Allergies have become invariably common among many people due to various factors. An allergy is a condition in which there is hypersensitivity and overreaction to various chemicals (allergens), which serves to protect the organism. It is found that about 30 to 50 percent of the people in the United States suffer from some form of allergy. According to the NIAID, Dec 2004, allergies are the 6th leading cause of chronic disease in the United States, costing the health care system $18 billion annually. Allergy can arise as a result of exposure to a number of substances such as dust, insects, drugs, vaccines, certain food items, perfumes, fabrics etc.

Acupuncture has always been regarded as an alternative treatment only for major diseases and illnesses such as arthritis, cancer etc. Recently, an acupuncturist in Denver has opened out that allergy can also be cured using acupuncture. This can be done using a special technique called NAET or Nambudripad’s Allergy Elimination Technique, named after Dr. Devi Nambudripad, who is an acupuncturist, a chiropractor, and a Ph. D. in nutrition. The NAET is a non-invasive, drug free allergy cure and is based on the supposition that blockages of energy in the body lead to allergies. It uses a combination of energy balancing, and procedures from acupuncture, allopathy, chiropractic, nutrition, and kinesiology.

During the treatment, the kinesiology muscle testing is carried out to detect what a person is allergic to, or affected by. After the root cause of the allergy is found out, the acupuncture treatment is carried out accordingly.

Linda Peri, a patient says “I had gone through everything else that was possible, and I was still very miserable. So, I said, 'What do I have to lose?' After about five to 10 treatments of Acupuncture, I felt like a completely different person."

Acupuncturists claim that after about 15 NAET treatments, mild to moderate allergies are cured completely.