Depends on what you mean by TCM, so if you mean acupuncture in the form of traditional medicine, we know that in Singapore for example, about 40% of patients have acupuncture at some stage in their illness. Quite a number of people will try it. Generally speaking, our feeling is that it is mainly helpful for fatigue. Patients may experience some fatigue from Parkinson's disease, and it can help so much with the motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease. If the question relates to traditional herbal medication it's more challenging because there is a possibility of interference with the medication.
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Is it advisable to have TCM treatment while taking Parkinson's Disease medication?
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Parkinson's Disease is a chronic disease, progressive, and may affect the brain. The things that patients experience are movement-related disorders, meaning they have tremors, slowness of movement, and their arms and legs are stiffer. These are the motor symptoms they present. The reasons why they have these symptoms is the degeneration within certain specific cells in the brain that produces dopamine, in other words, due to the lack of dopamine which results in these symptoms.
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