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Nambudripad's Allergy Elimination Techniques (NAET) are a form of alternative medicine by which practitioners claim to be able to diagnose and treat allergies and supposedly related disorders. The techniques were devised by Devi Nambudripad, a California based chiropractor〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www2.dca.ca.gov/pls/wllpub/WLLQRYNA$LCEV2.QueryView?P_LICENSE_NUMBER=16776&P_LTE_ID=808 )〕 and acupuncturist,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www2.dca.ca.gov/pls/wllpub/WLLQRYNA$LCEV2.QueryView?P_LICENSE_NUMBER=3433&P_LTE_ID=723 )〕 in 1983, drawing on a combination of ideas from kinesiology, acupuncture, acupressure, nutritional management and chiropractic methods. Reviews of the available evidence conclude that the diagnostic techniques used in NAET, primarily a form of applied kinesiology, are ineffective at diagnosing allergies and several medical associations advise against using applied kinesiology in this way.〔 The few available reviews in the literature that discuss NAET directly, state that it lacks any supporting evidence and that its claims are unsubstantiated.〔 The theoretical basis of NAET has been criticized for lacking scientific rationale〔〔 and the Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy advise against the use of NAET.〔 == Background == Devi Nambudripad was a student chiropractor and acupuncturist at the time she developed NAET. Whilst experiencing a reaction to eating carrots she attempted to overcome the reaction through a self-administered acupuncture treatment. After the treatment the reaction to eating carrots did not return. At the time of the acupuncture treatment, a remnant of carrot was on her skin, and Nambudripad concluded from this that the presence of a minute quantity of carrot during the acupuncture treatment was the key to the treatment. She then formulated a hypothesis that contact with a small amount of an allergen during an acupuncture or acupressure session can remove reactions to food and other substances. NAET is promoted by her ''Nambudripad’s Allergy Research Foundation'' (NARF) which also publishes its own journal called ''The Journal of NAET, Energetics & Complementary Medicine.''〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.narfnet.org/index.html )〕 She is licensed as a chiropractor〔 and acupuncturist〔 in California. She also identifies herself as an M.D.. Her website states that she received the Doctor of Medicine degree from University of Health Sciences Antigua (UHSA) in January 2002. The California Medical Board does not list an active license, and it does not recognize medical degrees from UHSA as valid, listing it as a "disapproved" school since 1995.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.mbc.ca.gov/applicant/schools_unapproved.html )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nambudripad's Allergy Elimination Techniques」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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