PaulHonanMD

As occurs with many asthmatics, I outgrew my childhood asthma. It returned as severe 24-hour
year-round asthma in 1987. For ten years I struggled with the best of what conventional
medicine had to offer and found it wanting. As a physician, I thought I could find access to the
best in medicine. Only minor relief of symptoms with medications including cortisone and
avoidance of foods and inhalants to which I was allergic was offered as treatment. Even so, I
had several attacks of anaphylaxis. An anaphylaxis is a sudden onset allergic reaction. It can
affect many organs. Two of mine were life threatening.

In 1997, I met ophthalmologist Peter Holyk, M.D. from Sebastian Florida who introduced me to
Nambudripad Allergy Elimination Technique (NAET). Initially I rejected NAET as quackery
because of my traditional physician bias against alternative medicine. Our children forced the
issue with a Christmas gift of a trip to Dr. Holyk’s office. I could not refuse a gift from the
children. Dr. Holyk treated me with NAET. My asthma improved. Then I attended Dr. Devi
Nambudripad’s NAET training course and eliminated many other allergies. I have had no more
attacks of anaphylaxis.

Over the years, I have joked with Dr. Devi Nambudripad saying that she ruined my comfortable
professional life. I had been satisfied thinking I was practicing state-of-the art medicine. But
after she introduced NAET and the wonderful world of energy medicine, my professional
practice would never be the same. NAET is used to treat many allergic conditions in my medical
practice. Dr. Devi is my hero!

Allergies cause hay fever, itchy eyes, asthma, sinus congestion, bronchitis, eczema, poison ivy, and
other skin conditions. Other allergic symptoms may include stomach and intestinal upsets. A
severe form that develops suddenly and can be life threatening is called anaphylaxis.

The reason that some people develop allergies and others do not is not known. Allergies can begin
or develop at any age through out life.

The usual management of allergies is to identify the offending substance and avoid it or suppress
the symptoms with medications.

A new treatment called Nambudripad Allergy Elimination Technique (NAET) can actually eliminate
allergies from the body. NAET is one method of Energy Medicine. Some doctors consider energy
Medicine without the use of drugs as the exciting future of medicine.

A DICTIONARY OF TERMS TO UNDERSTAND ALLERGY ELIMINATION

ALLERGY is an abnormal body response to substances that can be swallowed, inhaled, touches the skin
or are injected. The reason for allergy response is unknown.

ALLERGEN is the name given to a substance to which a person is allergic.

NAMBUDRIPAD ALLERGY ELIMINATION TECHNIQUE (NAET) is a non-medical, non-
surgical method for eliminating allergies from the body. While allergy medicines work by suppressing
allergy symptoms, NAET produces changes in the body so that an allergen no longer causes symptoms.
The treatment involves stimulating the nerves at the side of the spine while the patient holds the substance
for which he or she is being treated in the fingers. A treatment usually takes about a half hour.

HOW MANY NAET TREATMENTS ARE NEEDED?
The numbers of treatments required depend on the number of substances to which a person is allergic.
Some people may be allergic to 2 or 3 substances and require 2 or 3 treatments. Others may require up
to 10 or more treatments.

WHEN SHOULD RELIEF OF SYMPTOMS OCCUR?
Some people experience relief of symptoms after the first NAET treatment. Others allergic to several
substances may not notice relief of symptoms until after a few treatments. There may be one strong
allergen and relief will occur only after it is eliminated from the body. The total allergy load includes all the
substances to which a person is allergic. Occasionally a person may not experience complete relief until
the total allergy load has been eliminated.

HOW AND WHY DOES NAET WORK?
Dr. Devi Nambudripad developed NAET from her training and experience with Chinese acupuncture.
The Chinese describe 12 energy meridians (pathways or channels) in the body. In the state of wellness
energy is said to flow through the pathways freely and unobstructed. In illness the energy flow in one or
more pathways is said to be blocked or obstructed. Dr. Devi says that NAET opens up blocked energy
pathways thus eliminating symptoms and allowing wellness to become re-established.

NAET is one method of energy medicine. Western medicine and western culture are for the most part
unacquainted with eastern medicine. We accept the good and also adverse reactions of the body to
medication. We are not acquainted with or understand the concept of energy medicine as a method of
healing.

Patients have expressed their gratitude for the welcomed relief of allergy symptoms following NAET
treatments. They confess that they had had great doubts that such treatments could be effective and nearly
backed out from submitting to NAET. Then they jokingly comment that they still do not understand how
such treatments can be effective but admit they really work well.

ARE THERE ADVERSE REACTIONS WITH NAET?
No serious reactions or side effects have been reported. Occasionally during NAET treatments temporary
mild nausea, tingling in the hands or feet, headache, burning sensation in the skin or red skin of the face
may occur. When these mild reactions do occur it usually is followed by a successful elimination of
allergies. The very minor temporary reactions are in great contrast to sometimes serious reactions to some
drugs.

NAET TREATMENT GOAL is to eliminate all allergies from the body. Most allergic people are aware
of one or a few main allergens. They may not be aware of several minor allergens.

ORIGIN OF NAET: Dr. Devi Nambudripad in southern California was highly allergic to many foods.
Her diet was limited to broccoli and rice. She discovered NAET in the early 1980’s to eliminate her own
allergies. The new method involves the use of energy medicine and Eastern medicine not yet taught in most
US medical schools. It involves no medications or surgery. It alters reaction of the body so it no longer
considers an allergen (eg Cat) to be an enemy of the body and cause an allergic reaction.

DIAGNOSIS OF ALLERGIES traditionally involves skin tests with skin injections, scratch tests or
patch tests. NAET uses a more efficient non-needle method called Neuromuscular Sensitivity Testing
(NST). It takes advantage of a phenomenon of weak muscles when the allergic substance (allergen) is
held in the fingers. The finger pads contain the sensitive receptor nerves. Any group of muscles can be
used to elicit weakness. Usually the arm muscles are used. An arm is extended at a right angle to and in
front of the body with the thumb pointed downward toward the feet. The suspected allergen substance is
held in the fingers of the other hand. A second person applies steady downward pressure on the forearm.
A weakness of the arm muscles indicates an allergy to the substance. NST POSITIVE INDICATES A
MUSCLE WEAKNESS AND THAT THE PERSON IS ALLERGIC TO THE SUBSTANCE BEING
TESTED. NST NEGATIVE MEANS NO MUSCLE WEAKNESS AND THAT THE PERSON IS
NOT ALLERGIC TO THAT SUBSTANCE.

ANAPHYLAXIS is a rapid onset allergic reaction that may be life threatening. It can occur from foods,
inhaled substances, medications taken by mouth or injected and substances that contact or are injected into
the skin such as insect stings.

Symptoms of anaphylaxis may include weakness, perspiration, hives, intense itching, angioedema (rapid
swelling of tissues), sneezing, nose running, closing of the throat, sudden severe asthma, asphyxia, rapid
heart beat, very low blood pressure, palpitations, fainting, heart attack, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal
cramps, uterus contractions, bladder contractions and seizure.

Many allergens can cause anaphylaxis. Some common allergens are peanuts, pecans, mushrooms,
shellfish, sulfites used to preserve color and freshness in vegetables in restaurants, MSG, strawberries, bee
stings, dye injected to take kidney x-rays, and fluorescein injected to take pictures in the eyes. The usual
management of anaphylaxis is avoidance of the allergen. People who are subject to attacks of anaphylaxis
are advised to carry Epi Pens for self-injection of epinephrine.

Anaphylaxis can be treated or prevented by identifying and removing allergens with NAET.

SERUM SICKNESS is a term used to describes allergic reactions to penicillin, sulfa drugs and other
medications that cause fever, skin rashes, and hemorrhages under the skin and arthritis. The reactions may
begin shortly after taking the medications or be delayed 10 to 14 days. The condition can be treated or
prevented with NAET.