Tia

I know it was a three year ago article, but I just want to share some of my experience here. About the white tonuge, my daughter had it before when her tics were really in a not good condition. According to her acupuncturist, it was due to the cold and wet body condition, which is related to the digestion system. After almost two years treatment by Chinese herb and acupuncture, my Dd's white tonuge is almost gone. Her cheeks even became more apple like instead of pear white. Though her tics are still around now, she is more emotioally and attentionally steady, and her tics remain mild.

Thanks, Chemar Maya is not wrinkling her nose as hard as the first day. I think I should be able to rule out the possibility of a new tic...hopefully. Tia

Hi, my name is Tia, and I am new here. My 5-yr-old daughter, Maya, was diagnosed with TS this Jan. Having done some research and known the side effects of neural medicines, one week after she was diagnosed, we went directly to seek help from a Chinese medicine practitioner. Maya has taken Chinese medicine for almost 5 months and done acupuncture treatment for about 10 times. Her symptoms got improved, and no more new tics showed for about 3 weeks. But this morning right after she fell off the bed and bumped her nose(place between the eyes) on the edge of the side table, she started to squeeze or wrinkle her nose hard, so hard that her face looked twisted. I felt heartbroken and nervous when seeing her doing so. But at the same time, her tears stopped very soon so I didn't think the bump would be serious. She said her nose felt hurt. I used ice pack to ice her nose once, and in school her teacher iced her twice. When I picked her up this afternoon, she was still squeezed her nose, though not as hard as she did in the morning. However, she is still squeezing her nose right now, and when I asked her why she did it, she said she just felt like doing so. Is it possibly a new tic? Is it possible that it is just caused by the pain from the bump this morning? I was so anxious and scared this whole day, afraid that it would develop into a new tic, or was a new tic already. Anyone can talk to me and give me some advice? ps: thanks for reading my post, and please bear with my English cause English is not my first language.