Dr. Na Zhai Clinic Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine

 

Sue: From Exhaustion to Energy

 

Sue is an office worker in her late forties. She was so tired that she would rest all weekend just to prepare for the next work week.

"My whole weekend was spent lying around, sleeping, and catching up," she said. "I had other things that I needed to do, but I sort of just dropped."

She had been tired for about five years. But recently, it was getting worse.

She was also under tremendous stress at home. Her husband, Jerry, had suffered a severe neck injury and was in constant pain. He could barely move.

"My head hung all the way down to my chest," Jerry said. "I thought I was crippled for life."

Jerry could not drive. He could not even talk without making the pain worse. So Sue did everything. She worked all week. She drove Jerry to every appointment. She took care of everything at home. She was carrying the weight of her husband's injury, her own job, and the financial stress that came with it all.

No wonder she was exhausted.

The Turning Point

Sue had been bringing Jerry to see Dr. Na for his neck and back pain. Jerry was getting better. But Sue was getting worse.

One day, Dr. Na looked at Sue and asked how she was feeling. She said Sue looked tired.

"I told her that I was very tired," Sue said. "With all the stress of Jerry's accident and everything, I normally work all week and go home and sleep and rest all weekend because I'm just exhausted. I was depressed and everything else from the whole thing."

Dr. Na examined her. She found that Sue's pulse was weak. Her tongue was a lot worse than her husband's.

The Diagnosis

Listening to the nuances of the pulse at several spots on each arm—and not just noting the number of beats per minute as in Western medicine—and examining the tongue are two of the main diagnostic techniques of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Dr. Na explained her thinking:

"Any symptoms are based on the body's function with the brain as its headquarters. Sue had been under a lot of stress and her brain had been distracted and even suppressed. What had happened in her brain was similar to a kindergarten class without a teacher."

"In times of high stress, the most affected area is digestion. The result can either be no appetite at all or eating too much. The function of the digestive system can be disturbed, producing either diarrhea—causing incomplete nutrition absorption—or constipation—causing incomplete waste elimination."

The Treatment

First, Dr. Na applied her magic unique acupuncture to Sue. And then, Dr. Na used her two herbal formulas to light up Sue’s life.

#36 Serenity — to reduce her stress and improve her brain function.

#25 Body Clean — to clean out waste that had been accumulating for years in her colon.

The Outcome

"After Dr. Na did a treatment on me, I felt a lot better," Sue said. "I've just progressively been feeling better. I don't have to go home and sleep and rest all weekend to prepare for the next week. I've been taking some herbs as well that have helped with my depression and my moods. I feel a lot better."

She added: "I have more energy on the weekends now and have been doing other things besides sleeping. I don't feel as depressed as before, and my moods have been better."

What Sue's Story Shows

Sue was not sick in the way most people think of sickness. She had no injury. She had no diagnosis. She was just exhausted—for five years. She spent every weekend sleeping, trying to recover enough to get through the next week. She was depressed and did not know why.

And she was carrying a heavy load. Her husband was injured. He could not drive. He could not move. She was doing everything—working, caregiving, driving, managing the household—while her own health was quietly falling apart.

Dr. Na saw her. She looked at her pulse. She looked at her tongue. She asked the right questions.

She found the root: stress that had suppressed her brain function, disturbed her digestion, and allowed waste to accumulate in her colon.

She treated the root: Serenity to calm and restore brain function. Body Clean to clear the waste. Acupuncture to awaken and balance the whole body.

And Sue got her energy back.

"People are often skeptical of acupuncture because they are not used to this kind of medicine," Sue said. "It's been around for thousands of years, but it is not our culture. It is nice to know that there is something else to do for medical problems besides surgery or pills."

This is not a one-time result. This is the same protocol Dr. Na uses for patients with chronic fatigue, stress, and depression. Because the treatment follows a pattern, it can be taught. Because it can be taught, it can be passed on.

This is the system Dr. Na built. This is what she offers.

And it began with a patient who was exhausted—and who found her energy again.