SYSTEMIC ENZYME THERAPY

Enzymes have long been understood because of their importance in digesting food. They also play a vital role in maintaining health by breaking up circulating immune complexes and controlling the amount of fibrin deposited in wounds, fractures and joints. Necrotic debris and excess fibrin in the blood stream are digested by enzymes. Immune system regulation is accomplished by enzymes.

When a proteolytic enzyme is present in an enzyme formulation dissolution of fibrin occurs. Over time these enzymes can actually digest unwanted scar tissue. Many diseases in humans are associated with inflammatory reactions and scarring. Because both these conditions can be corrected by enzyme therapy there is great potential for improving health using systemic enzyme therapy. Among the conditions enzymes help are:

Infections - Viruses can be made inert by enzyme action. Preventing inflammation speeds up recovery from sinusitis, bronchitis, and colds.

Malignancies - Tumor cells are surrounded by a layer of fibrin 15 times greater than the fibrin which surrounds healthy cells. The fibrin coating enables cancer cells to escape killing by phagocytes, killer lymphocytes, and cytokines. Enzymes dissolve this coating improving survival in cancer.

Arteriosclerosis - Excessive clotting and inflammation are routine in the developing arterial plaques. Enzyme therapy digests the fibrin and reverses the inflammation which results in decreasing the size of the artery obstructing plaques. Symptoms of angina, impaired blood flow to the brain, and poor circulation to the legs often disappear.

Allergic Diseases - Hay fever, asthma, and urticaria (hives) are all associated with inflammation which increases the symptoms. Enzymes not only reverse this but regular use of low doses of enzymes may prevent symptoms from reappearing.

Painful Conditions (Trauma) - Enzymes can block the release of pain producing amines from tissues that are becoming inflammed. This means that early use of large doses of enzymes in broken bones, dislocated joints, sunburn, dental extractions, injuries, and migraine headaches have the capability of preventing swelling and pain from appearing.

Estrogen Excess - Several health problems experienced by females are related to excessive production of estrogen (fibrocystic disease of the breast, fibroids of the uterus). Enzyme therapy helps both these conditions. Endometriosis causes a profound painful inflammatory reaction that results in scarring and sterility. This scarring and pain can be prevented by early use of enzymes.

Keloids - Some individuals develop greatly enlarged unsightly scars which can be prevented and dissolved with enzymes.

Lung Diseases - Scarring of the delicate alveolar membranes vital to transfer of carbon dioxide for oxygen leads to pulmonary fibrosis. Sarcoidosis can produce widespread scarring in lung tissue. Both these disorders and many other lung diseases should be helped by enzyme therapy.

Arthritic Diseases - All joint diseases manifest swelling and pain. (osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis , bursitis) which enzymes can alleviate. Systemic lupus erythematosus has circulating immune complexes and scleroderma has extensive scarring both of which respond to enzymes. Fibromyalgia patients have recovered using enzymes probably because of improving blood flow in the painful areas..

Kidney Diseases - Glomerulonephritis (Bright’s Disease) has circulating immune complexes and inflammation in the kidney which should improve with enzymes. Inflammation is a prominent feature of most kidney diseases which suggests enzymes could be beneficial.

Arteriosclerosis - Inflammation plays a key role in causing artery plaques to appear. There is also a tendency to excessive clotting. Both these problems can be reversed by systemic enzymes permitting the existing plaques to slowly disappear with disappearance of symptoms (angina, exertional leg pain, brain dysfunction from poor blood flow).