I have been Dr Hou’s patent for 10 years. I truly believe she was sent by God and she saved my life. I was diagnosed with several autoimmune diseases, Pulmonary Hypertension, Raynauld’s syndrome, Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP), Mixed Connective Tissue Disease and Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrom (APS). At only 35 years old, my doctor installed a central line delivering an IV medication 24/7 and was talking to me about performing a lung / heart transplant in the future. Since I was 30, I was having trouble walking on level ground and going up stairs. I had my pinky finger autoamputate while in the hospital due to poor circulation. I was very sick when discharged from the hospital. I could not eat or sleep.

I started seeing Dr. Hou remotely. I would send her pictures of my tongue and describe my symptoms over email. She would send back herbal prescriptions that I would fill at my local Chinese herbal shop and brew the tea at home to consume twice a day.

I live in Vancouver, Canada and was not able to receive Dr Hou’s acupuncture treatments. She told me that first she would focus on my appetite and my sleeping and surely enough, over the weeks taking her tea, those conditions improved. After a few months she said she would focus on my circulation. I had Raynauld’s and my fingers would turn blue and white when cold. Sure enough, after a few months of treatment, my fingers would stay pink when I touched frozen food or shopped for cucumbers in grocery store.

I had immune disorders where I would be plagued by endless colds in the winter, one after the other. These got better over the years. Even my pinky finger is slowly growing back. This year I was able to surgically remove the central line and take off the ambulatory IV pump I had been wearing 24/7 for the last 10 years! I am working full time again for the past 3 years, I’ve lived to see my daughter graduate from elementary school.

My daughter also sees Dr. Hou and has taken the bitter tea twice a day since Kindergarten. I did have to start her very gradually, with just a single mouthful of tea at a time. I also had to bribe/motivate her with candy, but it was worth it in the end. She has had great improvement in her lupus symptoms, she is off all the heavy lupus drugs and had all her food allergies resolve. She no longer has to carry an Epipen as she passed a nut challenge at the local children’s hospital. She has been freed from a lifetime of living with a food allergy!

If you have a hopeless autoimmune disease, or cancer, or a mysterious disease that western medicine can not solve, please give Dr. Hou a try. The cure might not be fast or easy, but try to stick with it. She has worked miracles for my family!

Wai-Ling So