Dear Donna:
I have been devouring your book and tape series since I attended your recent lecture in
Portland. It was an extremely enthusiastic crowd and arms waved like grain in the wind
with questions. Mine didn't get answered. I have multiple chemical sensitivities and am
reactive to even the most ordinary environments. I’ve had no luck with allergy
doctors or the usual alternative therapies such as homeopathy and acupuncture. I am
working with a naturopath who is trying to figure out how to help me, and he has already
given me one really valuable tool, which is energy testing. Since he taught it to me, I
have been relying on it heavily to determine what is safe for me. But
both energy testing and a Vega testing machine indicate that certain compounds my
naturopath would like me to take, and which wipe me out, should make me much stronger. If
I take even one drop of what he gives me, I have extraordinary reactions—awake for 36
hours, incapacitated with flu-like symptoms for two days, etc. How can this be? Energy
testing seems to be accurate with many other things, but not for these remedies.
A. I am sorry your question
didn't get answered at the lecture. Without being able to watch what happens to your
energy when you are being energy tested, I can only venture some guesses about what may be
helpful.
First, I would test specific meridians rather than using a general
indicator test. Begin with the spleen meridian test and then, for verification, have your
naturopath follow it with the kidney meridian test. Spleen is the most likely test to
detect potential problems in metabolizing a substance that other meridians might show to
be agreeable with them (your body may need it, but if it can't metabolize it, the
substance can still cause harm). Another reason not to rely on a general indicator test
(such as the stomach) is that the beliefs and expectations of the practitioner or of the
person being tested are more likely to interfere. The reasons I would verify the results
by testing the kidney meridian are: 1) kidney meridian governs the organ that filters and
moves toxins out of your body, 2) it is a junction meridian (it affects all the other
meridians), and 3) it governs the life force, so kidney meridian responds quickly when a
substance compromises the body’s energies. You might also review the
"nuances" of energy testing in Chapter 2 of Energy Medicine.
Your practitioner can also place the remedy on your alarm points in
order to determine its impact on each individual meridian.
I have a lot of sympathy for you with multiple chemical sensitivities,
and I believe the route out of this dilemma is to strengthen and reprogram your immune
system so your body learns to adapt rather than go into allergic reactions. I hope you
will continue to find Energy Medicine to be helpful as you formulate a strategy to
accomplish this.
