TOURETTE SYNDROME

Clinical Manifestations
  • Spasms
  • Tics
Treatment Principle
Herb Formulas
Points
  • DU-20, GB-20, HT-7
  • Ear: Shenmen, Liver, Spleen, Kidney, Heart, Endocrine, Erbei
Clinical Manifestations
  • Spasms
  • Tics
  • Tremors
  • Sallow complexion
  • Fatigue
  • Anorexia
  • Four limbs feel tired and heavy
  • Abdominal and epigastric distention after eating
  • Maybe acid regurgitation or vomiting
  • Loose stools
  • Shortness of breath
  • T: Pale and flabby - may have teethmarks
  • C: White
  • P: Even, forceless and Deficient
Treatment Principle
  • Strengthen the Spleen
  • Tonify Qi
  • Extinguish Wind
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Spasms
  • Tics
  • Memory loss
  • Forgetfulness
  • Absent-mindedness
  • Lack of concentration
  • Menorrhagia
  • Palpitations with or without anxiety
  • Insomnia (difficulty falling asleep)
  • Nightmares
  • Reduced appetite
  • Pale, wan complexion
  • Pale lips and nails
  • Early menstruation with copious pale blood
  • Continuous flow with little blood (spotting)
  • Excess perspiration
  • Night sweats
  • Irregular menstruation
  • Leukorrhea
  • Dizziness (mild and postural, worse with sitting or rising or lying down or when fatigued)
  • Blurred vision
  • Spots before the eyes
  • Low spirits
  • Depression
  • Bruising easily
  • Dream disturbed sleep
  • Short attention span
  • Anxiety
  • Phobias
  • Panic attacks
  • Fear
  • Low grade fever
  • Withdrawal
  • Fatigue and lethargy
  • Weakness
  • Genital itch
  • Impotence
  • Nocturnal emissions
  • Weak abdomen
  • Abdominal distention after eating
  • Premenstrual spotting
  • Dry skin and hair
  • T: Pale, maybe swollen
  • C: White
  • P: Thready and weak or Thready and moderate
Treatment Principle
  • Augment Qi
  • Nourish the Blood
  • Strengthen the Spleen
  • Nourish the Heart
Herb Formulas
Points
  • DU-20, GB-20, HT-7
  • Ear: Shenmen, Liver, Spleen, Kidney, Heart, Endocrine, Erbei
Clinical Manifestations
  • Pale complexion
  • Pale lips
  • Blurred or failing vision
  • Spots before eyes
  • Dizziness
  • Dry eyes
  • Pale nail beds
  • Irritability
  • Frightens easily
  • Insomnia with much dreaming
  • Tinnitus
  • Numbness of limbs
  • Tremor, spasms or involuntary movements (chorea)
  • Involuntary shaking of head
  • Light menses or amenorrhea
  • Late menses
  • Tic or tremor of hands and feet
  • Maybe trismus
  • T: Pale
  • C: Little
  • P: Thready and wiry
Treatment Principle
  • Nourish the Liver
  • Reinforce Blood
  • Extinguish Wind
  • Stop spasms
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Dizziness and vertigo to the point of falling over
  • Headache with a drawing sensation
  • Twitching and involuntary writhing of hands and feet
  • Numbness and tremor of limbs
  • Dysphasia
  • Unsteady gait
  • T: Red
  • P: Thready and wiry
Treatment Principle
  • Nourish Yin
  • Anchor Yang.
  • Calm Liver Yang and Liver Wind
  • Stop spasms
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Spasms
  • Tics
  • Irritability
  • Restlessness
  • Insomnia
  • A sensation of Heat and irritability in the chest
  • A desire to vomit without result
  • Dream-disturbed sleep
  • Anxiety
  • Tongue ulcers
  • Fidgeting
  • Palpitations
  • Maybe a rancorous disposition
  • Fear and fright
  • Night sweats
  • Shortness of breath
  • Nausea
  • T: Red or Red tip
  • C: Normal
  • P: Thin and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Extinguish and pacify Wind
  • Clear Heat
  • Calm the Shen
  • Sedate the Heart
  • Drain Fire
  • Nourish Yin
Herb Formulas
Points
  • DU-20, GB-20, HT-7
  • Ear: Shenmen, Liver, Spleen, Kidney, Heart, Endocrine, Erbei
Clinical Manifestations
  • Tics
  • Maybe high fever
  • Contractures
  • Spasms
  • Neck stiffness
  • Convulsions
  • Spasms
  • Oculogyric crises
  • Opisthotonos
  • T: Red or Deep red
  • C: Normal or Yellow
  • P: Wiry and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat
  • Cool the Liver
  • Subdue Wind
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Dry eyes
  • Diminished visual acuity
  • Photophobia
  • Tearing when exposed to Wind
  • Painful eyes
  • Blurred vision
  • Lower back pain
  • Weakness of the lower back, knees and extremities
  • Spontaneous and nocturnal emissions
  • Light-headedness
  • Vertigo
  • Tinnitus
  • Diminished hearing
  • Five sole heat
  • Chronic dry, sore throat
  • Toothache
  • Wasting and thirsting disorder / Xiao Ke
  • Decreased libido
  • Dizziness
  • Muscular weakness
  • Dry skin
  • Deafness
  • Steaming bones
  • Tidal fevers
  • Loose teeth
  • Dripping urine
  • Thirst
  • Dry tongue
  • Numbness and weakness at the waist and knees
  • Urinary incontinence
  • Heel pain
  • Knee pain
  • Night sweats
  • T: Red
  • C: Little or None
  • P: Thready and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Enrich Yin
  • Nourish the essence of the Liver and Kidneys
  • Brighten the eyes
  • Enrich Blood
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Fatigue
  • Muscle spasms with alternating flexion and extension of the extremities
  • Prostration
  • Weak and sore lower back and knees
  • Weakness and atrophy of the legs
  • Dry, parched mouth and throat
  • Dizziness
  • Blurred vision
  • Insomnia
  • Dream disturbed sleep
  • Spermatorrhea
  • Prematurely gray hair
  • Premature hair loss
  • A bitter taste in the mouth
  • Nocturnal emissions
  • Hypermenorrhea
  • T: Red and dry or Deep red
  • C:Thin or Peeled
  • P: Weak and faint
Treatment Principle
  • Nourishes Kidney and Liver Yin
  • Extinguishes Endogenous Wind
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Spasms
  • Tics
  • Fullness and distention in the chest
  • Irritability
  • Occasional fright palpitations
  • Urinary difficulty
  • Constipation
  • Delirious speech
  • Insomnia
  • Subcardiac distention
  • Palpitations at the abdomen
  • Melancholia
  • Fear
  • Agitation
  • Unsteadiness
  • Tends toward mania and convulsions
  • Tends toward fatigue and clumsiness of limbs
  • Dysuria
  • Excitability
  • Dizziness
  • Anxiety
  • Tinnitus
  • Deafness
  • Profuse expectoration of Phlegm
  • Bitter taste in the mouth
  • Palpitations
  • Pale face
  • Oliguria
  • A sensation of extreme heaviness of the body
  • Fatigue
  • Inability to rotate the trunk
  • Difficulty moving the body
  • T: Red
  • C: Slippery
  • P: Wiry and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Harmonize the Shao Yang
  • Unblock the three Yang Stages
  • Calm the Liver
  • Transform Phlegm
  • Sedate and calm the Spirit
  • Alleviate spasms
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Low back, knees and legs painful and weak
  • Foot pain
  • Light-headedness
  • Vertigo
  • Tinnitus
  • Diminished hearing
  • Five sole Heat
  • Chronic dry, sore throat
  • Toothache
  • Wasting and thirsting disorder (Xiao Ke)
  • Dizziness
  • Muscular weakness
  • Dry skin
  • Deafness
  • Steaming bones
  • Delayed closing or unclosed fontanel in infants
  • Tidal fevers
  • Loose teeth
  • Dripping urine
  • Thirst
  • Dry tongue
  • Numbness and weakness at the waist and knees
  • Heel pain
  • Dry mouth
  • Dry throat
  • Blurred vision
  • Urinary incontinence
  • Spontaneous and nocturnal emissions
  • Night sweats
  • Hypochondriac and chest pain
  • Dry, parched mouth and throat
  • Bitter taste in mouth
  • Acid regurgitation
  • Epigastric and abdominal distention
  • T: Red and dry
  • C: Little or None
  • P: Thready and rapid or Thready and weak or Wiry and Deficient
Treatment Principle
  • Enriches Yin
  • Nourishes the Essence of the Liver and Kidney
  • Spreads Liver Qi
Herb Formulas
Points

Clinical Manifestations
  • Spasms
  • Tics
  • Contractures
  • Spasms
  • Neck stiffness
  • Convulsions
  • Oculogyric crises
  • Opisthotonos
  • T: Red or Deep red
  • P: Wiry and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Clear Heat
  • Cool the Liver
  • Subdue Wind
Herb Formulas
Points
Clinical Manifestations
  • Deviation of the eyes and mouth
  • Paralysis of the skin
  • Continuous, uncontrolled salivation
  • Fever
  • Sore, painful joints
  • Facial paralysis
  • Difficulty speaking
  • Intolerance of Cold
  • Spasms of the limbs
  • Hypochondriac pain and distention
  • Alternating fever and chills
  • Depression
  • Easily angered
  • Chest fullness
  • Bitter taste in mouth
  • Fidgeting
  • Abdominal pain and cramps
  • Breast distention and pain
  • Irritability
  • Dysmenorrhea
  • Irregular menstruation
  • Amenorrhea
  • T: Normal
  • C: Thin and white
  • P: Wiry or Taut and thready or Floating and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Dispel Wind
  • Resolve Phlegm
  • Stop spasms
  • Spread Liver Qi
  • Promote Qi circulation
  • Harmonize the Blood
  • Alleviate pain
Herb Formulas
Points
  • DU-20, GB-20, HT-7
  • Ear: Shenmen, Liver, Spleen, Kidney, Heart, Endocrine, Erbei