Ellen W. Cutler - Live Free from Asthma and Allergies: Use the BioSET System to Detoxify and Desensitize Your Body

Copyright 2007 by Ellen W. Cutler
Illustrations 2007 by Ann Miya

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The information contained in this book is based on the experience and research of the author. It is not intended as a substitute for consulting with your physician or other health-care provider. Any attempt to diagnose and treat an illness should be done under the direction of a health-care professional. The publisher and author are not responsible for any adverse effects or consequences resulting from the use of any of the suggestions, preparations, or procedures discussed in this book.

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Material on reprinted with permission from The Energy Within by Richard M. Chin. Copyright 1995 by Richard M. Chin, Marlowe & Company, New York, NY.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Cutler, Ellen W.

Live free from asthma and allergies : use the BioSET system to detoxify and desensitize your body / by Ellen W. Cutler.

p. cm.

Rev. ed. of: Winning the war against asthma & allergies. Albany, N.Y.:

Delmar Publishers, c1998.

eISBN: 978-0-307-77871-0

1. AsthmaAlternative treatment. 2. Naturopathy. I. Cutler, Ellen W. Winning the war against asthma & allergies. II. Title.

RC591.C88 2007

616.23806dc22 2006035664

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This book is dedicated to all the asthmatics and allergic people who read it, benefit from it, and put it to use to clear their sensitivities and regain their health and vitality.

I would like to thank many people who supported me and contributed to the completion of this books revision.

My special thanks and gratitude go to Jo Ann Deck for having the fortitude to take on this revision of Live Free from Asthma and Allergies. Surely without her support and determination, this book would not have been published. I would like to especially thank my editor, Joy Parker. She is perfectI cant really say much more. She has my deep-felt appreciation for outstanding work. Again, she is perfect. I would also like to thank Eve Cantwell who came in at the last minute for some touch-up and refining. I would also like to thank my editor at Celestial Arts, Lisa Westmoreland, who is not only bright and talented but absolutely a joy to work with. I would also like to thank the staff at the BioSET clinic.

And special thanks to the BioSET practitioners who undertook the task of research for the in-depth information presented in the appendix: Mauree Kai; Elissa Blesch, LAc; Darshan Khalsa, LAc; Bernie Epstein, DC, LAc, CCN, DACBN; and Nelson Bulmash, DC, ND, CCN, DACBN.

I would also like to acknowledge my most precious children, Aaron and Gabrielle. They are the light in my life.

And I cannot forget Claire Pogue, who made possible the first edition of this asthma book. She will always be remembered and I will always be grateful.

There is a light at the end of the tunnel for those who suffer from allergies and asthma. Much of it is contained in Ellen Cutlers new book, Live Free from Asthma and Allergies.

As a board-certified physician in pediatric and adult allergy and immunology, I was initially very skeptical of all forms of complementary medicine. However, after developing chronic sinus infections and food allergies fifteen or sixteen years ago, I soon found that Western medicine did not have all the answers. After years of antibiotics, antihistamines, nasal steroids, decongestants, mucous thinners, and elimination diets, I was sicker than before. Chronic fatigue, body aches, headaches, and nausea were my daily companions. I saw every specialist in allopathic medicine and was basically told that I would have to live with my symptoms.

With nowhere to go, one of my patients suggested I see her family herbalist, who had successfully treated her many times. Reluctantly, I found my way to his office. With a combination of three herbs and two vitamins, I felt great within one week. This herbal practitioner and his five herbs had beaten the best allopathic physicians I knew. My curiosity peaked and I had to learn more.

A friend of mine dared me to take an acupuncture course for physicians, and for the next two years I studied its effect on pain, allergies, and asthma in my practice. I did see much improvement in many of my patients and myself, but there was something missing. I still had some food allergies.

At that point I was given Dr. Cutlers book, The Food Allergy Cure. After a few conversations with several of my colleagues, I learned that this doctor was someone who had a slightly different approach.

I attended one of Dr. Cutlers seminars and was very impressed with her knowledge of enzymes, allergies, and Western medicine. Her approach (called BioSET) combined treatment with enzymes for digestion and systemic therapy, homeopathic remedies for detoxification, and a very innovative natural allergy desensitization protocol. That was the magic combination for me and many of my patients. You must detoxify and cleanse the body, as well as optimize digestion and eliminate allergies, to achieve the best results in successfully treating asthma.

I had been studying the BioSET method for roughly one year when I received a call from Dr. Cutlers office. She had decided to add an MD degree to her already long list of achievements. Part of her training included proctorships where she would spend two-week rotations with Western medical doctors in various subspecialties. She wanted to know whether I would allow her to spend two weeks with me at my office, seeing patients from a Western medicine perspective. I said to myself, Lets see two weeks of one-on-one with Ellen Cutler or two weeks by myself? I made that decision in a heartbeat!

Ellen came to Redlands, California, and for two weeks we saw all of my patients together. I have to tell you that this was one of the greatest learning experiences of my life. This is when I really learned BioSET. With her added input, many of my most difficult patients were evaluated and treated, and they markedly improved. For example, I have one patient who suffered from stubborn chronic sinus infectionsseveral years later, he is still on the same two natural products that Ellen recommended and rarely has sinus infections anymore.

During the past few years since my one-on-one with Ellen, her BioSET principles have allowed me to treat some of my worst patients, whose illnesses include steroid-dependent asthma, steroid-dependent eczema, fibromyalgia, chronic sinusitis, and urticaria.