Hydrogen Peroxide as One Key to Life on Earth – And To Physical Wellbeing

Sometimes it helps to take into account the big picture: to see relevant connections. For example, to understand how one of the self-purification mechanisms on a planetary scale is reflected in the human body, which has a similar mechanism. As a matter of fact, the planet and the human body have at least one way of detoxifying in common: hydrogen peroxide. We can take this as a clue for our own approach to maintain health and balance.

In the following we quote from the book Heal Yourself with Oxygen in order to clarify this particular connection. However, we likewise wish to caution against any ill-informed experiments with treating yourself with hydrogen peroxide. The usual hydrogen peroxide solution that you can buy at a local pharmacy is NOT to be used, except for topical application in the cleaning of wounds. It CANNOT be used internally. For internal use only food grade hydrogen peroxide will do.

“It is well known that at about 90,000 to 120,000 feet above the earth’s surface there is a layer of ozone blanketing the planet and protecting life on earth from the harmful effects of ultraviolet rays, which emanate from the sun. Environmentalists are concerned about holes in the ozone layer, due to dense pollution, which are allowing the harmful ultraviolet rays to reach the earth’s surface. This ozone layer is produced by the action of the sun’s ultraviolet light, which splits some of the oxygen (O₂ in the earth’s atmosphere), which in turn creates O₃ or tri-atomic oxygen. The resulting O₂ combined with O₁ (O₃ = ozone) is heavier than oxygen. So, it begins to settle toward the earth due to the force of gravity. As it reaches the moisture in the clouds, some of the volatile singlet oxygen molecules combine with H₂O. This turns into H₂O₂ or hydrogen peroxide, a key to life on this planet as well as in our bodies. As mentioned above, this H₂O₂ falls with the rain, and, if it is not destroyed by pollution, aerates the planet’s lakes, rivers and streams, as well as the plants and trees.”

“In actual fact, much like the Earth, our own bodies also create a certain amount of hydrogen peroxide because it is essential for a number of bodily processes. According to Charles Farr M.D., Ph.D., one of the foremost experts in bio-oxidative therapy and also a nominee for the 1993 Nobel Prize for Medicine:

‘Hydrogen peroxide is manufactured by the body and is maintained at a constant level throughout our life. It is part of a system that helps the body regulate living cell membranes. It is a hormonal regulator, necessary for the body to produce several hormonal substances such as estrogen, progesterone and thyroxine. It is vital for the regulation of blood sugar and the production of energy in all body cells. Hydrogen peroxide helps regulate certain chemicals to operate the brain and nervous system. It has a stimulatory and regulatory effect on the immune system, and may either directly or indirectly kill viruses, bacteria, parasites, yeast, fungi, and a variety of other harmful organisms.’

“Dr. Farr’s studies, not to mention his treatments on thousands of patients, demonstrate the positive metabolic effect of intravenous infusions of hydrogen peroxide. Like ozone in the earth’s atmosphere that turns into hydrogen peroxide when mixed with rain, hydrogen peroxide in the physical body has the ability to oxidize almost any physiological and pathological substance.”