Treatment of Tourette’s Syndrome in Children Based on the Theory of “Xuanfu-collaterials”

Abstract

Tourette Syndrome belongs to the category of Chronic Convulsion in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). The pathology is based on deficiency of internal organs, with wind, fire, phlegm and stagnation as the symptoms. Xuanfu and collaterials are important organs that regulate the circulation of qi, blood and fluid around the body, it is a tiny structure, but its role should not be underestimated, and it is also the key position for the production of dampness, phlegm and blood stasis. Based on the theory of “Xuanfu-collaterials” in traditional Chinese medicine, it is proposed that the pathogenesis of this disease is obstruction of Xuanfu, liver wind internal movement and blockage of collaterals by phlegm and blood stasis. External infection, internal injury and other factors can cause the five viscera Xuanfu depression and closure, opening and closing disorder, then attract internal wind and become the beginning of Tourette’s syndrome. Chronic Disease Transform to Collaterals. Long-term disease into the complex, Dampness, phlegm, blood stasis, or external evils stagnate in and damage the collaterals, makes the disease worsen day by day and prolonging the course of the disease. Collaterals depletion and stagnation further aggravate obstruction of Xuanfu, so that the cycle repeats itself, resulting in repeated and difficult to cure diseases. The clinical use of wind medicine and insect medicine to “opening xuanfu and dredging collaterals” has been very effective, which provides a new way of thinking for the understanding and treatment of Tourette’s syndrome from the level of the microstructure of traditional Chinese medicine.