Parkinson's Disease

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Has anyone had any success in treating Parkinson's patients. This one

hits close to home. A family member was just diagnosed yesterday and I

am trying to collect information. Her history:

 

60 y.o. female

Tongue: extremely flabby and pale with white coating

Pulse: very wiry

sleep: suffers from insomnia...cant fall asleep or stay asleep without

aid of meds

diet: very healthy and not excessive (vitamins do make her have a

ravenouse appetite)

energy levels: 5 or 6 out of 10

blood pressure is extremely high without meds and herbs. she was

walking around with BP of 180/110 for a long time before she addressed

the problem.

tremors started in right hand then went to right foot and now she is

having tremors in right optic nerve. nothing on left side yet. these

started about 9 months ago. diminished strength in entire right side

of body. handwriting is very bad.

speech is fine.

life long history of depression and at one point was suicidal in early

twenties.

in twenties and thirties was very irritable and easily agitated

 

she definitely suffers from ki yin & yang and lv blood deficiency

(leading to stirring heat). whenever i give her yin tonifying herbs

she gains a tremendous amount of weight. last time i had her on lui

wei

di huang wan she put on 17 pounds without any change in her diet.

right now she is taking Blue Poppy Hyperquell (which seems to be

making

her thick in the waist again) and about to start with Evergreens

NeuroPlus. I am also going to give her Jin Gui Shen Qi Wan.

 

As for acupuncture I have been doing some Tung points on the head for

tremors. I am also going to doing the motor line and some auricular.

I am considering doing some extraordinary meridian therapies with the

du channel and alternating with lv 3, li 4, gb 20, ub 17, 18, 23, du

20, 26 and sp 3, 4, 9 ki 3, 6

 

any comments or guidance in herbs and acupuncture are greatly welcome.

especially any ideas how to tonify her without the 17 pound weight

gain.

 

in health,

 

kimberly marin ap, rd

www. evowellness. com