What are the Chinese medicine remedies for Parkinson's disease?

Many elderly people suffer from Parkinson's disease, and the symptoms of Parkinson's disease are also more obvious, with persistent tremors in the hands. Friends who want to treat Parkinson's disease with traditional Chinese medicine should seek advice from a regular doctor, because most of the traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions for treating Parkinson's disease are still folk remedies, so for the sake of your own health, it is better to be conservative.

What are the traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions for treating Parkinson's disease?

1. Prescription: 10 grams each of Pinellia, mulberry leaves, Arisaema, Rhizoma Anemarrhenae, Fritillaria, Immature Citrus aurantium, Peel of Tangerine Peel, and Scutellaria, 15 grams each of Buffalo Horn, Chrysanthemum, and Poria, and 18 grams of Uncaria rhynchophylla. Usage: Decoction in water and take in 3 doses, 1 dose per day. Additions and subtractions: If phlegm and dampness accumulate inside the body, with symptoms of chest tightness, nausea, coughing up sputum, thick and greasy tongue coating, and slippery pulse, add simmered soap beans and white mustard seeds to dry out dampness and resolve phlegm. If the tremor is severe, add mother of pearl, raw cassia seed, and scorpion. This folk remedy for Parkinson's disease is also quite common.

2. Use Daotan Decoction combined with Lingjiao Uncaria Decoction with modifications. The front part dispels phlegm and promotes qi circulation, while the back part clears away heat, soothes the liver and extinguishes wind. The two parts are used together to clear away heat, resolve phlegm, soothe the liver and extinguish wind. They are suitable for symptoms of internal accumulation of phlegm and heat, and disturbance of liver wind. Pinellia, Arisaema, Rhizoma Anemarrhenae, Fritillaria cirrhosa, and Scutellaria baicalensis can clear away heat and resolve phlegm, while buffalo horn, mulberry leaf, Uncaria rhynchophylla, and chrysanthemum can calm the liver, extinguish wind and stop tremors. This is a folk remedy for treating Parkinson's disease.

3. Prescription: 12 grams each of angelica and hemp seed, 15 grams of raw rehmannia, 10 grams each of peach kernel and bitter orange. Usage: Decoction in water and take in 3 doses, 1 dose per day. Additions and subtractions: If the face is pale and the dizziness is severe, add Scrophularia, Polygonum multiflorum, and Lycium barbarum to nourish the blood and moisten the intestines; if the palms and soles are hot and there is hot flashes in the afternoon, add Anemarrhena asphodeloides, Coptis chinensis, etc. to clear the heat from the deficiency. Indications and functions: Nourishes blood and moistens dryness, extinguishes wind and stops convulsions. Used to treat Parkinson's disease, which is classified as Yin deficiency and blood dryness type according to Chinese medicine. This is a folk remedy for Parkinson's disease.

4. Prescription: 12 grams each of Gastrodia elata, Scrophularia ningpoensis, Rehmannia glutinosa, Viscum album, and Poria cocos, 18 grams of Lithospermum officinale, 20 grams each of Uncaria rhynchophylla, Hematite, Polygonum multiflorum, and Tortoise shell, 25 grams each of raw dragon bone and raw oyster, 10 grams each of white peony root, Asparagus cochinchinensis, Polygonum multiflorum, Eucommia ulmoides, Scutellaria baicalensis, and Gardenia jasminoides. Usage: Decoction in water and take in 3 doses, 1 dose per day. This is also a folk remedy for Parkinson's disease.

5. Two-bean porridge: 10 grams of white lentils and 30 grams of broad beans. Fry the two beans until fragrant, grind them into powder and set aside; cook porridge with 50 grams of rice, add the two-bean powder when it is cooked, and take it after boiling, 2 to 3 doses a day. It can strengthen the spleen, soothe the liver and calm the meridians. It is suitable for people with tremor paralysis, poor appetite and limb numbness.

6. Stewed quail with Gastrodia elata: Take a quail, remove the hair and internal organs, stuff 15 grams of Gastrodia elata into its stomach, tie it up with thread, add water and stew until cooked, add salt and MSG, remove the Gastrodia elata, eat the meat and drink the soup, once every other day. Pigeons can also be used instead of quail. It has the function of nourishing yin and softening the liver. It is suitable for people with tremor paralysis, limb numbness, and trembling hands.

7. Pueraria lobata and crucian carp soup: 20 grams each of Pueraria lobata and Xuan papaya, 10 grams each of Chinese angelica, Salvia miltiorrhiza, Achyranthes bidentata, Codonopsis pilosula and white peony root, put them into a gauze bag; 250 grams of crucian carp, wash and remove the scales, gills and internal organs; put the fish, medicine bag and appropriate amount of seasonings of ginger, onion and salt into a stew pot, add 600 ml of water, bring to a boil over high heat and then simmer over low heat for 40 minutes. Eat fish and drink soup twice a day. It has the function of nourishing blood, dispelling wind and unblocking meridians. It is suitable for people with tremor paralysis, stiff neck and strong neck.