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Ozone Velio Bocci Ozone A New Medical Drug Second Edition 1 3 VelioBocci DepartmentofPhysiology UniversityofSiena viaA.Moro2 53100Siena Italy [email protected] ISBN978-90-481-9233-5 e-ISBN978-90-481-9234-2 DOI10.1007/978-90-481-9234-2 SpringerDordrechtHeidelbergLondonNewYork LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2010936097 ©SpringerScience+BusinessMediaB.V.2005,2011 Nopartofthisworkmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmittedinanyformorby anymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,microfilming,recordingorotherwise,withoutwritten permissionfromthePublisher,withtheexceptionofanymaterialsuppliedspecificallyforthepurpose ofbeingenteredandexecutedonacomputersystem,forexclusiveusebythepurchaserofthework. Printedonacid-freepaper SpringerispartofSpringerScience+BusinessMedia(www.springer.com) Thisbookisdedicatedtoallpatientswith thewishtoregaintheirhealthwithor withoutoxygen-ozonetherapy Foreword In2002,Prof.Boccipublishedabookentitled“Oxygen-OzoneTherapy.ACritical Evaluation” with ample scientific data based largely on his experiments indicat- ing the usefulness and atoxicity of ozone therapy in some diseases. However the book contained too many details and it was difficult to read for the busy physi- cian and even more for the layman. He has now written a new version that is shorter and concise. Nonetheless the mechanisms of action of ozone, which are essential for understanding how ozone acts through a number of messengers, are clearlyexplainedinascientificbutplainlanguage.Theclinicalparthasbeengreatly extendedandincludesnewpathologiesaswellasdiseasespreviouslyconsideredbut nowamplifiedwithnewdata. The book is primarily intended for ozone-therapists, who want to refine tech- niques,expandtreatmentmodalitiesandsolveproblems,butwillbeequallyuseful for physicians interested in this approach. However it can also be read by the lay- man, to provide further insight into this aspect of complementary medicine. The bookgivesacompleteviewofthisapproachincludingpracticalaspectsofroutesof administrationandthepossibilityofsimpleself-medication. Againsttheprejudicethatozoneistoxic,theaccuratedescriptionofsideeffects revealsthattheyareofminimalrelevanceanditisevenmoresurprisingthatozone therapy yields a feeling of wellness in the majority of patients. This is a crucial pointthathasbeenclearlyexplainedbydefiningthetherapeuticrangewithinwhich ozoneisaveryusefuldrug.Itisinterestingtolearnthatozonecanslowlyinducean increaseofantioxidantdefencesthatisauniquepropertymostimportantforcorrect- ing the chronic oxidative stress plaguing atherosclerosis, diabetes, viral infections andcancer. Ihavebeenimpressedbytheenthusiasmforthistherapythatcomestolighton readingthebook.Veliotoldmethathehassubmittedhimselfallpossiblemethods ofozoneadministrationandhasalsoperformedmanyexperiments.Fromhisresults andtheoftenincredibleimprovementsobservedinveryillpatients,hehasthefirm convictionthatozonetherapyisnotaplacebo!Jokingly,healsoassuredmethathe isthelivingproofofozonetherapyatoxicity. Ozoneneverfinishessurprisingusbyitsversatilityrecentlyshownbydelivering therapeuticactivityinOrthopaedicsandDentistry.IamconvincedthatVelio’swork vii viii Foreword will dispel misconceptions and scepticism and it will be useful for years to come bothtophysiciansandpatients,wholiketounderstandthemeaningofthetreatment. Indeed this book represents the first comprehensive framework for understanding andrecommendingozonetherapyinsomediseases. London TheLordColwyn August2004 Preface (Second Edition, 2010) FiveyearshaveelapsedfromthefirstEditionpublishedin2005and,inthemean- time, work from mine and other Laboratories and clinics has further clarified and improvedtheuseofozonetherapy.However,inspiteofsomenewworkperformedin ItalyandotherCountries,itisunfortunatethatimportantclinicalstudiesperformed accordingtotheHelsinki’sparadigmhavenotyetbeenperformedorpublished.A small exception is represented by a Cuban trial but their clinical investigation of the diabetic foot by using only 20 days of rectal insufflation of ozone is too good toberealisticanditneedstobeconfirmedbyafarmorereliableprocedureasthe ozonated autohemotherapy. As far as I know, good journals do not accept papers based on such imprecise procedure as the rectal insufflation of ozone. An exper- imental work carried out in Germany on a experimental cancer model in rabbits wasinterestingforexaminingtheintraperitonealroutebutasIpointedoutinalet- ter to the Editor of the Int J Cancer, as it also has happened for other approaches, experimental acute cancer in animals cannot be equated to the slow progressing human cancers. But the worst publication was a clinical trial published in the Lancet, January 2008 reporting the failure of a repeated administration of a small (10 ml) volume of blood ozonated with as many as 75 mg ozone + UV treatment and + heat-stress in patients. This publication show how an absolutely irrational and irresponsible procedure called Celacade can seriously damage the ozonether- apyconcept.AlthoughIwroteaseverecounter-pointtotheLancet,thedamagehas notyetbeencorrectedbecauseinspiteofmyefforts,ithasnotyetbeenpossibleto carryoutanappropriatetrialinchronicheartfailure. Thus, where we are now? We know how ozone works, the precise therapeu- tic window, its absolute safety newly established in recent papers and the very likely advantages of ozonetherapy over current orthodox medicine in vascular diseases and in the dry form of age-related macular degeneration. We are now sure that ozonetherapy can represent a useful support in chronic infections and it has been accepted in orthopaedics and dentistry. However prejudice and lack of knowledge persist in official medicine and it will be impossible to eradicate them unless we can provide extensive, controlled and randomized studies published in peer-reviewed international journals. Nonetheless this new edition reports several ix
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