NAET - Nambudripad Allergy Elimination Technique

Origins of NAET

The creator of NAET, Dr. Devi Nambudripad, developed this system out of her personal allergy experience. She has refined the technique over the last 20 years, and has trained hundreds of practitioners from all over the US. Her book Say Goodbye to Illness is testimony for the vast complexity of health problems she has addressed and helped to correct.

Why are Allergies on the Rise?

Every year more people are diagnosed with allergies and allergy-related illnesses, which may be due to the fact that every day new materials, chemicals and "man-made foods" are introduced into the environment, restaurants and supermarket aisles.

Combined with dust, fumes, pollutants and pollens, these new substances are overwhelming our immune systems.

The continuous introduction of new chemical compounds, including fabrics and altered foods, present a tremendous challenge to our body.

Defining Allergies

Combined from two Greek words "allos" (altered) and "ergion (action or reactivity), Dr. Pirquet first proposed this word in 1906 in his research on the immune system, literally meaning "altered reactivity". By the word allergy, he was referring to a biological hypersensitivity in certain individuals to substances which, in similar amounts and circumstances, are harmless for most other persons.

When we hear the word allergy, we tend to think of a runny nose, itchy eyes, sneezing or hives, and perhaps asthma or hay fever. But an increasing number of health professionals and researchers now consider that allergic factors may be involved in many medical disorders.

Allergies are part of a complex interrelation between the allergen and the central nervous system, which controls the function of our organs, and the digestive, skeletal, vascular and lymphatic system.

Each of these systems, under the direction of the nervous system, is capable of ignoring or reacting to a given stimulus. This happens either in concert with all other systems, producing a massive shut down of the human organism (anaphylactic shock) or producing weakness and malfunction of any of the parts of the human body.

The reason why the nervous system chooses to react to or ignore a given stimulus is yet unknown.

It is suspected that an increased load of new environmental and food substances overtax immune system and decrease it's ability to differentiate what is harmful and what isn't.

However, Dr. Nambudripad found that the central nervous system can be re-programmed to send positive signals in response to an allergen.

How does NAET work?

The NAET practitioner is trained to test for Allergies using Muscle Response Testing (Kinesiology). The body's innate intelligence will react to an allergen contained in a glass vial that the patient is holding in one hand. When allergies are confirmed this way, the patient will set up a NAET session for desensitization.

This is done by pressing on Acupuncture points along the spinal cord to communicate to the nervous system and all 12 Acupuncture Meridians that the allergen held in the hand is not harmful.

As a second step, very gentle Acupuncture or Acupressure is used to stabilize the treatment.

Once the NAET session is completed, the patient may not eat or touch the desensitized substance for several hours. At completion of the determined time, the body should no longer react to the allergen.

How do you get started?

The initial office visit serves to discuss your health history and testing for allergies. This will take approximately one to one and half hours.

You will be given a workbook to prepare for desensitization. As a rule, NAET treatments are given in one-week increments and you will be desensitized from one allergen at a time. Each desensitization takes from 20 - 30 minutes.

What to expect after NAET treatment?

You may not eat or touch the substance you have been desensitized from for several hours. After this time, you may eat or touch anything you like.

Occasionally, you may experience sleepiness, low energy or emotional changes after a NAET session. You will receive information on how to overcome these symptoms.

Supporting Allergy Treatments

Severe allergies often indicate that our primary detoxification organs, the Liver, Intestines, and Kidneys are blocked from accumulated waste products and toxins (i.e. pesticides, pollution, poor diet, poor digestion, heavy metals). In such situations, we recommend detoxification to accelerate the healing process.

Gentle cleanses are of great benefit in the healing process. Your program will be customized for you, with written recommendations. Detoxification products are either homeopathic or herbal - depending on your individual presentation.