Traditional Chinese Medicine Improves Activities of Daily Living in Parkinson's Disease

[Farooqji]

Traditional Chinese medicine (ZAZ2) is a granule made up of 14 kinds of herbs: Uncaria rhynchophylla 10 g, Rehmanniae radix 10 g, Cornus officinalis 8 g, Asnaragus cochinchinensic 10 g, Paeonia lactiflora 10 g, Desertliving cistanche 10 g, Puerariae radix 10 g, Arisaema consanguineum Schott 10 g, Salviae Miltiorrhizae radix 10 g, Acorus tatarinowii 10 g, Curcuma longa Linn 12 g, Morindae officinalis radix 10 g, Rhizoma gastrodiae 10 g, and Rhizoma chuanxiong 10 g.

In a trial, Patients took either ZAZ2 () or placebo granule () in a blind manner for 13 weeks while maintaining other anti-Parkinson medications unchanged. All participants wore a motion logger, and we analyzed the power-law temporal autocorrelation of the motion logger records taken on 3 occasions (before, one week, and 13 weeks after the drug administration). Drug efficacy was evaluated with the conventional Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS), as well as the power-law exponent α, which corresponds to the level of physical activity of the patients. ZAZ2 but not placebo granule improved the awake-sleep rhythm, the UPDRS Part II, Part II + III, and Part IV scores, and the α values. The results indicate that ZAZ2 improved activities of daily living (ADL) of parkinsonism and, thus, is a potentially suitable drug for long-term use.

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[dadcor]

Do smb know if this ZAZ2 is available to purchase it from somewhere..??

[Farooqji in reply to dadcor]

well I haven't searched for ZAZ2 , however I have been using one of its ingredients called "Uncaria rhynchophylla" or commonly named as Cat's claw extract. I have found it very much effective in calming the tremors

[dadcor in reply to Farooqji]

Hope there is a way to order ZAZ2.., will continue searching? I know it might be very individual, but at what dose did you find Cat's claw extract very much effective?

[Farooqji in reply to dadcor]

dose 1 to 1.5 grams 3 times. I have started one week ago

[marcet in reply to Farooqji]

Could you please indicate the brand you actually use ?

[Farooqji in reply to marcet]

it's a Chinese brand from aliexpress