In my practice, I have found an increasing number of allergies among patients and an increasing number of illnesses caused by allergies. The list has become endless from Acne, ADHD, and Asthma to mood swings, migraines, and Restless Legs. This has led me to explore non-conventional thinking regarding the treatment and diagnosis of allergies.
An allergy is a condition of abnormal sensitivity of a person to one or more substances which would be harmless to the majority of other people. People can be allergic to a variety of substances including food, drinks, medication, materials, chemicals, and the external environment. From a conventional medical perspective, an allergy is an overreaction of the immune system. In Chinese medicine, an allergic substance causes blockages in the energy pathways of the body called meridians. The normal flow of energy or “qi” is then disrupted which causes imbalances in the organs which are connected by the meridians.
Nambudripad’s Allergy Elimination Techniques are based on this holistic perspective of allergies. Dr. Nambudripad gives an analogy that describes this well. Start with two identical tomato plants that are planted in two different locations. A storm comes along and a stone falls on one plant. This causes it not to grow as well as the other plant. A gardener comes by and removes the stone which leads to normal growth of the plant again. The stone is the allergen and in performing NAET treatments, the doctor is the gardener.
Conventional treatments for allergies include anti-histamines, steroids or allergy shots which control symptoms and have only short-term effects. NAET is a painless, safe and non-invasive treatment that can be done on people of any age group as well as pets. It is based on treatment principles from allopathic medicine, acupuncture, chiropractic, kinesiology, homeopathy, and nutrition. Acupressure is used on kids or those who are not comfortable with acupuncture needles. The substance must be avoided for 25 hours after treatment. Allergens are cleared one at a time in a specific sequence. Any allergen can be treated using NAET.
If you would like more information, go the the NAET website www.naet.com. If you have allergies or have an illness that could be related to undiagnosed allergies, I highly recommend that you read Dr. Nambudripad’s book called “Say Good-Bye to Illness.”
