NAET, Nambudripad's Allergy Elimination Techniques, is a natural therapy used to eliminate allergies of all types using energy balancing, muscle testing and treatment protocols derived from Chinese medicine, allopathic medicine, chiropractic, nutrition, and kinesiology. NAET was discovered by Dr. Devi S. Nambudripad in 1983 and can be used safely on everyone including infants and children, elders and patients in a coma.

Allergens Treated by NAET
NAET can successfully eliminate adverse reactions to food, chemical, and environmental allergens, pathogens, vibrations and physical sensitivities like heat, cold, dampness, and wind. Examples of allergens include vitamins, herbs, eggs, milk, peanuts, penicillin, aspirin, mushrooms, shellfish, latex, grass, ragweed, flowers, perfume, animal dander, make-up, chemicals, cigarette smoke, computers, pathogens, exercise, chemotherapy, vaccinations and immunizations.

Causes of Allergies
Allergies are the result of energetic imbalances in the body and can be caused by one or more of the following factors: heredity, environmental toxins, low immune system functioning, physical/emotional stress or trauma, malabsorption disorders, toxins produced in the body from infections, yeast, parasites and heavy metals.

Treatment of Allergies: Western medicine versus NAET
Western medicine attributes allergies to an over-reactive immune system where an allergic person is highly sensitive to substances that are often harmless to the majority of individuals. The brain misinterprets the allergen as being a threat to the body's well-being, and as a result various symptoms arise such as runny nose, sneezing, pain, fatigue, etc. Western medicine tests for allergies using any of the following methods: Intra-dermal test, Patch test, Scratch test, RAST test, ELISA test. Western medical treatment involves drug therapy (antihistamines or steroids) to control allergic symptoms. This approach, however, does not correct the underlying problem and can lead to serious long term side effects.

NAET views allergies from a holistic perspective based mainly on Chinese medical theory, which defines an allergy as a substance that creates disharmony and blockage in the energy flow in the body. This energy blockage interferes with proper nervous system communication between the brain and body which eventually leads to an allergic response. In other words, there is an energy imbalance between the electromagnetic energy of the person and the allergen which then causes symptoms in the person's body. Total health declines over time if a person's energy pathways are continually blocked due to the presence of allergies. Once a person has been completely treated for a particular food or environmental allergen, it is no longer necessary to avoid it because of the body's reprogramming. Until the discovery of NAET, complete avoidance of the allergen was the most effective treatment option which can be difficult and sometimes impossible.

Number of NAET Treatments Needed
Before beginning treatment, each patient is required to read Say Goodbye to Illness, by Dr. Devi Nambudripad. Each session involves the treatment of one allergen at a time. A person with mild to moderate allergies may require 15-20 treatments to desensitize 15-20 allergens. However, highly sensitive people may need additional treatments.

Cost of NAET Treatments:
The initial treatment is $105 (one and a half hours), and the follow-up visits are $70 (one hour).

What to Expect during an NAET Treatment
Muscle testing procedures are used first to diagnose the allergen(s). Then a systematic treatment procedure combining acupressure and acupuncture is given to reprogram the brain with a new message about the allergen. After each session, it is necessary to avoid the treated allergen for 25 hours. After that time, exposure to the allergen should not create an allergic response.

Additional Information about NAET :
Check out www.naet.com. Read Say Goodbye to Illness by Dr. Nambudripad which is about the discovery of NAET, her story of how she freed herself from life-long allergies, and several case histories.