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What is NAET Allergy Elimination and how does it work?

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 NAET stands for Nambudripad Allergy Elimination Technique. It is a combination of principles of Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Kinesiology and Acupressure in a unique way to rid the body of allergies. Dr. Devi Nambudripad is the founder of NAET and is a licensed Medical Doctor, Acupuncturist, Chiropractor and has a PhD in Acupuncture. NAET is a safe, non-invasive and holistic technique to reverse the body’s response to allergies.

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So what does that mean?

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According to Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture, we have energy (qi) running through pathways or meridians in our body. The flow of that energy keeps our organs working properly. If those pathways get disrupted by things such as fatigue, imbalanced diet, emotional or physical trauma, allergies can be triggered!

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What is An Allergy?

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An allergy is defined as “ a damaging immune response by the body to a substance”. An allergy or sensitivity usually targets the weakest area in our body. For instance, for a person with asthma, the weakest link is the lungs. An allergy is associated with a histamine response. Symptoms of a histamine response include hives, rashes, itching, breathing issues and in it’s most severe form, an anaphylactic response.

Allergies can produce a weakening of the immune system and also contribute to our mental health, in some cases causing anxiety, contributing to depression, insomnia.

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What is Energy?

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Energy is defined as “the strength and vitality required for sustained physical or mental activity”.  Energy is measured in medicine; ECGs measure the electrical activity of the heart to see if it is working properly and we can measure electrical energy of the brain (brainwaves) to look for problems. Our nervous system is like a big electrical system that is sending signals to the brain to our muscles and organs. Then there are the chemical energies of the hormones. The word “energy” should not seem too foreign when you can see it works in both worlds of medicine - both Eastern and Western.

We also know that everything else in the world has energy:  the food we eat, the pollens, animals, and so on. We don’t necessarily see this energy ­– the same way we cannot see the wave particles that hit our eye when we know we are looking at something blue or green. Those energies can affect the energy in our body and how it functions. They can block our own energy and cause dysfunction in the body. This is really what we are checking and fixing.

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How do we check for those energy blockages? 

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If energy gets blocked in your body, it will also block energy to the muscles, and they will weaken. I  do something called muscle testing where I expose you to the energy of the item and then check the strength of a muscle by pushing on it. You will be able to tell the difference between a strong muscle (no energy blockage) and a weak muscle (your energy is being blocked).

Unblocking the energy involves a very gentle technique of acupressure on specific acupuncture points in the body that help unblock the energy flow. This is also based on acupuncture theory: when we insert a needle into an acupuncture point on an energy pathway, we say we are opening a gate and allowing energy to flow freely, that is, we are unblocking the blocked energy flow.

The goal of doing all of this is stop your symptoms from happening.  For example, I have treated many people who have had severe digestive symptoms from ingesting dairy – stomach pain, cramps and diarrhea. By doing this technique and clearing the energy blockages that milk or other dairy products cause in their bodies, these people can actually have dairy products without any symptoms, and very often that lasts, so they do not experience those symptoms again