Insomnia Treatment in Greenville, SC
Insomnia Treatment at IHP Greenville — authentic TCM, in-house herbal pharmacy. Dr. Hendry, DAOM, 25+ yrs experience. Call (864) 365-6156.
Chronic insomnia — difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, or early waking on at least 3 nights per week for 3+ months — affects an estimated 10–15% of American adults and is one of the most frequently presenting conditions at Integrative Health Partners. Dr. Hendry treats insomnia as a systemic disorder requiring a root-cause approach, not as a simple neurotransmitter deficit to be corrected with a sleeping pill. His integrative protocol consistently produces lasting improvements in sleep architecture without the dependency risks, cognitive side effects, and next-day grogginess of pharmaceutical sleep aids.
How Insomnia Treatment Works
Insomnia treatment combines acupuncture (for melatonin regulation, cortisol modulation, and autonomic balance), Chinese herbal medicine (particularly Suan Zao Ren Tang for Heart Blood Deficiency insomnia), and functional medicine assessment of the biological sleep disruptors most commonly identified in clinical practice: cortisol dysregulation (most commonly high nocturnal cortisol), blood sugar instability (nocturnal hypoglycemia causing 2–3 AM waking), thyroid dysfunction, progesterone deficiency (female patients), B12 and magnesium deficiency, and sleep apnea screening.
Conditions Treated with Insomnia Treatment
Your First Appointment
Keep a sleep diary for 7 days before your appointment. Include bedtime, sleep onset time, number and timing of wakings, wake time, and morning energy level. This information is crucial for identifying the pattern and timing of sleep disruption — which reveals its likely biological drivers.
Why Dr. Hendry for Insomnia Treatment
Dr. Hendry's HRV biofeedback research at Prisma Health (3 publications) is directly relevant to insomnia treatment — HRV (heart rate variability) is a direct measure of autonomic nervous system balance, and improving HRV is a key mechanism through which acupuncture improves sleep quality.