Chinese Medicine Clinic Services

Fatigue Treatment in Greenville, SC

Fatigue Treatment at IHP Greenville — authentic TCM, in-house herbal pharmacy. Dr. Hendry, DAOM, 25+ yrs experience. Call (864) 365-6156.

Fatigue — persistent tiredness that is not relieved by rest — is one of the most common presenting complaints in integrative medicine and one of the most overlooked in conventional care. At Integrative Health Partners, Dr. Hendry takes fatigue seriously as a clinical finding requiring investigation, not reassurance. His functional medicine assessment consistently identifies treatable biological causes — subclinical thyroid dysfunction, iron-deficiency without anemia, B12 deficiency, vitamin D deficiency, adrenal dysfunction, sleep disorders, mitochondrial impairment, and gut dysbiosis — that most patients have never had evaluated.

How Fatigue Treatment Works

Fatigue treatment begins with comprehensive functional medicine testing — a panel that goes far beyond a standard "check for anemia" workup. Dr. Hendry orders full thyroid panel, comprehensive metabolic panel, CBC with differential, ferritin (iron stores), vitamin D, B12, methylmalonic acid (functional B12), folate, magnesium, inflammatory markers, cortisol curve, and additional testing as indicated. Acupuncture addresses the constitutional pattern (most commonly Spleen Qi Deficiency or Kidney Yang Deficiency) while functional medicine addresses the identified nutritional or hormonal drivers.

Your First Appointment

Describe your fatigue pattern: constant vs. intermittent, morning vs. afternoon vs. evening worst, whether it is worsened by exertion (post-exertional malaise), and associated symptoms (brain fog, muscle pain, sleep issues). Bring any prior fatigue-related lab work.

Why Dr. Hendry for Fatigue Treatment

Dr. Hendry's functional medicine investigation consistently identifies treatable drivers of fatigue that standard medical workups miss — because he uses functional reference ranges and orders tests that conventional primary care does not routinely include.

Frequently Asked Questions

Comprehensive metabolic panel, CBC with differential, full thyroid panel (TSH, free T3, free T4, reverse T3, TPO/TG antibodies), ferritin, vitamin D (25-OH), B12, methylmalonic acid, folate, magnesium (RBC), cortisol curve (4-point salivary), CRP, and additional tests based on findings.
Chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a specific clinical diagnosis requiring 6+ months of profound, unrefreshing fatigue with post-exertional malaise, cognitive impairment, and orthostatic intolerance — not explained by another condition. Dr. Hendry evaluates all fatigue patients for ME/CFS criteria and adjusts treatment protocols accordingly.
Yes — hypothyroidism is one of the most common causes of fatigue. Even 'subclinical' hypothyroidism (TSH within conventional lab range but not optimal) causes fatigue, cold sensitivity, brain fog, and weight gain in susceptible patients. Dr. Hendry uses functional reference ranges that catch this.
Depends entirely on the identified cause. Iron deficiency: 3–6 months of supplementation. Thyroid correction: often rapid. Adrenal rehabilitation: 3–6 months. ME/CFS: longer-term ongoing management.
Yes — acupuncture strengthens Spleen and Kidney Yang (the Chinese medicine foundations of physical energy), improves mitochondrial function (multiple studies show increased ATP production after acupuncture), and addresses the Qi Deficiency patterns that correspond to fatigue.
Integrative Health Partners, 319 Wade Hampton Blvd, Ste A, Greenville, SC 29609. Call (864) 365-6156.

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