"When I first came to the YOON CLINIC (previously called by Golden Mountain Clinic), I was at my wits’ end. I had just come through a very dangerous parasite infection in Mexico, and was still suffering from its repercussions. I had many symptoms, the worst being high blood pressure and constant dehydration. Previous to the infection, I had never had high blood pressure before in my life. In fact, my blood pressure was always remarkably low, probably a result of being in decent physical condition (I was an avid tennis player). So when a recommended medical doctor here in Vancouver told me I would be on high blood pressure medication for the rest of my life (!), I knew there had to be a better solution.

I am also a breast cancer survivor – 10 years now – and have had my share of experience with the medical community. I was ready for something else? something more holistic and, hopefully, a person who would actually listen to what I had to say. After all, it is MY body, not the doctor’s, and I feel we always have a choice as to whether we want to heal or remain as we are. To me, healing is not just about the body. In fact, the body is only a reflection of what is going on inside our minds, hearts, and spirits. So when I met Sung (Doctor Yoon at the Golden Mountain Clinic) and he expressed the same philosophy, I knew I had met the right healer.

I believed there was something putting pressure on my heart and inhibiting its ability to regulate itself, but no doctor would agree with me until I met Sung Yoon. He said I had a blockage, and showed me where it was, just under my heart. Rachel, the other TCM doctor at the clinic, also confirmed this, so I began doing as he instructed (my homework), switching to an anti-inflammatory diet and using heat and massage to clear the blockage. I also gradually began increasing my exercise and made meditation part of my daily schedule.

Within six weeks of going just once a week to the clinic, my blood pressure came down into the normal range for the first time in six months, and my dehydration has completely disappeared. Other symptoms I had been suffering from, such as feeling cold, poor complexion, and sore stomach/intestines have also greatly improved. Currently, I have cut back my blood pressure medication to ¼ of what I used to take before coming to the clinic. In a few more weeks, I will be finished with it altogether (oh happy day!).

Thank you, Sung and Rachel, for being such wonderful people as well as doctors. And thanks too, for keeping your prices so reasonable, so that people like me can afford to come regularly to your clinic without financial strain.
You are both truly dedicated healers, and I am just so happy and grateful to have found you."

 

— Darlene Schmidt

food writer for the New York Times (www.thaifood.about.com)

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*Results may vary from person to person