Oxygen Therapies

Excerpts from the entry on Oxygen Therapies in Relieving Pain Naturally by Dr. Sylvia Goldfarb and Roberta W. Waddell. For full entries on all 37 conditions and 27 treatments, order the book.

Oxygen comprises 21 percent of the air we breathe and is often the first line of treatment in emergencies. Although not well-known in the United States, oxygen therapies are widely used in Russia, Europe (particularly Germany and The Netherlands), China, Japan, and Cuba. There are four basic bio-oxidative therapies, of which hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is the best known, primarily for its effective treatment of burns and the effects of smoke inhalation, decompression illness in divers, carbon monoxide poisoning, and the effects of gas gangrene due to oxygen deprivation.

Also in this entry:

• The History of Oxygen Therapies
• How Oxygen Therapies Work
• Painful Conditions that Respond Well to Oxygen Therapies
• Advantages of Oxygen Therapies
• How Oxygen Therapies Are Used
• Cautions
• Clinical Studies

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