Chinese Herbs Treatment Report
What is Chinese Herbs?
In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) a variety of herbs are used to "balance" the five elements of the body. These may be taken as a tablet, powder, or applied as a topical paste or cream.
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Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Slow my ALS progress | 18 |
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3 | ||
| General health | 6 | 0 | |||||
| Voice and speech problems | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Swallowing difficulty | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Weakness in left arm and shoulder | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Stiffness | 1 | 0 |
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Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Chinese Herbs. See all 11 dosages ►
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Did not seem to work
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5 | 63% |
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Expense
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1 | 13% |
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Personal research
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1 | 13% |
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Doctor's advice
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1 | 13% |
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Other
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1 | 13% |
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Course of treatment ended
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1 | 13% |
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Not indicated
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1 | 13% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
Patient Evaluations
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- mattchch
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: moderate
- Arms: severe
- Chest: mild
- Legs: moderate
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- mattchch
- since Sep 03, 2008
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Efficacy
Can't tell
for Slow my ALS progress
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Side Effects
None
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- Schatzie
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: moderate
- Arms: none
- Chest: mild
- Legs: none
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- Schatzie
- since Nov 04, 2008
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Efficacy
None
for Slow my ALS progress
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
See all 3 patient evaluations
Report created on November 21, 2009.