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PARKINSON’S DISEASE (PD) 411Ming Men (GV 4). For more severe blood vacuity, add Xin Shu(Bl 15). For concomitant blood stasis, add San Yin Jiao (Sp 6).For severe fatigue and lack of strength, add Zu San Li (St 36).For edema, add Yin Ling Quan (Sp 9) and Shui Fen (CV 9).For twitching sinews and flesh or severe tremors, add Feng Chi(GB 20) and Yang Ling Quan (GB 34). For inhibited bendingand stretching, add Da Zhui (GV 14), Shui Gou (GV 26), andCheng Jiang (CV 24). For pain and numbness in the upperlimbs, add Wai Guan (TB 5). For pain and numbness in thelower limbs, add Cheng Shan (Bl 57). For instability walking,add Shen Mai (Bl 62) and Zhao Hai (Ki 6).4. SPLEEN VACUITY WITH DAMP HEAVINESS,PHLEGM FIRE STIRRING WIND PATTERNMAIN SYMPTOMS: Heavy-headedness, fear of cold, chilledlimbs, vexatious heat in the five hearts, reduced food intake,loose stools, inhibited movement of the hands and feet orrestless shaking, a fat tongue with red tip and slimy, whitefur, and a bowstring, slippery pulseNOTE: In this pattern, spleen vacuity with damp heavinessis the main thing, and phlegm fire stirring wind is secondary.That is why the signs and symptoms are relatively minor.TREATMENT PRINCIPLES: Extinguish wind and subdueyang, transform phlegm and disinhibit dampness, free theflow of the channels and quicken the network vesselsRX: Tian Ma Gou Teng Yin Jia Jian (Gastrodia & UncariaDrink with Additions & Subtractions)INGREDIENTS:Sang Ji Sheng (Herba Taxilli)Shi Jue Ming (Concha Haliotidis)Fu Ling (Poria)Ban Xia (Rhizoma Pinelliae )Dan Nan Xing (bile-processed Rhizoma Arisaematis)Zhi Shi (Fructus Immaturus Aurantii)Chen Pi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae)Tian Ma (Rhizoma Gastrodiae)Gou Teng (Ramulus Uncariae Cum Uncis)Niu Xix (Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae)Huang Qin (Radix Scutellariae)Jiang Can (Bombyx Batryticatus)Zhu Li (Succus Bambusae)Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae)20g15g15g9g9g9g9g9g9g9g9g9g9g6gANALYSIS OF FORMULA: Shi Jue Ming, Tian Ma, Gou Teng,Niu Xi, and Jiang Can extinguish wind and subdue yang.Sang Ji Sheng and Niu Xi nourish and enrich liver-kidney yinto check yang. Ban Xia, Dan Nan Xing, Zhi Shi, Chen Pi,Huang Qin, and Zhu Li together clear and transform phlegmheat and transform and extinguish phlegm wind. Gan Caoharmonizes the other medicinals in this formula.ADDITIONS & SUBTRACTIONS: For twitching sinews andflesh or severe tremors, add 12 grams each of Ci Ji Li(Fructus Tribuli) and Chan Tui (Periostracum Cicadae). Forinhibited bending and stretching, add 20 grams of Ge Gen(Radix Puerariae) and two grams of Bai Hua She(Agkistrodon/Bungarus), powdered and taken with thestrained decoction. For pain and numbness in the upperlimbs, add nine grams of Jiang Huang (Rhizoma CurcumaeLongae). For pain and numbness in the lower limbs, addnine grams of Mu Gua (Fructus Chaenomelis).For more marked spleen qi vacuity, replace Tian Ma GouTeng Yin Jia Jian with Dao Tan Tang Jia Jian (Abduct PhlegmDecoction with Additions & Subtractions): Huang Qi(Radix Astragali) and Ban Xia (Rhizoma Pinelliae), 20g each,Fu Ling (Poria) and Bai Zhu (Rhizoma AtractylodisMacrocephalae), 15g each, Chen Pi (Pericarpium CitriReticulatae), Xiang Fu (Rhizoma Cyperi), Sha Ren (FructusAmomi), Chuan Xiong (Rhizoma Chuanxiong), Zhi Ke(Fructus Aurantii), bile-processed Dan Nan Xing (RhizomaArisaematis), Gui Zhi (Ramulus Cinnamomi), and Tian Ma(Rhizoma Gastrodiae), 9g each, and Quan Xie (Scorpio) andWu Gong (Scolopendra), 3g each, powdered and taken withthe strained decoction.ACUPUNCTURE & MOXIBUSTION: Tai Chong (Liv 3), HeGu (LI 4), Feng Chi (GB 20), Feng Long (St 40)ANALYSIS OF FORMULA: Draining Tai Chong and He Gu, thefour gates or bars, as well as Feng Chi levels the liver and subduesyang, extinguishes wind and settles tremors. DrainingFeng Long transforms phlegm and disinhibits dampness.ADDITIONS & SUBTRACTIONS: For more marked spleenqi vacuity, add Zu San Li (St 36) and Yin Ling Quan (Sp 9).For twitching sinews and flesh or severe tremors, add YangLing Quan (GB 34). For inhibited bending and stretching,add Da Zhui (GV 14), Shui Gou (GV 26), and Cheng Jiang(CV 24). For pain and numbness in the upper limbs, addWai Guan (TB 5). For pain and numbness in the lowerlimbs, add Cheng Shan (Bl 57). For instability walking, addShen Mai (Bl 62) and Zhao Hai (Ki 6).REMARKS1. During the early stage of this disease, the above treatmentsmay slow its progression and thus delay the use of Westernmedicinals, such as levodopa, which only tend to work forseveral years. The longer the patient can avoid using thesedrugs, the longer they will work for them when they do. Inaddition, these protocols may help the Western medicinesachieve a more satisfactory and longer lasting effect withfewer side effects. Although not a Chinese medicinal, whenHerba Passiflorae Incarnatae (Passion Flower) is administeredin tandem with levodopa, the reduction in passive