A difficult case study: my wife-seizures w/parkinsonism installment #2

[Guest guest]

As I mentioned last week, I will be posting each week the continuing

changes and developments relative to my wife Chana's complex neurological

 

disorder. We saw Dr. Zhang this evening, Jan 13, 2005. Her last seizure

was Dec 29. (We still haven't heard back from Janice Walton-Hadlock

concerning the Parkinson's recovery project in Santa Cruz, though I

continue to read with great interest the Practitioner's Handbook). Last

week's formula significantly tonified yin, as there was a dramatic

increase in volume, number and moisture of bowel movements. Also sleep

was better this week. However, no change in muscle spasms with tongue

and chin constantly moving, still very weak, still difficulty

comprehending and concentrating, very irritable to the touch. Though

sleep was better, woke up at 5:00 AM each morning, and unable to fall

back asleep. Caught a chest cold, with a lot of bronchial phlegm.

tongue: normal body color, thin white coat, red tip, slight teethmarks.

Pulse left: wiry, right: thready and choppy. Dr Zhang pointed out that

there are two important considerations now: tonify qi and transform

phlegm. The signs of qi xu are: waking early, weak, difficult to

concentrate, teethmarks, and deficient pulse. As far as the phlegm is

concerned, as I mentioned last week, phlegm is engendered by damp

accumulation which accompanies spleen xu, and as we are now within a week

of when a seizure would be expected, especially in light of the lung

phlegm already presenting, reducing herbs are indicated. Also, note that

the daily dose of Da Huang is now reduced to 3 grams.

 

The formula prescribed is: sheng di huang 24, bai shao yao 15, gui ban

15, bie jia 15, gou teng 21, tian ma 9, huang qi 15, xi yang shen 6, fu

shen 9, bai zhu 9, dan nan xing 9, yuan zhi 6, zhu ru 9, jiang can 9,

di long 9.

taken separately in capsule form: quan xie and wu gong 3 each, da huang

3, and hu po 3(at bedtime).

 

As always, I welcome your comments and observations.

 

Yehuda

 

 

 

 

 

Last week:

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Anyway, Chana's last seizure was Dec. 29. We saw Dr. Zhang on Jan 6. At

the time she had had a very difficult week. Sleep was very poor,

constant muscle spasms, very weak, increased nocturia, tongue and chin

constantly moving, difficulty comprehending, neck, chin and jaw very

sensitive to the touch. Her tongue had little coating, normal body

color, red tip and cracks. The pulses were wiry and choppy on both

wrists.

 

The formula prescribed was: Sheng di huang 30, xuan shen 15, mai men

dong 12, bai shao yao 15, gui ban 15, bie Jia 15, zhen zhu mu 15,

yu zhu 12, bai he 15, gou teng 15, sang piao xiao 12, di long 9, chan tui

9, suan zao ren 15, ye jiao teng 12, wu wei zi 9. Taken separately in

capsule form: quan xie 3 and wu gong 3, and da huang 3.5 grams daily.

[Guest guest]

You might want to email Al Stone directly if you haven't already. He was one of

those in

the initial study that she set up...

 

(We still haven't heard back from Janice Walton-Hadlock

> concerning the Parkinson's recovery project in Santa Cruz, though I

> continue to read with great interest the Practitioner's Handbook).

 

doug