 To
an Applied Kinesiologist, allergies mean much more that most
people or physicians think. Allergies symptoms are signs of
weaknesses in the body. If you have allergies you have health
problems! But what do most people do? The majority of the
population will head for the local drug store and get an allergy
medication for any “hay fever” type symptoms.
This may or may not help their symptoms, but it is not helping
the real reason they have these allergies.
So where do allergies come from? There are many different
scientific explanations for different types of allergic immune
responses and anyone can find this information on the net
or in medical textbooks. This information is being updated
yearly with new advances in science to help us understand
the reactions responsible for the issues of allergies, but
I am going to approach this from a functional and holistic
point of view.
Your basic “hay-fever”, animal hair/dander or
any inhaled allergy problems are primarily due to digestive
problems (stomach) and secondarily by functional adrenal gland
weakness.
Many people have digestive problems and 80% of protein digestion
happens in the stomach. The stomach’s function is very
important for the rest of the digestive system to work. With
the increase of advertising on television by the drug companies
we are led to believe that indigestion is caused by too much
acid in the stomach. From our clinical experience and knowledge,
we see that most people with digestive problems do not have
enough acid in their stomach and this is what causes the digestive
problems. If you do not have enough acid in the stomach, the
food that you eat will not be broken down properly. This will
lead to the food irritating the stomach and intestines and
lots of discomfort. The decreased stomach acid has also been
shown to cause airborne allergy symptoms. If the stomach problems
are corrected, then the allergies are relieved.
The adrenal glands are also
involved with allergic reactions (more commonly with skin
reactions but also with airborne allergies). The adrenal glands
are our “stress glands” and help the body to back
up many different systems including the process of inflammation.
To find out more about the adrenal glands click here. When
they are under increased stress for a long period of time
we will have these inflammation problems which can appear
as allergies.
Other parts of the body that are also “functionally”
involved with allergic reactions are the pituitary gland,
liver and a part of the digestive tract where the small and
large intestine meet called the ileocecal
valve.
For complete digestive and adrenal wellness, we need to remove
any structural stresses in the spine, supply the stomach with
a hydrochloric acid supplement and reduce emotional stresses.
We also need to cut out any impure foods out of our diet and
learn about eating right. Increased
refined sugar, starches, wheat, corn, milk products and soy
can cause inflammation in our digestive tract leading to adrenal
stress and increased reactivity to airborne allergen.
If everybody were allergic to pollen and dust, then we would
all have allergies. But we are not all sensitive to these
materials. The people with the weaker digestive system and
adrenal glands suffer form these symptoms but these symptoms
can be corrected naturally. Correcting these problems from
a functional point of view will save the person from many
other potentially more serious health conditions down the
road.
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