Catch Cold

"For 15 years I had the Mystery Ailment (while in my 20's & 30's). There was excessive fatigue & brain fog, doctors were baffled & my finances nearly depleted.
Finally I chanced upon "heat depuration" which worked wonders -- though I had to repeat it periodically for the next 5 years to get an even keel.
It was determined that solvent exposure plus prescription drugs caused this mysterious ailment - Multiple Chemical Sensitivity. The body was overloaded with chemical garbage.
That's my background- worked for a gas station of a petroleum corp..

So after sick with bronchitis & severe hypertension & harsh side effects from prescription drugs, I came to your center for holistic support. It seemed to me that herbs with a long history of safe use would be preferable to recently patented & pricey pharmaceutical drugs. Traditional Chinese herbal medicine has endured for centuries & the perspective, thinking & approach are fundamentally different from the mainstream paradigm.
My hypertension was diagnosed as stage 2 & I resigned myself to taking synthetic drugs for the rest of my life. I then began your acupuncture & herbs. For the first half of last year, I took BP herbal pills 2 or 3 times a day. Since then I've been completely off the stuff-chemical drug medicine. (My BP right now incidentally is 117/82 & I've been lax with my exercise lately). I appreciate that.
Thanks also for the energy fixes following the illness & after over exertion.
In any case, you've provided me also an interesting experience: fine tuning the body.
Mainstream care conversely seems best suited to dire emergencies only.
Beyond that, without a prescription pad they'd be 0% effective.
Also, even with insurance, the co-pays for consultation & drugs are not
cheap.
So Thank you for your patience, teaching & help."
~Brian

"Being a registered nurse I was reluctant to try non-traditional treatment. Because I did not achieve relief through western medical care, so acupuncture became my treatment choice of "last resort" and of desperation.

The symptoms I had was the significant abdominal bloating, gas pain and frequency of diarrhea with eating, regardless of what food was consumed. The need to use a bathroom extremely urgently which it caused me much frustration and embarrassment for many years.

After just two months of acupuncture, herbs and diet control by Dr. Tao, I am pleased to say that bloating and/or gas pain during or after meals is no longer present and the need for urgent use of the bathroom seems to no longer to be an issue and I have no longer experiencing the symptoms described as above. As I add various foods to my diet, I am extremely happy to note that the problems associated with eating are not present. The extra treatment for my cold certainly helped to relieve the stuffy nose and coughing quickly as well! I am very appreciated your patience and kindness, thank you!"
~Bernice M. Kucsan, RN