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Ozone Therapy – Is it safe or not? What are its benefits and how does it act?

Ozone therapy is using of ozone and oxygen mixture for the benefits of human body. Ozone therapy is proved to be safe and yield good results in osteo arthritis of knee joint, Parkinson’s disease, pimples, diabetic foot, non healing wounds, fistulae, psoriasis, eczema, asthma, stroke, diabetes, cancer etc.
Bombay hospital has a wide experience in using ozone therapy for herniated disc. Ozone therapy is given as a complementary therapy in addition to standard conventional treatment. It is a very good supportive treatment in cancer care. It produces its effects by immune activation. It reduces the side effects of conventional methods and create a sense of well being. It also reduces pain.

HOW DOES IT HELP CANCER PATIENTS

- Ozone is able to stimulate anti-oxidant defense system and therefore promoting a preconditioning effect.
- The anti-oxidant defense system deals effectively with free radicals generated during radiation and chemotherapy.
- Ozone stimulates synthesis of various cytokines. This leads to up regulation of immune system.
- Liver activation by ozone therapy improves enzyme function and detoxification.
- Free radicals generated by ozone, induces apoptosis in cancer cells.
- Ozone leads to new vessel formation inside the tumor, increasing oxygen supply. This leads to anaerobic cancer cell death.
- Ozone is a powerful germicidal agent; it helps fight infections.

HOW DOES OZONE ACT

- Ozone attacks the lipids in the bacterial cell membrane forming variety of oxidants.
- These bacteria lack the anti oxidant defense enzymes and that is why they are destroyed.
- Ozone increases and activates body’s own antioxidants and radical scavengers.
- Ozone is able to stimulate body’s anti oxidant enzymes.
- Lower life forms like bacteria, virus, fungi and parasites lack anti oxidant enzymes. Therefore, they just cannot survive in presence of powerful oxidant like ozone, however much they try and mutate.
- Ozone activates cellular metabolism.
- Ozone modulates the immune system.

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Consumption of antibiotics can have a harmful effect on the good bacteria in the body

Antibiotics are one of the most important inventions in the field of medicine, with their ability to kill bacteria that pose a danger to humans. However, over a period of time, it was also discovered that the use of antibiotics has several constraints; they pose a danger to the beneficial bacteria present in the human body (including the bacteria in the human gut that play a key role in digestion), and the growing resistance by bacteria to these antibiotics. The increased use of antibiotics for even non-essential needs leads to a few bacteria developing resistance to these antibiotics, and over a period of time, you get a new class of bacteria that are resistant to these drugs, and you need more effective antibiotics (and has also lead to the development of a new class of superbugs that are posing grave dangers to the medical industry).
Now, research indicates that when people are given even a mild dose of antibiotics, these antibiotics have a harmful effect on the bacteria present in the human gut and these bacteria need a lot of time to recover. The other problem being that when these good bacteria are affected, there is a space that is then occupied by more harmful bacteria. Further, the interaction between good bacteria and health is not fully understood (link to article):

Even seemingly gentle antibiotics may severely disrupt the balance of microbes living in the gut, with unforeseen health consequences, U.S. researchers reported. An intimate study of three women given ciprofloxacin showed the drug suppressed entire populations of beneficial bacteria, and at least one woman took months to recover. The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, supports the common wisdom that antibiotics can damage the ‘good’ germs living in the body.
“By one week after the end of each course, communities began to return to their initial state, but the return was often incomplete.” More and more studies support the idea that humans and other animals have a symbiotic relationship with germs. Microbes in the intestines help digest food and ‘good’ germs can take up space and keep bad germs away.

Benefits of Ginger to the human body

Ginger Scientifically known as Zingiber officianale is a natural pungent spice which is used for ages in Indian and Chinese cuisine and medicines. This spice is widely grown in Africa and Asia and Indian Ginger is supposed to have the best medicinal qualities.

Health benefits of ginger:
 Helps combat Flu or common cold symptoms: This remedy is used by our ancestors to relieve sore throat and other common cold symptoms. Continuous use of Ginger and Honey helps to alleviate sore throat for children and adults. To mitigate the disastrous effects of common cold, just have ginger tea every morning especially in the winter.
 Helps in Digestion : Ginger helps in digestion and thus soothes the stomach. It is especially useful in food poisoning as it cleanses the stomach.
 Used to mitigate menstrual cramps: An old grandmother’s remedy of giving Ginger concoctions to alleviate menstrual cramps is again proved true.
 Heart Burn Remedy: Try using Ginger Tea to reduce heart burn, especially during pregnancy. It really works.
 Motion sickness: We used to carry ginger and lemon in our bags to counter motion sickness while traveling for long hours, especially in mountainous terrains.
 Morning Sickness: Ginger is as effective as vitamin B6 to counter morning sickness in pregnant women. Ginger tea reduces the squeamish feeling after a meal too.
 Migraine Relief: Ginger tea is useful in giving relief during migraines.
 Pain Killer: Ginger has anti-inflammatory properties which renders it as an effective painkiller. Just try it while you have a back ache, it immediately soothes you down.
 Cancer treatment: Research proves that continuous use of ginger which has 5-LO enzymes which is useful in treatment of colon and ovarian cancers. It is proven to reduce the motility and activities of breast carcinoma cells. It also causes death or apostasis of breast cancer cells.
 Ginger contain Zinzibain which reduces parasites and eggs. In ancient times children used to be fed Ginger extracts to reduce worm infestation.
 Ginger also an antioxidant properties and is used to combat viruses, chills and fever.
 It also helps in cleansing the kidney thus reducing kidney damage.
 Ginger is also used to soothe and reduce tension.
 Ginger on the whole helps in healing and boosting the immune system and is a irreplaceable ingredient in Ayurvedic medicines.

Cosmetic benefits:
Ginger is improves circulation and has anti-inflammatory properties. Continuous use of ginger improves the skin tone and also lightens the skin. It is also used to fight acne and pimples as it cleanses the circulatory system.

Culinary use:
Ginger is used as a spice to render a pungent taste to vegetables and non vegetarian food. It is an integral part of Indian and Chinese recipes. Ginger cooked with sugar is called candied ginger and is used as a confectionery. It is used as a flavouring agent for cookies, cakes, bread, ale etc.

Food preservative:
Ginger has strong antimicrobial and anti fungal properties that make it a useful food preservative. Ginger is used to make pickles, jams, syrups and even beer. Ginger has numerous uses and can be consumed in the natural form or as extracts. Ginger extracts in the form of capsules, paste, powder and cream are available. Natural ginger is available as candies, in dried and pickled forms which can be consumed with ease.
Best way to maximize the use of Ginger is to use in in cooking or mix it with juices. Get ginger, peel it and store it frozen or just dunk it in a flower pot and cover it with mud. This keeps it fresh for a long time. Just peel it and use it for your daily needs and feel the difference.