Adrenal Fatigue Treatment in Greenville, SC
Adrenal Fatigue Treatment at IHP Greenville. Dr. Hendry, DAOM — functional medicine, root-cause diagnostics, personalized care. Call (864) 365-6156.
Adrenal fatigue — more precisely called HPA axis dysregulation — describes a pattern of blunted cortisol response after prolonged chronic stress, producing the characteristic symptoms of afternoon energy crash, difficulty waking in the morning, salt cravings, low blood pressure, immune vulnerability, and emotional reactivity. At Integrative Health Partners, Dr. Hendry diagnoses HPA axis dysfunction through salivary cortisol curve testing and treats it through a structured protocol combining acupuncture, adaptogenic Chinese herbal medicine, and functional medicine support.
How Adrenal Fatigue Treatment Works
Adrenal fatigue treatment begins with 4-point salivary cortisol testing to map the cortisol rhythm through the day. Based on the curve pattern (high cortisol, inverted curve, flat curve, or various mixed patterns), Dr. Hendry selects the appropriate protocol. Acupuncture targets Kidney Yang tonification (the Chinese medicine pattern corresponding to cortisol deficiency). Adaptogenic herbs (Ren Shen, Huang Qi, Wu Wei Zi, Schisandra) support HPA axis recovery.
Conditions Treated with Adrenal Fatigue Treatment
Your First Appointment
Describe your energy pattern through the day in detail: morning (can you get out of bed easily?), midmorning, midday, early afternoon, late afternoon (the classic adrenal fatigue crash time), evening, and night. This temporal energy pattern is highly diagnostic.
Why Dr. Hendry for Adrenal Fatigue Treatment
Dr. Hendry's HRV biofeedback research published at Prisma Health directly measures the autonomic nervous system function that underlies HPA axis regulation — giving him a scientist's understanding of adrenal recovery physiology.