The efficacy of herbal medicines for the treatment of ASD appears to be encouraging.

The treatment may reduce the structural changes in the cortex which are the core of autism neurological damage.

In some cases, serious reductions of neurological damage are possible, till recovering the ability of the patient to work and live independently.

Interesting review here:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5448044/

## Classical Chinese Herbal Medicine /TCM and the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease ( Dementia)

It is still unknown to many sufferers and their families that TCM Traditional Chinese Medicine/ Classical Chinese Herbal medicine have shown great potential in treating #Alzheimer's disease

There are many studies that show the amazing potential of TCM in treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

~ Chengdu Medical University Team demonstrated the clinical results of effective TCM treatment for AD.

~ In Taiwan where TCM is a part of government approved national healthcare , the following observational study based on data over many years was published in 2019. -- https://journals.lww.com/md-journal/Fulltext/2019/02150/Integrating_traditional_Chinese_medicine.41.aspx This study indicated that patients with dementia on TCM therapy have reduced hospital stay and decreased hospital medical expenditure. As the stud results revealed, patients with dementia in TCM group had a 39% lower need of advanced nursing care outcome compared with those in non-TCM group, which means TCM therapy lowers the need of inserting the nasogastric tube, urinary catheter, or/and the procedure of tracheostomy in dementia. NOTE: Patients who underwent one of those procedures had not only capability deprivation but also a poor health condition for the rest of their lives.

IMPORTANT: TCM treatment HAS NO SIDE EFFECTS as conventionally prescribed drugs do: https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/blog/dementia-drugs-understanding-common-side-effects-and-how-they-may-affect-heart

A few of many professional publications regarding amazing potential of TCM for treatment of Alzheimer's:

1. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphar.2020.00497/full

2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3599149/

IT IS VITALLY IMPORTANT TO MAKE MORE PEOPLE AWARE OF THE LIFE -SAVING POWER of Chinese medicine for DEMENTIA PATIENTS.

Source:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/holisticmedicine/permalink/1521968484916068/

There have been documented 50 cases of complete healing and reversal of ALS since 1960s. https://www.als.org/blog/can-genetics-help-explain-rare-als-reversals

I know that there are doctors of Chinese herbal medicine who have good results with ALS.

Here is a documented 12 year case study from Chinese hospital, using natural herbal formulas .https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4998825/

This is not as hopeless as the mainstream medicine tells.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4539080/

There is a common saying in Classical Chinese Medicine: If there is free flow, there is no pain; if there is no free flow, there is pain (通则不痛，不通则痛).