Traditional Chinese Medicine Could Cure TS?

[dlpump]

Just back to Canada from a successful trip to China, I eager to share my experience with other parents of TS child, I searched Internet and find this forum, guess here is a good place to post my message?

 

We live in Ontario, Canada, my daughter is 8 years old this year, she suffer cough during Sep. 2003 - Oct. 2003, after see different doctor, she be diagnosed as TS by her pediatrician at last Nov., taken Clonidine since then, her cough stopped but come out other tics, mainly neck movement. Also we are advised by doctor, this TS can not be cure.

 

As other parents, we start to anxious about our daughter, original from China, we certainly think about Traditional Chinese Medicine; will they have some methods to treat TS? We start to search on the Internet and find some clinic and hospitals in China claim they can cure TS. So we decide to back to china and have a try! As old Chinese saying: when you suffer illness, you try every doctor u meet.

 

We back to china on June 20th, a week before my daughter's school finish. Then our problem is: which doctor or clinic should we trust? We can find someone advised on local newspaper claim they are special in TS and ADD, (medical system in China is quite different from in Canada, don't want to talk about this too much today), but we only have limited time, (we plan to back to Canada at beginning of Sep), which one? Depend on your own judgment. Anyway, we must start to try one. My parent-in-law pick one up for us, after about 20 days, we decided to change to another one: the only official Chinese medicine hospital in the city. They have a clinic for children suffer from different kind of brain damage (sorry, I don't know the English term for those disable) also they treat children with TS and ADD. Their main methods are massage and acupuncture.

 

Then come the good news, after about 45 days treatment, all the tics (mainly neck movement and eye blink) are gone, also she stop taking any Clonidine (slowly reduced), no drug anymore. Maybe other factors help a lot, but we would rather to believe Traditional Chinese Medicine works. We feel very happy, also, no side effects, the cost is just about 4 USD each day.

 

Now she stop any treatment, I back to Canada and she stay in china with her grandparents, we would like to observation her for a longer time to see what happened later, in case tics come out again, she can go to the clinics again. We plan to go to pick her up on Nov. and back to Canada before Christmas time.

[Claire]

dlpump

 

Thank you so much for sharing! So they only did massage and accupuncture--and no vitamin or herb supplements? Is this correct?

 

Don't they have Chinese doctors practicing accupuncturists in Canada? We have a number here in California.

 

Was her eating different in China vs Canada? Somehow I picture less artificial ingredients in China. Did she watch less TV/Computer in China? I am asking in case there are other factors that you may face upon your return to Canada that others here found can make tics worse.

 

But I know another poster here found accupuncture a very important help for her son with TS.

 

Thanks again for sharing your success, so that others may learn from it.

 

Claire

[Guest Guest_dlpump]

Claire

 

Traditional Chinese Medicine use a lot of Chinese herb, but never use Vitamin, in fact, most of doctors and clinics claimed to cure TS mainly use drug made from herb. the clinic which we visited also use herb, but just seems to be just a aid for massage and accupuncture.

 

Here in Canada, we have a large Chinese community, there are Chinese doctors practicing Chinese Medicine in Toronto and Vancouver, I guess should have someone practicing accupuncture, but they don't need license, also u have to pay for that. I once visited few doctors, they seems don't know what is TS.

 

Her eating is quite different in China vs Canada, but from the advertisements of doctors and clinics who cure TS, it seems a lot of kids in China suffer TS and ADD, so I guess Chinese food doesn't help.

Yes, you are right, she watch less TV/Computer in China, her grandparents have the patiences to take care her. Thanks for your remind. We will take good care of her when she back.

[Guest Guest]

hi dlpump

 

of everything we have used to help our son, he says nothing brings him greater relief from tics than accupuncture

 

Our therapist uses accupuncture with reflexology and aromatherapy and my son just loves it. He is relaxed and his tics drastically diminshed for long periods after the therapy.

 

Still, I wouldnt call it a "cure" for him, as the tics dont disappear completely.

 

We did also try some traditional Chinese medicinal herbs (the partner of the accupuncturist is a traditional practitioner) and, although they were initially helpful, my son began to show some reactions to them in terms of his OCD and so we decided to stick with the supplements that seem to be better suited to him

 

I am delighted to hear of the success you have had and hope you will keep us informed of your daughter's progress.

 

[Chemar]

hmmmmm dont know what happened above as I am usually permanently logged in

 

but anyway, that post was from me

[Guest Kim]

I have thought about getting my son some acupuncture but I don't think he would sit still for it.

What about cranosacrial therapy? Sorry I don't know how that is spelled.

kim

[Chemar]

Kim

 

craniosacral therapy is excellent, but it is different from accupuncture.

 

a good accupuncturist is so quick and accurate that the needles would be placed correctly even if your child is a "mover"

 

I remember the first time my son went, he was very nervous and kept waiting to feel the needles go in and was quite amazed when our therapist informed him they were already all in place