Oligotherapy refers to an
alternative therapy using trace elements as dietary mineral in very small amounts but are essential to maintain proper physical or physiological functioning. In another sense, it is a method that uses remedies consisting trace elements and which provides essential
nutrition to stop the activity of free radicals that are destructive to body tissues. Some of the forms of trace elements include aluminum, chromium, copper, cobalt, gold, iron, lithium, magnesium, nickel, manganese, potassium, phosphorus, zinc, silver, selenium, tin and sulphur. If used as remedies, these elements can treat many health problems and disorders. The aluminum, for instance, is important in treating problems related to the brain, while cobalt can treat cases of vertigo or dizziness, migraines and tinnitus or sensation of noise in the ear.
The other trace element forms and their health functions include:
(a) Chromium, which metabolizes sugar carbohydrates and treats growth defects and heart diseases;
(b) Gold, which fights infections, heals wounds and rebuilds tissues;
(c) Copper, that fights viral and bacterial infections;
(d) Iodine, that treats obesity, poor mental function and fatigue;
(e) Iron, which can treat irregular menstruation, arthritic pain, anemia and hair loss; (f) Lithium, for anxiety, insomnia and nervous breakdown;
(g) Potassium, that cures muscle spasms, cramps and chronic arthritic pain;
(h) Phosphorus that treats high blood pressure, muscle cramps, fatigue and memory loss; (i) Manganese, for the relief of allergies, headache, migraine, and sinus infection;
(j) Magnesium, for indigestion, muscle spasms, and inflammatory bowel disease;
(k) Selenium, that destroys free radicals, treats muscular afflictions and delays the aging process;
(l) Zinc, that treats Hair loss, acne and psoriasis; and
(m) Tin and Sulphur, that boosts the immune system, and treats allergies, acne, eczema, inflammation and arthritis, respectively.
Oligotherapy has originated from the research by Gabriel Bertrand, a French biochemist and philosopher, and continued by French Dr. Jacques Menetrier, to create the non-profit, private foundation for oligotherapy. Its original purpose is to restore a deficiency in any of the trace elements that has resulted from long-time acidity in the body. The need to restore this deficiency is important to make the trace elements neutralize the circulating acid, but the said elements are depleted upon the removal of the neutralized waste. When depleted, these trace minerals must be supplemented to regulate the functions of enzymes or complex proteins in the cell.
As an
alternative therapy, Oligotherapy assumes various product forms such as pellets, tablets and liquids or solutions in 100ml bottles. The pellets are the most popular traditional forms, while the tablets are lactose-based in glass bottles. The liquid dilution comes in amber or colored glass bottle with a dropper. The other forms include a range of
cosmetic products for the body, prescriptive skin products, and topical products for various skin conditions, cleansing lotions or gels, mixed essential oils and syrups.
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