarily die in the presence of oxygen. Normal muscle cells are a good example of this phenomenon; marathon runners are sore the next day because of the byproducts of anaerobic metabolism in muscle cells. But the muscles don't die when sufficient oxygen is restored to them. But this is his position on cancer: just get a reasonable amount of oxygen into your body, and those cancer cells will all fall over dead. (If only it were that easy.)

And so on, throughout much of the book.

But the fact that his theory is weak doesn't mean that every practical recommendation is wrong. There are a few things that I wouldn't touch if you paid me, and quite a lot that is significant overreach, but others might be helpful and more are at least harmless. My point is merely that the theoretical basis is really quite inaccurate.

So if you will promise not to believe the theoretical underpinnings, then you might get some useful information out of this book. In short, you should use your COMMON SENSE with this book -- just like you would for anything else related to your health.


P.S. Ozone, by the way, is NOT "energized oxygen"; it's three Oxygen molecules unstably and briefly linked together (O3 for short). Your cells CAN NOT directly use O3 for metabolic purposes. You MUST have O2 (normal oxygen gas) for that purpose.

But don't worry: O3 readily degrades into normal/useful O2, plus a single Oxygen free radical (but not usually enough of it to do you any real harm before it reacts with something else into a stable state).

Ok. I have some comments to make before actually reviewing the book.

1. First, Charles H. Farr, M.D., Ph.D. WAS nominated for the Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1993. There's no "supposedly" about it. Second, Thomas J. Wenger should shut his mouth. He obviously knows nothing of the history of oxygen therapy's successes (as well as all its political trials) and should therefore refrain from making comments. Degrees mean nothing. Experience is everything. And Thomas Wenger, obviously, has no experience in this matter. (Thinking a DRUG or "VACCINE" is going to "cure" you is an example of insanity, NOT using such proven methods as oral oxygen/ozone/hydrogen peroxide, ozone insufflations, minor/major autohemotherapy, Direct IV hydrogen peroxide/ozone, polyatomic apheresis, etc. ALL oxygen therapies have been proven. Show me what drug, any drug, has cured someone. THERE ISN'T ONE!)

2. Whoever said to read "Flood Your Body with Oxygen" FIRST is correct. Ed McCabe is the REAL oxygen therapy expert. Still, this book has its merits and deserves to be read.

3. amazon3131, I do not know about the "oxygen in dirt" claim. I know there's a LOT up there in the sky (upper atmosphere), but as for the ground I don't know. I can't really comment on that one.

"did you know that all cancer cells are anaerobic?"
I don't know what you're trying to argue here (I detected some mocking in that statement), but cancer cells ARE anaerobic. (I have heard that they use SOME oxygen, but it is VERY small amounts.) When cells are denied access to enough oxygen their respiration mechanisms switch over to fermentation, like plant cells. If young enough, they can switch back if the proper amounts of oxygen are resumed, but mature cells can't.

"Ozone ... is NOT "energized oxygen"'
Correct (yet not). It's allotropic or triatomic oxygen, also called "activated" oxygen. (It is only "energized" in the sense that it has extra energy from the electron, but it's technically called "allotropic/triatomic/activated" oxygen.)

"it's three Oxygen molecules unstably and briefly linked together (O3 for short)."
Yes. Correct.

"Your cells CAN NOT use O3 for metabolic purposes. You MUST have O2 (normal oxygen gas) for that purpose."
False. You can't use it for DIRECT "metabolic purposes". Ozone WILL increases metabolic activity of cells. However, whether that is from it changing back to oxygen or from direct contact is up to debate. (It's recommended to have BOTH types of oxygen: stable (02) AND unstable (O3, O4, O5, O6, O7, O8, etc.).

"O3 readily degrades into normal/useful O2, plus a single Oxygen free radical (but not usually enough of it to do you any real harm before it reacts with something else into a stable state)."
Correct. Exactly what I was saying above. The extra oxygen is used for oxidizing. It will not harm normal healthy (animal) cells. They have protective anti-oxidant coatings. Chemicals, Toxins, and anerobes do not. That is why they are immediately oxidized and can never be immune.

4. Joseph S Maresca, good job.

5. Joburgpete "irridium", very good job.

6. hoperanch, good job.

7. As for the contents of the book, a few things could be better but overall I think it delivers highly valuable and essential information, and therefore deserves to be read.

Major oxygen therapies are referenced in this easy-to-read text.
The author covers major applications across a wide area of disease processes. There are some interesting applications
for heart defects with infectious endocarditis, AIDS and the
arthritic diseases. Heart baths in ozonated cardio-solutions
utilizing a heart-lung machine showed a reduction in death rate
complications according to the author's citations.
The use of autohomologous immunotherapy is described for
cancer treatments. Injections into the rectal tip provide
a direct mechanism for introducing ozone into the bloodstream
with positive results cited by Dr.Donsbach. An antioxidant
protocol is provided so that beta carotene, vitamins B,C and E
can be introduced utilizing organic foods. A raw food diet
is described from writings of the late Ms Wigmore DD, ND.
Her protocol is a radical departure from the standard junk-food
diet containing processed foods, sugar, gluten and animal
products/ bi-products. The Wigmore protocol is designed to
complement other medicinal protocols to accelerate the healing
process. Intestinal cleansing protocols are referenced to
discharge toxic matter and mucoid from the colon and small
intestine in order to promote natural healing. Some practitioners
favor combining this protocol with enzyme therapies aimed at
optimizing food digestion.A very positive experience is described
for gastroenteritis . It utilizes rectal insufflation to
introduce oxygen and ozone into the body with a cited cure rate
of 95% for children having had ozone therapy. The benefits
for hepatitis were more significant in hepatitis A patients;
whereas, the experience with hepatitis B remissions was more
problematic. The work is a good supplement to conventional
and alternative medicinal therapies. It may help where other
protocols have failed or require significant supplementation
in order to be effective maximally.

I first read this book years ago and found it very insightful, but never did anything except take peroxide baths. I've suffered from a severe case of nasal congestion and lung problems for almost 14 years and nothing the medical profession has done has improved it. They have kept me breathing, but I never improved. Then I rediscovered H2O2 treatments after chelation did very little for me. I have had 5-6 treatments and immediately felt an improvement in my health. First my lungs cleared up within 3 days and then my sinuses cleared in about 10 days after my second treatment. I have much more breathing capacity now then ever before. I am continuing the treatments because I still feel there is something deep within me that needs them. Everyone who has seen my face says I have far more color than I've had in years. This book is excellent at laying everything out clearly and concisely. I highly recommend it and the treatments.

The presentation is clear and one really appreciates the therapy avaialable regarding it.However more information is
required regarding the techniques used in developing ozone generators.

An interseting book, but I much prefer the work of Ed McCabe, the real master of Oxygen Therapies. His latest book Flood Your Body with Oxygen which I could not put down, gets to grip with the subject in a fascinating way and style that Altman does not have. Overall it is a fair book.

1. Cancer cells are less virulent and may be destroyed by the presence of a high oxygen environment.

2. Hydrogen peroxide given by transfusion and orally has the ability to increase the oxygen content of the blood stream which will increase the oxygen environment of the cancer cell.

3. Clinical evidence suggests hydrogen peroxide is a valuable adjunct in the treatment of cancer.

4. Dr. Donsbach utilizes vitamin therapy, mineral therapy, hyperthermia (heating up the body), and other natural modalities during the patients course of treatment. He includes dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) which helps mitigate the irritation that some patients experience with hydrogen peroxide. He gives daily infusions of hydrogen peroxide and DMSO to all patients throughout their courses of treatment at the hospital. In his book "Oxygen-Peroxide-Ozone", says, "The rectal tip is introduced and a thirty second burst of humidified ozone is injected into the rectum, yielding about one-half liter. It is very painless and the report I have seen indicate a higher concentration of oxygen can be achieved in the blood stream by this method then injecting the ozone directly into the bloodstream."

5. At the Hospital in Santa Monica where Dr Donsbach practices approximately 70 percent of the patients are alive three years after their first visit the facility. Some are cured, some are in remission and some are slowly dying.

6. Dr. Beverly Teicher of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston said "the lack of oxygen was hampering treatment by protecting the tumor against conventional therapies such as radiation and chemotherapy. By increasing the oxygen levels in the tumor, conventional therapy can be more successful."

7. Synthetic blood may provide a future method for boosting the amount of oxygen in the blood and cancer sites.

8. Dr. Warburg's studies link cancerous tumors to low oxygen levels and the ability of bio-oxidative therapies to destroy tumors by increasing oxygen tension in the malignant cells.

9. Dr. Horst Kief has been using autohomologous immunotherapy (AHIT) extensively to treat a variety of cancers.

These books on Oxygen Therapies are priceless. They tell you more than just about therapies, they tell you about the condition of our world, our environment (rapidly decreasing oxygen levels in our air) & inform us of the corruption in our governments and explain the fraud in our pharmeceutical companies.

For the reviewer with the review below entitled: "Some good ideas, some bad science, May 12, 2003", I say thank you for your sound and sober suggestions and scientific insights but also I think you took some of the book out of context.

You wrote in your review, among other criticisms: "Furthermore, the author completely neglects the difference between an obligate anaerobe ("dies in the presence of oxygen") and facultative aerobes ("can use oxygen, or not, depending on its availability"). That a cell need not use oxygen as its primary respiratory source does not mean that the cell will necessarily die in the presence of oxygen."

But I'd like to say that, actually, these cells can't survive in "highly oxygenated systems". Our bodies all have some oxygen, the point IS to INCREASE OXYGEN in the system to enhance health whereby the body creates the chemicals it needs to kill off organisms that are detrimental and keep the body in good order. This is the purpose beyond yogic breathing which has been in practice for thousands of years. Also, same as a fever, sweat lodges, high heat, kill off disease and microbes in the body to help maintain health. Doctors, sadly, are learning to prescribe drugs to reduce fevers. This is detrimental because this the body's natural way of killing off disease. Our medical system is handicaped from actually helping people heal because it is really only focused on its financial bottom line.

Oxygen Therapies cost pennies. Drug companies can't make tons of money off of it. It is a very sad state in the universe indeed but at least we have hope with people like Nathaniel Altman & Ed McCabe and others.

"Oxygen:
From the first breath taken at birth, having enough oxygen is the most vital factor in our lives. Our environment's ability to produce oxygen is now severely compromised due to the rapid destruction of the oxygen producing rainforests, and the constant polluting of our air and oceans. Our air and our water commonly contain oxygen-consuming pollutants that are robbing the good health of every living thing. We clearly don't get enough daily oxygen inside us. This dangerous because....

the vast majority of disease-causing bacteria, viruses, fungi, and other hamful microbes that harm our bodies are anaerobic and therefore thrive best in low oxygen conditions.

But the good news is that because they are anaerobic, these microbes can't exist in in well-oxygenated bodies! Our bodies constatly use oxygen to oxidize microbes permanently, along with any collected waste and pollution. This means in order to be healthy, our bodies must have plenty of oxygen to engulf the anaerobes, and to eliminate the pollution, together the ultimate cause of most disease." Ed McCabe, author of Flood Your Body With Oxygen

~ Sarah
Sanctuary The Sacred Pyramid