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Traditional Chinese medicine for modern treatment of Parkinson’s disease

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Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a chronic and progressive degenerative disorder of brain commonly seen among the elderly. As conventionally medical therapy is of limited relief and potential side effects, complementary… Click to show full abstract

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a chronic and progressive degenerative disorder of brain commonly seen among the elderly. As conventionally medical therapy is of limited relief and potential side effects, complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has attracted growing public and professional attention. Therapies such as acupuncture, musical/rhythmic therapy and deep brain stimulation have been gradually proved positively in clinic. In this review, we retrospected the scientifific or evidence-based-medicine advances of application and research for modern treatment of PD by CAM, especially traditional Chinese medicine in categories.

Keywords: medicine; traditional chinese; modern treatment; chinese medicine; parkinson disease

Journal Title: Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine
Year Published: 2017

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