Utilize the multiple benefits of Ozone Therapy at the SANAR Clinic in Playa del Carmen.

By Dr. Luis David Suárez

Some time ago, my office door swung open to expose the battered face of a 60-something-year-old Vietnam vet. From a blood transfusion in the war, he acquired Hepatitis C, and he came to my practice seeking the relief that acupuncture can provide for chronic fatigue, a key symptom in Hep C.

"I also want to receive "ozone therapy" while I'm down here in Mexico," he said. "It is banned in the United States, you know, and I have read a lot online about treating chronic viral infections with it".  He then asked, of course, what I knew about ozone therapy. My answer was: "Nothing." Back then, all I knew about it was that we were destroying the ozone layer in the atmosphere with our pollution and we were also breathing increasing concentrations of this gas in large cities, with toxic effects on our respiratory systems. Nothing about this ever made me suspect it had positive medicinal purposes. After a few calls, I referred my patient to an ozone therapist in Villahermosa. After a few sessions he returned a different person: his looks and stamina completely changed. His skin was no longer grayish, he could walk more than 6 miles every day without experiencing fatigue, his appetite was back and he started gaining some weight, and he said he was feeling the best he had felt in years.

So, for that moment on, I embraced a personal and professional quest to find out, and learn everything there was to know, about this gas and its uses in the field of medicine. Now, after having gained significant experience in the field, I have a confession to make: the more I know about it, the more I use it in my clinical practice, the more surprised I am about the great results it renders in a wide array of illnesses, making ozone almost the miracle drug. It is amazing.

But, what is ozone? Ozone is an allotropic form of oxygen. It is a molecule with three rather than two oxygen atoms. That extra atom makes ozone a very unstable gas, capable to react in fractions of a second oxidizing almost anything it is exposed to. This gas occurs in nature: as a product of chemical electrolysis, high above in the ozonosphere; it is also produced in breaking waves (surf) and when thunderstorms strike. It also can be produced in the lab: when an electrical current is passed through an oxygen flow, or by UV light irradiation. It is also a product of some chemical reactions, i.e. the oxidation of phosphorus. Ozone is a very powerful oxidant, widely used in sanitation and industry: for waste water and industrial water cleansing, for food preservation and sterile packaging, for deodorization, etc. Even the FDA and the EPA acknowledge its remarkable antimicrobial capacities: ozone gas kills 99.99% of known human pathogens in water, thus it is used worldwide for water and air disinfection.

In medical practice, ozone is used primarily as a broad spectrum germicide. It eliminates viruses, bacteria and fungi, and it is a powerful immune modulator, useful in autoimmune disorders, allergies and immunodeficiency states. Ozone improves the metabolism of oxygen, improving both venous and arterial circulation, thus enhancing the delivery of oxygen to all tissues. Ozone, being a powerful oxidant, enhances the enzymatic antioxidant system, fighting and preventing oxidative stress and its consequences, like cellular ageing and death. It is also a very strong metabolic modulator, with effects over the metabolism of cholesterol, uric acid and glucose. And last but not least, medical ozone is used widely in pain management because it can block the chemical cascade of pain and inflammation, to the extent that it is now the therapy of choice for treating herniated discs and infiltrating arthritic joints. If you look at the wide list of illnesses that can benefit from ozone therapy, you might think it is quackery, as I had originally thought. Now, I know it is not. It is simple biochemical magic.

Stay tuned for further articles on Medical Ozone Therapies and its many benefits.

Dr. Luis David Suárez Rodríguez, originally from Mexico City, moved here with his family to open his practice in Playa del Carmen. He is a medical doctor and a specialist in acupuncture and phytotherapy combining allopathic medicine with acupuncture and herbal remedies. He offers a full range of services in a quiet, tranquil and relaxing atmosphere.. For more information or to make an appointment you can contact him at:

CONSULTORIO MEDICO SANAR, S.C.

Located on 16th Street between 40th and 45th Avenues in Playa del Carmen.

Tel/Fax: 984-803-2039 Cellular: 984-135-0492

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