Living Without Allergy Symptoms
How You Can Benefit from NAET
From scraping ice off my windshield daily a few weeks ago to now having cedar pollen
coat my car, it seems that springtime has snuck up upon us here in the Pacific Northwest! Our evenings are once again extended with Daylight Savings Time, the stores are full of seed packets for us to prep our gardens, and, no doubt, allergy medications will begin to come out of the medicine cabinets. Approximately one in four people experience seasonal allergies every year, accompanied by itchy eyes, swollen sinuses, and sneezing. The cedar and alder pollen count has already begun and will soon be followed by other trees like cottonwood; then weeds like scotch broom and grasses all the way through September. It’s a long season to suffer for those who are sensitive to environmental allergens. But allergies extend beyond just this cyclical seasonal annoyance. And many of us experience allergies, whether we call them that or not. For instance, perhaps every time you eat ice cream, you experience an upset stomach. On damp days, your joints seem to ache. Your child’s eczema flairs up every time you go to the park. Your mom notices she gets a headache every time she walks through the aisle of cleaning products at the grocery store. These are all allergies—the body’s hypersensitive response to everyday substances.
Allergies and sensitivities are more common than most people realize, causing digestive disorders, respiratory reactions, and skin responses like hives and rashes. They can be responsible for headaches and migraines, joint pain, and chronic fatigue. Allergies can also contribute to emotional and mental imbalances like depression and anxiety, ADHD, and even autism. The answer, though, doesn’t have to be life-long usage of medication to manage symptoms or avoidance diets. There’s another way.
NAET®, or Nambudripad’s Allergy Elimination Techniques, alleviates allergies and intolerances of all types and intensities by restoring balance to the body’s nervous system. The gentle, painless technique blends select Oriental and Western medicine modalities to provide a lasting natural alternative to avoidance diets and allergy medications.
When first coming for treatments, people may bring lab results identifying antibodies to known allergens. Other times its results from skin prick allergy tests. And often, people simply come with a list of symptoms for which no other avenue has offered relief. NAET utilizes neuromuscular sensitivity testing, also known as muscle testing, to then identify substances a person is reactive to.
One allergen or nutrient group is treated each visit—the patient holds a vial containing an allergen, then the nerve roots and Traditional Chinese Medicine energy meridians along the spine are gentle stimulated followed by acupressure on several key points on the body. The allergen is then avoided completely for the 25 hours following the treatment. On the next visit, the allergen is retested to make sure the body has fully processed the treatment.
Basic nutrients essential for our bodies are treated during the first few visits including protein, calcium, B vitamins, and sugars. Then a broad range of allergens can be addressed, with treatments successfully alleviating adverse reactions to things like egg, milk, wheat, peanuts, dust, aspirin, shellfish, latex, grass, tree pollen, animal dander, make-up, chemicals, vaccinations, and even pathogens.
Someone with a mild to moderate amount of allergies may take about 15-20 office visits (each visit targeting a separate allergen or sensitivity) to help reduce the discomfort of symptoms such as headaches, stomach cramps, or mild eczema.
NAET is gentle, safe, and effective for everyone, including newborn babies, pregnant women, and seniors.
As a practitioner, the most rewarding part of what I do is hearing the success stories of my patients! A 31-year-old teacher with a severe corn allergy would feel nauseous any time a student opened a bag of corn chips in her classroom and she had to avoid eating or touching anything made with corn (even certain toothpastes made with sorbitol, a corn derivative) or she would get violently ill. After NAET treatments, she now reports that she can enjoy popcorn multiple times a week without any adverse reaction.
A 2-year-old boy would break out in hives all over his body whenever he ate anything with soy sauce or sesame seeds and sesame oil in it. After treatments, his family shared they were able to visit their Korean relatives in Los Angeles and their son could now eat their favorite Korean dishes (made with soy and sesame) without any skin reactivity.
A 58-year-old-man would have to take antihistamine medication every year due to seasonal allergies. Not only did he report that his eyes no longer itch and his congestion cleared up after treatments to pollens, grasses, and mold, but that he no longer ever needed his allergy medication.
These are just a few of the many success stories patients have shared with me—thanks to NAET treatments, others have said they’ve felt their energy return, brain fog has diminished, digestion has improved, menstrual cycles have normalized, favorite foods are enjoyed again. Even being able to get a pet dog for the first time after experiencing allergy symptoms to dogs and cats for years.
NAET isn’t a one-and-done “magic pill” treatment, but a holistic journey that can offer truly life-changing results.
—Kelsey Perry
Kelsey Perry is one of only five certified-level practitioners of NAET in the Puget Sound region. She is currently seeing patients at Joy Centers on Tuesdays and Fridays. Feel free to reach her at 720-289-1761 or Kelsey@selahhealthfreedom.com.