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witness: Zheng haoyuan
symptom: insomnia
I had been troubled by insomnia for years. I asked my psychiatrist to increase the medicine dosage, from half a pill at a time at the onset of the illness to one pill. This year when I requested to increase the dosage from one pill to two at a time, I noticed that I had been suffering from dysautonomia and my body had been sending out signals due to the overdose. Prior to my first visit to Dr. Wen, the sleeping pills had ceased to be effective. Side effects such as heart palpitations, diarrhea and ringing in the ears occurred regularly. At that time, I searched online for alternative treatments. Luckily, I found Dr. Wen.
Western medicine has thus far been unable to find a cure for dysautonomia and autoimmune diseases. For instance, the only treatment for hypothyroidismcaused by Hashimoto's thyroiditis—which mayhave existed in human bodies for a long time but was not discovered until October this year—is to take Thyroxine and keep observing any changes. However, Dr. Wen, a specialist in complex acupuncture treatments, has given me the chance of a new life. Up until 23rd December, I hadreceived twelve acupuncture treatments. On the night following my first appointment, I had already halved the dosage of my sleeping pills. After ten acupuncture treatments, my heart palpitations no longer occurred, nor did I suffer from irritable bowel syndrome—something many found hard to cure—and the tightness around my neck due to anxiety disappeared. Thanks to theChinese herbal medicine specially mixed by Dr. Wen, my metabolism and immune system havestrengthened considerably. My skin allergy has improved significantly and the symptoms of insomnia and ringing in the ears have been alleviated. In the past few weeks, I had to move some heavy objects at my workplace (a language examination center at Taiwan National University)—it’s the end of the year, a time when the inventory count of books in the library must be completed. I used to suffer from pain in the caudal vertebraedue to injuries. However, after three acupuncture treatments, it has improved by 80% so far.
Before seeing Dr. Wen, I had been constantly searching for treatments and undergoing examinations at a number of major medical centers—just like patients suffering from illnesses arising from financial stress, work-related stress and issues around interpersonal relationships. It’s not that Western doctors are not good enough (as the doctors that I visited were very skillful and attentive). However,Western medicine is thus far limited to identifying problems. To find a cure, we have no choice but to wait for medical advances. As for expensive food supplements such as active probiotics, medicine-level amino acids, grape seeds, decaffeinated catechin and antrodiacamphorate, although such supplements have proven to be effective, as time goes on and as people and their bodies age, stress- and anxiety-related symptoms such as ringing in the ears and insomnia becomemore difficult to cure completely. These symptoms affect people’s quality of work and life and cannot be overlooked; they also cannot be cured simply by undergoing expensive medical examinations or taking food supplements.
“If only I had known Dr. Wen earlier” is possibly what the majority ofpeople—myself included—who have been cured or become better would most like to say to other patients. Five or ten years ago, when internet technology wasless advanced than it is today, many people did not dare to visit the doctor for fearof being labeled as “a psychopath”. In fact, the brain is an organ and thuscan become unwell, just like other organs. Whether you are suffering from chronic or acute illness, I hope that you can have the chance to witness the magic of Dr. Wen’s acupuncture. Even though there isa feeling of slight pain at the momentof insertion of the needles and the herbal medicine drink tastessomewhat bitter, for patients like me who have tried all other kinds of medicine and treatment and found them to be ineffective, the slight pain transforms into seeds of joy. Only by patiently receiving treatment will you start to see fruitful results.