Combination Helping
Parkinson’s Disease
Parkinson’s Disease is a degenerative disease. Its symptoms
are shown on the body. But the root of this problem is in the brain. Up to now,
no body knows the underlying cause. The patients may start with a mild to
moderate tremor of the hand(s) at first. Later they have the characteristic “pill-rolling”
movement that their thumbs and forefingers rub against each other. At the
beginning, they may feel muscular stiff, tired easily than usual. As developing
of the disease, the patients may have drooling, poor appetite, body rigidity,
stiff, a stooped, shuffling gait, and tremors.
The experts
have found, for patients with primary form of the disorder, their brain lost
the cell that can manufacture dopamine, which is the neurotransmitter that
carries messages from one nerve cell to another. The cause of the loss of the
brain cells that causes Parkinson’s disease is unknown. For the patients with a
secondary form of the disorder, the dopamine receptor in their brain is blocked
in some way.
Traditional
Chinese Medicine thinks Parkinson’s disease is resulted from the deficiency of
the kidney and the liver. When people add age on, the energy of the kidney and
the liver are gradually becoming low. Some people, especially, have chronic
illness that can influence the energy of the kidney and the liver and make
their energy low. According to the theory of Traditional Chinese medicine, the
brain is the reservoir (sea) of marrow, which is formed by the kidney essence
and connected with the kidney. And the liver has the function of storing blood,
regulating its supply and governing normal flow of Chi (vital energy). As the
energy of the kidney and the liver is low, the brain couldn’t be nourished
well. So the Parkinson’s disease patients usually have the fixed facial
expression, impaired speech, depression, slow action and etc.
There is no
curing solution for Parkinson’s disease. The main help from Western Medicine
are surgery and taking drugs. In clinic, I have found, the patients, after
surgery for years, still get the symptoms back sooner or later depending on the
patients’ health condition. Taking drugs can control Parkinson’s disease, but
the patients have to keep increasing the dosages that may damage the kidney or
the liver. Some patients believe the wine can help their problem. But they do
not know drinking only release their symptoms temporarily and make the disease
developing fast and worse in the future. For working many years in the clinic,
I would suggest to use the combination of Western medicine and traditional
Chinese medicine to help Parkinson’s disease with better result. With
traditional Chinese medicine care, especially, acupuncture or Yin TuiNa (one
type of Chinese medical massage), the patients maintain the good result of the
surgery, and remain or decrease the dosage of their drugs. The health condition
of my Parkinson’s disease patients has improved in different level.
Commonly,
Parkinson’s disease happens to senior people. With this disease for long time,
these people often combine with fatigue, depression, spasm, and constipation.
Additionally, the patients have over high muscular tension and tremor. Their
energy can be consumed more than normal people comparatively. There are some
patients have the symptoms of dementia, decreased appetite or numbness on the
feeling of hunger and fullness. So they need to be given what they should eat,
such as, protein can supply nutrition, vegetables and fruits can avoid
constipation, and seafood can prevent arteriosclerosis. If the patients sweat
more, please remember to let them drink more water. As the disease developed,
it is necessary to pay attention to their safety. For example, they may walk
with walking stick, and wear easy cloth and shoes. Some patients may need
health professional help, such as, feeding food, passive body turning and limbs
moving to avoid pressure sore or decubitus ulcer, knocking the back to prevent pneumonia.
Parkinson’s disease is chronic progressive disease.
The patients can be different age and the course of disease will be not the
same. At the early stage of the disease, the patients can work and take care
their own life. The important thing is to use nature way, such as, acupuncture
or Yin TuiNa to help them to release stress quickly, and strengthen their
kidney and balance their liver at the same time, and prevent or slow down
Parkinson’s disease. I also would suggest them to do exercise to keep their
joints flexible. Tai Chi Qi Gong is one of proper exercises.