I’ve recently been corresponding with a practitioner who was referred a 5-month-old boy for treatment for eczema. If you perform SET-DB™ on small children like this, there are some important considerations to keep in mind that will help you get to and correct the cause of the eczema quickly. (Much of this can also be found in the Practitioner Manual.)
The testing is done by placing the child’s hand on one of more of the plates on the Hand Cradle. The parent or guardian please their hand over the child’s, and you’re off and running. We have one grandchild who thought this was good fun and one who wailed. May your young patients fall into the former, not the latter.
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I received a call from a practitioner a few weeks ago about reactions a couple of her patients had some time after receiving a SET-DB™ treatment. Both patients were children, siblings, about the same age. As I recall, one broke out with hives about four hours after a treatment for amino acids, the other about four days after the same treatment. The parent claims neither were given a protein meal during the four-hour avoidance period.
So, what gives? First, after performing thousands of SET-DB™ treatments, no patient of mine ever reported a negative reaction after a treatment, other than what I write about in the Practitioner’s Manual. If the treatment was performed correctly and the patient observed the avoidance period, the only negative reactions ever reported to me were fatigue and a dull headache (from the New-Stim). That’s not to say a negative reaction to a treatment could never happen, but the odds are right up there with winning the Powerball—not real likely. So, again, what gives? The obvious answer is they reacted to something they weren’t treated for, which could be just about anything as they’d only had one treatment. To put a finer point on it, it’s likely they reacted to something new in their shared environment. New allergen — new symptom. Here’s what I would’ve done if this had happened to me:
To sum up, as a general rule it’s always better to try to get the patient to go through the treatment program you think they need. This should be the inhalants program or the food and nutrient program, or both. Anything less is doing the patient a disservice by allowing them to leave your care with sensitivities, which will over time contribute to poor health. (Small children can be an exception.) Also, properly educate your patients/clients BEFORE they come to see you. This not only saves you time on the first visit, a better-educated patient is a better patient, and better patients will understand they need to get all their sensitivities corrected. For most SET-DB™ practitioners, or practitioners of any sensitivity elimination treatment, communicating with prospective patients/clients is a major challenge. Most of my allergy patients had never heard of anything like what I was doing. So I’d talk and I’d talk and I’d talk, trying different explanations, saying things in new ways.
The question I could never answer to everyone’s satisfaction was, “How does it work?” No one really knows “how,” only that it does. Some tell their patients, “It teaches the body a new way to respond” to the offending substance. But then the question still comes: “How?” In time I learned the best way to educate prospective patients is to give them something to read, before they came in to see me. But, we live in an age when information comes at us from every angle, from the TV, our computers, and, most of all, the smartphone. The result is, people have short attention spans and won’t read anything longer than a paragraph or two (if that much) if they don’t have to. So, I made them. I always offered a free (one of the most powerful words in marketing) consultation, but to get it, I required that they read my Allergy Report. It saved me countless hours over the years and saved me from having to repeat the same lines over and over. The practitioner’s manual contains dialogue for how I did this. When I talk with SET-DB™ practitioners I am forever disappointed that so few take the time to edit the reports to fit their philosophy and practice. I can only surmise it looks like too big of a challenge, or the language in the reports isn’t sophisticated enough for them. Let’s take the latter reason and discuss it a little. Let me start with a little history of my own. I developed an interest in typography and desktop publishing years ago, when WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) became a standard feature on computers. I remember spending hours creating professional-looking brochures, then printing them on special paper. I was sure people would be impressed with my professionalism and my phone would ring off the hook. I belonged to the county chiropractic association, and one Saturday docs split time at a booth in the central park. Based on past performances, it promised to be a very busy day. I loaded up my nice brochures and headed for the park for my 2 hours. Here's a case history from early in my sensitivity treating days, when I practiced in an office with two other chiropractors. We called that office the "bowling alley" because it was long and narrow. The office had a bad ant problem. Ants everywhere. A patient recommended we use the Terro ant traps. I was skeptical because I never found ant traps to be effective, but I'd never tried them for inside ants, only outside ants. They worked like a charm and have worked every time since. Try them if have indoor ant (sugar ants? grease ants?) problems.
Now that I've given the corporation the makes the Terro ant traps a free plug, I'll get onto the case. As she wrote, she was referred to my office by another patient who had gotten "miraculous" results. Her husband accompanied her on her first visit. They owned an almond ranch in Hughson, California, about 20 miles from where I practiced, and he made clocks of wood he/they sold at flea markets and fairs up and down the state. He consented to her going through the treatment program and she started that day. Here's her testimonial: Before SET-DB: “I have suffered from allergies my entire life, causing frequent bouts of allergy-related ill-health. I used to be a runner, but as my health declined so did my ability to exercise. I found when I exercised, I would spend three days in bed before I could exercise again and that cycle continued. I was at a loss with what to do concerning my ill health as my allergies began to build at an alarming rate. It got to the point that I could eat very few foods. My mind was clouded and I was undernourished. I was desperate when a dear acquaintance referred me to Dr. Boothe. By this time I had spent thousands of $ on medical tests, with very minor help as far as Dr. recommended treatments and medications. I felt my life hanging in the balance. I was struggling to survive.” After SET-DB: “I decided to do my own investigation and see if my results from Dr. Boothe’s treatments were as dramatic as my friend’s. It was amazing to me that each treatment I received from Dr. Boothe gave immediate results. Since receiving treatments from Dr. Boothe, my overall health has improved dramatically. My energy is up and I can exercise again and feel energized. I am alive again! I tell everyone I know that suffers from allergies about the amazing results I have experienced from Dr. Boothe’s Allergy treatments.” When I sat down to write this post, I remembered she told me she used to accompany her husband on trips to sell the clocks he made. Often she would eat something she was sensitive to at lunch and the afternoon became a two-for-one sale. After this happened several times she was disinvited to help him sell the clocks. She said she had no recollection of giving the discounts. I was still using the BioMeridian MSAS-PRO back then, so office visits were long, as long as 20 minutes. Nowadays they would be less than five. Actually, shorter than that because of the BioSurveys. I learned an important lesson treating this patient. I think I wrote about in the manual. She told me when she ate wheat her throat would close, but not completely, and would itch horribly. I tested and treated for the grains group, which didn't include gluten and gliadin then. On her next visit she reported the throat closing stopped but it would still itch. It was then I thought of gluten/gliadin. I treated her for those and the reaction to wheat stopped completely. The important lesson learned is components of foods often need to treated before the patient's reaction to the foods is handled. Thus I recommend that all patients being treated for food sensitivities be treated for nutrient groups first. Occasionally you find that many or most of their food-sensitivity-related symptoms will disappear after treatment for the nutrient groups. Now, because of the extensive ZTYO library, gluten and gliadin have their own treatment in the SET-DB™ protocol. Hopefully you're collecting testimonials from all you successful SET-DB™ patients and clients. I had a binder full of them that got lost (or thrown away) in one of our moves. All I'm left with are the ones I used in my marketing. Here's an old testimonial from back in my BioMeridian MSAS Pro days, the late 90s–early 2000s. This was a Mennonite family from a nearby town. The mother brought her about-3-year-old son in for testing and treatment. I remember they lived on an almond ranch owned by, I think, her father-in-law. I recall she was a nurse, or at least had some medical training. This made it a little hard for her to have much "faith" in my treatment. She wouldn't have come in if not for a strong referral.
Adam (I've changed his name) was a quiet, cute little boy who wore a hat. I don't recall him being too afraid or concerned about the tip of the testing probe touching his finger. Here's what his mother wrote after his treatment: “Adam had chronic ear infections beginning at 2 months of age. By 31 months he had received 29 courses of antibiotics and needed tubes in his ears. Prior to consenting to surgery we decided to explore other options. We had a blood test for his food allergies. He was allergic to all the common foods he ate. His symptoms of ear infections, asthma, and irritability were completely controlled as long as he didn’t eat the offending foods. Over the next 2 years we were unsuccessful at reintroducing the allergic foods." After Dr. Boothe’s Sensitivity Treatment: “After just a few treatments Adam is now eating milk, eggs, cheese, and wheat. He has not had any problems with asthma or his ears since we introduced the foods this time. Our life is much easier now that all meals do not have to be planned around allergies! What an exciting day it was for Michael when he discovered he could eat ice cream without an asthma attack.” Notice they had, through blood tests, found many things Adam was allergic to and that avoiding the foods successfully controlled his symptoms. They could have gone on like this indefinitely, restricting his favorite foods from his diet. But what a way to live! The quality of his life was improved greatly by helping his body understand the foods in question were not really dangerous, which is all SET-DB™ really does. The mother also received some treatments, I've forgotten what for. I do remember she received some while pregnant. She asked me if the treatment could be dangerous to her unborn child. I told her the treatment involved far less current than a static electricity discharge, which certainly couldn't hurt an unborn child. I touched on treating pregnant woman in the SET-DB™ Practitioner Manual. Recall that I said I treated pregnant woman but it was up to you if you do. We live in such litigious times that many practitioners choose to avoid any action that might possibly lead to a legal attack. Even when it could significantly help the patient. Back to treating children. While I recommend against allowing an adult to go through an incomplete treatment program, where you treat items off the results of the Common Foods scan you did on their first visit, it seems to work fine with children. Just be sure you explain to the parent or guardian that adults can't get away with skipping the nutrients like children can. We're far more toxic, have experienced much trauma to our nervous and immune systems, and have likely lived with untreated sensitivities for many years. This was a fibromyalgia patient of mine from 2007. There's nothing "special" to be learned from this case. I only present it to once again demonstrate how quickly fibromyalgia patients can be feeling better with the SET-DB™ Fibromyalgia Treatment Program, and to lead into a discussion of why I sold the program as a series of treatments instead of allowing patients to pay visit-by-visit. One thing different about this 41-year-old single mother was, she was still able to work full time. She had 2 or 3 kids (remember, this was 10 years ago) and lived with her mother. Speaking of her mother, as I recall she was so happy with her daughter's recovery that she offered to write a testimonial as well. Here are the 2 testimonials: Notice how the patient wrote "I wanted to die." It was obvious she wasn't suicidal, but felt she had very little quality of life. Yes, she was able to work full time, but you and I know that some people can push through pain better than others. And her job was the main source of for the household. Here's her Symptom Intensity Graph: We see here the typical free-fall in the graph from when the patient presented to when they completed their first symptom questionnaire, after their first 6 visits. She went from 7.07 to 2, nearly a 75% drop in her overall symptom pattern (I tracked the top 13 symptoms of fibromyalgia). She ended at .92, an 87% drop in her overall symptom profile.
Now, what might have happened if I didn't sell the treatment program as a package and the patient was paying visit-by-visit? She likely would have dropped out after 6 treatments, or earlier. I can see where some may argue in favor of her stopping the program early. After all, at 6 treatments in her symptoms had dropped 75%. (The FDA approved Lyrica for the treatment of fibromyalgia after a couple of trials where it dropped ONE symptom—pain—by about half that.) It comes down to your treatment philosophy: how well do you want your patients to get? I wanted to help my patients get as well as possible. If you learn one thing from reading Dr. Nambudripad's first book, Say Goodbye to Illness, it should have been ANY sensitivity can cause ANY symptom. I wanted to get rid of as many of my patients' sensitivities as they'd let me. Overall, the people who went through the SET-DB™ Fibromyalgia Treatment Program saw, on average, their symptom profile drop by 67% and 80% of the cases were successful, meaning both the patient and me were happy with their outcome. Here is a case of mine from 2005. I'll let you read her written account first, then make some comments and observations: I did a web search on "neruofibromyalgia" and found next to nothing. I recall that she explained it was "fibromyalgia that just affects the head." As she wrote, her husband brought her in after seeing one of my ads and reading the report. Then, after the evaluation, he dug a credit card from his wallet and paid for her to go through the treatment program. One correction, though, we never ran an ad for a "study on fibromyalgia." We only ran ads that offered a free report.
Aside from the fact that this woman got her life back, which is wonderful in and of itself, I wanted to point out something she said about the medication she said was given to "control the nerves in my face," that it was responsible for her nightmares. As my degree is Doctor of Chiropractic, I did not take her off her medication nor did I advise her in any way about it. But... …I DID test her for it, found that her body showed a sensitivity to it, and then treated her for the sensitivity. After the treatment, her nightmares immediately disappeared. I used to have all my fibromyalgia patients bring in their medications and supplements so I could check them for sensitivities to what they were taking. This is covered somewhat in the SET-DB™ Practitioner Manual. When testing for sensitivities to medication, I would explain to them that common side effects may be caused by a sensitivity rather than by an unpleasant chemical reaction. It was difficult to tell if the treatments helped my patients feel better because the fibromyalgia treatment program is "front loaded," meaning I did treatments at the beginning of the program I felt might help them feel better, faster. I was pleased to read what this patient wrote this after her treatment program. I removed the recommendation to check for sensitivities to medications from my fibromyalgia manual when ZYTO disabled the tower for U.S. users because of the extra time it takes to check things patients bring in. Before, I could save them in my library so if someone else brought the same medication in, I didn't have to take the time to scan it in again. But, it really doesn't take that much time to scan what they bring in and test them for it. And the benefits, as you've read today, can be significant for your patients. Here is a testimonial from a patient of Melody McClain, who practices SET-DB™ in Pasadena, Texas.
"I would like to share with you my experience with my allergies, and how they have been reduced by doing allergy eliminations with Melody McClain. "I had fertility trouble for years and when I finally got pregnant with my son, my allergies went into overdrive. I had rashes and itching. After I gave birth to him, it was worse. I went to an allergy doctor, they tested me for everything and I was truly allergic to everything from grass to dogs, whom I LOVE, and much more. They told me I would do well to stay away from the dogs....which I laughed and said 'not possible!' "They started me on a twice weekly shot regimen. I did it for over a year and nothing had changed. I decided to stop the shots. A few years passed of constant itching and taking Benadryl daily. My husband would rub my feet or shoulders and I'd start itching. I would sit at my dining table and my feet would itch from the contact with the step stool. I would play card games with friends and my hands would itch horribly. It was as if I were allergic to air, touch, etc. As you may imagine, would be quite uncomfortable. The itching every night on my fingers was awful. Even with Benadryl, I would scratch and rub them until they were raw...every single night! "I talked to Melody about it, and she suggested we try this allergy reduction program. I said 'I have nothing to lose at this point!' So we did. I had my first treatment and thought 'hmmm, ok, hope this works...but I don't see how,' and I went about my day with just a little bit of hope and mostly skepticism. "Of course within 2 simple treatments my skepticism had changed, I was not itching nightly and no longer needed Benadryl nightly. I have had 5 treatments total, I am down to zero to one Benadryl a week for slight itching. My life is changed. To not suffer from a constant itching is life changing! To not have rashes and breakouts if I just lean my arm on something....LIFE CHANGING. I look forward to continuing the allergen elimination and see what great things will continue to change for me. I am forever grateful for Melody weeding out the allergens that have caused me much suffering for 4 years." Chronic itching can be difficult to track down because it can be caused by a sensitivity to literally anything. Kudos to Melody for sticking to her guns and insisting that they treat amino acids and phenolics in the first two treatments. (Although the patient didn't write that, Melody told me that's what she did.) Those two treatments can handle much of what is causing a patient symptoms. Tackling a case of chronic itching doesn't sound like much, does it? It's not sexy like saying you helped someone with rheumatoid arthritis or lupus. But, have YOU ever had chronic itching? I haven't but read again what this patient wrote after obtaining relief: "My life has changed." Follow the protocol and watch SET-DB™ work its magic. (If you have questions for Melody she can be reached at melodymcclain@icloud.com.) A couple of weeks ago our oldest daughter and her family came for a visit. Their 15-month-old son had eczema on his stomach and the back of his calfs, near the knee.
I ran the Common Foods BioSurvey. After discussing the results, we decided to treat oranges and gluten, with a couple of other things. I loaded them into the vial and gave him the treatment once, but omitted the other aspects of the full treatment required for adults and older children. The vial was tucked into his sock and his mother started a timer for ten minutes. Five days later, the eczema was 95% gone. (I have an after picture, but it's worthless without a before picture. Shame on me.) This case illustrates a number of things:
Edit and print your Kids and Allergies report and put it to use. There are hundreds of children in your service area who need your help. Whatever you're charging, I bet it's not enough. Ten years ago I was charging $70 a treatment, $50 or $60 if they bought a package. And we're not talking about San Francisco, Dallas, New York, or Seattle, big cities. We're talking about a town of 225,000. We had a patient who lived in a town about 15 miles north whom we got a call from about two hours after a treatment for amino acids. She yelled into the phone that her sense of smell had returned after being gone for ten years, and she could taste again. If we called her up today and asked her how much that treatment was worth to her, what do you think she would say? Would she say she can't believe I charged more than $25 for that treatment? Or would she say would've paid $5,000 for that one treatment alone? How about the mother who brought in her 3-year-old daughter because of anaphylactic responses to soy, wheat, and corn. Can you imagine feeding a 3 year old when you have to avoid those basic foods that are in practically everything? I gave the little girl three treatments and her mother reported being able to feed her daughter anything she wanted. Do you think that was worth $180 to the family, or did I overcharge them? For changing their lives forever? Or how about this woman, who drove 1½ hours each way to get treatments in our office: "“I was originally diagnosed with Fibrocitis (that’s what it was called back then) in about 1977. I was told that I was “imagining pain” or “you are a depressed woman.” I was taking Tylenol with codeine almost daily for headaches. I had to go on disability. Some days the achy pain would be a ’10.’ We would seldom make plans ahead of time as I would not know when I would feel bad. I have a strong faith in our Lord, Jesus Christ, and if it wasn’t for Him, the prayers and encouragement from our church family, and my supportive husband, I don’t know who could have coped. “Early last year I saw Dr. Boothe’s offer of a free diagnostic exam and help of relief for Fibromyalgia. I thought it was worth looking into. So, with skepticism, my husband and I drove the 150 miles round-trip to Modesto. Dr. Boothe was very upfront with costs and amount of treatments. After prayer and talking it over with my husband, we decided to go for the whole thing. I must say that I really started to feel better after about 10 treatments. One of the most notable changes was my lack of fatigue. Some days I still take at nap, but at age 71 I think this is normal! My irritable bowel syndrome has improved, also. My body used to be sore to the touch. Now that is all gone. I have not had a day with pain or a day with fatigue. “To be honest, I don’t know how this program works. I suffered for over 30 years with Fibromyalgia. This program offered by Dr. Boothe has been worth the money spent and the drive and the time. My husband is so surprised at the difference in me. He has a ‘new wife’ after 52 years of marriage!” Do you think she's still sore about paying $3,000 to get her life back? Another patient who suffered with fibromyalgia for more than 20 years told me, toward the end of her treatment program, "You're kind of costy, but worth it." I like that. I never wanted to be the low cost leader in my community, I wanted to be "costy but worth it." SET-DB™ practitioners have the ability to perform small miracles every day they go into the office. Take some joy and pride in what you do. And charge for it. You're worth every penny, and more. Take a close look at that Symptom Intensity Graph. See how it nosedives from 1 to 2? That's just two weeks and almost everyone's graph looks like that. This is powerful stuff. However much you're involved now, get more involved. Your community needs you.
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