TCM Secrets and a Parkinson's Case

The other day my translator and I were discussing the treatment of stroke by a very
famous doctor in the Tanjin province. Everyone all over the country knows him and people travel very far for his treatment. The students were reading a recent article of his and I asked about the content, it was about reviving patients from a recent coma. While it contained some information about the techniques, but my translator was skeptical that this doctor, or most doctors in China for that matter, divulge their real techniques. The general belief is they share the real secrets only with close relatives or senior students.

However, it may change in this generation, as the conversation then turned to how this practice has held Chinese medicine back in the last 20 years, and the reason that Western medicine has advanced so much in the recent past is their open sharing of results. Wheather it is true or not, this idea still seems to exist. Interesting thoughts, I was actually a little worried my teachers would be upset if they read my blog, giving away their secrets. Even though I think it is good PR for them, maybe it is a good thing that the blogspot website is blocked in china. (I can only post, but I cannot see my postings or the comments, send them by e-mail).

One of the most remarkable cases in Dr. Chan's clinic is a patient with Parkinson's disease. She travels to Changsha from GuangZhou for treatment once a year, this is her second series of treatments. This year when she came, had alot of difficulty making facial expressions and could not smile at all. Her legs would constantly shake on the table. Dr. Chan gives her a huge prescription, about 40 needles, even he laughs at how many their are. But after 13 treatments this month she is beginning to smile again. Her pattern is liver vacuity and wind phlegm. The head points are for the wind, but the face are for the local disease. He uses DU 20, 22, 24, yin tang, UB 4, SI 18, tai yang, St 7, St 4, St 2, Ren 24, Li 11, 10, 4, Si 6, Sp 3,6,9,10, St 34, 40, Liv 3, nao qing (an extra point for brain diseases 2 cun about ST 41 on the ST yang ming channel), and GB 34.