Dealing with Environmental Illness

Do you feel sleepy, congested, irritable or confused after eating? Are you anxious, lethargic, or filled with apathy? Do you have earaches, infections including sinus? Perhaps fatigue or a vague run down feeling leaves you unprepared to deal with every day concerns. Do rashes, anxiety, or ADD affect you or someone for whom you are responsible? Do you become overwhelmed with little things that you were once able to manage but now it seems to throw you off kilter? If you have symptoms such as these and have not considered allergy or hypersensitivity to your environment, what you eat, breathe, or touch, then perhaps it is time to explore the possibilities. Allergy and hypersensitivity are more problematic than just sneezing, congestion, or hives. Allergy is the result of an immune system gone awry.

There are many types of testing procedures available today. Blood tests usually result in the avoidance or abstinence of the offending foods or the patient is put on a rotation diet. Skin testing and allergy EAV machines all claim some success but often do not tell the whole story. Months, even years later, the patient may still be highly reactive despite their best efforts because the root problems were never addressed. Reasons for allergies are many and may include poor digestion, poor nutrition, medications that cause Leaky Gut Syndrome, or the internal or external toxic environment to which one is constantly exposed.

Injections for environmental inhalants such as mold, dust, pollens, and pet dander are popular even though research has determined the efficacy for allergy injections is limited to about 50% of the treated population. Most of the other 50%, I believe, fall into the category of the chronically ill. By creating weaker solutions as needed to remove related symptoms up to 100%, we accomplish symptom relief at the Center for Environmental Medicine.

One approach to allergy and hypersensitivity you may not be familiar with is Provocative Neutralization (PV), Clinical Ecology or Environmental Ecology. Does it work? Yes. We have patients who come from great distances and internationally for treatment at this Center because our treatment protocols allow them to lead a more normal life. Because we can use a variety of testing modalities, treatment is individualized and customized for each patient considering their history of environment, medical tests and many other factors. Patients are encouraged to come to the clinic when they are experiencing symptoms because it is easier to find the solution if the patient is reacting.

The testing process is painless. Testing requires participation on the part of the patient by providing requested information throughout the testing process. Allergens are administered under the tongue and symptoms recorded. A series of tests are analyzed from a technical view, antigens are manipulated until the related symptoms are removed; an antigen is then produced. The patient uses the antigen after contact with that specific allergen and within minutes the symptoms are eliminated.

Liver, digestive system, and immune system dysfunction need immediate attention. To develop a successful healing program, less than optimal function of these three areas of the body must be considered. The liver becomes congested from histamine as a result of allergic reactions and other toxins. It is then unable to filter and remove toxins, including heavy metal toxins as nature intended, congestion and toxicity may then occur. Environmental illness requires that we look at influences from outside the body as well as those from within. Another area we must consider is nutrition. Essential minerals that register low in laboratory tests can contribute to allergy and susceptibility to adverse conditions in the gut. The gut can become too permeable and further contribute to allergy.

Muscle Testing - It's Practical, Not Miraculous

Within our body is an intricate electrical energy system called the nervous system. The system referred to as the autonomic nervous system is controlled by the subconscious mind and functions automatically. Our lungs breath, our heart pumps, our stomach does what it is supposed to do without conscious thought because of the way we are wired. Nerve clusters, called nerve ganglion, line both sides of the head and the entire spinal column. Concentrated clusters are around the ear, naval, and sex organs. The intestines are lined with ganglion ranging from 2 to 6 inches apart. Without this system we would have no function and cease to exist as a living being. These nerve clusters form an electromagnetic field.

An electromagnetic field is a force associated with electric charge in motion having both magnetic and electrical components resulting in a definite amount of electromagnetic energy. You have seen a picture of an atom with a nucleus and electrons flowing around the center. In actuality, the movement is a vibration. As these positive and negatively charged electrons move, they emit energy that spins off from the atom. This energy radiates away from the current, producing an electromagnetic field. Muscle testing uses knowledge we have about the nervous system, anatomy, physiology and electromagnetic fields. Its mechanism is nerve conduction using any and all information available regarding body function. The practitioner of muscle testing must be highly trained with many years of experience in order to provide reliable information and feedback to the patient.

To some, muscle testing seems mysterious or even miraculous. Others are fearful of what they do not understand. Muscle testing is not miraculous. It is about nerve conduction…about magnetism, about knowledge of the body related to anatomy and physiology. It is a predictable and practical tool. While a patient may be struck with wonder, muscle testing simply does not extend beyond the outer structural limits of our mental machinery.

Muscle testing simply saves time. It is not invasive, it is accurate, it provides the patient with the greatest amount of relief from symptoms in the shortest amount of time. The homeopathic strength of the antigens are safe and easy for patients to administer to themselves by placing a few drops under the tongue when they experience symptoms or are reactive to an exposure (i.e. perfumes, pollen, etc.) I prefer to give the patients my best work in the least amount of time; muscle testing is a part of that. If you want results and relief, this is the place to come.