The Secret of the Seasons

Transition and Align with Each of the Five Seasons …..

Sjogren’s/Autoimmune Diseases

As a business consultant, I am impatient with myself because I think I should have entered acupuncture at the diagnosis of my first autoimmune disease. I had been diagnosed with several autoimmune diseases, the last and most troubling of which was Sjogren’s Syndrome. I had carefully altered my life style but was particularly bothered with patches on my corneas especially on the right eye as well as digestive difficulties. I had been diagnosed by two western specialists, both a rheumatologist and an ophthalmologist in the Boston area, and adhered to their suggestions as well as to the suggestions of my regular general physician. I took the prescribed medicines but my eyes’ problems continued