Ozone therapy

Ozone, at carefully controlled levels, is used in medicine for healing, and has broad applications as a therapy. In Germany, MDs use ozone for many conditions, and it is a common and accepted treatment. Ozone can be applied as a body therapy in many ways, including injection, transdermal application, insufflation (leaking the gas into the body), and breathing (bubbled through oil). Ozone use and research are also on-going in Cuba and are known to have been studied in the USSR with reports of research still continuing in the fomer members of the Union. In the USA ozone therapy is illegal, as the FDA has not approved its use on humans. At least one death has been attributed to application of ozone through insufflation in the USA. Ozone has been found to convert cholesterol in the blood stream to plaque (which causes hardening and narrowing of arteries). Ozone has been studied extensively, and found to be carcinogenic to some animals (and not others), and a mutagen to some bacteria. On the plus side, ozone is produced by white blood cells and the roots of marigolds to assist in fighting attacks on foreign bodies.