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Inhalation of Ozone?

Physicians who use medical ozone warn that inhaling ozone into the lungs can bring about alterations in the density of the lung tissue, can damage delicate lung membranes, irritate the epithelium [the surface layer of mucus] in the trachea and bronchi, and can lead to emphysema. They caution users that no ozone should escape into the room in which it is being used; properly designed medical ozone generators are becoming available for use in avoiding the accidental escape of ozone gas. Dr. Stephen A. Levine, the co-author of Antioxidant Adaptation, cautions people against using commercial air purifiers that generate small amounts of ozone to clean the air, since ozone should not be inhaled.

Having said this, it is important to point out that in Russia, tiny amounts of ozone are being added to oxygen for therapeutic inhalation in certain cases. This has been done with patients suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning, and doctors have been impressed with the results. No adverse side effects were observed. (22)

Here in the United States, some physicians have begun to experiment with inhalation of ozone filtered through olive oil, because by bubbling ozone and oxygen into olive oil, a different gas is produced (C-10 H-18 0-3) that can be safely inhaled through the nostrils.

Pure oxygen is used as the feed gas through a medical ozone generator. A low concentration of ozone is used at a flow rate of .25 to .5 liter per minute. A humidifier or nebulizer is filled half full with extra-virgin cold-pressed olive oil, and the oxygen-ozone gas is bubbled through the olive oil. The patient either inhales the vapors directly from the olive oil or inhales it through an oxygen mask or nasal cannula. A typical treatment takes approximately twenty minutes. Practitioners in both Europe and the United States report that this delivery system is both safe and effective for treating allergies, asthma and other respiratory diseases. However, they warn that this method is never to be used without olive oil or at high ozone concentrations.

Ozone: Exact Measure

Different therapies require very specific concentrations of ozone, and the ozone must be given in exact amounts. According to Dr. Bocci, “The ozone therapist must be aware of the dilemma that either too low or too high ozone doses can be either ineffective or toxic, respectively.”(23)

Some generators, like the German, Canadian and Cuban machines referred to earlier, are capable of generating ozone for all therapeutic applications, while others (especially inexpensive models designed primarily for treating tap water in the home) are not. This is why it’s important to verify a generator’s capacity before purchase, and to determine the exact ozone concentration produced by the generator for a specific therapeutic use.
Notes
(1) Renate Viebahn-Haensler, The Use of Ozone in Medicine, 4th English edition (Iffezheim: Odrei Publishers, 2002), 44-47.
(2) Velio Bocci, Oxygen-Ozone Therapy: A Critical Evaluation (Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002), 213-14.
(3) Viebahn-Haensler, op. cit., 45.
(4) Viebahn-Haensler, op. cit.: 44.
(5) Ibid.
(6) Bocci, op. cit., 211-212.
(7) Ed McCabe, Flood Your Body With Oxygen (Miami Shores: Energy Publications, 2003), 297.
(8) Frank Shallenberger, The Principles and Applications of Ozone/UVB Therapy (Carson City, NV: Frank Shallenberger, 1999), 13-14.
(9) Velio Bocci, "Ozonetherapy Today," in Ozone in Medicine: Proceedings 12th World Congress of the International Ozone Association (Zurich: International Ozone Association, 1995), 14.
(10) Letter from Velio Bocci, August 31, 2005.
(11) Letter from Velio Bocci, December 7, 2005.
(12) G. A. Boyarinov et al., “Dissolution of Ozone in Physiological Saline,” Proceeding of the 3rd All-Russian scientific-practical conference: Ozone & Methods of Efferent Therapy in Medicine (Nizhni Novgorod, 1998), 6-9.
(13) Ibid, 9-11.
(14) Letter from Natalia Berdnikova, January 10, 2006.
(15) Letters from Dr. Velio Bocci, December 7, 2005, January 10, 2006.
(16) Letter from Dr. Renate Viebahn, February 8, 2006.
(17) Letter from Dr. Velio Bocci, January 10, 2006.
(18) Velio Bocci, Oxygen-Ozone Therapy: A Critical Evaluation, op. cit., 189-197.
(19) Ibid., 176-77.
(20) Denise Grady, “Gain Reported in Combating Ovary Cancer,” The New York Times (January 5, 2006), A1.
(21) S. Schulz et. al., “Ozone therapy in a cancer model (VX2 carcinoma: head and abdomen) in rabbits. A pilot study.” Presented at the 4th International Symposia on Ozone Applications, Havana, 2004; M. Bette et al., “Efficiency of Tazobactem/Piperacillan in Lethal Peritonitis is Enhanced After Preconditioning of Rats with O3/O2-Pneumoperitoneum,” Shock 25, no. 1 (January 2006), 23-29.
(22) S.N. Gorbunov et. al., "The Use of Ozone in the Treatment of Children Suffered Due to Different Catastrophies," Ozone in Medicine: Proceedings Eleventh Ozone World Congress (Stamford, CT: International Ozone Association, Pan American Committee, 1993), M-3-31-33.
(23) Velio Bocci, Oxygen-Ozone Therapy: A Critical Evaluation, op. cit., 139.

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