A difficult case study: My wife-seizures with Parkinsonism, installment #8

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Dear Group,

 

As I write this, I have one foot out the door heading to Santa Cruz. The

Parkinson's Recovery Project, a team of 5 L.Ac's, has accepted Chana as a

patient. Your best thoughts and qi are appreciated! More when we come

back next week.

 

We met with Dr.Zhang, Thursday evening Feb 24, 2005. Seizures occurred

earlier than usual, first one after 15 days. Seizures occurred Saturday,

Monday, Tuesday (two) and Wednesday. Sleep was much better with the

new formula, until Wednesday night, when sleep was disturbed. I

observed that seizures were instigated by visitors and exciting or

emotional news. Severe spasms in arms and chin, definitely more severe

when closer to seizure. Urination also much more frequent, particularly

closer to seizures. Stools daily, large, soft and foul smelling. A LOT

of phlegm in her throat especially, and very difficult to swallow.

Appetite good, walking well, though not much stamina. Not clumsy and

falling over like in the past and not afraid to go outside. A lot of

emotional extremes, especially after seizures, very angry and suspicious,

and after first and second seizures, strong but acted very silly with

inappropriate laughter. Not especially weak or tired, balance good,

speech good, difficulty hearing with tinnitus.

 

Tongue: red tip with mid-line cracks

 

Pulse: right:choppy and thready

Left: wiry and choppy

 

 

Formula: dan nan xing 9,zhu ru 9, yuan zhi 6, fu shen 12, xi yang shen

5, zhi shi 9, ban xia 9, chen pi 6, shi chang pu 6, zhe bei mu 9,

gui ban 15, Bie Jia 15, bai shao yao 15, gou teng 30, E Jiao 9,

chan tui 9, di long 9, tian ma 9,

 

taken separately in capsule form: Da huang powder 3, hu po powder 3(at

bedtime only).

 

 

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last week:

Met with Dr. Zhang, Thursday evening Feb 17, 2005. Quite rainy all week,

and unable to walk outside. No seizure activity in past week. Phlegm

seems to have increased and settled in the throat, but no longer in the

chest. This week had difficulty swallowing; frequently choked on food

and capsules. Sleep has been very broken. Very sleepy in the

evenings, falls asleep easily, but wakes up after 3am frequently with

irritability and muscle spasms. Finally 6am unable to sleep (two hours

premature). Urination stable, stools stable again soft well formed but

very foul smelling. Constant painful muscle spasms in arms and fingers.

Easily angered and emotionally volatile. Because not sleeping well,

tired day and night, balance and coordination worse. However speech is

improved.

 

Tongue: slightly red tip cracks in body, normal body color and coat.

Pulse: right: 2nd position wiry, first and 3rd weak

left: wiry and slippery

 

 

Formula: dan nan xing 9,huang qi 21, yuan zhi 9, fu shen 12

ren shen 4, he huan pi 15, gui ban 15, Bie Jia 15, Zhen Zhu mu 30,

bai shao yao 15, Huang lian 3, Huang qin 9, E Jiao 9,

suan zao ren 15 tian ma 9, sheng di huang 15

 

taken separately in capsule form: quan xie and wu gong 3 each, da huang3,

and hu po 3(at bedtime only).

 

 

" When you see someone doing something wrong, realize that it was brought

before

you because you did something similar. Therefore, instead of judging

him, judge yourself. "

 

The Baal Shem Tov Hakodesh