Oxygen-Ozone Therapy and Omotoxicology Drug in Gonarthrosis
L. Cursio, G.Menaldo.
Unite Research of Global Medicine, I. P. O. G. Turin, Italy.
Gonarthrosis is a disease found more frequently in females
ranging 2.1. Some authors maintain that this degenerative
arthropathy is the most common kind of arthrosis. It is normally
a bilateral condition although at its outset it present
monoarticular symptoms. Traumas, congenital malformations (like:
genu-valgum and genu-varum) and circulatory affections and
meniscus alterations are the most frequently found causes of this
diseases. Symptoms: pain seems to be unrelated and spontaneous and
it can increase when walking, but mostly when going downstairs;
the joint movements are reduced and can be painful when pressure
is applied to the inner side of the joint. We have looked for a
combined treatment with oxygen-ozone on the acupuncture points and
homotoxicology substances such as: cimicifuga, colocynthis,
arnica, belladonna . A mixture of oxygen-ozone (15 mL in all),
whose concentration was 30 (g/mL, has been injected into the
inter-joint space and around it (periarticulation). The patient
felt a slight burning sensation which disappeared few minutes
after the injection. The homotoxicology substances were thus
given: arnica and cimicifuga by us, colocynthis or colocynthis
belladonna by subcutaneous route around the joint. The number of
patients treated for this case study were 48, between 43 and 62
years of age. Symptoms improved rapidly (after only 3-4
treatments) and night pain was greatly reduced and so was the
swelling with a return of joint functions. The total number of
treatments for patients was from a minimum of 8 to a maximum of
15, being space twice weekly first and weekly afterwards. Only 5
patients did not have a satisfactory outcome, due to their lack of
cooperation. It is concluded that although some patients did not
have a total remission of the pain, nevertheless they had the
great advantage of not having night pain anymore, a more
confortable sleep, less swelling and improved joint movement.
Source: 2nd International Symposium on Ozone Applications
Havana, Cuba - Mach 24-26, 1997.