Ozone Colon Insufflation Therapy

What is Rectal Insufflation?

One of the safest ways for people to do their own ozone treatments at home is to do rectal insufflation. Insufflation means to blow air into a body cavity, in this case ozone gas. You’ll notice that I didn’t title this post Rectal Insufflation Therapy but thats the correct medical term for the treatment. A lot of people are not okay with the idea of putting things into their rectum and I get it. When I learned about this type of treatment I was sure that patients would be hesitant when we started using them at our clinic, although I was surprised at how often it was necessary. All in all it was very well received with quite a bit of success. Its cheap, easy, no needles, its address local concerns in a way that IV’s don’t and the appointments were under 15 minutes.

Why Rectal Ozone is Beneficial

Let’s go over the benefits before I lose you on this post. Ozone gas is highly absorbable through the intestinal wall which means it penetrates into the surrounding tissues. If you think about it, there are a lot of areas that would benefit from more oxygen in the pelvic region. Obviously both men and women have similar anatomy in that area such as the badder, appendix, intestines, lymph, bones and blood vessels but the reproductive systems are different.

Benefits for Men

For men the prostate is often an area of concern especially after 40 years old. Its better to start addressing the prostate before it becomes a problem but the majority of men don’t do anything until its interfering with their daily life. Ozone penetrates the rectum and absorbs into the prostate extremely well. This can help to regulate inflammatory responses that contribute to an enlarged prostate. The bladder is usually effected when the prostate is enlarged and it too becomes inflamed and infections can become an issue. Erectile dysfunction can be a problem whether the prostate is in larged or not. Ozone creates an increased level of nitric oxide which is a powerful vasodilator to help increase blood flow into the penis. More often than not there is a buildup of *Candida (fungus) in the male and female reproductive system that ozone can help with. Testicular infections aren’t super common but they do happen and rectal insufflation is very helpful.

Benefits for Women

Women have the ovaries, fallopian tubes and uterus which are accessible through vaginal insufflation (I’ll cover this in another post) not just rectal so you have another option if those tissues are specifically needing to be addressed. However, you shouldn’t overlook the value of rectal insufflation, so keep reading.

Systemic Absorption and Liver Support

The most powerful ways to get ozone into the bloodstream for a systemic effect that doesn’t require needles or a specially trained practitioner is to do rectal insufflation or ozone saunas. That’s because there is a vast network of blood vessels that line the intestines and ozone is highly absorbable. The portal vein, a major blood supplier to the liver, connects directly to the intestines. When ozone absorbs from the rectum, it goes right to the liver, one of the most important detoxification organs in the body.

How the Procedure Works

Rectal insufflation is very simple and easy to do, a small (very small) urethral catheter is inserted into the rectum and between 250ml-1000ml of hydrated ozone gas is insufflated. Once the gas is in the colon, the catheter is removed and the gas retained. This is very important, in order for this treatment to be effective, the gas must be retained for no less that 20 minutes, 30 or more is ideal. The retention allows for nearly 100% of the ozone to be absorbed. You may pass gas after the required holding period but the ozone will be gone.

Important Preparation Tips

There are some important things you need to know, the first is that any residual fecal material present in the bowel will absorb ozone so you should at the minimum have a complete bowel movement prior to treatment. An enema or colonic is even better but beware of residual water remaining in the intestine that could come out of the catheter once its inserted. I know its gross but this is just a helpful tip that comes from 20 years of experience.

Tips for Success and Safety

Retaining the gas for 30 minutes isn’t always easy, and its best to infuse the ozone slowly and at low volume at least in the beginning. You should build your tolerance to holding larger volumes of gas before increasing potency. The potency shouldn’t be high, it should be low to mid range. You don’t want to use a high potency oxidant gas that could cause harm to the mucus membranes in the colon even if they are hardier than just about any other in the body. Some practitioners use between 10-35mcg/ml which I believe to be fairly safe and effective. Just remember that your medical condition will dictate what ozone dose you should have as well as the frequency of treatments. If you have colitis you’re dose will be different from someone with colorectal cancer. Frequency of treatment should be no more than every other day at most. Treatments twice a week is most common for long term maintenance.

Candida and Ozone

*Candida spores are vulnerable to ozone gas but its very important to note that in order for ozone to kill candida directly the spores need to be exposed to the gas itself for greater than 20 minutes to be killed. Once ozone absorbs into the tissues it is not longer in a gaseous form its dissolved into the plasmatic water or interstitial fluids. In its dissolved form it no longer possesses the ability to kill candida directly. It does stimulate the immune system to fight it more efficiently and ozone does strip biofilm which candida produces to “hide” from the immune cells. Ozone IS effective in killing candida in the large intestine when retained for the full 20-30min required, its is NOT effective in killing candida in the small intestine since the gas does not reach that high in the intestinal tract.

Here are some interesting articles:

https://journals.lww.com/mgar/fulltext/2024/14040/ ozone_rectal_insufflation_mitigates_chronic_rapid.12.aspx