The visit to Tangkak

Some church friends recommended this doctor who practises in Tangkak, Johor, and known for healing many people with allergies, without using needles or blood tests. His method, known as the muscle test, is very unconventional and we understand that he learnt this in UK, where else the method originates from Germany.

The decision
Initially, we were sceptical, like many others, and half wondered if he is some sort of medium, or miracle doctor, but the friends who went there testified that he is an authorised doctor, who is also a (non-practising) lawyer. So, after many thoughts, we decided to give it a try. Because she still showed signs of ezcema now and then, which takes weeks to heal, and we know there must be something else which she is allergic to, or maybe we've not done enough.

The journey
So yesterday we made our journey down to Tangkak, which is an hour and half drive from Seremban. Hubby, mother-in-law, Victoria and myself, together with Heh Heh went. After breakfast and packing some cereal snacks for her, and all the food stuff which we'd like the Doctor to check, we left Seremban about 1030am. Victoria was excited and playful in the car. She knows she's going to see a doctor, and we briefly explained what the doctor will do ie asking her to hold some specimens and lifting an arm.

The procedure
It's a funny procedure, and one that not many can believe without seeing. I didn't. After a brief check on our family history on allergies, and Victoria's admission this year for acute gastroenteritis, he started the test, very quickly by asking her to hold test tubes, sometimes one at a time, sometimes 2 or 3, while Daddy placed his hand on her head, or holds her hand, and the other arm lifted horizontal. The doctor then tries to push Daddy's horizontal arm down, while Daddy tries to resist. Despite Daddy's strong arms, if the arm falls, then we know Victoria is allergic to the specimen in the tube. If Daddy's arm stays up and horizontal, then there is no allergy. Apparently, this has to do with the energy within us.

Victoria was cooperative albeit a little impatient and restless in the middle, and sat on my lap while Daddy puts an arm on her. Half way through, I volunteered to be the one lifting the arm so I can experience it myself too. I tried to resist, and kept my arm very firmly up, but when there is a food she is allergic to, my arm fell. Shocking!

The shocking result
Victoria was tested for many food stuff, and even spray like Shelltox. Amongst many others, these food stuff were tested... eggs, wheat flour, yeast, milo, biscuits, mango, japanese rice crackers, ice cream, mint, chicken, fish, shellfish, mango, grapes, orange, apples, pear, cow's milk, soya milk, sardine, pasta, bread, beef, kiwi, dust mites, pet dander, and even Heh Heh!

And we found out that, she was more allergic to eggs, a little allergc to mint, and quite allergic to yeast. The level of allergy to eggs, mint and yeast was also tested. She is also to avoid grapes and all insect spray like Sheildtox. We are told to use the electric mat instead. On her allergy to mint, the doctor suggested that she avoid using all toothpaste for these 2 months, and just brush her teeth with water.

No allergy to Heh Heh, thank God.

Unfortunately, because yeast and eggs are found in many other food, she still has to avoid them. Favourites like roti canai, tosei (in case there is yeast), sausages, japanese biscuits, pasta and buns are to be abstained in the meantime.

The good news is that she was found with NO allergy to wheat flour, chicken, ikan bilis, oats and dustmites in this test. Victoria was happy when she heard that she can eat wheat flour and chicken. But in the car, she asked me what else did the doctor say. I told her, "well, you can't use toothpaste coz there is mint in it."

Victoria then asked, "Then how I brush my teeth?"

"Well, the doctor said you should just use water" I answered her.

Then she replied, "This doctor ahhh... (shake her head)... not good lar."

Haha, she made me laughed.

The antidote
The doctor explained that in our body, there is this negative and positive energy. Something like yin and yang. A balance. He is not a chinese sinseh, but a western trained doctor who did a special study in allergy from Kings College, London because his wife and son had allergy then. So, there is no medicine prescribed. Just an antidote made from saline, placed in a machine which he showed us, to neutralised the negative energies from the allergens. I hope I understood these correctly. It still doesn't make any sense to me, but in the clinic itself, I was told to give Victoria only a drop of the antidote. Instead of a drop, my clumsy hand squirted a few drops into her mouth, and then she was asked again to hold the tubes with the allergens. This time, Daddy's arm held still.

Wow. Can I call this a miracle? Not yet. She is given two small bottles, and we are told to give her two drops a day, once in the morning, and once at night.

Because the level of bad bacteria, called the Candida, is exceptionally high in her guts, she was prescribed probiotics (same as Pantai Hospital) but these are cultured in Holland, supposedly better for children and more pure. Best consumed at night, on an empty stomach.

Lunch
We spent a good 45 minutes with the doctor. The bill came to RM400, very reasonable considering that that includes the probiotics and the antidotes. Then we went for lunch nearby at this beef noodle shop, recommended by the nurse. The bowl was small, the noodles were yummy and I had 1.5 bowls, Victoria had the other half, Daddy had 2 bowls, and mother-in-law had one. Each bowl cost RM5 and that's not cheap, considering Tangkak is such a small place lar, and the portion is not a lot.

What's next?
The next visit is two months down the road, probably before Chinese New Year. In the meantime, we are to avoid food stuff with eggs and yeast for Victoria, and we will stop using insect spray. This makes a little sense coz all these while, every night, I've been diligently spraying the room before bedtime, with Sheildtox to rid the mosquitoes, without knowing that I'm actually spraying "poison" for my little girl. The only consolation is the Austin Healthmate air purifier in the room which runs throughout the night.

We will continue to abstain Victoria from food with wheat flour, chicken, cow's milk and ikan bilis (things which contradict with the hospital's blood test report) for this two months. The probiotics prescribed may initially cause more ezcema in Victoria, purging the toxins, but we are told that it will subside. Then we can reintroduce these other food stuff to Victoria.

As for the highly contradicting result on dustmite, I asked the doctor why. Can't get a conclusive answer, but we can only think that she may have overcomed the allergy which is really really good news, or that the vaccuuming of the mattresses and room on the day before, helped.

To reduce the bad bacteria in the guts, she has to reduce intake of all sweet food, food with colourings and flavourings. I think that's good advice, not that she's taking alot of sweet stuff in the first place.

God
In all things, we believe God will heal Victoria. A few days back while applying cream on Victoria's arms, she told me that the itch on her legs have healed. I said, that's great.

Then she said, "You see, God healed me."

I end this with that.