Tissue therapy
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Tissue therapy is a method initially proposed by Vladimir Filatov, that is based on a hypothesis of the existence of biogenic stimulators (substances appearing in tissues exposed to unfavorable conditions) that stimulate inner powers of a treated organism.
Background
A Soviet surgeon, Filatov treated corneal opacity by human cornea transplantation. At first, transplantation material was taken from humans who were having an eye surgically removed. Due to a shortage of supply, Filatov tried to use corneas from recently dead people. That did not lead to satisfactory results. During experimental work he discovered that corpses' corneas, saved at 3-4°C for several days, rather than used immediately, gave more positive results. Thus he succeeded in growing his practice in cornea transplantation.[1]
As it seemed to Filatov at the time of engaging in that practice, the method also cured a number of diseases not connected to corneal opacity. He suggested that a piece of tissue placed in unfavorable conditions (cold and darkness) which still don't kill it, changes its metabolism for producing some yet unknown compounds, that serve to keep it alive as long as possible. He named them biogenic stimulators.[2]
Then he applied the same method to treating skin diseases, and (by 1933) he formulated the main postulates of his doctrine of biogenic stimulators and tissue therapy.[3]
Usage
After Filatov, the biogenic stimulators teaching mostly developed into obtaining of biogenic extracts from different materials of animal and plant origin, including (but not limited to) placenta, vitreous body, aloe leaves, peloid from limans of the Black Sea and even peat. All biogenic extracts have a common preparation technique: original material is exposed to specific cold temperatures for specific durations, then extraction is performed, the obtained extracts are packed in ampules and sterilized. These extracts are used subcutaneously as pharmaceutical and veterinary remedies in post-Soviet countries[4] against inflammation, degeneration, atrophy, and other slow pathological processes.[5]
In America, the method was criticized and did not find much support or application.[6]
References
- ↑ BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. BMA House, Tavistock Square (1975-09-01). "Vladimir Petrovich Filatov". British Journal of Ophthalmology. 59 (9): 461–461. doi:10.1136/bjo.59.9.461. ISSN 0007-1161.
- ↑ Сало, Виктор Матвеевич (1975). Зелёные друзья человека (in русский). Москва: Наука. pp. 62–64. Search this book on
- ↑ Filatov, V.P. (2003). Tissue Therapy: Teaching on Biogenic Stimulators. University Press of the Pacific. ISBN 978-1410209344. Search this book on
- ↑ Даричева, Надежда Николаевна; Ермолаев, Валерий Аркадьевич (2011). Тканевая терапия в ветеринарной медицине. Монография (in русский). Ульяновск: ФГОУ ВПО «Ульяновская государственная сельскохозяйственная академия». ISBN 978-5-902532-75-0. Search this book on
- ↑ "Tissue Therapy". TheFreeDictionary.com. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
- ↑ Van Manen, J.G. (June 1952). "A Study of the Mode of Action of Filatov's Method of Tissue Implantation". American Journal of Ophthalmology. 35 (6): 801–806 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
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