“She has helped me muscle test for food intolerances, curated beautiful herbs to help me sleep, and given me relief for my neck. I always leave my sessions refreshed, balanced, and at peace.”Stephanie, patient
NAET Allergy Elimination Treatment in Norwood, MA A drug-free approach to allergies and sensitivities
Are you looking for answers to allergies? NAET is a gentle, non-invasive, holistic treatment for food and environmental sensitivities. Yuanling Liu, L.Ac., is a licensed acupuncturist and certified NAET practitioner in Norwood.
What is NAET?
A holistic way to reset how your body meets the world
NAET stands for Nambudripad’s Allergy Elimination Techniques. NAET was discovered by Dr. Devi S. Nambudripad in November of 1983. It is a non-invasive, drug-free, holistic treatment, based on an integration of modern healing modalities and acupuncture.
NAET identifies and treats sensitivities by “resetting” how your body interacts with its surroundings. Whether your sensitivities are to foods or to things in your environment, NAET offers a natural approach to relief.
The aim is to help your nervous system stop viewing the environment as a threat. When the body is less reactive, it can be in harmony with nature, and you can feel more vibrant in life.
The Chinese medicine view
Allergies as a loss of harmony
Health is balance
According to Chinese medicine, founded thousands of years ago, health is a state of balance. That means balance within you, and balance between you and nature.
Vital energy nourishes the body
In a healthy body, vital energy flows through pathways called meridians. Like rivers nourishing the land, it nurtures every organ and system of the body.
When the body sees a threat
An allergy can be seen as disharmony between the body’s energy and its surroundings. The body reacts, energy becomes blocked or flows abnormally, and symptoms appear.
NAET works on the relationship. The treatments reset the nervous system so that the immune system stops attacking foods, irritants, chemicals, or anything else a person is allergic to. Once the body is in harmony with its surroundings, it can function normally and heal itself.
How does it work?
What happens during NAET treatment
NAET is a process, and it moves at the pace your body sets. Your first visit is 90 minutes, so there is time to talk through your health history and the reactions you have noticed.
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Muscle testing to find sensitivities
Yuanling uses muscle testing, also called applied kinesiology, to check your body’s energy response and identify the items you are sensitive to.
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Calming the nervous system
Each treatment works to desensitize the nervous system, changing the body’s view of an item from a threat to harmless. This helps to calm the allergic reaction.
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Starting with the basics
We usually begin by checking and treating the 15 basic food groups. Once your body can accept the foundational nutrients that support its function, it can begin to heal and rebuild itself. Working through the basics is the key to success.
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A pace that fits you
The number of treatments varies, depending on how severe the allergy or sensitivity is and how you respond. Along the way, Yuanling gives guidance on lifestyle and eating habits to support your body.
A case of inspiration
Making friends with apples
I met little T when he was 6 years old, he had many food intolerances, chronic eczema of elbows and behind the knees, and because of all the irritation in the body he was restless and having difficulty focusing.
As we treated all the basic food groups through NAET, eczema started to lighten up, less irritated, skin became clear and then gone.
One day he had a question “how does the NAET help my body?” After I explained NAET in simpler terms, he said “Oh, I got it.”
“In the past when I eat an apple, my lips get itchy and swell up, it is because my body mistakenly sees the apple as an enemy and it fights it. NAET helps my body to make friends with apples. Now I love apples and apples love me.”
One patient’s experience. Results vary from person to person.
Sensitivities
From foods to your environment
NAET believes many chronic illnesses result from undiagnosed food and chemical sensitivities, including intolerances to vitamins and minerals. If you are not feeling well, and your doctors have not been able to tell you why, you may have intolerances to foods and not know it. Yuanling treats all forms of allergies and sensitivities, from foods to environmental items.
NAET works alongside your medical care
NAET is a complementary therapy. It does not replace care from your doctor or allergist. Please keep taking any medication you have been prescribed, and talk to the doctor who prescribed it before making changes. If you have a severe allergy, continue to follow your doctor’s plan and keep your emergency medication with you.
Your practitioner
Yuanling Liu, L.Ac., Dipl. AHM
Yuanling is a licensed acupuncturist, herbalist, and certified NAET practitioner, licensed in Massachusetts since 2006. She treats all forms of allergies, from foods to environmental items, through Nambudripad’s Allergy Elimination Techniques.
As with all her work, she helps you understand the energetics of your body, so you can support its natural healing ability and build a more conscious way of living.
Cost and insurance
What does NAET stand for?
NAET stands for Nambudripad’s Allergy Elimination Techniques, an integrated medicine practice developed in 1983 by Dr. Devi Nambudripad to identify and eliminate allergies and sensitivities. You can learn more at NAET.com.
What does muscle response testing feel like?
It is a gentle pressure to test for a change in muscle strength. While you are in contact with a sample of the item being tested, Yuanling checks the strength of a muscle, usually in your arm. A change in the response points to a sensitivity.
How many treatments will I need?
It varies, depending on how many allergies you have, how severe the allergies or sensitivities are, and how you respond to the treatments. We usually start with the 15 basic food groups, which are the foundation of NAET. Yuanling will talk through a plan with you at your first visit.
Is there anything I need to avoid after a treatment?
It depends on what you are treated for. For example, if you are treated for the egg group, you will need to avoid eggs and chicken for the next 25 hours. Yuanling will explain exactly what to do before you leave.
Can I stop taking my allergy medication?
Not on your own. NAET is a complementary therapy and does not replace your doctor’s care. Keep taking any prescribed medication, and talk to the doctor who prescribed it before making changes. If you have a severe allergy, always follow your doctor’s plan.
What are the different types of allergens?
NAET groups allergens into six types:
- Inhalants: what is breathed in (dust, pollen, chemical odors)
- Contactants: what touches your skin, hair, or mucous membranes (soap, shampoo, chemicals, fabrics)
- Ingestants: what you eat or drink (foods, beverages, vitamins, medicines)
- Injectants: substances injected into you (anything given by hypodermic needle, such as medicines, blood, vaccines, and antibiotics), as well as insect bites and stings
- Molds and fungi: yeast-like agents that cause reactions by contact, but usually by inhalation (yeasts, molds, rusts, mildews)
- Physical agents: substances with physical properties and effects (heat, cold, humidity, wind, light, radiation, electricity, people, and places)
Looking for answers to allergies?
We would be glad to talk with you about your sensitivities and whether NAET is a good fit. Booking online takes a minute.