When I first came to Shasta I had just been put on vasotec to control my high blood pressure. I was interested because I was only 29 and very concerned about being dependent on medication at such a young age.

Natural medicine had always interested me and I was curious as to whether acupuncture could help me. I kept telling Shasta that my main interest was in loosing weight and coming off of the medication, she told me she couldn't treat these directly, but she continued to ask me about all of my other symptoms like: insomnia, swollen ankles, my eating habits, the heat in my palms and feet, afternoon fever, constant diarrhea, low back pain, dryness under the eyes, dry eyes, poor memory, and constant anxiety. She used all these different words to describe her diagnosis, which I thought were strange, but I figured I'd give it a chance. We set up a six month plan. Most of the above symptoms disappeared (which I thought was nice and Shasta seemed very excited about), however, by month four my blood pressure hadn't dropped and I was getting fed up. The amazing thing is by exactly six months from when we drew up the health plan I had weaned myself off the vasotec and had completely normal blood pressure!!
I'm still not sure how it happened, or why. Maybe the treatments over time accumulated and helped my body regulate itself. Whatever the reason, I've heard high blood pressure at a young age is very difficult to reverse, and I'm very happy Shasta was a part of me healing myself.