NAET/turmeric

[Fred]

Yes turmeric is well known as a good anti inflammatory, I often use it in cooking. I've not seen any proof of it clearing psoriasis but it's certainly a good addition to ones diet.

As for NAET, I too have never heard of this. So I've just been looking into it and it doesn't make good reading in my opinion. There are various results from a search but Wikipedia seems to sum it up well. [web]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nambudripad%27s_Allergy_Elimination_Techniques[/web]

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Devi Nambudripad 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.

Several reviews of the available evidence for various alternative techniques in allergy diagnosis have determined that applied kinesiology, the primary diagnostic technique in NAET, is ineffective at diagnosing allergies and advise against its use. Various medical associations also advise against its use, including the European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy and the Allergy Society of South Africa.

Independent studies on the treatment phase of NAET have not been performed, with two review articles concluding that "NAET has to be the most unsubstantiated allergy treatment proposed to date" and that "there have been no studies supporting the use of these techniques". The Teuber and Porch-Curren review cautions that "there is the potential for an anaphylactic reaction if a patient with severe food allergies seeks such a therapy and tests themselves by oral challenge away from a physician's office after completing the NAET sessions successfully". The Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy has advised against using NAET to treat allergies, criticizing its "lack of scientific rationale" and describing it as a "potentially dangerous technique".

I appreciate people wanting to try a more natural approach, but in this case I would say be careful.

Welcome to Psoriasis Club by the way.