Banish allergies with acupuncture: Here's how

Banish allergies with acupuncture: Here's how


(NaturalNews) Allergic rhinitis, internal nasal mucous membrane
inflammation, plagues many during seasons that vary according to
location. Hay fever can kick in almost any time in some areas.

It
often exceeds the parameters of nasal inflammation and intense sneezing
by irritating the eyes and sometimes the entire nervous system while
creating a feverish feeling. It can be quite severe.

The commonly
prescribed and over-the-counter (OTC) allergy pharmaceuticals only make
one feel dull and groggy or worse with the effort at simply masking
symptoms. The underlying dynamic of the immune system's rejecting a
normally benign pollen with chronic inflammation remains a mystery to
mainstream medicine.

Austin, TX, is considered by some as
"allergy central". Since hay fever, known as "Cedar fever" here in
Austin, is so prevalent, there's no problem finding several natural
herbal and homeopathy-based medicinal solutions for your first bout of
Cedar fever.

However, these safer solutions are temporary and
have to be repeated often. Apparently, Traditional Chinese Medicine
(TCM) offers seasonal and permanent allergy solutions with acupuncture.

Looking
through a list of TCM clinics and acupuncture schools in Austin, one
finds reviews of how their allergies were cured completely to never
return after a few acupuncture sessions.

One woman spoke of how
she had reactions so bad she felt like "ripping her eyes out," until she
tried acupuncture. Now after a few sessions, no more intense allergic
attacks.

Of course, this is all anecdotal. So along comes medical science to cautiously confirm what real life people report.

The 2008 Berlin allergic rhinitis acupuncture study

Keep in mind that several European countries still openly use herbal remedies such as butterbur and others for allergies.

Nevertheless,
the Berlin study "Acupuncture in patients with allergic rhinitis: a
pragmatic randomized trial," was conducted among 981 allergic rhinitis
sufferers. Of the 981, 487 were randomly assigned to acupuncture and 494 to control.

They
could all avail themselves to established medical treatments during the
three month period when the 487 allergy sufferers received 15
acupuncture treatments. After those three months, their Rhinitis Quality
of Life Questionnaire (RQLQ) was three times higher than the control
group.

Quality of life scoring was also higher among the
acupuncture group than the control group, although the scores were
slightly less with the six month follow-up testing.

Another much larger group of people receiving acupuncture for allergies
on their own without being specifically assigned as part of this
randomized trial was surveyed as part of an overall epidemiological
study with similar results.

Conclusion: "The results of this
trial suggests that treating patients with allergic rhinitis in routine
care with additional acupuncture leads to clinically relevant and
persistent benefits."

How acupuncture helps overcome allergic rhinitis

TCM
doesn't consider allergic reactions to normally benign elements as
mysterious. They pursue the underlying causes with diet, herbs, and
acupuncture. Since TCM's foundational premises involve chi or Qi
energies, they look at dealing with esoteric properties such as wind and
dampness.

They can also determine chi deficiencies connected to
different organs. With allergies, lung and spleen chi deficiencies are
most common. Herbs are available for these as an adjunct to acupuncture,
which alone usually delivers more immediate results.

Complete allergy remissions can be achieved with the latest acupuncture development known as Nambudripad's Allergy Elimination Technique (NAET).

Dr.
Devi Nambudripad developed the technique of first determining the
specific allergens, then using acupuncture techniques to relieve their
effects while exposing the patients to them.

This technique
reprograms the body to accept those allergens without the immune
system's over reacting to produce hay fever or other allergic reactions.
Often the effect is long term, virtually vanishing one's allergy.

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