Natural Relief For Oak Pollen Allergies

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.

Some oak allergy sufferers turn to drastic treatment measures like steroids to try to reduce the reaction. Some may be motivated to try to get rid of the allergies through allergy shots, not knowing that it typically takes years to get good results.

Various natural allergy relief approaches such as acupuncture, herbal products, homeopathic remedies, and nutritional supplements can provide temporary reduction in symptoms to varying degrees in most people, but what if there was a way to get the body to stop reacting to allergens rather than just suppressing allergy symptoms?

What if there was a way to actually get rid of oak allergies and other allergies long-term as with doing allergy shots, but in a way that gets results in days, not years, and doesn't require one to get jabbed with needles? Well, there actually is a way to do this, using "energy medicine" techniques.

The first of these natural, energy-based allergy relief methods was NAET, which stands for Nambudripad's Allergy Elimination Technique. Dr. Devi Nambudripad is a chiropractor and acupuncturist who practices in California. She accidentally stumbled upon the discovery that stimulating specific acupuncture meridians while being exposed to the allergens one reacts to can reset the body so that it no longer reacts allergically.

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.

The great part about these techniques is that the results occur quickly. For seasonal problems like oak allergies, people may have severe symptoms for a month or two, and are looking for some type of natural allergy relief right away, not something that will take years to be effective like allergy shots, and not something that can have serious side-effects like steroids. With energy-based allergy elimination, relief usually occurs within a day and comes without the risk of any serious side-effects.

Better yet, 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. So, oak allergy sufferers can usually go through multiple oak seasons without any problems without ongoing treatment after going through the allergy desensitization.

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.

In any case, energy-based allergy desensitization is very much for real, and it offers fast, effective natural allergy relief for oak pollen allergies, as well as any other type of allergy (including airborne allergens, foods, and skin-contact allergies).