There is no fixed cure time for Tourette’s syndrome with traditional Chinese medicine, and the cure time varies from person to person due to individual differences, so it is recommended to follow the doctor’s instructions to take the medicine. According to the diagnosis, if it is caused by external wind (wind evils felt outside the natural world), you can take Yin Qiao San plus or minus; if it is caused by hyperactivity of the liver and wind, you can take Tian Ma Hook Teng Drink plus or minus.
1. External wind (wind evils felt outside the natural world) induced: strange sound or obscene language (swearing) in the throat, winking and winking, symptoms aggravated by colds, pale red tongue, thin white moss, floating pulse. You can take Yin Qiao San plus reduction.
2. Liver hyperactivity: shaking the head and shrugging the shoulders, squeezing the eyebrows and blinking the eyes, frequent and powerful twitching, shouting from time to time, high-pitched voice, red face and red eyes, dry stool and yellow urine, red tongue with yellow fur, and number of strings in the pulse, etc. The symptoms may be aggravated after a cold. You can take Tianma Hook Teng Drink with additions and subtractions.
3. Phlegm-fire disturbing the spirit syndrome: strong muscle twitching, phlegm sounding in the throat, occasional dizziness, red tongue with yellow fur and slippery pulse. You can take Huang Lian Wen Bile Tang plus subtractions.
4. Spleen deficiency and liver exuberance: weak twitching, sometimes light and sometimes heavy, blinking and frowning, irregular stools (abnormal stools), pale tongue, thin white or greasy moss, fine or fine stringy pulse. One can take Slow Liver and Regulate Spleen Tang with additional subtractions.
5. Wind-driven Yin deficiency: eye-scratching, head shaking and waist twisting, shaking of limbs, red tongue with little fluid, little moss, fine pulse (pulse becomes narrow and thin and speeds up) or fine and weak strings. One can take Da Ding Feng Zhu plus or minus.
Children’s tolerance to drugs is weak, the need for doctors to determine the specific dosage of drugs according to the child’s age, weight, condition, etc. Parents should not blindly give their children medication to avoid overdose and cause adverse reactions.