Allergies - Discovering Effective Natural Remedies Today, it is common practice among many doctors to label anything they cannot successfully diagnose as an "allergy". This is because so little is known about allergies that the diagnosis leaves plenty of room for discussion and explanation. "Indeterminate" diagnoses have always been preferred by less responsible doctors. Two hundred years ago, the undiagnosed condition was called "bad humor," and anyone who suffered from stomach pains like cancer or gallstones was told their humor was bad. This was followed by the "acid" theory, where strange and mysterious acids were responsible for all undiagnosed conditions. This does not mean that allergies do not exist. There is certainly a special group of bodily reactions that have been given the name, allergies. More precisely, there are two such groups: those that are localized on the surface of the body, from the face to the feet, or skin allergies; a...