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Oak allergy sufferers are well aware of how much pollen oak trees produce and the allergy reactions that the pollen triggers. The worm-like pollen pods release the pollen and it is spread by the wind, while the pods drop to the ground in piles. The oak pollen coats surfaces like windows and cars with a yellowish film and the pollen pods can stain the surfaces they accumulate on. Oak allergies produce a mixture of symptoms including red, irritated eyes, major sinus drainage, sneezing, and coughing and these symptoms may be resistant to most common allergy remedies. Those afflicted with oak allergies may turn to desperate measures such as steroid injections as a means to stem the tide of allergy symptoms. Some get motivated to try for long-term relief through allergy shots, often unaware that shots usually take months or years to get good results. Many oak allergy sufferers will seek out natural relief from treatments like nutritional supplements, herbal remedies, homeopathy and/or acupuncture, and all of these forms of treatment will provide some degree of temporary relief for the majority of people. But what if there was a way to do more than just suppress allergy symptoms? Well, there is actually a way to get rid of oak allergies and other allergies long-term as with doing allergy shots, but using a method that gets results in days, not years, and doesn't require one to repeatedly get jabbed with needles. This method is part of the emerging field of "energy medicine" and is safe, effective, and painless. NAET, which stands for Nambudripad's Allergy Elimination Technique is the most widely-practiced of these natural allergy relief methods. Dr. Devi Nambudripad is an acupuncturist and chiropractor in California who accidentally discovered that stimulating specific acupuncture meridians while being exposed to allergens one is reactive to can reset the body so that it no longer has allergies. NAET initially came on the scene in the 1980's, and since then, other similar techniques have been developed. There are now other, more streamlined allergy elimination methods in use, but NAET is still the most commonly practiced in the Unted States. Energy based allergy elimination techniques are admittedly a bit strange, and often appear to be too good to be true. In eight years of practicing ASERT (Allergy and Sensitivity Elimination and Reprogramming Technique, one of the newer, more streamlined techniques based on the principles of NAET) though, I have found it to be remarkably effective on even the most chronic allergy sufferers. Because these techniques are so strange and because I practice in San Antonio, an area where a high percentage of the population is still extremely skeptical of alternative medicine, I do the allergy desensitization on people and let them experience the results before they pay me. I actually work on the "honor system" - I don't collect any money or payment information at all and let people try out the allergy elimination technique and then they pay me when they are satisfied that it worked for them. The vast majority send me checks or call me with a credit card number, which I think is a dramatic testament to the effectiveness of this technique. One of the great things about these methods is that they get results fast. For seasonal allergies like oak, allergic individuals may experience severe symptoms for a month or two, and are looking for natural allergy relief that gets results right away, not something that will take years to be effective like allergy shots. They also want to avoid treatments that can have serious side-effects like steroids if at all possible. With energy-based allergy elimination, relief usually occurs within a day or two and gets results without side-effects. The effects of energy-based allergy elimination last for several months to several years. Because these techniques actually get rid of the allergies, not just suppress allergy symptoms and inflammation, oak allergy sufferers can usually go through multiple oak seasons without any problems and without the need for ongoing treatment. The effects of NAET are often claimed by practitioners to be permanent, and this may be true in many cases, but it has been my observation that allergies can re-develop. This is most commonly seen when somone is sick with a cold or flu, or suffers a major physical or emotional trauma during a high pollen season. It has been my observation that the body appears to develop allergies in a "guilt by association" manner. What I mean by this is that when there is an activation of the body's immune system and inflammatory response from something other than pollen, the body may begin to associate the immune reaction with the presence of a given allergen, thus triggering a reaction to the allergen when the body is exposed to it again. In other words, if you catch the flu during a time when oak pollen is high, you may develop oak allergies. It has been my experience that energy-based allergy desensitization offers fast, effective, natural allergy relief for oak pollen allergies, as well as any other type of allergy (including other inhaled allergens, foods allergies, and skin-contact allergies).
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