The Study On The Treatment Of Tourette Syndrome By Releasing Heat And Resolving Toxins With Traditional Chinese Medicine

For well over 100 years now since the condition was first documented, the Tourette syndromeremains a difficult problem of modern cranial nerve medical science. The symptoms of this diseaseinclude involuntary movements and abnormal vocalizations, or both, while the patients are fullyconscious of their surroundings.This clinical research adopts the treatment of releasing heat and resolving toxins. Patients wereadministered "Huang Lian Jie Du Decoction," adding other herbs based on the individual'spresenting signs and symptoms.Five-hundred twenty-four (524) Tourette syndrome patients were treated from August of 2004to February of 2007. These clinical statistics excluded 11 patients with central nervous systemdisorders, such as Huntington's disease, Wilson's disease, epilepsy, and brain tumors; 24 patientswith mental disorders, such as obsessive-compulsive disorder, autism, and melancholia; and 180patients who were non-compliant in taking an adequate 30-day treatment dosage.; and 7 patientswho were treated with a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) method other than releasing heat andresolving toxins.Accounting for the forementioned exclusions, 302 patients were administered the "Huang LianJie Du Decoction," exhibiting an efficacy ratio of 94.70% while 5.30% laeked treatment efficacy.We separately analyzed two groups: one that solely received TCM treatment and another thatreceived a Chinese-Western integrated medicine approach:The first group, the TCM group, accounts for 257 patients. Complete recovery occurred in 59patients (22.96%), significant treatment efficacy in 157 patients (61.09%), some treatment efficacyin 29 patients (11.28%), and no treatment efficacy in 12 patients (4.67%). The total treatmentefficacy ratio is 95.33%.The second group, the Chinese-Western integrated medicine approach, accounted for 45patients. Complete recovery occurred in 9 people (20.00%), significant treatment efficacy in 21patients (46.67%), some treatment efficacy in 11 patients (24.44%), and no treatment efficacy in 4 patients (8.89%). The total treatment efficacy ratio is 91.11%.According to the analysis of the "Chi-Square Test," there is no significant difference betweenthese two groups (P＞0.05). It reveals that the treatment efficacy of the TCM group and theChinese-Western integrated medicine group is the same.