Allergies Research
Alternative
& Complementary Therapies
Negative Ions
& Allergies
The introduction of negative ions to an allergy
sufferer’s environment provides considerable relief, according to Jonathan Wright,
MD. Substances such as pollen and dust in the air contribute to and augment allergies,
which have been found to hold a positive charge.
The introduction of negative ions in the air has a
beneficial effect on respiratory tissue by counteracting the positive charge. Dr
Wright’s research has shown very positive results, helping alleviate the symptoms
caused by airborne allergies. However, it should be noted that negative ion therapy did
not give total relief from symptoms.
Dr Wright claims that negative ion therapy can not only
significantly reduce symptoms for most allergy sufferers, but will also actively reduce
the need for conventional or alternative treatments.
The Ion Effect, Bantam, 1997. Healthnotes update May 1998,
p.2
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Kinesiology
& Food Allergies
A pilot study
conducted at the Applied Neuroscience Laboratories, The College of
Judea and Samaria, Ariel, Israel attempted to determine whether
subjective muscle testing employed by Applied Kinesiology
practitioners, prospectively determine those individuals with
specific hyperallergenic responses.
Seventeen subjects
were found positive on Applied Kinesiology (A.K.) muscle testing
screening procedures indicating food hypersensitivity (allergy)
reactions. Each subject showed muscle weakening (inhibition)
reactions to oral provocative testing of one or two foods for a
total of 21 positive food reactions. Tests for a hypersensitivity
reaction of the serum were performed using both a radio-allergosorbent
test (RAST) and immune complex test for IgE and IgG against all 21
of the foods that tested positive with A.K. muscle screening
procedures. These serum tests confirmed 19 of the 21 food allergies
(90.5%) suspected based on the applied kinesiology screening
procedures.
The researchers
concluded that this pilot study offers a basis to examine further a
means by which to predict the clinical utility of a given substance
for a given patient, based on the patterns of neuromuscular response
elicited from the patient, representing a conceptual expansion of
the standard neurological examination process.
Int J Neurosci 1998
Dec;96(3-4):237-44 Schmitt WH Jr, Leisman G Applied Neuroscience
Laboratories, The College of Judea and Samaria, Ariel, Israel.
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