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ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE MAGAZINE
www.alternativemedicine.com
Issue 29 - May 1999
Say Goodbye to Allergies
You Might Be Allergic to Anything!
RICHARD LEVITON
There is hardly any human disease or
condition in which allergic factors are not involved," claims
California chiropractor and acupuncturist Devi S. Nambudripad. "Any
substance under the sun, including sunlight itself, can cause an
allergic reaction in someone." In other words, you are potentially
allergic to anything. If you check with enough people, as Dr.
Nambudripad has, you’ll find allergies to all kinds of foods,
clothing, plants, chemicals, vitamins, water, vaccines, furniture,
plastic, metals, wedding rings, piano keys, heat, acrylic fingernails,
saliva–even your own adrenaline.
Undiagnosed allergies can produce
symptoms, illnesses, and even chronic diseases that affect every system
and organ in your body. Chronic fatigue, migraines, hyperactivity,
arthritis, asthma, anxiety, depression, backaches, addictions all can be
allergy-based.
In her book, Say Goodbye to Illness,
Dr. Nambudripad promises to "revolutionize the practice of
medicine." Diagnosing hidden allergies in itself is not
revolutionary, but Dr. Nambudripad has developed techniques to
desensitize a person to the allergens, and continue to coexist with the
substance that made him or her sick. Her technique, called the
Nambudripad Allergy Elimination Technique (NAET) retrains the brain and
nervous system to no longer react to the offending substance. "We
can reprogram our brains to perceive unsuitable energies as suitable
ones and use them for our benefit rather than allowing them to cause
energy blockages and imbalances," says Dr. Nambudripad.
Newly married 19-year-old Susan came to
Dr. Nambudripad complaining of lower back pain as well as fever, chills
and severe headaches. A urine test suggested a possible kidney
infection. Aspirin and a light antibiotic helped reduce her symptoms.
Then, after drinking a cup of fenugreek herbal tea, she again
experienced chills, muscular stiffness and high fever. Within 30 minutes
of testing Susan for allergy to fenugreek tea, Dr. Nambudripad was able
to reduce her temperature to normal.
Thomas, a 28-year-old computer
programmer, started experiencing extreme fatigue a year after taking a
new job. He was so tired, he began to hate going to work. His job
performance dropped, and soon he was diagnosed with chronic fatigue
syndrome. When he took time off from work and stayed at home, he started
to feel better. But when he returned to work, he got worse again.
This cycle continued for four years until
Dr. Nambudripad tested him and found he was allergic to computer screen
radiation and the plastic screen of his keyboard. After one session with
Dr. Nambudripad he was able to resume work with no further difficulties.
How is it possible that such brief
treatment should resolve problems that usually are cured only by
avoiding the allergenic substance? According to Dr. Nambudripad, in
allergies, the brain and energy system interpret a particular substance
as potentially harmful to your body.
It may be something–a diamond ring, a
carob-coated cherry, a peanut–that is harmless or pleasurable for
others, but for you is toxic. "With the first bit of most allergic
foods, the brain begins to block the energy channels to prevent the
entrance of the adverse energy of the food into the body," Dr.
Nambudripad explains. The blockage of these channels causes symptoms in
particular systems. For example, in Susan’s case, it was the blocking
of her kidney meridian that generated the allergic symptoms of fever,
chills, headaches and kidney infection.
The NAET system involves the patient
holding the suspected substance while Dr. Nambudripad exerts pressure on
the opposite arm to test the strength of certain muscles.Allergenic
substances weaken muscles, so if your arm goes down, you’re probably
allergic to the substance you’re holding. [To perform this test
yourself with a partner, see "How to Be Your Own Allergy
Detective."]
Dr. Nambudripad shows how to test your allergic response. Raise your arm
to a 90 degree angle. Resist as the tester tries to push your arm down
to your toes. This method can be used to test a suspected substance. But
in cases where the allergen is totally unknown, Dr. Nambudripad uses a
faster, computerized system of muscle testing based on electro-acupuncture
and biofeedback.
She uses a device which registers minute
changes in electrical response through your skin as you hold different
materials. Once the allergen is known, Dr. Nambudripad uses acupressure
to treat the relevant meridian. In Susan’s case, Dr. Nambudripad
treated her kidney meridian while Susan held fenugreek tea in her hand.
"This produces a totally new, permanent and irreversible response
to the allergen," says Dr. Nambudripad. Her system undoes the body’s
conditioned response and allows it to coexist with the formerly
offending substance.
Dr. Nambudripad developed the principles
of NAET through her own illnesses. When she arrived in Los Angeles 20
years ago from India, she was suffering from multiple problems–eczema,
arthritis, bronchitis, insomnia, sinusitis and migraine among them. An
acupuncturist finally tested her for allergies and found that she could
eat only white rice and broccoli without negative reactions. Her
symptoms began to lift when she lived on a diet of only these two foods,
but as soon as she tried to add others, her symptoms returned. Was she
to live out her life eating nothing but rice and broccoli? One day she
stumbled upon a solution.
After eating only a few bites of a
carrot, Dr. Nambudripad felt tired and lethargic, as if she were going
to faint. Was this to be forever on the list of untouchable substances?
Instead of succumbing, she gave herself an acupuncture treatment working
on the points she knew would keep her from going into shock. Then she
slept for 45 minutes. When she awoke, she felt completely different, in
a state of well-being. When she looked at her hands, she was still
holding pieces of carrot. She then tasted carrots again and found they
had lost their allergic bite.
Dr. Nambudripad claims that in twelve
years of clinical use, NAET has relieved allergy symptoms in 80 to 90
percent of her patients without avoiding the allergy-producing
substance.
In so doing, she has gained a new
understanding of the role of allergies in producing illness.
"Although it has gained acceptance
as a separate area of medical study in the last few years," she
says, "allergy has not been given the recognition it deserves as a
primary cause of many types of disorder and illness."
|
Cases from
Dr. Nambudripad’s Practice |
|
Substance |
Symptoms |
|
Leather belt |
Lower abdominal pain, frequent urination |
|
Cotton underpants |
Genital yeast infection for 12 years |
|
Raw red onions |
Severe headaches, nausea, vomiting, |
| |
sour stomach, belching for 12 years |
|
Adrenalin |
Severe diarrhea, sweaty palms, anxiety |
|
All grains, vegetables, fruits, fats, |
Diarrhea, hypoglycemia for 50 years |
|
sugars, proteins |
|
|
All dietary fibers |
Severe itching, burning on thighs |
|
Smoked rainbow trout |
Sore throat, coughing, throat secretions, |
| |
postnasal drip, breathing difficulties |
|
Gold |
Dull, constant thigh pain for 5 years |
|
Diamond ring |
Severe pain in left leg for 15 months |
|
Pig iron vegetable knife |
Severe joint pain both hands, 9 months |
|
Sewing needle, stainless steel, |
Chronic fatigue syndrome |
|
iron, wood |
|
|
Pineapple |
Coma, 9 days |
|
Abalone |
Leg cramps, muscle spasms |
|
Nutmeg |
Low grade fever |
|
Peanuts |
Coma, 9 weeks |
|
Carob |
Severe chest pain, enlarged spleen |
|
Tap water |
Asthma, 7 years |
|
Wheat flour |
Severe skin rash, itching |
|
Cotton socks |
Chronic athlete’s foot, knee pain |
|
Artichoke |
Severe arm pain, 7 months |
How to Be Your Own Allergy DETECTIVE
Here’s how you and a partner can
quickly identify which particular substance you’re allergic to.
Step 1: Lie down on a flat surface, table, bed or floor, your arms at
your side.
Step 2: Raise your left arm to a 90 degree angle. As the tester tries
to push your arm down towards your toes by pressing lightly against your
hand or forearm, gently resist. The tester should use approximately five
to ten pounds of pressure for three to five seconds. If your arm goes
weak right away, your energy is unbalanced.
Step 3: Tester places right forefinger at a point one-and-a-half inches
below your navel and places left forefinger at the base of your sternum.
Tester then gently taps these two points simultaneously with the
fingertips for 20 seconds.
Step 4: Retest the arm, following Step 2. If your arm remains strong,
go on to Step 5.
Step 5: Making sure your hands are scrubbed clean and carry no trace of
perfume or other substances, hold the suspected allergen in your writing
hand.
Step 6: As you hold the substance, tester presses against each of your
12 meridian points one by one, trying to push your arm down at the same
time. Tester should apply light pressure using the tip of the index
finger for 60 seconds at each point. The point where your arm goes weak
and drops indicates the particular acupuncture meridian blocked by the
substance in your hand.
Step 7: Remove the allergenic substance from your energy field. Do not
eat or use it. Make an appointment with one of the 600 practitioners of
NAET to reprogram your nervous system so that it will no longer react to
this substance.
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