Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) Therapy - "Oxidative / Oxygenative Water"
Safe to use, readily available , inexpensive
- About H2O2 therapy
- Functions of H2O2 in the body
- Health benefits of H2O2Â therapy
- A little chemistry on H2O2
- HOW TO APPLY H2O2 THERAPY
What is H2O2 therapy ?
H2O2  therapy is a powerful, inexpensive biooxidative therapy where hydrogen peroxide is used topically or introduced into the body of humans (or pets) to improve or solve health problems:
- H2O2 can produce strongly reactive oxidants having the oxidative ability to eliminate toxins and microbial infection -even though it is not an especially reactive molecule itself;
- H2O2 significantly increases oxygen levels in the blood -which increases cellular energy production
- H2O2Â improves immune system function
Exception: it can not be used by those who have had an organ transplant – the reason for this is that H2O2 therapy boosts immune system function, which could cause it to reject a transplant organ;
H2O2 can diffuse deeply into cells, which is not true of all bio-oxidative therapies  – the reason is that it has a neutral charge.
How does H2O2  therapy work ?  For details on some of the complex cellular oxidative processes brought about by H2O2:
Life’s Oxygen Paradox – Meet Dr. ROS Jeckyll and Mr. ROS Hyde
Bio-oxidative Therapy-Oxidative / Oxygenating
H2O2Â in Nature
- H2O2Â is found in rain and snow.
- H2O2 content is naturally high in famous healing spring waters – at Lourdes in France, Fatima in Portugal, and St. Anne’s in Quebec
- H2O2 is in fresh fruit and vegetables (some coming from rain, some manufactured from sun and water during photosynthesis). Eating raw fruits and vegetables ensures that we get H2O2 into our bodies, along with valuable enzymes;
All higher life-forms purposefully form H2O2 in the body – peroxisomes in the cell do this by combining water with oxygen. H2O2 has many functions:
- H2O2Â is instrumental in immune system function:
- H2O2 is released by immune system T-cells.  To destroy invading bacteria, viruses and fungi.
- H2O2 generated by activated phagocytes at inflammation sites.  Appears to modulate the inflammatory process (e.g. by up-regulating expression of adhesion molecules, controlling cell proliferation or apoptosis {cell death without releasing harmful substances} and modulating platelet aggregation).
- H2O2Â stimulates the production of interferon
- H2O2 is produced by vitamin C – helping fight infections by stimulating prostaglandin production.
- H2O2 significantly increases oxygen levels in the blood – increasing cellular energy production
- H2O2Â is released by blood platelets on encountering particulates in blood.
- Mother’s milk contains a good amount of H2O2, and a mother’s first milk (colostrum) contains even more – which provides a defense against infection until the baby’s own immune system develops and is able to produce its own H2O2.
- H2O2 is produced by lactobacillus found in the colon and vagina – to destroy harmful candida, bacteria and viruses, preventing colon disease, vaginitis, bladder infections and a host of other common ailments.
- H2O2Â is required for the production of thyroid hormone and sexual hormones.
- H2O2Â is used as an inter- and intra-cellular signaling molecule.
- H2O2Â clears out artery plaque and dilates blood vessels in the heart and brain.
- H2O2 regulates thermogenesis (heat production) – may be as vital as thyroid function.
- H2O2Â aids membrane transport.
- H2O2 is able to easily cross the cell membrane – because of its neutral charge.
Health benefits of H2O2 therapy
H2O2Â therapy has been successfully used against many health problems and diseases of people, animals and pets –Â for an idea of its many uses in the health of people, animals and plants:
H2O2Â human health uses
The following is a partial listing of conditions benefited by H2O2 (supported by scientific literature and physicians):
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* Candida:In the colon, acidophilus lactobacillus produces H2O2 which keeps the ever-present candida yeast from multiplying out of control. When candida spreads out of the intestine, it escapes the natural control system and can establish itself in the body’s organs, causing chronic fatigue syndrome and allergic hypersensitivity.
H2O2Â animal health uses
Animals – 1 ounce 3% H2O2 per quart of animal’s non-chlorinated drinking water is not enough to taste unpleasant, yet knocks out a growing list of illnesses. Cats are cured of feline leukemia and chlamydia, and return to their old energetic selves. Distemper in dogs has been reversed with H2O2, and a growing number of farmers are applying it to their livestock to cut losses from disease and infected wounds. Sick cattle reportedly benefit from 1 pint 3% H2O2 to each 5 gallons of water. (Chickens and cows have remained healthy by using 8 ounces of 35% H2O2 per 1,000 gallons of drinking water).
H2O2 Household / Personal Uses
- Water Purification – Add 7 drops of 35% H2O2 to a gallon of drinking water and shake well topurify it and give it a pleasant waterfall-like flavor.
- Toothpaste –Use 3% H2O2 mixed with baking soda. Or, just dip your brush in 3% H2O2 and brush.
- Vegetable / Fruit Spray – To remove pesticides, spray with a 3% H2O2 and then rinse.
- Dishwasher – Add 2 oz (¼ Cup) of 3% H2O2 to the regular washing formula.
- Washing Machine – Add 8 oz (1 Cup) of 3% H2O2 to the wash in place of bleach.
- Milk Preservation – H2O2 is added to milk in several countries, to remove the need for refrigeration. Add 2 oz (¼Cup) of 3% H2O2 to a gallon of milk to keep it fresh for up to 24 hours without refrigeration at room temperature (20-30C).
H2O2Â Horticultural Uses
- It is the hydrogen peroxide in rainwater that makes it much more effective than tap water when given to plants.  Increasing levels of atmospheric pollution are, however, causing greater amounts of H2O2 to react with air-borne toxins and never reach the ground
- Increased crop yields – Farmers increase crop yields by spraying them with diluted H2O2 ( 5 -16 ounces of 35% H2O2 mixed with 20 gallons of water per acre;)
- House Plants – Improve your house plants by adding 2 Tbsp. (1 oz.) 3% H2O2 (or 16 drops of 35% H2O2) to every quart of water you give your plants;
- Seed Germination – Seeds germinate faster, with bigger sprouts, when they are first soaked in 1 ounce of 3% H2O2 to 1 pint of water.
- Safe Insecticide – Spray your plants with 8 ounces of 3% H2O2mixed with 8 ounces of white sugar and 1 gallon of water.
A little chemistry on H2O2
How is H2O2 formed?
In nature – By combining water with oxygen – By adding 2 electrons to molecular oxygen
2 H2O + 3 O2 →  2 H2O2
In biological systems
(1) By 2 Superoxides joining Together
O2•–+ O2•– + 2H+ → H2O2 + 3 O2
Or
(2) By Antibodies – which generate H2O2 from singlet oxygen ( 1O2*) using H2O (antibodies provide electron source in a catalytic process – possibly as a protective mechanism against 1O2*)
1O2* + H2O → H2O2
The active ability of H2O2
H2O2 is neutrally charged, and can diffuse deeply into cells – H2O2 <span;>is actually considered a poorly reactive non-radical, but its “strength” lies in the extremely reactive Hydroxyl Radical (OH•)it can produce:</span;>
- Hydroxyl radical (OH•) produced from H2O2 by:
- H2O2Â oxidation of transition metal ions (especially iron contained in hemoglobin)
H2O2 + Fe2+ → OH• + OH– + Fe3+ (known as the Fenton reaction)
- H2O2 reacting with Photon or Electron Energy (i.e. Reduction of H2O2)
H2O2 +e– → OH• + OH–
The OH• radical is a potent biological oxidant capable of destroying toxins and microbial infection. Almost every time the hydroxyl radical bumps into another molecule it pulls off a hydrogen atom to then become harmless water, while simultaneously producing another radical in what is left of the other molecule.
–  Neutrophils can also produce the oxidizing agent hypochlorous acid (HOCl) – by the well-established reaction of H2O2 with a chlorine ion:
H2O2 + Cl–→ HOCl + OH–
