Treating Allergies with Acupuncture

We’re coming up on that time of year again. I feel like I’m always saying this, but the seasons really do affect our health! With spring approaching, it’s time to talk about allergies.

You may have seen NAET listed among our treatment options, and you may have asked yourself, “What the heck is that?” Well, NAET stands for “Nambudripad’s Allergy Elimination Techniques.” Now, isn’t that a mouthful?

Dr. Devi Nambudripad developed this approach in the 1980’s when she herself was dealing with some severe allergies, and it has become a successful treatment modality used around the world.

The treatment is designed to desensitize a patient to a substance using kinesiology, acupressure and acupuncture so that they will not experience hypersensitive symptoms when coming into contact with that substance in the future. These symptoms may vary from the ones you usually associate with allergies, such as sneezing, nasal congestion and itching, to those you may not, such as headaches and digestive issues.

The treatments start with a set series of food/nutritional items, and then can move on to environmental substances. It begins at the basic nutritional level because when we take in something we are even mildly sensitive to, it can make our other allergies much more severe. I always give myself as an example for this – when I first went through the treatment series, my seasonal allergies went away after treating for wheat/grains. This makes a lot of sense to me, since wheat/grains are plants that are related to things in my environment. My experience with this really opened my eyes!

For best results, we treat one substance at a time. For less severe reactions, it may only take one session to clear the sensitivity to each item, but for more severe problems, it may take several sessions to clear just one substance. Mild to moderate allergies often take 15-20 treatments, as we work our way through the different substances you are sensitive to.

When people ask me about the treatment, I honestly reply “it’s weird” or “it’s kinda woo-woo,” since the kinesiology we use is a little foreign to a lot of us, but it can really be effective! I love having this option to help people with allergies.

Please feel free to contact us for more information on this innovative allergy treatment.