Nathaniel Altman - The New Oxygen Prescription

This book is dedicated to the memory of Adelson de Barros.

Disclaimer

The author of this book is not a physician. The following materialis presented in the spirit of historical, philosophical, and scientificinquiry and is not offered as medical advice, diagnosis, or treatmentof any kind.

Although studies have attested to the safety of oxidative therapiesat established therapeutic dose levels, it should be rememberedthat ozone and hydrogen peroxide are powerful oxidizers. They canbe dangerous if not stored, handled, and utilized properly. Oxidizerslike food-grade hydrogen peroxide should always be correctly labeledand kept out of reach of children. The author and publisher adviseagainst self-treatment with oxidative therapies. Any medical treatmentshould be done under the supervision of a qualified healthpractitioner.

Acknowledgments

I would like to thank the following people who assisted in the creation of this book. This assistance took the form of providing information, reviewing the chapters, helping me locate other sources of information, and offering advice and/or encouragement.

For the first edition: Michael Carpendale, M.D.; Silvia Gra Menendez, Ph.D.; Geoffrey Rogers; Toby Freedman, M.D.; Alison Johnson; Mildred Aissen; Gerard Sunnen, M.D.; Stuart Rynsburger, D.C.; Michael E. Shannon, M.D.; Jose Alberto Rosa, M.D.; Carlos Hernandez Castro, Ph.D.; Sigfried Rilling, M.D.; Horst Kief, M.D.; Jon Greenberg, M.D.; Dr. Juliane Sacher; Lilya Zevin; John C. Pittman, M.D.; and Frank Shallenberger, M.D.

Special thanks go to Siegfried Rilling, M.D., and Haug Publishers for permission to reproduce graphics from his book The Use of Ozone in Medicine; to Horst Kief, M.D., for permission to use his photographs of patients; to Charles H. Farr, M.D., Ph.D., for permission to use his chart on the effects of hydrogen peroxide on Shanghai influenza; to Mark Konlee for permission to use material from his book Immune Restoration Handbook; and to Dr. Juliane Sacher for permission to reproduce the information found in her article on vitamin and mineral supplementation.

For the second edition, thanks to Zdenek (Den) Rasplicka of Ozone Services for suggesting changes in the original text and for providing new information and graphics and to Dr. Guy Savoie for offering suggestions and information about his personal experiences with ozone. Thanks also go to Bryan McAllister, R.N., for his sound overall advice as well as his practical instruction in the art of ozone applications.

For the third edition, thanks to Den Rasplicka and Bryan McAllister, R.N., for their encouragement and constructive ideas, as well as Frank Shallenberger, M.D.; Dr. Silvia Gra Menendez; Prof. M. Nabil Mawsouf; Lyle Hassell; Bernard Kirshbaum, M.D.; Robert Smatt, D.V.M.; Dr. Siegfried Schulz; and Norman Goldstein for their guidance, information, and inspiration. I thank Dr. Julian Holmes for permission to use his photos of the HealOzone dental device. Finally, I would like to thank Dr. Velio Bocci for his foreword and for taking the time to carefully read over the manuscript and offer valuable suggestions and generous advice, despite a very busy schedule. Like many individuals within the oxygen community, I consider Dr. Bocci the worlds foremost ozone investigator, whose research and writings will continue to bring ozone therapy more into the medical mainstream. I believe that his assistance has helped make this book the best it can possibly be.

For this fourth edition, I would like to again thank Dr. Silvia Gra Menendez for her helpful guidance and advice. I am also grateful to the following practitioners and researchers for sending me their articles: Dr. Rola Alhabashneh, Dr. Mariana Aparecida Brozoski, Dr. Walter Duki, Dr. Gregorio Martnez Snchez, Dr. William C. Domb, Dr. Marko Samardzija, Dr. Pepa Osvaldo, Dr. Matteo Bonetti, Dr. Emma Borrelli, Dr. M. T. Crockett, Dr. Lamberto Re, Dr. F. J. Hidalgo Tallon, Dr. Massimo DallOlio, Dr. Leonid Khodasevich, and Dr. Heinz Konrad. I also thank Dr. Margo Roman for permission to use her images of ozone therapy in veterinary practice.

Foreword to the Third Edition

I am glad that Nathaniel asked me to write a few words for his new book: he has been a pioneer in writing about oxygen and ozone therapy. In this third edition of Oxygen Healing Therapies, he includes all the available information without overemphasizing either results or practical implications.

He has proved to be a very precise journalist, retrieving and reporting a great number of studies, some of them unknown to me. It was a pleasure to read this latest edition, particularly those chapters dealing with nutrition and the powerful influence of our mind on our body.

Nathaniel has reported all the results of the laboratory and clinical studies that have been done on oxygen therapies, even though some data seem too good to be true. I know too well that owners of private clinics often want to sell gold for copper because of their personal interest. Both Nathaniel and I are convinced that boosting untruthful results is wrong, and we hope that the reader will discern the wheat from the chaff, because we do not want desperate patients to believe that ozone is a miraculous drug able to cure the very worst illnesses.

Biological and clinical experience acquired in the last fifteen years has taught me that, up to now, the pathology where ozonated autohemotherapy has a unique advantage is the dry form of age-related macular degeneration. Even though distinguished ophthalmologists do not admit this, I can assure them that about two-thirds of patients (except those advanced cases whose photoreceptors are already dead) will notice an improvement of their visual acuity, enough to become self-sufficient and improve their overall quality of life. Orthodox ophthalmologists have no therapy, except the administration of antioxidants like lutein, which neither harm nor help the macular ischemia.

Other diseases such as vascular ischemias (limb and heart) improve markedly with autohemotherapy, particularly when used in conjunction with, when necessary, topical therapy with ozonated water and ozonated oil. In my experience, these treatments yield better results than the orthodox prostanoid infusions usually prescribed, without adverse side effects. A preparation of ozonated oil, which is the only way to stabilize ozone as a triozonide, displays marvelous disinfectant and stimulatory activities in chronic purulent ulcers, bedsores, and other skin problems. When the benefits of ozonated oil become more widely known and accepted by the medical community, this treatment will become a valuable resource for millions of patients. However, in vascular pathologies (such as atherosclerosis, high blood pressure, and angina), I advise patients to also take advantage of the idoneous drugs (such as statins, antihypertensives, and anticoagulant drugs) provided by the medical establishment.

I would like to take the opportunity to remark upon the very intense and foolish antagonism between orthodox and complementary medicine over whether there is only one medicine or form of treatment that is able to restore a patients health. To claim that treatments such as ozone therapy, homeopathy, or acupuncture are better than conventional medicine because they are less toxic (but not necessarily cheaper) is incorrect and naive; common sense and experience tell us that it is better to select and take advantage of the most available and effective treatments. Physicians must be acquainted with all useful options and cannot behave like religious sectarians.