High Frequency Ozone Therapy Based on Acupuncture

High Frequency
OzoneTherapy
Basedon Acupuncture
Systematics
Summary
After witnessinga dramatic demonstrationof pain
relief following High Frequency Ozone Therapy
(HFOT) at a medical conference in Cermany,the
author reports on his use of the treatment in 50A
cases.Pain relief was the reason for 76.4% of
l:reatments.The condition of no patient in the 500
uo'sened [o]lourng th"rapr and lB paticnt,
t u t t c t i n g l r o m m a l i g n d n ld i ' p d s e a l l o b l a i n e d
beneficial symptomaticrelief.
the HiEh Frequent O/one Thchp) rpprrdtu< use<
a \ arictt o{ elc. lrodp\ rangingfrom ,imple probesto
p l a b o r d t cb t u ' h o t t o m b d e \ i r c s l o r a p p l i , a u o n
directly on the skin surface or ae ally above it.
Treatmentis most effectiveif given thrcugh a layer
of natural textile (w.)ol or aotton). Stinulation
through synthetic material, howeve4 may provoke
of the bladder meridian on the left of the lower
cervicaland tbe thoracic vettebtae,acupuncture
poinl clettodc No. 14$dj usedin rne mit rozoneof 81.10C
, 8 . 2 0a n d 2 1 , T E . l 0a n d 1 5 , 1 1 . 4 , 1 0 , 1 1 ,
and l4 Jb or rhe lpfr. and a tout-ptontsed
bru,h
-a
e/e,/rodp No. ' rr 'hp qamcuorps aq lhe c/e, lrode
No.8 bilaterally.The procedurelastedl4 minutes
and was completedby the applicationol electrode
No.2 in the regionof the kidneys.With what result?
F r o mt h e t i m e o f t h a t t r e a t m e n tu n t i l t h e f i n a l
temovalof her bandages,
my wife felt no pain,and
e p i t h e l i a l i s a t i o nc c u r r e d2 d a y se a r l i e rt h a n
expecreo.
Keywords
Acupuncturc,Audit, Burns, High frequencyozone
therapy,Malignancy,Scalpacupuncture.
lntroduction
F i r s to f a l l , l e t m e a c q u a i n ty o u w i t h m y o w n
i n t r o d u c t i o nt o h i g h f r e q u e n c yo z o n e t h e r a p y
IHFOI), whi, h mori!dtedm\ intcfc\t'1 rhe cLrbjcrt.
l n t h ea , r t u m o
n l 9 B q .\ ^ h i l eI ! ^ . r sp d r t i ( i p d t i ni ngd
medicalconference
(Cermany),
in Baden-Baden
my
wife sustained2nd degreeburnsto the dorsLlmof
her left hand and the lower third of her left forearm
due to a jet of steaminsteadof warm water from an
inadequatelyadjustedelectricheaterin our hotel.
However,despite immediatetreatmentat the burns
unit of the local hospital,5hefelt continuousstrong
burningpain at the site of injuryand in the whole
uppef left extremity.
At the congresscentre Cunter Messerschmidthad
been discussinB
HFOT and its beneficialanalgesic
" f l e ,r , . I t h e r e f o r e
a q k e dh i m r o g , v ea p r a r - i r o l
demonstralion
on my w ife.Wilhourthe needfo' he.
to remove bandaging,he treatedareasof the body
coveredwith non-synthetic
fabric.After an initial
aerial applicationol brushelectrode No.B (Figure2)
over the upperleft limb and 'capula,whereFart:of
l h e l a r 8 pi n r c . t i n e i p l F e n e r g i ( e ar n d s m a l l Figute t. High Frequency oxygen Therapy apparatus:
intestinemeridiansare passing,and alongthe path TEFRAN53 standardttlwith hand and flat electrodes.
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Clinical use
Fromclinical experience,HFOT can be usedas a
partof complexdiagnostics,
particularly:
?
1 . l n a m o d i f i c a t i o no f A k a b a n e ' st e s t ( w h i c h
electricalcurrenton
involvesheator highfrequency
the toesand fingersto diagnoseenergyimbalance
(1/, HFOTcan be
betweenleftand rightmeridians)
u s e di n c l a s s i c aal c u p u n c t u rteo f i n d f u n c t i o n a l
i ^ l b a l a n r eo r o n e o r m o ' e m e r i d i a a p a i r s .
D e c r e a s e ds e n s i t i v i t yf o u n d , b y m e a n s o f f o r
instarce rod electrodeNo.54 in initial or terminal
microzones
of individualmeridiansin the upperand
givesevidenceof so calledrelative
lowerextre.nities
e m p t i n e s so f t h e r e l e v a n tm e r i d i a n ;i n c r e a s e d
In a similarwa,
sensitivity
showsa relative/u//ness.
it is even possibleto examinethe differencesof
zonesparavertebrally
and,
segmentally
harmonious
microzones.
in fact,of anypairof acupuncture
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2 . I n c l i n i c a lp r a c t i c eH F o T i s u s e ds i m i l a r l yf o r
test;ngdisordersof sensitivityas well as in their
t r e a t m e n tf,o r e x a m p l ei n p a t i e n t sw i t h p a i n f u J
of vertebraloriginor radicularirritation,
syndromes
a f t e r c e r e b r ov a s c u l a te m e r g e n c i e ss, c l e r o s i s
m u l t r p l e r ", n d a f t " , - o r p m o r e . e r i o u ' . n i u r . e . :
of mobility.
baseddisorders
evenneurologically
t
No.3 Comb electrcde
Figure2. High tuequencyoxygen Therapyapparatus:
Technical details
I n m y l o n g - t e r m e x p e r i e n c ew i t h t h e L r s eo f
I haveregarded
acupuncture
and relatedtechniques
behindtheir rl]echanisms
of
the scientificreasoning
action as alwaysof the greatestprioritytor me. In
this case,there is a non-invasivetreatmentwith
The
alternatingelectriccurrentsof high frequency.
discoverywas madeby Tesla,and researchhasbeen
carriedout by the Nobel prize-winnefNernst,and
Mann, Kahanneand
by d Arsonval,Nagelschmidt,
others(/ 101.Theyfoundihat it wasnot the intensity
or voltageof highfrequencyelectriccurrent,but the
numberof impulsesa secondthat is importantboth
for the outcome of treatmentand for its safety.The
h u m a n b o d y i s a b o u t 6 0 7 0s a l t s o l u t i o n ,t h e
electrolyte
balanceof which can be disturbedby an
electric
electriccurrent.High frequencyalternating
persecond
cLrrrents
of morethan20,000oscillations
(periodof alternatingpolarity)do not in pfactice
provoke ionic movement within the body, thus
electrical ifritation does not of itself have
u n d e s i r a b leel e c t r o l y t i c o n s e q u e n c eTsh. e h i g h
frequencyapparatusTeftaN53 StandardIIl, madeby
Messerschmidt,Betlin (Figure?) has a frequencyof
from 1okHzto 3CHz at 150,000V0.0654,and 1 2
per secondwith a consumption
million discharges
l
kW
in
99
houfs
of activity.
of
Acupuncturei n Medicine
Casereport
A (0 )pdr-oldfen-alpnad hdd s-\F e i|.Juriesir a
t r a f f i c a c c i d e n ti n l t a l y , i n c l u d i n ga s p l i n t e r e d
of
fiactureof C5 and 6. She underwentoperations
t h e h e a d a n d c e r v i c a ls p i n e ,w i t h f o u r m o n t h ' s
h o s p i t a l i s a t i oi n l t a l y a n d a f u r t h e r3 w e e k si n
C z e c h o s l o v a k if ao l l o w e d b y 7 m o n t h s i n a
r e h a b i l i t a t i o na n d s p a c e n t f e .B e c a u s el u r t h e r
improvementseemed improbable, she was
dischargedhome with paraplegia:no sensationin
t h e l o w e r l i m b s ,i n a b i l i t yt o c h a n g eh e r l y i n g o r
of both upper
sittingposition,practicalinsensitivity
limbsand minimalmovementin somefingersonly.
An experimentaltreatmentwas startedwith the
combinationof Yamamotonew scalpacupuncture
(YNSA)f?2-77)and electrostimulation,
plus HFOT
to chosenacupuncturepointson the trunk, upper
l i m b s a n d l o w e r l i m b s ,w i t h m a n u a lm e d i c i n e ,
exercises
twice a
humoraltherapy,
and rehabilitation
week. After nearlyone year of treatment,the patient
is able to eat usingher own hands,she can move
in her head,trunk,and
and hasreasonabldsensation
upperlimbs,she is ableto sit withoutsupport,and
sensationin both lower limbs has been returning,
althoughtheirmovementis still not undervoluntary
her conditionhasimproved
control.Psychologically
s u b s t a n t i a l lm
y ,u c h t o t h e b e n e f i to f h e r f a m i l y .
Therapycontinues.
for,and removing
3. HFOTcan be usedin searching
or relieving disturbingfields, that is: sites with
pathologically
atypical,
changediissue,whichcaLrse
often sub{hreshold,afferentstimulatingactivity
outsidetheir segmentalinnervation,and provoke
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variousfunctionaldisordersand pains that often 5. After a short applicationof HFOT the smell of
p r o v e r e s i s t a n tt o r o u t i n e t h e r a p y i n c l u d i n g o z o n e i s a l r e a d ya p p a r e n tf r o m t h e s k i n . T h e
(/B).Aftentionhasbeenpaid mainlyto penetrationof highJrequencyalternatingelectric
acupuncture
disturbingfields in the form of blocks ano otner currentand ol someozoneinto an organismenables
.hdn8p\to motor:egment:of he spine.in dojdrenl overloadedatoms and cells to obiain again the
. n d a t t h e s i t e so f n e re 5 5 a r ye l c . l r i ( d r c th a r g ef o r m a i n t a i n i n go r
n d s d 'li n u c e : .i n t h F o r d l ( a v i t y a
variousscars.The locationof a disturbing
field may reslorinB
lhc orgdnism) homoeostdsi5
and immunrty
b e s h o w n l : y a e r i a l e l e c t r o d e N b . l u s e i j and,from the view point of biocybernetic
medicine
h o m o l a t e r a l l ya,n d i t s a c t i v i t yi s d e t e r m i n e db y h d i n t d i n r n go p t i m d rl e g J l a r i oonl b o d i l yf i r n r r i o n s
p a s s i n gt h e f o r e f i n g e ro v e r t h e m a r g i n so f t h e l h r o u g h l h e d i r e ( t i o n a n d l r d n 5 m i s s i o n
of
trapeziusmuscleon the contralateralside. If the information,e.g. via the centfal nervoussystem)
disturbingfield is active and deep, some degreeof / l q 2 0 ) a m o n 9 . to l h e t < .r e v i ! i n gm e t a b o l i r m .
musciecontractionoccurs;after deactivation,no enrichingblood with a(li\e o\vgen and optimiqing
contractionis seen.HFOT inducesa bioelectfical irqconlpo.ilion.lherebyimpro!ingthe nouri.hment
reactionwhich repolarises
and nofmalises
damaged of tissuesffom the central nervoussystemto the
i o n s a n d t h e i r e x c h a n g es o t h a t p a t h o g e n i c skin,stimulating
nerveactivity,improvi;gmotorand
d i f f e r e n c e si n e l e c t r i cp ' o t e n t i a lasr e b a l a " n c e d .sensoryfunctions,and restoringthe balance of the
Complaintssometimesceasealmost at once, or v e g e t a t i v en e r v o u ss y s t e m .T h a t i s s e e n i n t h e
withina few hours.
n o r m a l r < a t i oonf b l o o o p r e s s u r e s. l e e p a n d
p 5 ) r h o l o g : . am
l o t i \ a l i o ne
, s p e c i a l l ;i n t h o s e
4. Thereare currentlyB standardelectrodes(FEure2) s L r t i e r ' n Igr o m e \ h a u s t i o n ,s t r e s 5o r e m o l i o n d l
a n d 5 3 n o n s t a n d a r d I. n c o n t a c ti r r a d j a t i o n , d e p r e s s i ow
n h o e x p e r i F ne( f e e l t n g so t r e l i e f ,
s u b , e r t i r ef e e l i n g so f t p n t o r r e . p o n d r n g
w i r h t h e satisfaction,
calmand restoration.
\ e r s d t r o nr d Fg i ' o f d ( u p u n c t u r,et i n gi n g
needlin8
Dependingon which electrodeis used,and the
, recpylpelinS.itcl'inB,ti( kling feelingof heat'can intensiryrhythm,direction, method and duration of
be pro!okpd.This gire' evidcnteof focr.ed non- stimulation,
we achievetonifying.neutralor sedative
n o c i c e p t i v ea f f e r e n ts t i m u l a t i o n( f l o w o f n e r v e e f f e c t .a rt o r d r r g r o r h p t r a d i l i o n apl r i n ci p l e so l
i m p u l s e s )f r o m a r e l e v a n tm i c r o z o n e ,p a r t o f a r ! p u n ( t u r es l i m u l d t i o ni n
. (l u d i n gT u i n d - l h e r a p y
m e r i d i a n ,b o d y a r e a o r f r o m s o m e a c u p u n c t u r e (Chinesemassagebasedon trad;tionalacupltncture
m i ( r o s ) s l e m .I h i . d c t i v i t yi s t h c m o 5 t m p o r t d n l merjdian sysiematics)(21) and rclated techniques.
l a rl o ' i n p a i n p a l l i d l i o nl .l i q t r a n \ m i t t efdr o m t h c The fincstoverthre5hold
affercntimpulsea(tivity is
receptorsvia Ad., AF or A6 nerve fibres into the p r o v o ( e dw i l h a . e l e \ , a nitn l e n 5 i t vo f c u r r e n tb '
(laminae1 and 5) in the dorsal direclcontart ol the eleclrodewith a patient\ skin.
gelatinosa
substantia
s p i n a l h o r n ( F i g u r c 3 ) . T h e b a s i c a n a l g e s i c li the ele.lrodeend is slighllydislantfrom the slin
m e c h a n i s mo
s f b o t h a c u p u n c t u r ea n d H F O T a t (1-3mm),sparkdischarges
occurand ihereis greater
sp.naland:uprasprnal
levelsareshownin figures4 i n t e n s i t yo f a f f e r e n t a t i o nE. v e n s t r o n g e rl o c a l
and 5irritation, and thus more conspicuousafferentation,
gelaiinosa(Rolandi)
Substantia
Laminaelands
I
I
of Acupuncture
Pointj
AP-->nerve fibres
Conespondingrecepiors
NeNe vascularbundles
I
Non-nociceptive
afJerent
Needling
(flowof nerveimpulse,
t
I
Kcl'
Chemical
DNIC(Diffuse
Noxious
Inhibitorycontrol)
I
l')**"tiu*,
Corresponding
receptors
ercrtationacti!ity
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Figure 3. Basic nechanEns of acupuncture action at a peipheral level.
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i s o r o v o k e dt h r o u e h a t e x t i l e l a y e r { ) 1n a t u r a l
maierials(e.g.wool ;r cotton).The thickerthe layer,
t h e s t r o n g e i t h es t i m u l a t i o nS. t i m u l a t i otnh r o u g h
s y n t h e t i C m a t e r i a l os n
, t h e o t h e r h a n d ,u s u a l l y
provokespain.
Pmctical considerati ons
The durationof the HFoT applicationin the course
o f o n e t h e r a p e u t i cs i t t i n gc a n b e f r o m 2 t o 3 0
minutes,but most often it is between B and l5
minutes.The number of sittingsand the intervals
b e t w e e nt h e m d e p e n do n t h e c h a r a c t e ro f t h e
principleslt
diseaseand on traditionalacupuncture
treatment
individualised
be
a
strictly
always
should
patientsrequirea slowermethod
pattern.Sensitive
usinq a lower intensityof stimulation,where the
is often
time'ofapplicationfor individualelectrodes
frequently,
direci
more
are
applied
ind
they
doubled
patients
with
used
in
HFOT
can
be
skin.
to the
joints.
metal
including
of
all
types,
endoprostheses
C l a s sv a c u u me l e c l r o d e s h o u l dn o t b e p l a c e d
immediatelyafter use on a cold surfacesuch as
Acupuncture i n Medicine
glass,marble,or metal.They should be cleansed
with alcohol,petrol,or water plus cleaningagent,
they sterilisethernselves
but need not be sterilised:
by ozone dischargeafterswilchingon the generator'
Contraindications
s HFOT include
R e l a i i v ec o n t r a i n d i c a t i o nt o
n
r
a p p l r a r i o r d u r i n g i m m e d i d l . l )a [ l e rr d k i n Bd
b d . \ , ' ^ i t h m o i s l h . r r ro, r i m m p d : r l e l )a f l c r u . n B
alcoholsolutions
toilet lotionor otherconcentrated
with
hypersensitive
becauseof fire hazard.Patients
skin requirelonger intervalsbetweentherapeutic
and shorterperiodsof therapy.
sittinRs,
The-useof a cardiacpacemakerhad been regarded
However,following
as an absolutecontraindication.
'1
le(hni(Jl improvpmenl
dnd in, led.ed\dlel) boll_
HFOTequipnpnland patemake':.ne hare rprilipd
that none of the B standardHFOT electrodesof the
Tefta N53 Standard/// caused interferencewith an
i m p l a n t e dd o u b l ec h a m b e rc a r d i o s t i m u l a t o f
Company,
Synchronyll - 2022 T DDDR (Siemens
USA).
California,
Sylmar,
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p s y c h o l o g i c acl o n d i t i o no f 1 B p a t i e n t sw i t h
malignantdisease,particularlyafterchemotherapy
or radiotherapy.
However,assessment
of the part that
HFOThas playedln the irnprovement
of patientsis
oftcn difficultwherea multipletreatmentmodality
approachhasbeenadopted,as in the followingcase
repo|I.
P R O B T E MTSR E A T EW
D ITHHICH FRIQUINCY
OZONE THERAPY
DiaBnosis
r20
lla (62 Ob/a)
16
l7
t5
17
Casercpoft
for
A
patientaged 53 underwentpanhysterectomy
Eb o wl o l n lp a n
year
later
had
advanced
uterine
cafcinoma.
One
she
j
o
i
n
t
Hip
pain
within the abdomrnalancl
deveLopcdmetastases
thoraciccavities.Shewas treatedwith 5 successive
c o u r s e so f c h e m o t h e r a p ya t t h e O n c o l o g y
21
D e p a r t m e n ot f t h e C i n i c o f C y n a e c o l o g ya n d
27
FacultyHospital,Brno.lr.mediatelyaft€r
Obstetrics,
her firsl treat..entand discharge
from hospitalshe
)a 6.4y,)
C c r e b r ov a s c ur r r c c i d e . l
lossof hair,severeheadaches,
sufleredsubstantial
5
indigestion
and insomnia.Followingone treatment
Y
N
S
A c o m b i n e dw i t h m a s t e rp o i n t so f
u
s
i
n
g
t0
b
o d y a c u p u n c t u r em, a n u a lm e d i c i n e ,
t
r
a
d
i
t
i
o
n
a
l
18 i3.6?6)
humoral
trcatment
and HFOT(includingapplication
(2.1%)
12
of comb elecfrodeNo.l), the loss of hair almost
1 A Q . A %)
Deainess.nd
Linnilus
c o m p l e t e l ys t o p p e d ,a n d a l l t h e s u b j e c t i v e
500 O00%)
' o m p l a i n . . d . . a p p " " p 6 . A f l p r b o r - o ! 1a B . r
Far allpatienE:ozane thet.p, was in ad.litia, ta atllcl
m a g n e t o t h e r a p (y2 2 - 2 5 )M e t r o n o m a p p a r a t u s
traatme nt, seIe.teLt Lo
(C LudwigBijrtelsMedizintechnik,
Horb, Cermany)
(FiEure6) she startedthe nlghf regirnewith the
a p p a r a t ucsl o s et o h e r h e a d ,a n d h e r s l e e pa l s o
i m p r o v e dl t h i s r e gi m e
clinical rcsults
u s e sw a v e s o r a w e a K
Detailsof the first500 palientstreatedby the authof
magneticfield variedat 5
w i t h H F O T a r e g i v e n i r ] I a b l e 1 . T h e r e s u l t so f
s e c o nd i n t e r v al s f r o m
thefapyare dependentmainlyon the proportionof
3.3Hz to
1 0 kH z ) .
of a disease,
its
organicand functionalcomponents
T h e r e a f t e r , f o l l o w i ng
chronicit, the patient'sage, life-styleand general
d i s c h a r g ef r o m h o s p i t a l
healthand fitness.It seemsthat HFOTis bestusedin
after each course of
combinationwith other treatment.This shouldbe
c h e m o t h e r a p ys,h e w a s
l a s i s ,b u t s o m e
d e l e r m j n e do n a n i n d i v i d u a b
imrnediately
treatedwith
in
have
proved
particularly
effeclive
combinations
r
e
g i m e .T h i s
t
h
e
a
b
o
v
e
n
o
n
p
r
a
c
t
i
c
e
.
Y
N
S
A
c
a
n
b
e
u
s
e
d
a
s
a
clinical
appearedto significantly
p h a r m a c o l o g i c apl r e m e d i c a t i a nb e f o r e H F O T
improvethe qualityof the
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