Suzanne Tang
Dr. Suzanne Tang is a naturopathic doctor and licensed acupuncturist with more than twenty years in functional medicine and women’s health. She is the founder and clinic director of Inspire Natural Wellness, an integrative wellness center in Orange County, California, and she advises Astrela on women’s hormone health and naturopathic protocols.
Her clinical focus is the part of women’s health that conventional care most often moves past quickly: the years when hormones begin to shift, symptoms accumulate, and standard laboratory work comes back within range.
Training and clinical background
She earned a BS in Psychobiology from UCLA in 1997, then completed a Doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine and a Master of Science in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine at Bastyr University in 2003. Bastyr is among the small number of accredited naturopathic medical schools in North America, and its programme combines biomedical sciences with clinical training in natural therapeutics.
Her training since has extended into craniosacral therapy, bio-identical hormone therapy and reiki. She is a certified craniosacral therapist and a registered yoga instructor.
Before founding Inspire Natural Wellness in 2022, she practised at the UC Irvine Susan Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine, an academic integrative medicine centre within a research university, and co-founded Coastal Acupuncture and Natural Health Center.
How she practises
Dr. Tang’s approach is investigative rather than protocol-driven. Two women presenting with the same complaint of fatigue, weight change and disrupted sleep frequently have different underlying pictures, and her working assumption is that the pattern matters more than the label.
That means laboratory work is read as a whole rather than marker by marker, and read against what the person actually reports experiencing. A result inside the reference range is information, not a verdict. In perimenopause particularly, hormone levels fluctuate substantially from day to day, so a single blood draw can return a reassuring number while symptoms remain severe. She has written about exactly this problem for Astrela.
Her practice combines naturopathic and functional medicine with acupuncture and Oriental medicine, bio-identical hormone support, craniosacral therapy and focused therapeutic bodywork. Care is typically structured over months rather than single visits, on the reasoning that hormonal and metabolic change is slow and needs following rather than a one-off consultation.
What she works with
- Perimenopause and menopause, including the years before periods become irregular
- Hormone symptoms where laboratory results have been reported as normal
- Fatigue, sleep disruption, weight change and mood shifts with a hormonal component
- Interpretation of comprehensive biomarker panels, including at-home and direct-to-consumer testing
- Metabolic and thyroid health
- Stress physiology and nervous system regulation
Speaking, media and writing
Dr. Tang has spoken on natural medicine for the American Heart Association, contributed to health publications, and appeared on ABC Channel 7 News.
For Astrela she writes on women’s hormone health and reviews clinical content for accuracy. Her published pieces are listed below.
Where she practises
Inspire Natural Wellness is based in Orange County, California. Dr. Tang is licensed in California.
Content published here is educational and is not a substitute for individual medical advice. Seeing a piece by Dr. Tang on this site does not establish a clinical relationship.