Dr. Na Zhai Clinic Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine

Nancy's Story – Body Clean

Nancy, 82 years old, came to me for her severe diarrhea—around 10 times each day for about 30 years. She felt very tired most of the time. I remembered she told me that when she put her makeup on, she had to do one eye at a time, lying down for a couple of minutes, and then finish the other. She had been prescribed a high dose of Prednisone, 80mg daily, for as long as she could remember. But her diarrhea was still unbearable, as she complained to me.

I checked Nancy’s pulse. It showed taut and rapid. Her tongue was reddened with a yellow coating. Combined with the symptoms she had—abdominal pain, stinky stool with some blood and mucus, burning sensation in the anus, restlessness, and thirst preferring cold drinks—all indicated that her diarrhea was due to toxic damp-heat in her colon. This is a Chinese medical diagnosis which is equivalent to severe inflamed colon in modern medicine.

I treated her with acupuncture. She felt better overall after the treatment. But I knew that in order for her to get better quickly, she needed one of my advanced Chinese herbal formulas, named Body Clean. The herbal remedy would clean the toxins and eventually heal her colon completely. But before she got there, Nancy might experience more diarrhea at the beginning of the healing process, simply because the toxins have to get out in order for the colon to start healing. I warned her husband Bob and her about it, hoping they would not be upset when they saw it happen.

The next time I walked into the treatment room, Bob was agitated. They had a couple of rough days due to Nancy’s diarrhea, which seemed unstoppable with stench.

“I told you, Bob,” I said. “It is a necessary step to get better. More diarrhea does not mean getting worse. Nancy, how are you feeling?”

“I seem to be feeling better. A little more energy. I don’t know how to explain it, but I really do feel overall better.”

We continued the same treatment and same herbal remedy continuously for a couple of weeks. She started reducing her medication in the following weeks. Later, Nancy stood on stage offering a testimonial at a lecture I was giving. She was drug-free and symptom-free.

When you see a pile of garbage outside on a summer day, you know there will be flies. Garbage attracts flies! The same happens inside our body. Long before Nancy came to me for her diarrhea, she had digestive problems. She was not able to digest her food properly. The undigested food amassed in her colon. Over time, the accumulated fermentation and putrefaction took place in her colon, causing offensive odors and inflammation of the colon tissue. Her colon became a simple container: when its contents became too much to stay in, she would have explosive diarrhea to release the pressure within the colon, along with mucus or blood from the damaged colon tissue.

Before prescribing Prednisone, doctors always use antibiotics first. If the symptoms do not get better, then they turn to Prednisone. Prednisone is often the most powerful weapon in a doctor’s hands for severe inflammation.

As we can see, the core of Nancy’s problem was the garbage. Using antibiotics to kill bacteria has nothing to do with the garbage. That is why antibiotics did not work.

Prednisone is meant to handle the symptoms of inflammation. But only removing the garbage could stop the inflammation. Prednisone did something else—it maintained Nancy’s sickness, allowing her to live with such an ugly condition rather than truly healing her.

            So when you face a chronic issue, ask yourself:                     Just to mask the symptoms? or Want a truly healing?

Chronic illness is built up over years. Healing has to start from the root—not from covering up the symptoms.

Nancy’s story is proof. For 30 years, she suffered. Strong drugs only managed her condition. But when we removed the root cause—the toxic buildup in her colon—her body finally had the chance to heal. Body Clean did what medication could not: it cleaned the garbage, restored her colon, and gave Nancy her life back.

Medication has its place. If you are in a car accident, having a heart attack, or facing a life-threatening emergency, modern medicine is your priority. Survival comes first. But for the chronic conditions that steal your energy, your dignity, and your years—true healing comes from cleaning the root.

Nancy was 82 years old, and she finally became drug-free and symptom-free. It is never too late to heal the right way.

Choose to heal from the root. Choose Body Clean.